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Policy & Ethics

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 7-Jul-2025 05:11 ET (7-Jul-2025 09:11 GMT/UTC)

11-Mar-2025

How socioeconomic status shapes food choices and what it means for public health

A new Journal of Marketing study finds that socioeconomic status (SES) influences food preferences and perceptions, creating barriers to healthier eating that go beyond cost and access.

Journal: Journal of Marketing

11-Mar-2025

Inequality destroys the benefits of positive economic growth for the poor

University of Johannesburg
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A unique analysis of district-level data reveals why inequality is so destructive to the household consumption welfare of people living below the poverty line. During negative economic growth, the welfare of the poor should be the main focus area.

Journal: Journal of African Economies
Funder: African Economic Research Consortium (AERC)

11-Mar-2025

OFC 2025 to showcase multi-vendor interoperability demonstrations, alongside OFCnet live testbed for next-generation networking

Optica
Meeting Announcement

OFC 2025 will feature a lineup of live, multi-vendor interoperability demonstrations, including showcases from the Ethernet Alliance, OIF and Open ROADM MSA, each highlighting key advancements in open, standards-based networking solutions.

Meeting: 2025 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC)

11-Mar-2025

UK’s wealthiest citizens may be rich with climate-positive potential

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

UK’s wealthiest citizens can invest in green tech, voice climate concerns and sow sustainable seeds among their networks to accelerate the country’s pursuit of net-zero carbon emissions, according to survey data published February 26, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS Climate by Hettie Moorcroft from the University of Bath and colleagues. However, members of this population are unmotivated to sacrifice quality of life for carbon savings.

Journal: PLOS Climate

11-Mar-2025

Ethics in patient preferences for AI–drafted responses to electronic messages

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this survey study, participants expressed a mild preference for messages written by artificial intelligence (AI) but had a slightly decreased satisfaction when told AI was involved. Patient experience must be considered along with ethical implementation of AI. Although AI disclosure may slightly reduce satisfaction, disclosure should be maintained to uphold patient autonomy and empowerment.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

11-Mar-2025

Over 1 in 3 adults in households with guns do not store all in locked locations

Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Reports and Proceedings

Over a third of U.S. adults with guns in their homes say they do not store all of them in a locked location, according to the latest health survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

11-Mar-2025

Microplastics could be fueling antibiotic resistance, Boston University study finds

Boston University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Boston University researchers shocked to see that bacteria’s antimicrobial resistance is strengthened when exposed to plastic particles and point to a potential outsized impact on refugees

Journal: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation