Research
Scientific papers, institutions, and new findings across disciplines.
Major Ebola outbreak is escalating: what happens next
WHO has declared the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern, while new cases and an attack on a treatment center underscore the challenge of containing it.
PNNL appoints senior leaders to drive science and national security strategies
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory named Douglas Mans to lead science mission areas and Daniel Stephens to lead its National Security Directorate, completing the lab’s senior research leadership team.
NIH-funded UTA research aims to improve deep-tissue optical imaging
The University of Texas at Arlington says bioengineering professor Baohong Yuan is using an NIH grant to develop super-resolution tomographic imaging for centimeter-deep tissue. The work aims to preserve fine detail while improving diagnostic clarity, and NIH records show a related funded breast tumor stratification project at UTA.
Kennesaw State secures GDOT funding for bridge scour modeling research
Kennesaw State University said Tien Yee and Jie Zhang received $200,000 from the Georgia Department of Transportation for a two-year project on bridge scour modeling.
UC Irvine and USC receive $2.6 million DARPA grant for AI-driven math research
UC Irvine says it and USC received a $2.6 million, three-year DARPA grant to study how AI tools could support mathematical discovery on unsolved problems.
Fraunhofer WKI names Raoul Klingner as new institute director
Fraunhofer WKI says Raoul Klingner has been appointed institute director in Braunschweig, with the transition taking effect on May 15, 2026.
Caltech names eight Brown Investigators for 2026
Caltech announced eight recipients of the 2026 National Brown Investigator Award, a program for recently tenured researchers in physics and chemistry. Each investigator can receive up to $2 million over five years.
JWST maps cosmic web in record detail back to universe's first billion years
Researchers using James Webb Space Telescope data say they have mapped the cosmic web in unprecedented detail, tracing large-scale structure back to roughly one billion years after the Big Bang.
Human hippocampal ripples coordinate planning sequences and compositional representations in neocortex
A new Nature Neuroscience study says hippocampal ripples help coordinate planning-related replay and compositional representations in the human brain.
This simple blood test might detect depression before symptoms appear
NYU researchers reported that a blood-based epigenetic marker was associated with depressive symptoms that are harder to detect clinically, especially non-somatic symptoms.
A brownie, a drink, a drive: Hidden impairment standard sobriety tests completely miss
A Johns Hopkins-led trial published in JAMA Network Open found cannabis edibles plus alcohol increased driving impairment and could escape standard sobriety tests.
How an Atlantic island narrowly escaped 'stealthy' eruption
Researchers say the 2022 São Jorge unrest in the Azores was driven by magma rising from deep underground and stalling about 1.6 km below the surface.
Lonely people have worse memory but don’t decline faster, study finds
A new study of more than 10,000 older adults in Europe found that loneliness was associated with worse memory performance, but not faster memory decline over seven years.
Ancient Landscape Reveals Bones of Humans Who Lived 100,000 Years Ago
A new PNAS study describes three partial human skeletons and thousands of stone artifacts from Ethiopia’s Halibee site in the Afar Rift, dated to about 100,000 years ago.
ISPRA opens Italian Conference of Physics Students 2026
ISPRA says the Italian Conference of Physics Students 2026 is underway in Rome, with roughly 160 participants and a focus on science communication and climate change.
Australia’s health department opens up to $23 million for PASC research
Australia has launched a new federal grant round offering up to $23 million for research into post-acute sequelae of COVID-19.
An Update on Modernizing the NIH Grants and Funding Site
NIH says it is continuing to modernize its Grants and Funding site as the main hub for policies, opportunities and funding information.
Study identifies PHIP as a novel dependency in cancers driven by SWI/SNF mutations
A St. Jude-led study says PHIP is a dependency in cancers driven by SWI/SNF mutations and may point to a new therapeutic target.
Internet Society Foundation opens research grant applications
The Internet Society Foundation has opened applications for its 2026 Research Grant Program, with deadlines and funding caps now set.
Southwest Research Institute releases 2025 Internal Research & Development Report
Southwest Research Institute has published its 2025 Internal Research & Development Report, detailing more than $13 million in IR&D spending.
USC Keck School researchers elected senior members of the National Academy of Inventors
USC says four Keck School of Medicine researchers have been elected senior members of the National Academy of Inventors, recognizing their translational and invention-focused work.
UT San Antonio funds 14 interdisciplinary health research teams through new internal challenge
UT San Antonio says 14 interdisciplinary teams will share $543,274 through its Health Research Challenge to tackle health problems across campuses.