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8-Sep-2025

AI and climate change: How to reliably record greenhouse gas emissions

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An LMU team has developed a method for pulling data from corporate sustainability reports more accurately.

Journal: Scientific Data

5-Sep-2025

Mathematics: Manuel Krannich receives ERC starting grant

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Grant and Award Announcement

The most recent call for proposals for the Starting Grants offered by the European Research Council (ERC) saw a successful submission by Junior Professor Manuel Krannich from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT): Funds amounting to EUR 1.5 million enable the mathematician to realize his project MaFC. The basic research project focusing on manifolds and functor calculus links multiple fields of pure mathematics. With his work, Krannich unveils surprising relationships between symmetries of high-dimensional manifolds and laws of algebra.

4-Sep-2025

Can courts safeguard fairness in an AI age?

Santa Fe Institute
Reports and Proceedings

In a recent opinion in the journal Communications of the ACM, researchers follow up on advice they shared with the National Institutes of Justice about the use of artificial intelligence in the criminal justice system.

Journal: Communications of the ACM

4-Sep-2025

Looking for the perfect fold? It’s frustrating.

Princeton University, Engineering School
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Engineers were able to develop materials with fine control over material properties like stiffness. For example, a prosthetic leg built with this system can stiffen to provide support while walking on a flat surface but reconfigure into a more flexible state for climbing stairs. The designers could also create adjustable metasurfaces that are used in antennas and optics.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, European Research Council

4-Sep-2025

Uncovering language learning strategies for Japanese university students in STEM

Tokyo University of Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

English proficiency is crucial for Japanese STEM students, but validated and robust methods for assessing their language learning strategies (LLSs) are lacking. In a recent study, Associate Professor Akihiro Saito from the Tokyo University of Science developed and validated a new instrument specifically tailored for this group. The proposed tool offers key insights into LLSs, paving the way for better English learning.

Journal: Cogent Education

3-Sep-2025

Rice algorithms take on quantum adversary

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Rice computer scientists have developed algorithms that account for quantum noise that is not just random, but malicious interference from an adversary.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. Office of Naval Research, DOE/US Department of Energy

3-Sep-2025

Nonregistration, discontinuation, and nonpublication of randomized trials

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: Findings from this systematic review indicated that nonregistration, premature discontinuation due to poor recruitment, and nonpublication of randomized clinical trial (RCT) results remained major challenges, especially for non–industry-sponsored trials. To mitigate these challenges, requirements enforced by funders and ethics committees also taking into account legal obligations should be considered and empirically evaluated.

Journal: JAMA Network Open