International Teams Bring Innovation and Excitement to STEAM Azerbaijan Festival 2025
Team captains from Germany and Switzerland share their preparation journey, inspirations, and excitement ahead of the competition.
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ASOIU Welcomes the 7th International Eurasia Conference
Global experts gather to explore AI, climate adaptation, and resilient infrastructure at three-day “RISK-2025” conference.
Scientists Discover Cell’s “Decision-Making Committees”
Scientists at ETH Zurich have discovered that tiny blobs of molecules inside cells, called condensates, act like “decision centers” that control a cell’s life.
Nobel Prize for Physcics Honors Quantum Mechanics Breakthrough
Prize awarded “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit”.
2025 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded for Immune System Breakthrough
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi win the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering how regulatory T cells and the FOXP3 gene keep the immune system in balance.
Marc Randolph: You Don’t Know If an Idea Will Work Until You Test It
At the INMerge Innovation Summit, Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph recounted the company’s early challenges, revealing how uncertainty, risk, and constant experimentation shaped its journey from DVDs by mail to streaming dominance.
INMerge Innovation Summit 2025 Returns for its Fifth Edition in Baku, Bridging Ecosystems from Central Eurasia to North America
Global leaders, investors, and startups unite in Baku to foster innovation and cross-border collaboration.
GPT-based protein design overcomes decades-old barrier in regenerative medicine
Trained on sequences, structure data, and biological context, OpenAI’s GPT-4b micro brings protein engineering into the age of AI
Heidelberg Researchers Unveil Key Mechanism in Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers from Heidelberg University and Shandong University have uncovered a key molecular mechanism that drives the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, offering a new path toward effective treatment
Scientists Create Molecule That Brings Artificial Photosynthesis Closer to Reality
University of Basel researchers mimic nature’s process to store energy from sunlight for carbon-neutral fuels
Scientists Develop Interface That Can ‘Read’ Thoughts
New brain-computer interface decodes silent thoughts into speech, but only on users' commands
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Interactive Virtual Labs Expand Access and Language Support in Science Education
In 2024, Aalto University’s Samuel Girmay introduced interactive virtual labs to secondary schools to make science learning more inclusive
Scientists Achieve World’s First “Behavior Transplant” Between Species
The study demonstrates that instinctive behaviors can be genetically transferred by modifying neural circuits in fruit flies
Hidden in Cosmic Ice: Scientists Track Down Missing Sulfur in Space
For decades, astronomers have puzzled over why so little sulfur is detected in space, despite the fact that it is one of the universe’s most common elements and essential for life. Now, an international team of researchers believes they may have found the answer: the missing sulfur could be locked away in icy dust grains, hidden in unusual molecular forms that make it nearly invisible to telescopes.
Boosting the Brain’s Energy Centers Restores Memory
Scientists developed an artificial receptor called mitoDreadd-Gs that activates G proteins directly inside mitochondria, leading to significant improvement in memory performance.
18-Year-Old Kazakh Teen Raises $1 Million for His AI Startup Nozomio
Backed by leading European fund LocalGlobe and regional investor Eurasian Hub Ventures, Nozomio’s virtual engineer, Nia AI, helps developers understand complex codebases like a senior engineer.
AI Ring Translates American Sign Language in Real Time
Developed by Cornell University, the SpellRing is an AI-powered wearable that turns ASL fingerspelling into real-time text, helping make communication easier and more inclusive for Deaf and hard-of-hearing users
UC Santa Cruz Professor Proposes Groundbreaking New Theories on Dark Matter's Origins
Challenging conventional wisdom, these theories propose that dark matter's elusive nature stems from its origins in the very early universe.