Funded by the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, an agency within the Department of Transportation, this project aims to develop a realistic training system for teams to practice handling hazardous condition response and emergency response. 

A longstanding mystery in Parkinson’s disease research has been why some individuals carrying pathogenic variants that increase their risk of PD go on to develop the disease, while others who also carry such variants do not. The prevailing theory has suggested additional genetic factors may play a role.

To address this question, a new study from Northwestern Medicine used modern technology, called CRISPR interference, to systematically examine every gene in the human genome. The scientists identified a new set of genes that contribute to the risk of Parkinson’s disease, which opens the door to previously untapped drug targets for treating PD.

NTT DOCOMO, Inc. and NAIST have developed a groundbreaking mixed reality (MR) technology that transforms real-world doors into seamless entry points for virtual spaces. Using advanced hand-tracking and spatial computing, the system allows users to naturally transition between real and digital environments. This innovation has potential for applications in tourism, real estate, and entertainment, and will be showcased at Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, providing a glimpse of the future of spatial computing and MR.