A nine-year action research project at Hongqiao Kindergarten in Shanghai shows how education for sustainable development (ESD) can become part of young children's everyday learning. By building activities around children's interests, questions, and experiences, the study offers practical approaches for introducing sustainability at an early age.

A study of 15-year-old students in Shanghai and Hong Kong finds persistent socioeconomic differences in their ability to search for educational and career opportunities. At the same time, students who took part in career and educational exploratory activities reported stronger search competencies, regardless of socioeconomic background.

University of Phoenix College of Doctoral Studies scholars affiliated with the Center for Educational and Instructional Technology Research (CEITR) have published a peer-reviewed study examining how higher education institutions can support graduate employability as workplace skill demands continue to change. Published in the International Journal of Innovative Business Strategies, as the article, “Graduate Employability in a Changing World,” the mixed-methods study draws on the perspectives of 380 graduates of U.S. colleges and universities and found strong agreement that employability is supported when academic learning is intentionally connected to careers, practical applications and opportunities to develop adaptable skills.

How has Shanghai built one of the world's highest-performing school systems despite features often criticized by international observers? A conceptual paper explores four "mysteries" behind Shanghai's educational success: equity, resource sharing, leadership legitimacy, and teacher collaboration. The authors argue that Shanghai's performance cannot be explained by any single factor, but rather by the interaction of values, policies, leadership practices, and approaches to teaching and learning.

A new study introduces the concept of Emergent Ocean Literacy, highlighting how young children develop ocean understanding through sensory exploration, play, imagination, and connections with local environments.

A study from the Weizmann Institute of Science shows that children as young as 2nd grade can offer surprisingly sophisticated scientific explanations for biological phenomena, so long as the question taps into the kind of reasoning that science is built on: Not why, but how.

Despite advances in computational biology and regulatory moves to reduce animal use, a coherent framework for AI-driven polypharmacology as a bridge between animal models and human drug development is still missing. The shift from "cage" to "code" brings opportunities but also unresolved issues in biological interpretation, regulation, and education. This review critically examines this transition within the 3R framework, focusing on: (i) regulatory and ethical drivers for non-animal methods, (ii) gaps left by reduced animal use, and (iii) AI's potential to reconstruct biological complexity via multi-omics and predictive modelling. The review suggests that AI-driven polypharmacology offers a scalable, ethical, and precision-oriented path forward.

Liver metastases are one of the most common sites of cancer spread, and the survival rates are very low. However, Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL) researchers recently identified a new promising therapeutic target.

CCIL Associate Director for Education Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, CCIL Program Leader Erik Nelson, and their team found that metastatic liver tumors rely on a protein called ACSS2 to use acetate, which can help them develop. This discovery could lead to new strategies, such as combining existing drugs with dietary changes.