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How farmers respond to climate-related risk

College of ACES at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As climate change increases the frequency of drought, excessive rainfall, and other extreme weather events, farmers face growing uncertainty about crop production. Understanding how farmers perceive and respond to that uncertainty can help improve agricultural policy and climate adaptation strategies. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Michigan State University examines farmer risk preferences when dealing with climate impacts.

Journal: Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Supermarket receipts show trends in menstrual pain relief

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

More than a quarter of women buying menstrual products also purchase pain relief at the same time—and those in lower-income areas are significantly less likely to do so—according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS Digital Health by Dr. Victoria Sivill of the University of Bristol, UK, and colleagues, which used supermarket loyalty card data to map menstrual pain disparities across England.

Journal: PLOS Digital Health

AI can mass-produce finance research papers indistinguishable from human work

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study, co-authored by a Penn State Smeal College of Business professor, shows that AI can mass-produce academic papers that look nearly indistinguishable from human-authored research, raising concerns about the potential impact on the academic community.

Journal: Journal of Economic Literature
Funder: Inquire Europe

Multinational firms drive growth but can come with steep environmental costs, study finds

University of British Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Multinational companies can boost local economies but often come with higher environmental costs than domestic firms, according to new research by UBC faculty of land and food systems associate professor Dr. Frederik Noack in Nature Climate Change.

Journal: Nature Climate Change

Lanzhou Jiaotong University researchers develop sustainable wastewater-powered electricity generator system

Editorial Office of Journal of Environmental Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) technology can harvest low-frequency and low-power energy. However, there is limited research on harvesting energy from secondary effluents using TENG. Now, researchers have developed a droplet-based electricity generator system capable of harvesting energy from treated municipal wastewater. Using TENG technology, the system converts low-frequency energy from secondary effluents into usable electricity while simultaneously supporting wastewater treatment processes. The findings highlight a promising low-carbon pathway for sustainable wastewater resource recovery and energy utilization.

Journal: Journal of Environmental Sciences
Funder: Gansu Province University Youth Doctoral Support Project, Department of Education of Gansu Province, Science and Technology Program of Gansu Province

Tobacco company levy could raise up to £4.9bn and prevent 10,000 hospital admissions, study suggests

University of Bath
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The UK could raise up to £4.9 billion over five years and significantly improve public health by capping tobacco prices and increasing taxes.

Research published by the University of Bath Tobacco Control Research Group and the University of Sheffield’s Addictions Research Group, provides the first real-world modelling of a proposed ‘polluter pays’ tobacco levy scheme.

The study found that the proposed policy, aimed at stopping the tobacco industry from using pricing as a marketing tool, could raise between £1 billion and £4.9 billion over five years, depending on the level of price cap and how quickly it is introduced. It could also prevent up to 10,000 hospital admissions and save almost 44,000 years of life over a 20-year period.

Journal: Social Science & Medicine
Funder: Bloomberg Philanthropies, Action on Smoking and Health UK, UK Prevention Research Partnership

ORNL's Cait Clarkson earns SAMPE leadership award

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Grant and Award Announcement

Cait Clarkson, an R&D staff scientist in Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Manufacturing Science Division, has received the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Young Professional Emerging Leadership Award, which recognizes outstanding early-career leadership in materials and process engineering.

Innovation Crossroads celebrates 10 years of entrepreneurship at LEEP Demo Day

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Business Announcement

Entrepreneurs, researchers and program participants gathered on Wednesday, May 13, 2026 for the Department of Energy’s Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP) Demo Day, hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Innovation Crossroads at Covenant Health Park in Knoxville.

University of Oklahoma professor to study trade’s environmental and economic effects through Fulbright Program

University of Oklahoma
Grant and Award Announcement

A University of Oklahoma economist will collaborate with researchers in Peru to explore how trade-related industries affect environmental systems, including water resources, soil quality and biodiversity, through an interdisciplinary research partnership linking economics and sustainability.

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