Feature Stories
Updates every hour. Last Updated: 29-Jan-2026 00:11 ET (29-Jan-2026 05:11 GMT/UTC)
Community scientists bring the voice of South Carolina to cancer research
Medical University of South CarolinaBreakthroughs in testing solid-fuel ramjets advance research
Naval Research LaboratoryA curiosity-driven journey toward understanding brain folding
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied SciencesOver a decade of research at Harvard has produced a unified, physics-based framework for brain development that links genes to geometry, setting the stage for future studies on how folding patterns might contribute to neurological disease.
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- eLife
Advancing radiation safety standards across Asia
National Research Council of Science & TechnologyThe Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS, President Lee Ho Seong) has successfully exported its proprietary radioactivity measurement standard to Thailand. This milestone marks a significant step in establishing South Korea’s metrology technology as a benchmark for radiation safety management across the Asia-Pacific region.
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- Ministry of Science and ICT
Lifesaving care at UTHealth Houston allows 7-year-old to contribute to finding a cure for rare genetic condition
University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonScientists tackle cattle methane by targeting microbes in a cow’s stomach
University of British ColumbiaSURF launches John Bahcall Colloquium with inaugural lecture by Neta Bahcall
South Dakota Science and Technology AuthorityThe Institute for Underground Science at SURF is launching the John Bahcall Colloquium, a monthly series of scientific lectures to build intellectual community while delving into the wide range of disciplines being researched at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF).
Major milestone achieved for measuring methane and feed intake from free-grazing pastoral cattle in East Africa
CGIARFor the first time in East Africa, ILRI’s Mazingira Centre has directly measured methane emissions and feed intake from free-grazing cattle under real rangeland conditions. The breakthrough provides Africa-specific data to improve livestock emission estimates, test mitigation options, and support more productive, climate-smart pastoral systems.
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- Bezos Family Foundation, BiomEdit, Ballmer Group, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
KRICT–Canaph–Oscotec advance OCT-598 into clinic, setting a model for public–private drug development
National Research Council of Science & TechnologyKorea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), in collaboration with Canaph Therapeutics, and with clinical development led by Oscotec Inc., announced that the novel anticancer drug candidate OCT-598 (a dual EP2/EP4 inhibitor) has successfully entered the clinical development phase, marking a major milestone in Korea’s public–private drug development collaboration model.
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- Ministry of Science and ICT