Researchers at University College London have developed a new computational model of human color vision that accounts for individual physiological differences, explaining why wide-gamut modern displays often appear inconsistent to different viewers. Published in Optics Express, the study demonstrates how adjusting a display's red, green, and blue primary light spectra can help manufacturers build screens that deliver more consistent, accurate colors across a broader audience.

The Peninsula Innovation District, a collaboration between the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and UT Medical, has received the 2026 Emerging Community of Innovation award from the Association of University Research Parks. Building on the UT Research Park at Cherokee Farm, the district is growing into a place where researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry can connect with university expertise and with one another around a shared vision for innovation. The award recognizes the momentum behind that transformation and the district’s potential for continued growth. 

JMIR Publications invites submissions to a new section in JMIR Cardio titled “Generative and Multimodal AI in Digital Cardiovascular Medicine.” 

FAU and Blue Ops, a maritime division of Red Cat Holdings, have established a strategic partnership to bring Blue Ops’ uncrewed maritime systems operations to FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Fort Pierce. The partnership will create a hub for research, development, testing, training and collaboration in ocean technology, autonomous systems and national defense, while providing opportunities for joint research, student internships and scholarships, workforce development, and real-world testing of emerging maritime technologies.

Garbage left outside starts smelling unpleasant very quickly, especially in warm, humid climates that accelerate food decay. In ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology, researchers report a solar-powered lid insert that fits onto standard wheeled trash bins and helps combat the stench. In tests with real food, the lid insert efficiently breaks down acetic acid, the main culprit released from rotting waste that’s responsible for its odors, and continues working for more than a month. 

Measuring vitamin B₁₂ in food usually means bringing the sample to the laboratory. A new fluorescent sensor could help move part of that process onto something much simpler: a paper strip or cotton swab. A new study published in Biomedical Analysis describes a fluorescence-based strategy for portable vitamin B₁₂ (VB₁₂) detection in food samples. Researchers at Liaocheng University developed boron- and nitrogen-co-doped carbon dots (B, N-CDs) that emit bright blue fluorescence under ultraviolet light but become markedly dimmer when VB₁₂ is present. By transferring this sensing chemistry from a liquid assay onto filter-paper strips and a specially designed cotton-swab sensor, the team created two simple formats intended to make the detection step faster, cheaper, and easier to use outside conventional instrument-heavy workflows.

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has put the HoreKa 2 Supercomputer into operation. The new system will support researchers in their efforts to address complex scientific issues, such as climate, new materials, particle physics, energy, and mobility as well as AI research, more quickly. For this purpose, it combines powerful high-performance computing and modern AI technologies. The total cost of the facility amounts to EUR 17 million.

Researchers at Ritsumeikan University and collaborating institutions have shown that counteranions control the solid-state assembly of paramagnetic thiaporphyrin Cu^II complex cations and thereby tune their magnetic behavior. PCCp⁻ formed a charge-by-charge assembly without significant spin–spin interaction, whereas nonplanar counteranions promoted π-stacked cation dimers exhibiting antiferromagnetic interactions. These findings demonstrate that ion-pairing assembly can control molecular spin arrangements, providing a strategy for designing supramolecular materials with tunable magnetic properties for spintronic applications.