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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 20-Oct-2025 20:11 ET (21-Oct-2025 00:11 GMT/UTC)
21-Apr-2025
What’s in the burnt remains of the LA wildfires?
Desert Research Institute
Wildfires tore through Los Angeles in January 2025, burning more than 16,000 structures, uprooting neighborhoods and displacing entire communities. As the infernos raged, DRI scientists with a wide range of expertise in soil science, air quality, and post-wildfire impacts put together a plan for collecting ash, dust, soil, and building material samples from the burn zones. To them, these urban fires presented a unique opportunity to understand how materials like plastics, metals, and even lithium batteries from electric cars can transform into environmental contaminants when they burn.
21-Apr-2025
NCSA, CAII get personal with your health
National Center for Supercomputing ApplicationsThe Center for Artificial Intelligence Innovation is developing a mobile app that analyzes complex nutritional data to help with individual health planning.
21-Apr-2025
Earth Day 2025: Bar-Ilan University professor developing environmentally-friendly pesticides to combat crop diseases
Bar-Ilan University
As Earth Day is marked on April 22, a collaborative effort between Israeli researchers is driving the development of environmentally-friendly pesticides that promise to reduce the harmful impact of traditional chemical alternatives. The ongoing research is focused on combating plant pathogens, particularly those responsible for widespread crop diseases, through innovative, sustainable approaches.
21-Apr-2025
Earth Day 2025: Bar-Ilan University’s "Take the Garbage with You" initiative takes a bold step toward ending littering and safeguarding our planet
Bar-Ilan UniversityThe Take the Garbage with You initiative, founded by Prof. Michal Zion, from the Faculty of Education and the Center for Energy and Sustainability at Bar-Ilan University, introduces a new approach to tackling the global issue of litter in public spaces. Rather than emphasizing traditional cleanup efforts, the project encourages individuals to take responsibility for the waste they produce, promoting prevention over cleanup.
21-Apr-2025
Podcast: Okinawa’s hidden shark hotspots have a vital role as shark sanctuaries
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University
Okinawa and its surrounding waters represent what marine biologists call a "shark and ray hotspot" in terms of both diversity and conservation significance. In this episode of the OIST podcast, Dr. Fabienne Ziadi-Künzli, a marine biologist and shark researcher at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), explained that this region creates unique habitats for sharks throughout their different life stages.