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27-Feb-2026

Predicting extreme rainfall through novel spatial modeling

Osaka Metropolitan University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team used hourly precipitation data from 1981 to 2020 and spatial modeling to predict extreme precipitation events for the next 100 years in Japan.

Journal: Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

26-Feb-2026

Digital clinical decision support algorithm substantially reduced antibiotic prescribing without compromising clinical recovery, according to non-randomized controlled trial in 32 Rwandan health centers

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a pragmatic cluster non-randomized trial, Alexandra Kulinkina and colleagues investigate the effectiveness of a clinical decision support algorithm for guiding antibiotic prescribing in pediatric outpatient care in Rwanda.

Journal: PLOS Medicine

26-Feb-2026

Music may not boost focus or mood during exercise, review suggests

University of Jyväskylä - Jyväskylän yliopisto
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Music is commonly used during exercise and is often assumed to improve focus, mood, or mental performance. A new systematic review and meta-analysis led by researchers at the Centre of Excellence in Music, Mind, Body and Brain at the University of Jyväskylä examined whether these assumptions are supported by experimental evidence.

Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

25-Feb-2026

Aspirin not a quick fix for preventing bowel cancer

Cochrane
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Daily aspirin use does not offer a quick or reliable way to prevent bowel cancer in the general population and carries immediate risks of serious bleeding, a new Cochrane review finds.

Journal: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

25-Feb-2026

A robust new telecom qubit in silicon

University of California - Santa Barbara
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Quantum technologies are anticipated to transform computing, communication and sensing by harnessing the unusual behavior of matter at the atomic scale. Translating quantum’s promise into practical devices will require physical systems that have desirable quantum properties and can be easily manufactured. Silicon, the material behind today’s computer chips, is highly attractive as a platform because it plays to the strengths of the trillion-dollar semiconductor industry that has already been built. Identifying quantum building blocks — qubits —in silicon is, therefore, an important frontier research area.

Journal: Physical Review B

25-Feb-2026

Complete resolution of the polynomial analogue of the Brocard–Ramanujan problem in mathematics

Toho University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Dr. Wataru Takeda, Department of Mathematics at the Faculty of Science, Toho University, has completely solved the polynomial analogue of the long-standing Brocard–Ramanujan problem, originally proposed in 1876 and still unsolved in its integer form. This research has been published online in Finite Fields and Their Applications on September 30, 2025, and formally released in February 2026.

Journal: Finite Fields and Their Applications

25-Feb-2026

American Chemical Society Journal cover highlights SQU research on functionalized gold nanoparticles

Sultan Qaboos University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Gold nanoparticles with surface functionalization are vital to improve their stability, bio-compatibility to engineer them to be suitable candidates in advanced bio-medical technologies, including drug delivery systems, biosensors, bioimaging, photothermal cancer therapy etc. They are also being exploited in catalysis and energy applications. Their performance in these applications depends strongly on how their surfaces interact with the surrounding medium, particularly the interfacial water, at the nanoscale. Therefore, understanding the thermodynamics and intermolecular structure of the interfacial water is crucial in the design process.

Journal: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C