12-Nov-2025 New #biochar webinar alert! Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University Did you miss the live session? The full recording is now available on YouTube! Journal Biochar
12-Nov-2025 Cal Poly scientists look to ancient microbes to discover the antibiotics of the future California Polytechnic State University A Cal Poly biochemistry research team is searching for clues to discover new antibiotics. Bacteria strains that are more than 25 million years old might hold the keys to what they're looking for. Donated by a Cal Poly scientist who collaborated to inspire Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel “Jurassic Park," the student and faculty research team has a treasure trove of prehistoric biological materials to work with.
12-Nov-2025 The 1.5°C target – an obituary? Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research The target set ten years ago in the Paris Climate Agreement was already very ambitious at that time and has become increasingly implausible over the years due to inadequate societal-political development and rapid warming. However, the 1.5°C limit has not yet actually been exceeded. So, is it too early for an obituary?
12-Nov-2025 Behavioral economics: Born at Cornell, embraced by policymakers Cornell University Economists and psychologists work together to understand how human behavior impacts people's decision-making in the marketplace.
12-Nov-2025 Stretching shapes and building tools: topology at Cornell Cornell University Topology has real implications in the world. For example, topological techniques can be brought to bear on calculating the trajectories of spacecraft, and missions have been saved by the efforts of topologists.
12-Nov-2025 Why is no one talking about generational change in health care? Texas A&M University Traditional deference to one’s elders within the medical profession is contributing to a wasted opportunity to improve a broken health care system, says a leading health policy researcher. Funder National Academy of Sciences, Legal Services for Homeless Veterans and Veterans At-Risk for Homelessness (LSV-H) Grant Program
12-Nov-2025 Powerful new film explores how courts can fail autistic witnesses University of Bath A compelling new narrative film, inspired by research into how autistic people experience the justice system, will premiere at the BAFTA-qualifying Norwich Film Festival (UK) this weekend.
12-Nov-2025 Virtual reality tool may offer easier vision testing, early research shows University of Colorado School of Medicine Preliminary research led by ophthalmologist Jesse Smith, MD, indicates that a virtual reality-based vision test was as accurate as a standard test among patients with geographic atrophy, a potentially vision-threatening eye disease.
12-Nov-2025 Layers of Rome Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz Archaeologist Catherine Teitz explores how Roman architecture and everyday life along Hadrian’s Wall evolved over the centuries – and how old excavation records can still yield new insights. She values the strong Roman heritage research network in the Rhine-Main region and lends support to early-career researchers in her field.
12-Nov-2025 Have a heart-healthy Thanksgiving! University of California - Riverside Dr. Ramy Sadek, a board-certified cardiologist practicing at UCR Health in Riverside, California, offers advice on making good choices at Thanksgiving.
