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Manure digesters on farms carry limited benefits and potential harms

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Manure digesters, touted as eco-friendly solutions for managing agricultural waste and reducing greenhouse gases, have limited capacity to reduce livestock-related greenhouse gas emissions, and entail potential hazards that may outweigh their benefits, according to a new paper from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Journal: Current Environmental Health Reports

SwRI identifies security vulnerability in EV charging protocol

Southwest Research Institute
Business Announcement

SAN ANTONIO — November 18, 2025 — Southwest Research Institute identified a security vulnerability in a standard protocol governing communications between electric vehicles (EV) and EV charging equipment. The research prompted the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to issue a security advisory related to the ISO 15118 vehicle-to-grid communications standard.

Sex-related difference in outcomes of remote ischemic conditioning for symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis

Beijing Institute of Technology Press Co., Ltd

A research paper by scientists at the Capital Medical University evaluated sex differences in stroke recurrence among patients with symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (sICAS) and assess the efficacy of remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) in the RICA (chronic remote ischemic conditioning in patients with symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis) trial.

The new research paper, published on Jun. 6 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems, evaluated 3,033 sICAS patients across 84 Chinese stroke centers, with a median follow-up of 3.5 years. The findings highlight the need to consider sex in clinical decision-making for RIC administration.

Journal: Cyborg and Bionic Systems

Researchers enhance durability of pure water-fed anion exchange membrane electrolysis

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team led by Prof. SHAO Zhigang and Prof. ZHAO Yun from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences enhanced the durability of pure water-fed anion exchange membrane electrolysis, which achieves over 2,400 hours of stable operation through membrane-electrode interface engineering.

Journal: Advanced Energy Materials

Researchers discover security vulnerability in WhatsApp

University of Vienna
Peer-Reviewed Publication

IT-Security Researchers from the University of Vienna and SBA Research identified and responsibly disclosed a large-scale privacy weakness in WhatsApp's contact discovery mechanism that allowed the enumeration of 3.5 billion accounts. In collaboration with the researchers, Meta has since addressed and mitigated the issue. The study underscores the importance of continuous, independent security research on widely used communication platforms and highlights the risks associated with the centralization of instant messaging services. The preprint of the study has now been published, and the results will be presented in 2026 at the Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium.

A novel role for bacteriophages as hidden facilitators in kimchi fermentation

National Research Council of Science & Technology

The World Institute of Kimchi (President: Hae Choon Chang), a government-funded research institute under the Ministry of Science and ICT, has confirmed in a new study that bacteriophages, which were previously considered a ‘nuisance’ during the process of food fermentation, actually play the role of key helpers that facilitate the survival of lactic acid bacteria (LAB).

Journal: LWT
Funder: Ministry of Science and ICT

Zap Energy exceeds gigapascal fusion plasma pressures on new fusion device, FuZE-3

Zap Energy
Reports and Proceedings

Operating a new device named the Fusion Z-pinch Experiment 3, or FuZE-3, Zap Energy has now achieved plasmas with electron pressures as high as 830 megapascals (MPa), or 1.6 gigapascals (GPa) total, comparable to the pressures found deep below Earth’s crust.

Funder: Department of Energy