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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 12-May-2025 20:09 ET (13-May-2025 00:09 GMT/UTC)

New tool makes quick health, environmental monitoring possible

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Wisconsin–Madison biochemists have developed a new, efficient method that may give first responders, environmental monitoring groups, or even you, the ability to quickly detect harmful and health-relevant substances in our bodies and environments.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Army Research Office

Bringing genomics into public policy requires greater awareness, professional training, and investment

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

WHO advisory group publishes first article in scientific journal outlining challenges and actions that can help make the field more equitable and promote progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of various diseases, including rare ones.

Journal: Nature Medicine
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Rainwater is insufficient to replenish the Guarani Aquifer owing to overuse and drought, study warns

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Guarani Aquifer is the source of drinking water for some 90 million people and is being overused in several areas of São Paulo state (Brazil). Urban wells and crop irrigation are the main uses. The researchers deployed stable isotopes to estimate the relative contributions of rainwater and groundwater to the maintenance of springs in the region.

Journal: Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Digital Science teams up with Huron to strengthen research security and compliance for education and research clients

Digital Science
Business Announcement

Digital Science is pleased to announce that global professional services firm Huron will integrate Dimensions Research Security into its suite of services to support clients in the research and higher education sectors.

BioAgora and NINA announce new Cascade Funding Call for Science-Policy-Society Interface (SPSI) Capacity Development Initiatives

Pensoft Publishers
Grant and Award Announcement

BioAgora, in partnership with the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), announces a funding call for capacity development initiatives at the Science-Policy-Society Interface (SPSI).

Air fryers confirmed as least polluting cooking method

University of Birmingham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Air fryers produce a tiny fraction of the indoor air pollution emitted by other cooking methods including pan and deep frying, a new study has shown.

Journal: Indoor Air

Transformation of UN SDGs only way forward for sustainable development

University of Birmingham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Climate change is the single biggest threat to the global environment and socio-economic development – demanding an urgent transformation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

Journal: npj Climate Action