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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 19-Feb-2026 23:11 ET (20-Feb-2026 04:11 GMT/UTC)

19-Feb-2026

Can your soil’s color predict its health?

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A groundbreaking study published in Carbon Research reveals that analyzing soil color indices is not only a scientifically sound way to predict Soil Organic Matter (SOM) but also a massive financial win for farmers and laboratories.

Journal: Carbon Research

19-Feb-2026

Accounting move promotes equal pay for equal work

University of Texas at Austin
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Typically, budgets for pay raises are framed as percentages of existing salaries. But when the existing salaries are already unequal, that framing perpetuates pay gaps. In new research,

Dollar-based salary bumps reduced the average gender pay gap by $91.

By contrast, raises given as percentages increased the existing pay gap by an average of $1,636.

Journal: The Accounting Review

19-Feb-2026

Justice after trauma? Race, red tape keep sexual assault victims from compensation

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Bureaucratic hurdles and racial disparities restrict access to victim compensation for adult survivors of sexual assault, deepen justice system inequities and compound trauma.

Journal: Journal of Public Health

19-Feb-2026

Transplantation and employment earnings in kidney transplant recipients

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cohort study of 3,230 kidney transplant recipients, kidney transplant was associated with a reversal of declining employment income, indicating meaningful economic recovery. These findings highlight the broader socioeconomic value of transplantation and may inform policies that support patients during pretransplant vulnerability and facilitate successful return to work.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

19-Feb-2026

Mizzou study links ‘dark pool’ trading activity to stock price crashes and accounting manipulation

University of Missouri-Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A University of Missouri study shows that private, anonymous stock exchanges attract many inexperienced investors and allow companies to delay sharing bad news, making sudden stock price crashes more likely.

Journal: Journal of Business Finance &amp Accounting

19-Feb-2026

Early-career hiring remains active but increasingly selective, according to Drexel’s 2026 College Hiring Outlook

Drexel University
Reports and Proceedings

The 2025 labor market was mixed, shaped by economic pressures such as inflation, interest rate changes and tariffs, which leaves the economic outlook for 2026 uncertain. This uncertainty has led to an active but increasingly selective early-career hiring landscape, according to Drexel University’s 2026 College Hiring Outlook. The annual report from Drexel’s LeBow College of Business revealed the trends and challenges businesses are facing when it comes to hiring, especially hiring recent graduates.

19-Feb-2026

Neighborhood factors may lead to increased COPD-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations

COPD Foundation
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Certain neighborhood characteristics, including higher poverty, more uninsured residents, and lower educational attainment, may lead to an increase in COPD-related emergency department visits and hospitalizations, according to a new study in the January 2026 issue of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation, a peer-reviewed, open access journal.

Journal: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD Foundation