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The building evaluation system of innovation vitality on enterprises: Based on an exploratory factor analysis

Higher Education Press

A new study published in Frontiers of Engineering Management presents a comprehensive evaluation system to assess innovation vitality in enterprises. The study utilizes exploratory factor analysis (EFA) to create a robust framework for evaluating the key dimensions of innovation—persistence, volatility, and growth. This system is designed to help enterprises, especially in the advanced materials manufacturing sector, enhance their innovation capabilities.

Journal: Frontiers of Engineering Management

Turning waste lignin into carbon materials that boost biogas production

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University

Researchers in China have discovered an innovative way to improve the stability and efficiency of biogas production by using carbon materials made from lignin, a major byproduct of the paper industry. The study, published in Carbon Research, demonstrates that two lignin-derived materials, lignin hydrochar (LHC) and carbon quantum dots (CQDs), can effectively reduce ammonia inhibition, a long-standing challenge in anaerobic digestion systems.

Journal: Carbon Research

Rising nitrogen and rainfall could supercharge greenhouse gas emissions from the world’s largest grasslands

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As the planet warms and rainfall patterns shift, new research suggests that the world’s largest grassland region may become a growing source of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas nearly 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

Engineered randomness enhances connection speed and precision in next-generation wireless systems

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Rice researchers and collaborators have developed a way to generate and control radio wave patterns that can identify a signal’s direction about ten times better than existing approaches, paving the way for next-generation wireless systems.

Journal: Communications Engineering
Funder: Army Research Office, U.S. Department of Energy

American College of Cardiology, OpenEvidence to advance AI-enabled, evidence-based cardiovascular care

American College of Cardiology
Business Announcement

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and OpenEvidence are entering a strategic partnership to accelerate the translation of cardiovascular clinical guidance and research into clinical implementation at the point of care. By combining ACC’s leadership in cardiovascular science and education with OpenEvidence’s advanced generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology, clinicians will have access to the latest relevant and actionable medical evidence to support shared decision-making with their patients.

Mapping resilient supply solutions for graphite, a critical mineral powering energy storage: Rice experts’ take

Rice University
Reports and Proceedings

Rice researchers weigh in on graphite’s rise to critical mineral status, mapping out trajectories toward more resilient, clean and efficient supply practices and systems.

Journal: Nature Reviews Materials
Funder: IIT Kanpur

Keeping engineered cells on script with nature’s playbook

Arizona State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Arizona State University researcher Xiaojun Tian and colleagues demonstrate a technique to protect synthetic gene circuits against cell growith dilution.

Journal: Cell