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Swansea spin-out Bionema Group receives second King’s Award for Enterprise

Swansea University
Grant and Award Announcement

Bionema Group Ltd, a Swansea University spin-out specialising in biological crop protection and sustainable agriculture, has been awarded the King’s Award for Enterprise: Sustainable Development 2026.

Generative artificial intelligence can significantly reduce the number of animal experiments

Goethe University Frankfurt
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Goethe University and Philipps University Marburg, in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP, have developed a new artificial intelligence to reduce animal experiments. The AI, called genESOM, was trained to “learn” the structure of small datasets. It uses this learned information to generate new data points. These data points reproduce the properties of experimentally collected data as accurately as if they had been obtained in laboratory experiments. In the future, genESOM could reduce the number of laboratory animals needed for testing new active substances by between 30 and 50 percent.

Journal: Pharmacological Research

NYU's Quantum Institute, IBM team up for postdoctoral research program in quantum computing

New York University
Business Announcement

New York University and IBM have initiated a postdoctoral program to conduct quantum computer research in the areas of chemistry, computer science, engineering, materials science, physics, and optimization.

Heart failure care enters the precision era: New drugs, biomarkers, and AI are redefining “one-size-fits-all” treatment

Bentham Science Publishers
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new review in Current Cardiology Reviews maps how heart failure management is shifting toward precision medicine—pairing proven therapies (notably SGLT2 inhibitors across the ejection fraction spectrum) with biomarker panels, advanced imaging, genetics, and AI-enabled monitoring. The article highlights major breakthroughs (including disease-specific treatments such as transthyretin amyloidosis therapies), ongoing gaps in access and trial representation, and practical priorities to bring personalized, equitable heart failure care into routine practice.

Journal: Current Cardiology Reviews

Study Reveals How Strawberries, Raspberries Were Ambushed By Fungal Parasites

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Plant diseases often arise when the pathogens that cause disease are introduced into new territories. New research highlights how major plant diseases can also result from the introduction of new plants to areas where a pathogen already lurks in the soil.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Smarter search for fuel-cell catalysts using machine learning

Institute of Science Tokyo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A computational method combining generative AI with atomistic simulations can identify promising platinum alloy catalyst structures for hydrogen fuel cells, report researchers from Science Tokyo. Their approach addresses a longstanding challenge in catalyst design and consistently produces high-performing candidates from several material combinations.

Journal: npj Computational Materials
Funder: GteX Program Japan

BESSY II: How intrinsic oxygen shortens the lifespan of solid-state batteries

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Although solid-state batteries (SSBs) demonstrate high performance and are intrinsically safe, their capacity currently declines rapidly. A team from the TU Wien, Humboldt-University Berlin and HZB has now analysed a TiS₂|Li₃YCl₆ solid-state half-cell in operando at BESSY II using a special sample environment that allows for non-destructive investigation under real operating conditions. Data obtained by combination of soft and hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS and HAXPES) revealed a new degradation mechanism that had not previously been identified in solid-state batteries. They have gained some surprising insights, particularly regarding the harmful role played by intrinsic oxygen. This study provides valuable information for improving design and handling of such batteries.

Journal: ACS Energy Letters

Two new centers launched to enhance quality of life and foster entrepreneurship

Okayama University of Science
Business Announcement

Okayama University of Science has established two new interdisciplinary centers aimed at addressing societal and regional challenges through innovation and collaboration. Launched on April 1, the Center for Quality of All Lives (“IkimonoQOL”) promotes research and development to improve the well-being of animals and the people who care for them by combining expertise in veterinary medicine and engineering. The Entrepreneurship Center supports students and researchers in transforming ideas and technologies into businesses through entrepreneurship education, startup support, and partnerships across academia, industry, government, and local communities. Together, the centers are expected to strengthen the university’s role as a hub for innovation, regional revitalization, and human resource development.

Core-shell catalyst improves exhaust treatment efficiency and durability for NGVs

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A core-shell Pd@CeO₂/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst improves exhaust treatment for stoichiometric natural gas vehicles by promoting lower-temperature CH₄ and NO conversion and strong hydrothermal stability. The design lowers reaction barriers at Pd-CeO₂ interfaces and retains high activity after severe aging. After aging at 800 °C for 16 hours, the catalyst showed only minor losses in CH₄ and NO conversion over a 100-hour test, offering a promising route to cleaner and more durable NGV aftertreatment.

Journal: Chinese Journal of Catalysis