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2-Sep-2025
ITU report details US$2.6-2.8 trillion cost to connect everyone meaningfully by 2030
International Telecommunication UnionReports and Proceedings
Achieving universal, meaningful Internet connectivity by 2030 could require an investment of USD 2.6 trillion to USD 2.8 trillion at current prices, according to the Connecting Humanity Action Blueprint.
2-Sep-2025
Altmetric adds Sentiment Analysis to social media tracking
Digital ScienceBusiness Announcement
Altmetric has introduced a new AI-powered sentiment analysis feature, providing research teams with deeper insights into the public response and impact of their work on selected social media platforms.
2-Sep-2025
Deforestation accounts for 74% of rainfall reduction and 16% of temperature increase in the Amazon during the dry season, study says
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São PauloPeer-Reviewed Publication
For the first time, research led by scientists at the University of São Paulo quantifies the impact of forest loss and global climate change on the biome.
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Funder
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
2-Sep-2025
Penn engineers unveil generative AI model that designs new antibiotics
University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied SciencePeer-Reviewed Publication
Using the same technology that AI uses to generate images, Penn researchers created thousands of antibiotic candidates, with two proving as effective in animal models as FDA-approved drugs.
- Journal
- Cell Biomaterials
- Funder
- Hartwell Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Procter and Gamble, United Therapeutics Corporation, Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
2-Sep-2025
BSC creates a computational method that reveals previously hidden connections between diseases
Barcelona Supercomputing CenterPeer-Reviewed Publication
Researchers observed positive interactions, in which one disease favours the onset of another, such as between asthma and Parkinson's disease; and negative interactions, in which some groups of patients with one disease may be protected from developing others, such as between cancer and Huntington's disease.
BSC has developed a publicly accessible interactive platform that visualises the network of connections between diseases and proposes previously undescribed interactions, such as those between Down syndrome and lupus, thus opening the door to new therapeutic strategies.- Journal
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2-Sep-2025
SwRI develops more precise, efficient ballistic testing methodology
Southwest Research Institute
SAN ANTONIO — September 2, 2025 — Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has expanded the scope of a ballistic-resistance testing technique, the Laser-Induced Particle Impact Test (LIPIT), previously only applicable for impact testing of very small projectiles. By improving this technique, SwRI has dramatically increased the precision and efficiency of material ballistic resistance testing at scales not possible before.