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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 10-Sep-2025 08:11 ET (10-Sep-2025 12:11 GMT/UTC)

A chance spotting of a fossil results in a major scientific discovery

Okayama University of Science
Reports and Proceedings

A fossil discovered in a rock on display at the Nariwa Museum of Art in Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, has been identified as Japan’s first Late Triassic ichthyosaur and the first ichthyosaur ever found in western Japan. The find was made by Professor Takafumi Kato and colleagues during a museum-based educational event. CT scans revealed 21 bone fragments, including vertebrae and a scapula, confirming the fossil’s identity. Experts say the discovery offers rare and valuable insight into the evolution and distribution of ichthyosaurs during the Norian stage, when open-ocean species emerged. The fossil is now on public display and is expected to inspire local education and scientific interest.

State gun laws and firearm-related homicides and suicides

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cross-sectional study, stronger gun laws correlated with decreased overall firearm mortality, with the strongest correlations for decreased suicides. For firearm suicide, this analyses lend support to policies that regulate firearm sales, transfers, and permitting laws. While some gun law categories were correlated with decreased firearm homicide, sociodemographic factors, such as unemployment, poverty, and insurance status, correlated with larger changes, suggesting policies that address root causes of violence through economic mobility and access to robust social, health, and educational services may be associated with a greater reduction in homicides.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Eindhoven University of Technology and JMIR Publications announce unlimited open access publishing agreement

JMIR Publications
Business Announcement

The Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and JMIR Publications, a leading open access publisher of digital health research, are pleased to announce a new agreement that will provide TU/e faculty and affiliated researchers with unlimited opportunities for open access publishing in JMIR's extensive portfolio of journals.

Education exports help offset U.S. trade deficit—but new tariff and visa policies threaten gains

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As U.S. policymakers increase tariffs on goods, particularly those imported from China—a new study from the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy finds the opposite may be needed to protect one of the country’s most powerful economic exports: higher education.

Journal: The Review of Economics and Statistics

Turns out there is an ‘I’ in team

Texas A&M University

Texas A&M researchers find that individual practice is the secret to maintaining high team performance over time.

Journal: Human Performance
Funder: U.S. Air Force, Division 19: Society for Military Psychology

Education research groups urge immediate action on civil rights data collection

American Educational Research Association
Business Announcement

Eleven leading education research organizations are calling on the U.S. Department of Education to take immediate action to finalize the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) for the 2025–26 school year.

Learning music helps young people flourish

Edith Cowan University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from ECU’s School of Education has found that learning music plays a critical yet often overlooked role in enhancing the wellbeing of children and adolescents, calling for a stronger focus on music education in schools and communities.

Journal: Research Studies in Music Education
Funder: Edith Cowan University

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