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21-Jul-2025

Enhancing environmental data sharing: Policy brief Recommendations on Managing Data in the Green Deal Data Space

Pensoft Publishers
Reports and Proceedings

Four EU projects – AD4GD, B-Cubed, FAIRiCUBE and USAGE – have explored and documented the requirements for successfully building the GDDS and have published a joint policy brief, presenting a set of recommendations on data harmonisation, semantic interoperability, metadata management, data exchange and governance.

Funder: Horizon Europe

18-Jul-2025

Benign uterine tumor resembling cancer highlights diagnostic challenges

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — July 18, 2025 — A new case report was published in Volume 12 of Oncoscience on July 2, 2025, titled “Navigating diagnostic complexity: A case report on uterine lipoleiomyoma, unveiling its benign nature amidst characteristics resembling liposarcoma.”

Journal: Oncoscience

17-Jul-2025

“Sisters together’: Antiracist activism and the fight for trans inclusion at the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival

University of Chicago Press Journals
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, hosted from 1976 to 2015, brought together lesbian feminists for a celebration of culture and activism. Today, the festival is perhaps best known for its controversial "womyn-born-womyn” attendance policy, which excluded trans women from participation. A new article in Signs: Journal of Women and Culture in Society examines the fight for trans inclusion at Michfest and positions it within a rich history of activism at the festival, including antiracist activism by women of color.

Journal: Signs

17-Jul-2025

Wild pigs are costing Georgia farmers

University of Georgia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New University of Georgia research found wild pigs to be a startling cause of damage on farms and crops.

Journal: Crop Protection

17-Jul-2025

Does being a proficient swimmer mean you are safe in the water?

Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Swimming instruction in Norway takes place almost exclusively in calm and controlled indoor swimming pools. But most water-related accidents occur outdoors, meaning the skills children have learned may not be enough.

Journal: Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy

16-Jul-2025

Biologicals vs. biostimulants: Illinois study clarifies crop input confusion

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Every time Fred Below and Connor Sible (CPSC) meet with Illinois farmers, they get the same question. “What’s the story with these biologicals? Do they work?” The confusion of new products and unclear terminology prompted the team to embark on a deep dive into the world of biologicals and biostimulants, publishing their commentary in Agricultural and Environmental Letters.

Funder: United Soybean Board, Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education, Agricultural Research Service

16-Jul-2025

Government rollbacks of climate monitoring is a public health emergency

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In an opinion piece published July 16 in the open-access journal PLOS Climate, Jeremy Jacobs of Vanderbilt University and Shazia Khan of Yale School of Medicine draw attention to the rollback of government efforts to collect data on climate change, and how the loss of this infrastructure imperils public health efforts.

Journal: PLOS Climate