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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Oct-2026 17:17 ET (23-Oct-2026 21:17 GMT/UTC)

For energy systems that power a reliable grid, the future is all about location

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The location of new energy projects will play a significant role in meeting future demand in a changing climate, MIT researchers report. They created a way to make more climate-informed decisions about siting new energy systems, which can in turn make the grid more resilient and reduce blackouts.

Journal: Nature Energy
Funder: MIT Climate Grand Challenges, MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium, MIT Energy Initiative Future Energy Systems Center

Lancet papers call for Japan to redesign health and diplomacy by 2040

Tohoku University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Two papers by researchers and policy practitioners provide evidence-based suggestions so that Japan’s health system can continue to flourish, even as its population rapidly ages.

Journal: The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

Adolescent social media restrictions may reduce some harms while shifting others, warn experts

BMJ Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As the UK plans to ban under 16s from social media platforms such as Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and X, experts writing in The BMJ today argue that restrictions may reduce some harms while shifting others, depending on how they are implemented and enforced.

Journal: The BMJ

What gets published? Sweeping analysis shows prestige, topic and location matter most

University of Colorado at Boulder
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An analysis of 110,000 submissions to elite general science journals shows that researchers from prestigious universities are more than three times more likely to get published than those from lesser-known schools. Meanwhile, China-based researchers, small teams and social scientists face a disadvantage.

Journal: Science Advances

The Trump administration's 2025 repeal of the U.S. "Roadless Rule" prohibiting logging and road construction in national parks and wilderness areas may impact the 25 million Americans whose drinking water comes from previously roadless watersheds

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Trump administration's 2025 repeal of the U.S. "Roadless Rule" prohibiting logging and road construction in national parks and wilderness areas may impact the 25 million Americans whose drinking water comes from previously roadless watersheds.

Journal: PLOS Water

Americans increasingly view illicit drug policy through a partisan lens, new analysis finds

Brown University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Gallup Poll Social Survey data from 2000 to 2025 shows how Americans view the effectiveness of drug policy, both nationally and in their own communities.

Journal: Journal of Addiction Medicine

Agri-food, trade, national security leaders call for food security to become a national security priority

University of Calgary
Reports and Proceedings

Calgary, AB – Food security should be formally recognized within Canada’s national security framework, according to a new report capturing recommendations from researchers, industry leaders and national security experts who gathered in Calgary this spring to examine how Canada can better prepare its food system for an increasingly uncertain world.

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