15-Sep-2025 AI adoption boosts SME performance through strategic partnerships and change management, study finds Bentham Science Publishers A new study published in the Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences examines how AI adoption enhances the performance of manufacturing SMEs in emerging markets. The study highlights the influence of leadership vision, change management capability, trading partnerships, and competitive pressure, with AI playing a mediating role in driving performance outcomes under Industry 4.0.
15-Sep-2025 IEEE study demonstrate broadband optical signal filtering with chirped and tilted fiber Bragg grating Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers While fiber Bragg grating is widely used for selectively filtering wavelengths during optical transmission, existing techniques are unsuitable for bandwidth filtering of broadband optical signals. Researchers have now demonstrated that chirped and tilted fiber Bragg grating (CTFBG) using femtosecond laser line-by-line technology can facilitate highly specific and versatile bandwidth filtering in broadband signals. The technique may offer several added advantages in optical signal filtering beyond flexibility and customizability. Journal Journal of Lightwave Technology
15-Sep-2025 New deep learning model sharpens accuracy in wheat spike counting Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science A research team has now developed an advanced computer vision approach based on the YOLOX deep learning algorithm to automate spike detection. Journal Plant Phenomics
15-Sep-2025 Revolutionizing strawberry seedling management with automated detection system Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science A research team has developed an innovative automated method, SSP-MambaNet, designed to address the challenge of identifying and counting missing virus-free strawberry seedlings in nutrient pots post-transplantation. Journal Plant Phenomics
15-Sep-2025 Urine contains clues as to whether a unique knee surgery will succeed University of Missouri-Columbia A research team at the University of Missouri is working to predict which patients will benefit most from a specific type of cartilage transplant surgery, and some of the best clues may lie in patients’ urine. Journal The Journal of Knee Surgery
15-Sep-2025 Gene editing unlocks efficient hybrid seed production in rapeseed Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science Hybrid seed production is vital for enhancing crop yield and quality, yet conventional methods in rapeseed are limited by inefficiency and high costs. Journal Horticulture Research
15-Sep-2025 Editing a single gene unlocks new strategy for sustainable resveratrol supply Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science Resveratrol, a plant-derived compound celebrated for its antioxidant and therapeutic potential, has long been limited by scarce natural availability and costly production methods. Journal Horticulture Research
15-Sep-2025 Navigating the knowledge paradox: Why having some answers can be worse than having none Yonsei University Temporally complex problem-solving environments are commonplace in organizations. In an innovative study, a researcher from Yonsei University, in collaboration with other scientists, has shown that limited external knowledge in such situations can lead to worse performance than having no external knowledge at all. These findings are expected to further organizational decision-making and strategy, education and training, public policy and healthcare, technology and AI integration, and individual career development. Journal Organization Science
15-Sep-2025 The climate policies that EU citizens like (and those they don't) CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change As Europe has been struggling with several heatwaves this summer, a new survey from Summer 2024 reveals how much its citizens are willing to support different kinds of climate policies (n=19,328, 24 June–27 August 2024). As expected, Europeans strongly prefer policies which allocate subsidies for rail transport or home insulation for instance, while they strongly oppose the ones which foresee any kind of tax on polluting behaviours, such as the one on cars and meat. This new survey highlights interesting trends in Europeans citizens’ preferences and opinions about different possible climate policies currently under discussion. These results are now browsable in an online tool which allows the user to analyse and compare opinions about a set of different climate policies in Europe.
15-Sep-2025 Hatred, the new engine of voting: A landmark study from the University of Lausanne published in Public Opinion Quarterly University of Lausanne A study by Professor Diego Garzia at the University of Lausanne, published in Public Opinion Quarterly, finds that voters in many Western democracies are now driven more by hostility toward opponents than by support for their own party. Analyzing 143 elections across 12 countries from 1961–2022 using “feeling thermometers,” the research shows that out-party hate is growing faster than in-party love, marking a shift toward negative, rejection-driven politics. This trend fuels polarization, hardens public discourse, and threatens democratic compromise. Journal Public Opinion Quarterly
