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Marshall University marks decade since opening Weisberg Engineering Complex
Brad D. Smith, President | Marshall UniversityBrad D. Smith, President | Marshall University Marshall University is set to mark the 10th anniversary of the Arthur Weisberg Family Applied Engineering Complex (WAEC) on Monday, Aug. 25, at 4 p.m. The...

‘Super snail’ modifies slime to fight pesticide: new research
University of the Sunshine Coast A secret ingredient in snail trails is helping the pests save themselves from poisons spread to protect farms and gardens across Australia. University of the Sunshine Coast scientists were surprised to uncover the...

Indian scientists build near-infrared transparent inverted perovskite solar cell with 16.5% efficiency
The team produced a 16.53% inverted 1.08 cm2 perovskite solar cell using atomic layer deposition to apply a buffering layer of tin oxide to prevent electrode sputtering damage. August 20, 2025 Valerie Thompson A research team from the Indian...

YSU opens radiology technology lab
YOUNGSTOWN — Ironically, neither Gabriel Mercado nor Alexa Caravella was initially interested in pursuing careers in the health care field, yet they became among the few selected for a new specialized Youngstown State University program aimed at...

Fellows Present Research in DC and Tokyo
The National Security Fellows at the Pentagon. Seton Hall University’s 2024-25 National Security Fellowship concluded with two landmark trips, one to Washington DC, and the other to Japan, each offering fellows rare opportunities to directly...

CU Boulder gifted $5 million to support engineering student success
The Campos Foundation, founded by alumnus and longtime donor Marco Campos, donated $5 million to the University of Colorado Boulder to support the success of its engineering students. The money will help fund the College of Engineering and Applied...

Dev Chidambaram wins national award for corrosion science research
Dev Chidambaram, an Indian American Chemical & Materials Engineering Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, has won Electrochemical Society’s (ECS) 2025 Rusty Award for Mid-Career Excellence in Corrosion. Chidambaram will receive the award...

Johns Hopkins APL Lands $250M DISA Contract for Research, Engineering Support
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory a potential five-year, $250 million contract to provide operations research and engineering services to help enhance military capabilities....

Scrap or Turn Technology Business Management Framework an Admin Priority, GAO Tells OMB
The Government Accountability Office has called on the Office of Management and Budget to either designate the implementation of a framework designed to enhance the transparency of federal spending on IT as an administration priority or terminate...

Digital Journal joins API as official media partner for Life Sciences Week
Andrew MacIsaac is the Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API). - Photo courtesy of API Digital Journal is partnering with Life Sciences Week 2025 as the official media partner for the event running September 22-26 in Edmonton and Calgary. The...
One Day’s Notice Shows Rushed Approach To Gutting New Zealand’s Science Funding – PSA
Revelations that the Marsden Fund was given just one day’s notice of further funding cuts demonstrates the Government’s cavalier approach to dismantling New Zealand’s science sector, the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi said...

One day’s notice shows rushed approach to gutting New Zealand’s science funding
Revelations that the Marsden Fund was given just one day’s notice of further funding cuts demonstrates the Government’s cavalier approach to dismantling New Zealand’s science sector, the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi said...

Applied Digital Stock Rally Reflects Market Bet on Hyperscaler Partnerships
The AI data center provider has experienced huge growth. Applied Digital Corp (NASDAQ:APLD), a company that runs high-performance computing data centers, saw its stock price skyrocket some 15% on Monday to make it one of the day’s top gainers. The...

Serve with a Spectacular Swerve: The Science Behind Spin and Precision
In the realm of racket sports, badminton stands out not only for its speed and agility but also for its intriguing aerodynamics, particularly the enigmatic “spin serve.” This technique, embraced by some players yet hotly debated among experts, has...

Is Geomimetics an Intelligent Design Science? Well, Yes and No
Over the years I have featured research projects that exemplify “ID in Action” to show that intelligent design is no stranger to science. Examples have included archaeology, cryptology, forensic science, and optimization. Among them, biomimetics —...

Detecting deepfakes – Choosing the right technology
Deepfakes and injection attacks have quickly moved from emerging risks to urgent threats in identity verification and onboarding. According to the newly published 2025 Deepfake Detection Market Report & Buyer’s Guide from Biometric Update and...

Decoding Applied Optoelectronics's Options Activity: What's the Big Picture?
Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bullish stance on Applied Optoelectronics AAOI. And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the positions showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at...

Public Citizen and Data Privacy Brasil Research Comments on Section 301 Investigation of Acts, Policies, and Practices of Brazil
August 18, 2025 Download PDF This is a joint comment submitted by Public Citizen (PC) [1] and Data Privacy Brasil Research (DPBR), [2] in response to the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) request for comments on its Section 301...

Stacy Hawkins appointed managing director of research at Syracuse University's D’Aniello IVMF
Stacy Hawkins has been named the new managing director of research and evaluation at the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University. Hawkins, who is recognized nationally as a behavioral research...
Applied Intuition expands autonomy products to include automotive ADAS, empowering OEMs with end-to-end white box autonomy stack
Self-Driving System (SDS) for Automotive gives OEMs a scalable, flexible, compute-efficient ADAS platform to accelerate deployment of human-like autonomous driving experiences Applied Intuition, Inc., the industry leader for vehicle intelligence,...