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Hidden transport pathways in graphene confirmed, paving the way for next-generation device innovation

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

POSTECH and Japan’s NIMS Identify Edge Dependence of Electron Transport in Bilayer Graphene.

Journal: Nano Letters

FIFAWC: A dataset with detailed annotation and rich semantics for group activity recognition

Higher Education Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In the research, they benchmark FIFAWC on two tasks: traditional GAR and innovative GA video captioning. For GAR, they evaluate the classical detector-based approach ARG, and the state-of-the-art detector-free DFWSGAR.

Journal: Frontiers of Computer Science

World's darkest and clearest skies at risk from industrial megaproject

ESO
Business Announcement

On December 24th, AES Andes, a subsidiary of the US power company AES Corporation, submitted a project for a massive industrial complex for environmental impact assessment. This complex threatens the pristine skies above ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the darkest and clearest of any astronomical observatory in the world [1]. The industrial megaproject is planned to be located just 5 to 11 kilometres from telescopes at Paranal, which would cause irreparable damage to astronomical observations, in particular due to light pollution emitted throughout the project’s operational life. Relocating the complex would save one of Earth's last truly pristine dark skies.

New study from Chapman University reveals rapid return of water from ground to atmosphere through plants

Chapman University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by scientists in the Schmid College of Science and Technology at Chapman University provides the first comprehensive global estimates of the amount of water stored in Earth’s plants and the amount of time it takes for that water to flow through them. The information is a missing piece of the puzzle in understanding the global water cycle and how that cycle is being altered by changes in land use and climate.

Journal: Nature Water

New book connects eugenics to Big Tech

University of Illinois School of Information Sciences
Book Announcement

Anita Say Chan, an associate professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has authored a new book that identifies how the eugenics movement foreshadows the predatory data tactics used in today's tech industry. Her book, Predatory Data: Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future, was released this month by the University of California Press.

UC Irvine-led discovery of new skeletal tissue advances regenerative medicine potential

University of California - Irvine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international research team led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered a new type of skeletal tissue that offers great potential for advancing regenerative medicine and tissue engineering.An international research team led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered a new type of skeletal tissue that offers great potential for advancing regenerative medicine and tissue engineering.

Journal: Science
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Science Foundation

Research Spotlight: Lipid nanoparticle therapy developed to stop tumor growth and restore tumor suppression

Mass General Brigham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Yang Zhang, PhD, and Jinjun Shi, PhD, both of the Center for Nanomedicine and Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, are co-senior authors of a paper published in ACS Nanoscience Au, “Lipid Nanoparticle Delivery of mRNA and siRNA for Concurrent Restoration of Tumor Suppressor and Inhibition of Tumorigenic Driver in Prostate Cancer.”

Journal: ACS Nanoscience Au
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health