Jella van de Laak | Could Tumour- Targeting Bacteria Enhance Cancer Immunotherapy? • scientia.global Cancer immunotherapy has transformed treatment outcomes, yet many patients still fail to respond. At Maastricht University, Jella van de Laak, working with Professor Ludwig Dubois and Professor Jan Th...

Using bacteria to fight cancer. New research is exploring how tumour-targeting bacteria can deliver immunotherapy directly inside tumours, potentially making treatments more precise and effective.A fascinating step towards smarter, more targeted cancer therapies. www.scientia.global/jella-van-de...

Distinguished Professor Michael Zhdanov | Mapping Magma and Drilling for Oil: New Methods for Geophysical Modelling • scientia.global Geophysicists use a variety of different methods to peer beneath the Earth’s surface. Seismic activity, gravitational fields , and magnetic fields each offer their own windows into the world undergrou...

New geophysical modelling is helping scientists visualise magma movement and improve how we explore and drill for resources like oil. Smarter methods. Better decisions. Huge implications for energy and Earth science.
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#Geophysics #Energy

Professor Jessica Rose | Every Step Matters: The Science Behind Walking in Cerebral Palsy • scientia.global Cerebral palsy is the most common childhood motor disorder and leads to lifelong difficulties with walking. Alongside colleagues at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, as well as national and internat...

Every step matters. Professor Jessica Rose’s research is helping us better understand how children with cerebral palsy walk and how we can improve movement, independence, and quality of life. Read: www.scientia.global/professor-je... #CerebralPalsy #Rehab

Dr David Berry | Bridging the gap between Agriculture and Automation • scientia.global As automation and controlled environments reshape modern farming, the need for technicians who understand both plant science and engineering is rapidly increasing. At Virginia Western Community Colleg...

Farming is changing. Dr David Berry is helping bring automation into agriculture, combining plant science and engineering to shape the future of food. Read: www.scientia.global/dr-david-ber... #AgTech

Professor Deanna Sellnow | How Strategic Communication Can Save Lives When Crisis Hits • scientia.global Professor Deanna Sellnow from Clemson University argues that crisis and risk communication research must evolve beyond simply describing and deconstructing problems to actively empowering people prote...

When crisis hits, communication can save lives. Professor Deanna Sellnow’s research shows how clear, simple messaging helps people understand risks and take action when it matters most, from disasters to public health.
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#CrisisCommunication #PublicHealth

Dr Suzan Ilcan | Building Bridges Across Difference: How Women Refugees and Volunteers Foster Solidarity in Cyprus • scientia.global Across Europe, refugees and asylum seekers often find themselves in precarious situations, facing limited access to housing, employment, education, and legal protection. While government responses hav...

Women refugees and volunteers in Cyprus are building bridges across difference and fostering solidarity, according to research by Dr Suzan Ilcan. www.scientia.global/dr-suzan-ilc...
#RefugeeVoices #SocialSolidarity doi.org/10.3167/arms...

Scientia Issue #156 | Hacking the brain over our lifetime • scientia.global Happy New Year from us at Scientia! We hope this time off enabled you all to recharge your batteries and get ready for new challenges. Getting time away from work and screens reminded me of why we do ...

Can we hack the brain across a lifetime?
From neural tech to behaviour, wellbeing, and decision-making.
Explore Scientia Issue 156 👇
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Minding our business • scientia.global After explaining the concept of open impact in last issue’s editorial, we learnt about the aims of this publication. Now, Nick answers some questions regarding the process and how we produce the arti...

Minding Our Business explores how businesses can build trust, make better decisions and stay resilient in a complex world. Great insights for leaders navigating change.
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#BusinessStrategy #LeadershipInsights

Dr Roustem Miftahof - Dr Fred Makaroff | Love Your Brain Like Your Body - Use Neurolytics© • scientia.global Brain and mental disorders are conditions that disrupt how the brain works, affecting how people think, feel, or behave. The current insufficient approach to diagnosing these conditions has contribute...

Love Your Brain Like Your Body – Use Neurolytics© looks at new ways to spot early brain changes before symptoms of cognitive decline appear and why bet-ter screening could help tackle mental and neurological disorders. www.scientia.global/dr-roustem-m... #Neuroscience

Dr Alex Fedoseyev | Unravelling Turbulence Mysteries • scientia.global Turbulence remains one of the most enigmatic and poorly understood phenomena in physics, despite being ubiquitous in nature and everyday life—from the experience of flying through turbulent air, to dr...

Why is turbulence still one of physics’ biggest mysteries?
Dr Alex Fedoseyev explains how scientists are working to unravel chaotic flows, from air to oceans. www.scientia.global/dr-alex-fedo... #Physics #Science

Prof Han Lamers | How Early Modern Scholars Used Ancient Greek to Shape Their National Identities • scientia.global In early modern Europe, ancient Greek was far more than a scholarly pursuit. Intellectuals from many regions discovered that demonstrating resemblance of their native languages to Greek could elevate ...

Why were early modern scholars obsessed with ancient Greek?
Professor Han Lamers explains how it helped shape national identity across Europe. www.scientia.global/prof-han-lam... #History #Language

Dr Bolormaa Purevjav | Sustaining Life in the Gobi Desert: Understanding Water Sustainability and Pathways for Action • scientia.global The mining industry plays a vital role in driving Mongolia’s economic growth and creating employment opportunities. However, in the Gobi Desert —one of the driest regions in Mongolia— water access, an...

Exploring water sustainability in the Gobi Desert and the actions needed to protect life in one of the world’s driest places. www.scientia.global/dr-bolormaa-... #WaterSustainability #ClimateAction

Dr Norio Mitsuhashi | Measuring Respiratory Motion to Improve Precision in Lung Radiation Therapy • scientia.global Dr Norio Mitsuhashi, former Professor of the Department of Radiation Oncology at Tokyo Women’s Medical University, leads revolutionary clinical research into optimising stereotactic body radiation the...

New research shows how tracking respiratory motion can improve precision in lung radiation therapy. www.scientia.global/dr-norio-mit... #MedTech #CancerCare doi.org/10.5603/rpor...

Research by Professor Terry C. Hrubec suggests that while keeping things clean protects us, overusing disinfectants and ultra-clean products could cause more harm than good. Rethinking how we clean matters for health. www.scientia.global/professor-te... doi.org/10.3390/toxi... #PublicHealth

Dr Ariel Dinar - Dr Robert Mendelsohn | Agriculture in a Warming World: The Impact on the Future of Food • scientia.global A major new scientific resource has been produced with the support of the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. Edited by Profs Ariel Dinar and Robert Mendelsohn, The Handbook on Climate Chan...

New research by Dr Ariel Dinar & Dr Robert Mendelsohn shows how climate change is reshaping agriculture and future food supply. Evidence worldwide shows farmers are already feeling the impacts, and that adaptation and smart policy will shape food security. www.scientia.global/dr-ariel-din...

Dr Jan-Hendrik Schöbel - Dr Michael Felderhoff | Greener techniques for the production of pharmaceutical co-crystals through mechanochemistry • scientia.global Pharmaceutical manufacturers face increasing pressure to reduce solvent use, energy consumption and waste. Mechanochemistry explores mechanical force rather than heat to drive chemical reactions in th...

Scientists are developing greener ways to make pharmaceutical co-crystals using mechanical force instead of lots of solvents and heat. This sustainable method could cut waste and energy use in drug production. www.scientia.global/dr-jan-hendr... #SustainableScience doi.org/10.1039/D5MR...

Dr Eun Jin Jung | Getting sufficient sleep improves the life satisfaction of adolescents • scientia.global Insufficient sleep can cause much more than tiredness and grouchiness in adolescents. As well as being important for their health, adolescents also need to get enough sleep to feel satisfied with thei...

Getting enough sleep isn’t just good for the body, it boosts life satisfaction in teens too. www.scientia.global/dr-eun-jin-j... #SleepHealth #Wellbeing

Professor Richard Ludueña | Two Turkish Cities Were Essential in the Development of Science and Religion – a Work in Progress • scientia.global This book explores the history of the area in Turkey where these two cities lie. Prof Richard Ludueña and his daughter visited Harran and Sanliurfa (formerly Edessa) in 2014. He found them fascinating...

Two Turkish cities played a key role in shaping science and religion. A fascinating look at history, culture, and knowledge evolving together. www.scientia.global/professor-ri... #History #ScienceAndCulture

Dr Marie-Lou Gaucher | Unravelling Necrotic Enteritis in Poultry: The Quest for an Effective Vaccine • scientia.global Avian necrotic enteritis (NE) is one of the most significant intestinal diseases affecting poultry worldwide, particularly broiler chickens. It causes major economic losses due to reduced growth rates...

Breakthrough work from Dr Marie-Lou Gaucher as her team develops a vaccine to tackle Necrotic Enteritis, a major disease in poultry. A step toward healthier flocks and reduced antibiotic use. www.scientia.global/dr-marie-lou... #Ne-croticEnteritis #PoultryResearch doi.org/10.3390/micr...

Dr Yurii V. Geletii - Professor Craig L. Hill | Redox Buffers: Self-Regulating Catalysts for Chemical Oxidation • scientia.global Chemical reactions often demand precise control over their operating conditions to proceed efficiently. While chemists routinely use pH buffers to stabilise acidity levels, far less attention has been...

A breakthrough from Dr Yurii Geletii and Professor Craig Hill at Emory Univer-sity. They’ve developed new redox buffer catalysts that self-regulate while breaking down harmful thiols into safer compounds. Cleaner, greener chemistry. www.scientia.global/dr-yurii-v-g... doi.org/10.1039/D3CY...

Enjoy!

The Photrek team is excited to be advancing AI's ability to model extreme events.

Undergirding these new capabilities is the uniqueness of the coupled entropy. In a new proof, 1/4

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Sara F Martin | The Sun’s Magnetic Activity May Be More ‘Superficial’ Than We Thought • scientia.global Scientists have long debated where solar cycle magnetic fields come from—deep within its interior or closer to its surface. Compelling new evidence suggests these fields may originate much closer to t...

The Sun’s magnetic activity might be far more “skin-deep” than we thought. Recent evidence shows its magnetic fields may form close to the surface, not deep in the core. Learn how this could change space-weather forecasts. www.scientia.global/sara-f-marti... #SolarPhysics doi.org/10.3389/fspa...

Dr Liisa Laakso | Lighting the Way: Exploring Photobiomodulation to Ease MELAS • scientia.global MELAS is a rare and serious genetic condition that affects how the body’s cells produce energy, leading to extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, and a range of other symptoms. With no cure currently avail...

New research explores how light therapy could ease MELAS, a mitochon-drial disease that affects energy production in the body.
www.scientia.global/dr-liisa-laa... #HealthScience #LightTherapy doi.org/10.3390/jcm1...

Nick Martin | Data Assimilation: Overcoming AI's Data Uncertainty Limitations for Water Resources • scientia.global Water resources are essential for human life. Knowing how to manage water, both now and in the future, is necessary to continue using it as well as possible. Nick Martin and Jeremy White are examining...

AI alone isn’t enough when data is noisy. New work by Nick Martin shows how combining data + physics via Data Assimilation, gives more reliable water resources models and avoids misleading results from bad da-ta. www.scientia.global/nick-martin-... #WaterScience #AI doi.org/10.3390/w161...

Professor Abraham P. Lee | Delivering Cancer Immunotherapy with Acoustic-Electric Precision, AESOP’s Fact not Fable • scientia.global Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy offers life-saving potential, particularly against blood cancers, but severe side effects such as cytokine release syndrome (CRS) limit its safety. These...

Sound waves plus electricity target cancer cells with precision in a new immunotherapy breakthrough. Discover how acoustics meet medi-cine: www.scientia.global/professor-ab... #CancerResearch #Innovation doi.org/10.1063/5.02...

Dr Suzanne Coyle | Weaving Spirituality into Psychotherapy: How Stories Help Healing • scientia.global As the practice of psychotherapy increasingly embraces the spiritual dimensions of the human experience, therapists are investigating new ways to weave faith and meaning into healing. Dr Suzanne Coyle...

Stories and spirituality can heal. The latest work shows how therapy grounded in meaning and faith helps people re-write painful pasts into hopeful futures.
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#Therapy #MindBodySpirit doi.org/10.3390/rel1...

New Approaches to Treating Alzheimer’s Disease • scientia.global Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating condition that strips away people’s memory, thinking, and independence. By 2050, it is expected to affect over 100 million people around the world, making it a hig...

Exploring innovative treatments for Alzheimer's disease, researchers are investigating mechanical and light-based therapies, such as transcranial ultrasound stimulation and photobiomodulation, to enhance brain function and slow symptom progression. www.scientia.global/new-approach... #Alzheimers

Dr Bo Song | Light, Energy, and the Living Nerve • scientia.global At University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, recent work by Professor Bo Song and colleagues suggests that light may play an unexpected role in the way our nerves use and transmit energy. The...

How does light energise the living nerve? Dr Bo Song uncovers a powerful link between photons and neural function. www.scientia.global/dr-bo-song-l...
#Neuroscience #Biophysics doi.org/10.1007/s122...

Dr Kenric Nelson | Modelling the Extreme: A New Technique for Training Risk-Aware Artificial Intelligence • scientia.global Category 5 hurricanes, financial crashes, and global pandemics are just a few examples of rare events whose high risks necessitate understanding and mitigation. Developments in artificial intelligence...

How do we train AI to handle extreme events? Dr Kenric Nelson introduces a new approach to make artificial intelligence truly risk-aware. www.scientia.global/dr-kenric-ne... #AI #MachineLearning @kenricnelson.bsky.social doi.org/10.1007/978-...