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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 29-Oct-2025 10:11 ET (29-Oct-2025 14:11 GMT/UTC)

1-Oct-2025

Biochar shows promise for cleaning nitrate pollution from soil and water

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Excessive use of fertilizers has fueled global food production, but it has also left behind a serious problem: nitrate pollution in soil and water. High nitrate levels threaten drinking water safety, aquatic ecosystems, and public health. Now, a new review published in Biochar highlights how biochar, a carbon-rich material made by heating plant or waste biomass, could provide an effective, low-cost, and sustainable solution.

Journal: Biochar

1-Oct-2025

Rice physicists’ new lab focused on emergent magnetic materials, funded by Department of Energy

Rice University
Grant and Award Announcement

Four physicists from Rice University have received a $4.4 million grant over three years from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish the Rice Laboratory for Emergent Magnetic Materials (RLEMM). This new research center will investigate the fundamental interactions of magnetism and its role in next-generation technologies.

Funder: DOE/US Department of Energy

1-Oct-2025

Combination of quantum and classical computing supports early diagnosis of breast cancer

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Simple quantum-classical neural networks achieve good results in classifying lesions with fewer computational parameters. Scientists from São Paulo State University demonstrated a hybrid model at an international symposium.

Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

1-Oct-2025

INFORMS names 12 Leaders and Innovators in Operations Research and Analytics for Class of 2025 Fellows

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Grant and Award Announcement

INFORMS, the world’s largest association for professionals and students in operations research (O.R.), AI, analytics and data science, has named 12 distinguished leaders as 2025 INFORMS Fellows, one of the highest professional honors in operations research, analytics and AI.

Collectively, this year’s Fellows represent trailblazing contributions in academia and industry and have advanced breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, supply chain resilience, clean energy, healthcare delivery and transportation systems, while also shaping the next generation of talent and serving as trusted advisors to organizations worldwide.

1-Oct-2025

Self-efficacy and test anxiety matter for mathematics performance; co-teaching less so

University of Eastern Finland
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent study from the University of Eastern Finland found that poorer performance in mathematics predicts greater mathematics anxiety. The study also suggests that, on average, girls experience more mathematics anxiety than boys.

Journal: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research

30-Sep-2025

Electroacupuncture in patients with early urinary incontinence after radical prostatectomy

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: The findings of this randomized clinical trial show that electroacupuncture significantly accelerated postprostatectomy urinary continence recovery and may serve as a safe adjunct to standard care. These findings support integrating electroacupuncture into multimodal rehabilitation protocols to reduce early urinary incontinence burden.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

30-Sep-2025

AR and AI automatically diagnose agromyzid leafminer damage levels

KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An automatic diagnosis system based on wearable augmented reality (AR) glasses and an artificial intelligence (AI)model was developed to assess leafminer damage levels, and it achieved 92.38% accuracy. The DeepLab-Leafminer model incorporated an edge-aware module and the Canny loss function into the DeepLabv3+ model, which enhanced its ability to segment the leafminer damaged area in leaves.A mobile application and a web platform were developed to display the diagnostic results of leafminer damage levels for surveyors to guide their scientific decisions for leafminer prevention and control.

Journal: Journal of Integrative Agriculture
Funder: National Key Research and Development Program of China, National Key Research Program of China, “San Nong Jiu Fang” Sciences and Technologies Cooperation Project of Zhejiang Province, China