Alex Roschli, a researcher at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named to the 2026 Mechanical Engineering Watch List by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

The University of North Florida Institute of Environmental Research and Education (IERE) is collaborating with the Northeast Florida Regional Council and other partners on a study that will assess aquatic connectivity in Northeast Florida.  

Rice researchers have developed a high-throughput method to measure the quality of diamond and other wide-bandgap semiconductor materials, providing rapid feedback for improving crystal growth and device reliability.

- Scientists have, for the first time, used an extremely precise genome editing technique called base editing to study gene function in human embryos.

- Using the technique, they found that a gene called NANOG is essential for forming the future body from an embryo. Without it, the embryo loses its ability to differentiate into different body tissues.

- This reveals fundamental differences between early development in human and mouse embryos, underscoring the importance of directly investigating human embryonic development.

Biodiversity genomics may hold the key to Europe’s nature crisis, helping identify species, monitor ecosystems and inform policy at an unmatched scale. A landmark agreement between the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA), the International Barcode of Life Europe (iBOL Europe), and the Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities (CETAF) commits to building a coordinated European infrastructure for biodiversity genomics, manifested through the Biodiversity Genomics Europe plus (BGE+) project aimed at creating a system of shared resources, technology and data across the continent.