Oak Ridge National Lab Cultivates Future Material Scientists with Elite Neutron Scattering School
ORNL's National Neutron Scattering School hosted 50 postgraduate students for a comprehensive curriculum on neutron scattering techniques, with lectures and hands-on experiments at SNS and HFIR facilities.
Downtown Windfall: $25M Gift Supercharges Northwestern’s New Bipolar Institute
Northwestern Medicine will open the Dauten Behavioral Health Institute in Chicago after a $25 million gift from Kent and Liz Dauten to expand bipolar care and research. The center will fund a registry, an innovation fund and new clinical programs.
Robot Laser Turns Aging Maunakea Telescope Into Night‑Sky Sharpshooter
The University of Hawaiʻi has put Robo‑AO‑2 into initial science operations on the UH 2.2‑meter atop Maunakea, using robotic adaptive optics to sharpen hundreds of nightly targets and test a new adaptive secondary mirror.
SoCal Docs Roll Dice On $16M AI Mammogram Shakeup
A PCORI‑funded, randomized study led by UCLA and UC Davis will test whether AI assistance helps radiologists read screening mammograms more accurately. The trial pairs clinical outcomes with patient surveys.












