GALVESTON, Texas, April 9 -- The University of Texas Medical Branch issued the following news release: * * * A smarter way to build vaccines: UTMB scientists harness AI to target emerging alphaviruses * A team of scientists at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), led by Nikos Vasilakis, PhD, and Peter McCaffrey, MD, has developed a new computational pipeline that could dramatically accelerate the development of vaccines against a group of mosquito-borne viruses known as alphavirus.  more

PASADENA, California, April 9 -- The California Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Imagine That: Brain Uses Neurons from Vision System When Forming Mental Imagery * Creative endeavors, like making art, writing music, or penning a poem, require the recall of memories to fuel imagination. Many other human behaviors, including problem solving, also rely on mental imagery to complete tasks, but little was known about how imagery works at the level of single neurons in the b  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 9 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Simple vineyard growing practice impacts soil microbiome deep below surface * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -Pennsylvania is the fourth largest wine producer in the United States, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. The industry supports nearly 11,000 jobs and directly contributes $1.77 billion to the state economy annually. In an effort to produce more and better grapes at a   more

HAMILTON, New York, April 9 -- Colgate University posted the following news: * * * Student-Faculty Research at Colgate: A New Measure of Hunger Through the Gut Microbiome * The global hunger crisis affects more than 8% of the world's population, transcending borders and hitting hardest in developing nations. During the spring and fall of 2025, Associate Professor of Epidemiology Bineyam Taye and Angie Zhu '26 conducted a study, supported by a grant from the Picker Interdisciplinary Science I  more