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2-Dec-2025

Engineering smarter care for ALS patients

University of Missouri-Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Missouri researchers are combining in-home sensor technology with artificial intelligence to monitor daily changes in ALS patients’ health, paving the way for earlier interventions and better quality of life.

Journal: Frontiers in Digital Health

2-Dec-2025

AI on the battlefield: top experts gather at TalTech to debate the future of military decision making

Estonian Research Council
Meeting Announcement

TALLINN, ESTONIA – The future of military decision-making and the role of technology in new-generation conflicts will be the core focus of the international EstMilTech 2026 conference, hosted by Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech, Estonia) on January 14–15, 2026.

Funder: Republic of Estonia, Ministry of Defence, Estonian Military Academy, TalTech

2-Dec-2025

Technology boosts hop production in Brazil and paves the way for new bioproducts

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Project developed in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, allows for the highly efficient extraction of aromatic and bioactive compounds, reducing logistics costs and increasing beer quality.

Journal: Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

2-Dec-2025

Biochar boosts hydrogen and methane yield in next-generation food-waste-to-energy systems

Maximum Academic Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team demonstrates that adding biochar to two-phase anaerobic digestion (TPAD) systems can significantly increase hydrogen (H₂) and methane (CH₄) production from food waste, while maintaining system stability under high organic loading rates.

2-Dec-2025

Hebrew University Researcher Prof. Moran Yassour named EMBO Young Investigator for work on the infant microbiome

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Grant and Award Announcement

Hebrew University of Jerusalem is proud to announce that Prof. Moran Yassour, a leading researcher at the Faculty of Medicine and the School of Computer Science and Engineering, has been selected as one of the 2025 EMBO Young Investigators. She receives this prestigious recognition for her innovative research on the developing infant microbiome and its impact on pediatric health.

2-Dec-2025

Zapping stem cells could boost growth of new tissues and organs

RMIT University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists in Melbourne have discovered how tiny electrical pulses can steer stem cells as they grow, opening the door to new improved ways of creating new tissues, organs, nerves and bones.

Journal: Advanced Materials Interfaces
Funder: Australian Research Council

2-Dec-2025

LLMs choose friends and colleagues like people

PNAS Nexus
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When large language models (LLMs) make decisions about networking and friendship, the models tend to act like people, across both synthetic simulations and real-world network contexts.

Journal: PNAS Nexus