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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 15-Jul-2025 04:11 ET (15-Jul-2025 08:11 GMT/UTC)

20-May-2025

Rice to offer Bachelor of Science in artificial intelligence

Rice University
Business Announcement

Rice will offer a Bachelor of Science in AI beginning in the fall of 2025.

20-May-2025

Climate change emerges as third major threat to global wildlife, scientists warn

American Institute of Biological Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research published in BioScience reveals that climate change is rapidly emerging as a third major threat to Earth's wild animals, joining habitat alteration and overexploitation in what scientists call a shift from "twin to triple threats."

Journal: BioScience
Funder: Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación (SECIHTI–México), Roger Worthington

20-May-2025

Agrivoltaics enjoys comparatively high acceptance

University of Bonn
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Photovoltaic systems are increasingly being installed not only on roofs but also on open land. This does not always meet with citizens’ approval. What is known as agrivoltaics (Agri-PV), however, is viewed more favorably, as researchers at the University of Bonn have now been able to show. In this case, the solar cells are installed in spaces used for agriculture – such as on pastures or as a canopy over grapevines. According to a survey of almost 2,000 people, this form enjoys much higher acceptance than normal solar parks. The study has been published in the journal Land Use Policy.

Journal: Land Use Policy

20-May-2025

The Online Journal of Public Health Informatics invites submissions on opportunities and challenges in the applications of AI in public health informatics

JMIR Publications
Business Announcement

JMIR Publications invites submissions to a new theme issue titled “Opportunities and Challenges in the Applications of AI In Public Health Informatics” in its open access journal Online Journal of Public Health Informatics. The premier, peer-reviewed journal is indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central (PMC), DOAJ, Sherpa/Romeo, Web of Science Core Collection: Emerging Sources Citation Index and Scopus.

20-May-2025

Pregnant people and infants in U.S. communities prone to wildfire smoke often lack geographic access to health care

Wolters Kluwer Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The perinatal healthcare system in the U.S. is not prepared to treat patients impacted by wildfire smoke in a timely manner, according to the first study on this issue. Michel Boudreaux, PhD, Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Maryland, and colleagues report a substantial burden of wildfire smoke to pregnant people and their infants in Medical Care, the official journal of the Medical Care Section of the American Public Health Association, published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Journal: Medical Care

20-May-2025

Updated economic geography model incorporates heterogeneity in firm productivity and environmental pollution

Hiroshima University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In regional and urban economics, theoretical models are developed to predict patterns of regional development based on real-world factors. Such models in economic geography can inform regional and urban development policies aimed at promoting economic growth and fostering sustainable regional development.

Journal: Portuguese Economic Journal
Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

20-May-2025

Starmer: Year One conference to take place in Cambridge

Anglia Ruskin University
Meeting Announcement

The Labour History Research Unit at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in England is hosting the first ever conference to focus on the record to date of Sir Keir Starmer’s government. The public event, called Starmer: Year One, is taking place at Anglia Ruskin’s Cambridge campus on Saturday, 14 June.