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6-Mar-2025

NCSA Director Bill Gropp: U.S. research ecosystem is one of our greatest strengths

National Center for Supercomputing Applications
Business Announcement

NCSA Director Bill Gropp shares his thoughts on the current state of the U.S. research ecosystem.

6-Mar-2025

Injectable Therapy is 'magic' for those who can’t take HIV pills

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Patients who struggle to take daily HIV pills can benefit from long-acting injectable treatments, a new study by researchers at UCSF has found.

Journal: JAMA
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

6-Mar-2025

JMIR aging invites submissions on the social and cultural drivers of health in aging adults

JMIR Publications
Business Announcement

JMIR Publications invites submissions to a new theme issue titled “Social and Cultural Drivers of Health in Aging Populations” in its premier open access journal JMIR Aging.

6-Mar-2025

Celebrity endorsements can drive advocacy by fans, VCU researcher finds

Virginia Commonwealth University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The South Korean boy band BTS boasts a fanbase of tens of millions of dedicated listeners, known for their devotion to the group and its social causes. New research from Virginia Commonwealth University researcher Baobao Song, Ph.D., finds that endorsements and advocacy campaigns from BTS and other celebrities could change fans’ advocacy behavior.

Journal: Public Relations Review

6-Mar-2025

Study highlights how population density and location shape litter levels facing UK communities

University of Plymouth
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin is the first UK-based research to investigate the links between geography, community and patterns of litter accumulation in the environment. The study was carried out by scientists from the International Marine Litter Research Unit at the University of Plymouth, ZSL, Nantes Université, and the campaign group Surfers Against Sewage, with the help of almost 100 citizen scientists right around the UK.

Journal: Marine Pollution Bulletin
Funder: National Geographic Society

6-Mar-2025

Ethnic minority immigrants consistently exposed to higher levels of air pollution

University College London
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Ethnic minority immigrants in England are exposed to significantly higher levels of air pollution than natives and immigrants from western countries, finds a new report led by UCL researchers, which also concludes that all immigrants in England are exposed to substantially higher levels of pollution than in Germany.

Journal: Social Forces
Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

6-Mar-2025

Urban highways cut opportunities for social relationships, says study

Complexity Science Hub
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Urban highways are promised to get people to their destinations faster—and bring them together. But at the same time, they reduce social connections between people within the city, especially at distances of less than 5 km, according to a study involving the Complexity Science Hub published in PNAS.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: European Union Horizon Project JUST STREETS, Carlsberg Foundation Project COCOONS, EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme