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Recycling jumps when garbage collection drops, new Concordia research shows

Concordia University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Concordia University research finds that less frequent garbage collection, combined with weekly food waste pickup and free yard waste collection, is linked to higher household recycling rates. Analyzing data from 297 districts in England and Wales, the study suggests simple policy shifts can significantly boost recycling while reducing waste collection pressure.

Journal: Waste Management

Largest high-precision 3D facial database built in China, enabling more lifelike digital humans

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a study published in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, a research team led by Prof. SONG Zhan from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with Dr. YE Yuping from Fujian University of Technology, developed a new curvature‑fused graph attention network (CF‑GAT) capable of predicting facial landmarks directly from raw point clouds.

Weill Cornell Medicine selected for Prostate Cancer Foundation Challenge Award

Weill Cornell Medicine
Grant and Award Announcement

Dr. Ekta Khurana, an associate professor of systems and computational biomedicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has received a two-year, $1 million Challenge Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation to work with researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center on an AI-based method for early detection of treatment-resistant prostate tumor subtypes.

Chemically ‘stapled’ peptides used to target difficult-to-treat cancers

University of Bath
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New drug discovery technology developed by the University of Bath (UK) harnesses bacteria to do the hard work of medicinal chemistry by creating drug candidates and testing them inside living cells.

Journal: Cell Chemical Biology
Funder: Medical Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Reduce rust by dumping your wok twice, and other kitchen tips

American Institute of Physics
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In Physics of Fluids, researchers from Brown University present two related studies about thin film fluid flows in the kitchen: one about the relationship between how long it takes to tip the remaining liquid out of a container and its viscosity, and the other about the ideal time to wait before dumping water out of a wok to minimize rusting — it’s more effective to wait a few minutes to let the water accumulate so there’s more to pour out.

Journal: Physics of Fluids

Comprehensive genetic library for soybean cyst nematode could renew resistance, profitability for soybean growers

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

Few pests eat away at farm profitability as much as soybean cyst nematode (SCN). Causing at least $1.5 billion in yield losses annually, it’s soybean’s single biggest threat. Unfortunately, soybean’s most effective tool, genetic resistance, is starting to fail.

Journal: BMC Genomics
Funder: North Central Soybean Research Program, Illinois Soybean Association

Seven UVA engineering faculty received the university’s highest research honors

University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science
Grant and Award Announcement

UVA Engineering faculty members earned the University of Virginia’s top honors for iimpactful research spanning careers, labs and disciplines.