CU Boulder researchers introduced a backyard sanitation system in Cambodia that lets families treat human waste themselves. But while households reported that they liked the new system, a crucial piece was missing: using it correctly.

The “Bilingual Communication Project for Chinese STM Journals” focuses on enhancing both the academic influence and communication service capabilities of China’s STM journals, with Science and Technology Review Press proposing the overall implementation plan. CNPIEC Kexin has undertaken long abstract translation, editing and online promotion for four years. This year, 4,038 abstracts from 292 journals are being published sequentially on the "Innovation China" platform.

In two new papers, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explore the reconstruction of multispectral and hyperspectral images from RGB for chemical analysis of sweet potatoes and maize.

Nematologists have long wondered how the the Northern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne hapla) is able to infect such a wide range of plants, from carrots to trees. Now an international team has gained insight into how the DNA of this parasitic worm facilitates its success.