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5-Feb-2025

Polymeric delivery system revolutionizes mRNA therapeutics

Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

POSTECH Professor Won Jong Kim’s Team Develops a Next-Generation mRNA Vaccine Delivery System Using Biodegradable Polymers.

Journal: Biomaterials

4-Feb-2025

One in four chance per year that rocket junk will enter busy airspace

University of British Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

There’s a 26 per cent annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, according to a recent UBC study.

While the chance of debris hitting an aircraft is very low, the research highlights that the potential for uncontrolled space rocket junk to disrupt flights and create additional costs for airlines and passengers is not.

Journal: Scientific Reports

4-Feb-2025

Forest landowner motivation to control invasive species depends on land use, study shows

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Many U.S. forests are privately owned, particularly in the Eastern and North Central part of the country. This makes control of invasive plants and pests challenging because efforts must be coordinated across landowners. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores how differences in ownership motivation affects willingness to control, and how economic incentives can be implemented most efficiently.

Journal: Land Economics

4-Feb-2025

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center among most reputable academic medical centers

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Grant and Award Announcement

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center is one of the most recognizable hospitals among doctors in the U.S. and around the world, according to an annual survey. UH Cleveland Medical Center was ranked eighth in the U.S. and 16^th globally in a survey of the strongest Academic Medical Center brands, according to Brand Finance, a London-based brand valuation consultancy.

4-Feb-2025

Coal emissions cost India millions in crop damages

Stanford University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research shows grain yields critical to India’s food security are dragged down 10% or more in many parts of the country by nitrogen dioxide pollution from power stations that run on coal. Economic losses from crop damages exceed $800 million per year.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

4-Feb-2025

Outside-in signaling shows a route into cancer cells

University of California - Davis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Anew study shows how an anticancer drug triggers an “outside in” signal that gets it sucked into a cancer cell. The work, published Jan. 29 in Nature Communications, reveals a new signaling mechanism that could be exploited for delivering other drugs.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences

4-Feb-2025

Bridging a gap in carbon removal strategies

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As the world works to meet net-zero carbon goals, a new study offers a critical reminder: precision matters. The researchers suggest refining how we assess a natural carbon storage strategy to ensure the technology lives up to its potential as a climate change solution.

Journal: Environmental Research Letters
Funder: Stanford Doerr School of Sustainbility Sustainability Accelerator, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment’s Environmental Ventures Program, U.S. National Science Foundation