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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 22-Nov-2025 01:11 ET (22-Nov-2025 06:11 GMT/UTC)

Forced ‘return to office’ initiatives could deepen regional divides across Europe

University of Surrey
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When remote work is supported well, it can raise job satisfaction, reduce commuting stress and give people meaningful control over their work life balance. However, the recent drive by some organisations to bring staff back into offices risks reversing these gains and widening the gap between regions, according to a new study that University of Surrey researchers contributed to as part of the R-Map project.

Journal: Scientific Data

Filipinos eating more but growing less

Ateneo de Manila University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Philippines remains mired in import dependence despite years of government support.

Journal: PLOS One

Scientists develop new model to help Malaysia set a fair and effective price on carbon

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University

A new study has introduced the first Malaysia specific model for estimating the social cost of carbon, offering policymakers a clearer path toward meeting the country’s climate and biodiversity goals while protecting economic growth. The research, published in Carbon Research, highlights how Malaysia can leverage its extensive forest resources to reduce climate damages, lower mitigation costs, and accelerate progress toward net zero emissions.

Journal: Carbon Research

Study of higher education during COVID-19 shutdowns shows certain subjects can be better taught online

University of Notre Dame
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from University of Notre Dame marketing professor Shijie Lu looks at how the abrupt move from classroom teaching to online learning during the COVID-19 lockdown affected college students’ performance in China.

Journal: Production and Operations Management

Study reveals how quiet political connections help corporations win contracts

Strategic Management Society
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study published in Strategic Management Journal sheds light on the subtle yet significant role that unelected officials play in helping corporations secure successful contract bids.

The research, led by Dr. Tony L. He of Rutgers Business School in Newark, N.J., analyzed a dataset of 14,849 public procurement contracts across 28 European countries between 2011 and 2017.

Journal: Strategic Management Journal

Research shows flavor, color drive premium prices for Texas tomatoes

Texas A&M AgriLife Communications

A new Texas A&M AgriLife Research study shows consumers are willing to pay more for flavorful, vividly colored tomatoes regardless of origin– evidence that sensory traits, not just a “local” label, drive what people value most in fresh produce.

Published in Agribusiness, the peer-reviewed study was led by Samuel Zapata, Ph.D., an associate professor in Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Agricultural Economics, based at the Texas A&M University Higher Education Center at McAllen.

The most effective online fact-checkers? Your peers

University of Rochester
Peer-Reviewed Publication

How can the same public that spreads misinformation be trusted to correct it? A recent study by researchers from the University of Rochester, the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, and the University of Virginia finds that “crowdchecking”—X’s collaborative fact-checking experiment known as Community Notes—actually works.

Journal: Information Systems Research

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