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10-Feb-2025

Fertility tracking has increased in some states post-Dobbs

Ohio State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The use of fertility-tracking technology increased in some states after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade despite warnings that reproduction-related data might not be secure, a new study has found.

Journal: Contraception

10-Feb-2025

Victim-shooter relationships in mass shootings involving child victims

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: The findings of this study indicate that from 2009 through 2020, a child was most likely to be killed in a mass shooting by a parent or family member, rather than a stranger or a peer. While school shootings dominate media coverage, this study suggests that domestic violence plays a larger role in child mass shootings.

Journal: JAMA Pediatrics

10-Feb-2025

NSF awards UTA engineer for flood research

University of Texas at Arlington
Grant and Award Announcement

Michelle Hummel, an associate professor of civil engineering, received a Faculty Early Career Development Program award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance her research and education initiatives.

10-Feb-2025

INSEAD professor Joerg Niessing wins Outstanding Case Teacher Competition 2025

INSEAD Asia Campus
Grant and Award Announcement

Joerg Niessing, an INSEAD marketing professor and digital strategy and transformation expert, has been named the winner of The Case Centre’s Outstanding Case Teacher Competition 2025. This global honour recognises his ability to bring business challenges to life using interactive technology and an innovative and creative teaching approach.

10-Feb-2025

Students tackle drug resistance by teaching machine learning

San Francisco State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new paper in PLOS Computational Biology, the SFSU team published a step-by-step machine learning tutorial for beginners. Other than Biology Professor Pleuni Pennings, the remaining seven researchers on the paper were undergraduate, graduate students and post-baccalaureate students; many were first-time researchers, and nearly all were new to machine learning.

Journal: PLOS Computational Biology

10-Feb-2025

Sikt renews National open access agreement with Frontiers for 2025

Frontiers
Business Announcement

Frontiers has renewed its national open access agreement with Norway for 2025, reinforcing a shared commitment to advancing open science. Originally signed in 2020, this agreement - facilitated by the Norwegian Agency for Shared Services in Education and Research (Sikt) - streamlines the publishing process for Norwegian researchers and strengthens the country’s leadership in open access publishing.

7-Feb-2025

PREPSOIL promotes soil literacy through education

Aarhus University
Meeting Announcement

The PREPSOIL project, part of the EU Mission Soil, aims to enhance soil literacy by encouraging teachers across Europe to integrate soil topics into their lessons. In 2023 and 2024, educators submitted over 50 innovative soil education practices for primary, secondary, and vocational students. A selection committee chose outstanding entries from six countries, highlighting creative interdisciplinary approaches.

Key partners, such as the Re Soil Foundation in Italy and the Swedish Centre for School Biology, played crucial roles in promoting the initiative. Despite challenges in reaching educators in some regions, PREPSOIL continues to drive awareness about soil health.

A webinar on February 13, 2025, will feature two competition winners presenting their projects.