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1-Oct-2025

Smart microfibers turn everyday objects into healthcare monitors and energy devices

A new method for printing ultra-thin conductive microfibres could redefine how we interact with everyday tools and devices

Journal: Advanced Fiber Materials

1-Oct-2025

Anna Nagurney honored with 2025 INFORMS President’s Award

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Grant and Award Announcement

INFORMS, the leading international association for operations research and analytics professionals, has named Anna Nagurney, the Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as the recipient of the 2025 INFORMS President’s Award.

1-Oct-2025

Breast cancer and autism: Visualization of the oxytocin receptor enables new theranostic approaches

University of Vienna
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Vienna have developed fluorescent peptide tracers that can simultaneously visualise and activate the oxytocin receptor. This receptor–also known as the love/bonding hormone receptor–plays a key role in processes related to social behaviour, health and disease. These tracers create new possibilities for imaging and functional analysis in various biological systems–with far-reaching implications for fundamental research as well as for breast cancer diagnostics and therapy. The development of the tracers is described in the current issue of the renowned journal Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, and the tracers have recently been patented.

Journal: Angewandte Chemie International Edition

1-Oct-2025

INFORMS names 12 Leaders and Innovators in Operations Research and Analytics for Class of 2025 Fellows

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Grant and Award Announcement

INFORMS, the world’s largest association for professionals and students in operations research (O.R.), AI, analytics and data science, has named 12 distinguished leaders as 2025 INFORMS Fellows, one of the highest professional honors in operations research, analytics and AI.

Collectively, this year’s Fellows represent trailblazing contributions in academia and industry and have advanced breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, supply chain resilience, clean energy, healthcare delivery and transportation systems, while also shaping the next generation of talent and serving as trusted advisors to organizations worldwide.

1-Oct-2025

Chatbots the new ‘doc?’ FAU researchers explore AI in health behavior coaching

Florida Atlantic University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Changing habits like quitting smoking or managing stress is hard – but crucial. Motivational interviewing (MI), a proven counseling method that sparks internal motivation, works well but isn’t widely used due to time and training demands. Now, AI tools like ChatGPT are stepping in, simulating MI conversations anytime, anywhere. A new review shows these tools are promising and well-received, but questions remain: Do they truly reflect MI’s core principles? Can they drive real, lasting change? The answer could reshape digital health interventions.

Journal: Journal of Medical Internet Research

1-Oct-2025

New AI enhances the view inside fusion energy systems

Princeton University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new AI can fill in missing sensor data for fusion systems, offering even more detail than the real-world sensor could have provided. The AI, known as Diag2Diag, could prove essential for commercial fusion energy production by helping to reduce costs and ensure reliability. Diag2Diag also provided new support for a leading theory about controlling plasma disruptions, bringing us closer to using fusion to generate electricity for the power grid. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University were part of an international team behind the research, which was recently published in Nature Communications.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy, DOE/US Department of Energy, DOE/US Department of Energy, DOE/US Department of Energy, DOE/US Department of Energy, DOE/US Department of Energy, DOE/US Department of Energy, National Research Foundation of Korea, Princeton Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence

1-Oct-2025

AI-powered oil spill prediction system improves accuracy by up to 25%, with significant potential to enhance emergency response.

CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study, led by CMCC researchers, significantly improves oil spill trajectory predictions by integrating artificial intelligence with traditional numerical ocean models. The research shows how to obtain more accurate and timely forecasts, enabling faster analyses and scenario testing, which could be a crucial development for emergency response efforts.

Journal: Ecological Informatics