HAIFA, Israel, Feb. 15 -- The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Darwin Day: When Evolution Turns Against Us -- Humans vs. Viruses * How has evolution shaped viral infection? How does humanity cope with viral diseases? Why do vaccines work well against one disease but not another? Why are drugs that work against bacteria ineffective against viruses? And how optimistic can we allow ourselves to be about the future? These questions were addressed recen more PR

HAIFA, Israel, Feb. 15 -- The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * For the Fifth Consecutive Year: Technion Ranks Among the World's Top 100 for U.S. Patents * The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology ranks first in Israel, second in Europe, and 81st worldwide in U.S. patent grants for 2025. With 46 U.S. patents granted during the year, the Technion is the only Israeli university in the global top 100, maintaining its position for the fifth consecuti more PR

KARLSRUHE, Germany, Feb. 12 -- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology issued the following news release: * * * IceCube Looks Deeper Into The Universe: Upgrade Enables New Neutrino Measurements KIT Researchers Contribute Key Components to the New Instrumentation of the World's Largest Neutrino Experiment * Since 2010, the IceCube Observatory at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station has been delivering groundbreaking measurements of high-energy cosmic neutrinos. It consists of many detectors embed more PR

MONTREAL, Quebec, Feb. 13 -- McGill University posted the following news release: * * * McGill researchers build the best light-powered, room-temperature computer yet * McGill and Queen's University researchers have built an improved version of a computer that uses light to solve extremely hard problems more quickly and at larger scale than existing systems, without the need for cryogenic cooling. Many of the most demanding real-world challenges in science and engineering, from predicting  more PR

BIRMINGHAM, England, Feb. 14 (TNSjou) -- The University of Birmingham posted the following news: * * * Astrophysics turned upside down by unique 'inside out' planetary system Discovery of four planets creates radical new perspective on how celestial bodies are formed * University of Birmingham astronomers joined a global team of scientists to discover a distant planetary system that turns scientific understanding of planet formation upside down. In the Solar System, the inner planets (Merc more PR

MONTREAL, Quebec, Feb. 13 -- McGill University posted the following news release: * * * Which childhood abuse survivors are at elevated risk of depression? New study provides important clues * Scientists have identified a pattern of gene activity present in some female survivors of childhood abuse that is associated with an elevated risk of depression. "We know childhood abuse increases the risk of depression at the population level, but at the individual level it's much harder to predict  more PR