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Editage to explore the capacity challenge in Peer Review during the Peer Review Week 2026

Cactus Communications Pvt. Ltd.
Business Announcement

Editage, the flagship brand of Cactus Technology Solutions (CACTUS), will mark Peer Review Week 2026 for the 11^th consecutive year. In partnership with European Association of Science Editors (EASE), Editage will deliberate over this critical challenge through the theme ‘Peer Review Capacity: Volume, Speed, and Quality,’ and explore how the scholarly community can balance volume and speed with the quality, expertise, and integrity that peer review depends on.

Abortion care and counseling is core to the practice of maternal-fetal medicine, says new SMFM guidance

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Maternal-fetal medicine subspecialists (MFMs) should use their expertise to improve maternal safety by maximizing patient access to the full range of reproductive healthcare under current state abortion restrictions, according to the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM). Providing abortion care and counseling is central to MFM clinical practice and cannot be separated from high-risk pregnancy care, according to SMFM.

Journal: Pregnancy

Greenhouse gas benefits of ag irrigation outweigh emissions costs

Colorado State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Irrigating U.S. crops prevents higher greenhouse gas emissions by avoiding land conversion, groundbreaking new research by Colorado State University shows.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Who gets the kidney? AI chatbots do not make the same moral choices humans do

Penn State
Reports and Proceedings

Artificial intelligence (AI) models prioritize starkly different attributes than humans when making high-stakes decisions, and they don't express indecision like humans do, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers, raising questions about the role of AI in decision support for ethically sensitive situations like medical decisions.

Meeting: 2026 ACM FAccT Conference

How can countries prevent shocks and disasters from turning into food crises? Science points to Resilience

The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study, published in the prestigious scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), challenges our natural human tendency to think that everything will necessarily get worse after a shock. Instead, the study presents compelling empirical evidence that it is possible to break the link between shocks and food insecurity. The key element for this is RESILIENCE. In simple terms, resilience means the ability of people, communities, ecosystems (and food systems in this particular case study) to withstand disturbance and to continue functioning despite disasters and shocks.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

New PNAS special feature examines how segregation continues to shape environmental risks and benefits in cities

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Most people think of segregation as a social phenomenon. But a Cary-led special feature in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines how segregation also has deep ecological legacies that shape things like access to water, safety from floods, and exposure to extreme heat. To foster equitable cities, the Segregation and Urban Ecology special feature emphasizes the importance of understanding urban spaces as social-ecological systems in order to break cycles that reinforce segregation and its harms.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Local industrial emissions linked to congressional election outcomes

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study involving faculty at Penn State's Smeal College of Business found that individual politicians can wield significant influence over the rates of industrial emissions in their districts, with economic and public health implications for local communities.

Journal: Review of Financial Studies

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