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Computing leaders propose measures to combat tech-facilitated intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and child exploitation

Association for Computing Machinery
Reports and Proceedings

The Association for Computing Machinery’s Technology Policy Council (TPC) has announced the publication of “TechBrief: Technology Policy Can Curb Domestic Violence, Human Trafficking, and Crimes Against Children,” a new issue brief which explains how intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and child exploitation are facilitated by computing technologies.

Researcher measures microplastics' massive changes on the micro world

Virginia Tech
Grant and Award Announcement

Austin Gray received a $1.3 million National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award to explore the ecological effects of microplastics.

The wellbeing of people and nature as the goal of national-level decision-making

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Reports and Proceedings

The model can be used for policy planning and monitoring policy impact from the point of view of economic, social and ecological sustainability.The model can be used for policy planning and monitoring policy impact from the point of view of economic, social and ecological sustainability.

Funder: Next Generation EU

Test identifies prior infection by zika virus and all four dengue virus serotypes

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The method developed at the University of São Paulo detects and distinguishes between antibodies induced by the pathogens in blood samples. The strategy can be used to orient public policy in health and to evaluate the efficacy of dengue vaccines.

Journal: Journal of Medical Virology
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Researchers call for ban on toxic chemicals in plastics

Cambridge University Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers are calling for a substantial reduction in the number of chemicals used in plastics manufacturing, and a complete ban of chemicals known to be detrimental to both human health and the environment – in a new paper published by Cambridge University Press in Cambridge Prisms: Plastics.

Journal: Cambridge Prisms Plastics

Cambridge initiative to address risks of future engineered pandemics

University of Cambridge
Business Announcement

Covid-19 showed us how vulnerable the world is to pandemics – but what if the next pandemic were somehow engineered? How would the world respond – and could we stop it happening in the first place? These are some of the questions being addressed by a new initiative launched today at the University of Cambridge, which seeks to address the urgent challenge of managing the risks of future engineered pandemics.

Unmasking inequalities in AI: new research reveals how artificial intelligence might reinforce inequality

Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often seen as a powerful tool designed to improve our lives, from smartphones to hiring algorithms. But a new study, Unmasking Inequalities in the Code, by Professor Tuba Bircan reveals a deeper issue: AI is not neutral, it mirrors and amplifies existing societal inequalities.

Journal: Technological Forecasting and Social Change

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