Predicting wind pressure on building surfaces accurately requires accounting for the vertical angle of the wind. Researchers modeled variations in vertical wind angles as changes in building roof slopes using filtered wind speeds.

Pacer, J. S., & Kopp, G. A. (2026). Quasi-steady aerodynamic effects of the vertical angle of attack on low-rise buildings with variable roof slopes. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 278, 106611. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2026.106611   Gregory Kopp

Scientists do not fully understand how soil animals release extra carbon when nutrients are scarce or how to accurately model their respiration. The researchers built a soil food web computer model and tested different biological processes using data from three Brazilian tree plantations.

Buchkowski, R. W., Brown, G. G., Bosello, F., Demetrio, W. C., Cooper, M., Thébault, E., Barreto, C., Lindo, Z., & Mathieu, J. (2026). Large parameter uncertainty persists in soil food web models integrating stoichiometry, respiration and assimilation. Functional Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.70432   Zoë Lindo

Imbalances in two brain chemicals, glutamate and glutathione, can signal cognitive disorders, but standard imaging techniques struggle to measure them efficiently. Researchers developed a new brain-scanning technique to capture both chemicals simultaneously, testing it on test objects and five healthy volunteers.

Kanagasabai, K., Oran, O., Palaniyappan, L., & Théberge, J. (2026). Double DANTE‐PRESS: Development of a 1H‐MRS Multifrequency‐Selective Sequence for Simultaneous In Vivo Quantification of Glutathione and Glutamate at 7 Tesla. NMR in Biomedicine, 39(10). https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.70385   Lena Palaniyappan

Scientists do not fully understand how people with early psychosis naturally match conversational speaking styles with other people over time. Researchers interviewed 109 patients and 60 controls twice across 12 months to track how closely their word choices aligned.

Meister, F., Voppel, A., Dzialoszynski, P., & Palaniyappan, L. (2026). Two-Person Psychopathology: Linguistic Style Matching Marks Disorganized Self-Referential Narrative in Psychosis. openRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.24.26361227   Lena Palaniyappan