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Uncovering gene-based clues to how disrupted healing in stomach cells increases cancer risk

The Hospital for Sick Children
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from SickKids shows that when the stomach’s natural regeneration process stalls it creates conditions that, combined with certain genetic variants, heighten the risk of gastric cancer.

Journal: Developmental Cell

MASTER validates XR platform and training content for robotics education and industrial training

European Science Communication Institute gGmbH
Reports and Proceedings

The EU-funded MASTER project (Mixed Reality Ecosystem for Teaching Robotics in Manufacturing) has successfully completed the validation of its extended reality (XR) Platform and training content, demonstrating the potential of immersive technologies to transform robotics education and industrial training.

Funder: HORIZON EUROPE Digital

MASTER's second Open Call projects complete their execution phase, delivering new XR and robotics training solutions

European Science Communication Institute gGmbH
Business Announcement

The 24 projects selected under the EU-funded research project MASTER's second Open Call have completed their execution phase. This marks an important milestone in the expansion of the MASTER ecosystem for XR-based robotics training.

Funder: HORIZON EUROPE Digital

University of Manchester research supports major WHO update on global air pollution

University of Manchester
Reports and Proceedings

A researcher from The University of Manchester has contributed to a major World Health Organization (WHO) update revealing that global progress on reducing air pollution has slowed, with low- and middle-income countries continuing to face the greatest risks.

Artificial intelligence could transform breast cancer detection and recurrence prediction

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — June 30, 2026 — A new review was published in Volume 13 of Oncoscience on May 19, 2026, titled “Enhancing breast cancer detection with AI for early diagnosis and recurrence prediction.”

Journal: Oncoscience

Using brain technology, awareness is detected in unresponsive patients

University of Bath
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new approach using repeated assessments to identify signs of hidden awareness in people who cannot speak or move after severe brain injury has been demonstrated by researchers at the University of Bath in the UK.

Journal: Communications Medicine
Funder: UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

SwRI selected by DOE as Hydropower Testing Network provider

Southwest Research Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

SAN ANTONIO — June 30, 2026 — Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydropower Testing Network (HyTN) as a testing provider to help the industry develop and demonstrate new technologies.

Research Enhancement Program: AI training shaped by teachers

University of Texas at Arlington
Grant and Award Announcement

The project aims to help teachers make thoughtful and effective decisions about using artificial intelligence (AI) in K-12 classrooms. Professor Lauren Weisberg will work directly with local teachers through a series of virtual co-design workshops to learn how they are currently using AI, what opportunities and challenges they see, and what kinds of support they need to integrate AI into their teaching.

Deep generative model of macrophage immune response for hepato-intestinal tumor therapy optimization

Beijing Institute of Technology Press Co., Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research paper by scientists at Central South University developed a bioinspired digital twin platform integrating variational representation learning with causal sequence modeling.

The research paper, published on Jun 16, 2026 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems.

Journal: Cyborg and Bionic Systems