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Biohybrids: Pioneering sustainable chemical synthesis at the energy-environment frontier

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

With global energy demand climbing and climate challenges intensifying, researchers are exploring transformative new ways to make chemical manufacturing sustainable. In a newly published review, an international team led by Dr. Yong Jiang and colleagues from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Technical University of Denmark, and Tsinghua University highlight “biohybrid” synthesis systems—an innovative technology integrating living cells with advanced materials—to unlock clean production of chemicals for a greener future.

Turning pesticide residues into plant nutrients: A new strategy for cleaner soils and healthier crops

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Clothianidin, a widely used neonicotinoid pesticide, is notorious for its persistence in soils and accumulation in crops, posing risks to ecosystems and human health. Now, scientists have found a way not only to remove this pesticide from soil but also to transform it into a useful nutrient for plants.

Journal: Biochar

Screening approach enhances CRISPR genome-editing efficiency

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new screening approach allowed scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to engineer better CRISPR-associated genome-editing systems.

Journal: Nucleic Acids Research

Heat and toxic exposures could harm kidneys in agricultural workers

University of Arizona, Office of Research and Partnerships
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New findings published in the journal Environmental Research underscore the potential health risks of heat exposure and the need for safety precautions.

Journal: Environmental Research
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Sylvester to participate in $16M national study on artificial intelligence in breast cancer screening

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Grant and Award Announcement

Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center will co-lead a new $16M, multi-institutional clinical trial to evaluate whether artificial intelligence can help support radiologists in interpreting mammograms more accurately, with the goal of improving breast cancer screening and reducing unnecessary callbacks and anxiety for patients.

Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Study warns pest resistance threatens corn industry's newest biotech defense

University of Arizona
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Arizona research finds that corn rootworms, pests responsible for billions of dollars in yearly crop losses, are evolving resistance that weakens even the latest biotechnology controls.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The Italian Communist Party and the pursuit of revolutionary science

University of Chicago Press Journals
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Although scholarship has demonstrated the inextricability of the history of science from the histories of industry and politics, little attention has been paid to the role of political parties in the shaping of scientific inquiry. A new article in Isis, “The Political Elaboration on Science and Technology of the Italian Communist Party Between the 1960s and the 1980s,” investigates how political parties mediate social change and scientific progress, using the Partito Comunista Italiano as its object of analysis.

Journal: Isis