Technology
Better Consumer Choices Could Improve Next-Gen Queueing Platforms
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Mobile crowdsourcing systems that broadcast real-time queue information can unintentionally create the very congestion they try to reduce. A...
AI Model Predicts Necrotizing Enterocolitis Diagnosis and Surgical Outcomes
A new study published in Pediatric Research claims that artificial intelligence can help clinicians diagnose necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)—a devastating intestinal...
Thousands of U.S. Historic Landmarks Threatened by Rising Wildfire Risk
Wildfires are increasingly reshaping more than landscapes—they are erasing cultural memory. In January 2025, the Palisades Fire tore through Los...
ORNL and REV Start Innovative Collaboration to Build Fusion Infrastructure
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has teamed up with fusion-focused venture capital and consulting firm...
Ketogenic Diet for Drug-Resistant Childhood Epilepsy: Sleep and Family Well-Being
A new viral wave of clinical curiosity is building around a study published in Pediatric Research on 28 July 2026,...
Researchers speed up robots by enabling predictive, ahead-of-time thinking
MIT researchers have introduced VLASH, a system designed to make robots think ahead without slowing down their bodies. The approach...
Protected forests worldwide face growing thermal stress as cities expand
Protected forests that shield biodiversity from development pressures are now facing a different, rapidly intensifying threat: heat. A new study...
Immunothrombotic Endotypes Shape How Developing Immunity Remodels After Therapy
A new study is reshaping how clinicians may think about childhood immune recovery after lifesaving treatments. Researchers investigating immunothrombotic processes...
Algorithms Generate Foundry-Ready Photonic Circuits Beyond Human Intuition
Photonic microchips promise dramatically faster information processing by steering and manipulating light on chip-scale platforms. Unlike conventional electronic routing, these...
Cigarette Smoke Exposure Alters Gut Microbiome and Damages Short-Chain Fatty Acid Metabolism in Rats
Cigarette smoke is best known for damaging the lungs, triggering inflammatory cascades that can impair breathing and accelerate disease. But...
Wang Set to Receive NSF CAREER Award
Xuan Wang, an assistant professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University’s College of Engineering and Computing, has...
Critical Event Timing in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for English and LOE Patients
A new analysis of pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) timelines is shining a spotlight on how and when critically ill...
New Technique Captures Nine Corneal Points Simultaneously
Researchers at the International Centre for Translational Eye Research (ICTER) have built a prototype optical coherence tomography (OCT) system that...
Randomized Trial Finds Benefits of Exclusive Human Milk Diet in Single-Ventricle Neonates
A new randomized clinical trial is drawing attention to a deceptively simple intervention for the most medically fragile newborns: feeding...
Heterointerface Engineering in Bimetallic Sulfides Cuts Polarization Loss for Better Microwave Absorption
Wireless technology has become inseparable from everyday life, but the electromagnetic radiation emitted by smartphones, routers, and smart devices can...
Rescuer Rotation Affects Neonatal Chest Compression Metrics, Simulation Study Finds
A new simulation study highlights a subtle but potentially consequential factor in neonatal resuscitation: the rotation of the rescuer during...
Aortic arch surgery in piglets shows similar lung injury with or without distal perfusion
In complex aortic arch surgeries for very young patients, protecting the lungs is a central challenge. New research is exploring...
Pusan National University Study Spotlighting Federated and Reinforcement Learning for NLP
A new literature review argues that the next generation of natural language processing (NLP) systems can be redesigned around a...
Ultrathin Multi-Gate Organic Electrochemical Transistors Enable Wearable Multi-Analyte Sensing
A new class of wearable “electrochemical skin” could soon make biochemical monitoring as seamless as applying a patch. In a...
Study Evaluates Interrater Reliability of the Bayley-4 in Multidisciplinary Teams
A new study is shaking up how clinicians and researchers judge early childhood development tests by showing that results from...