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2-Apr-2026

How can science support and enable the High Seas Treaty?

University of Plymouth
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in the journal npj Ocean Sustainability says while there has been considerable research into the international policy implications of implementing the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) agreement, often known as the High Seas Treaty there has until now been a lack of information on how science can play its role in delivering the objectives.

Journal: npj Ocean Sustainability
Funder: Natural Environment Research Council

2-Apr-2026

Fair decisions, clear reasons: Creating Fuzzy AI with fairness built in from the start

Osaka Metropolitan University

By introducing fairness from the beginning with ‘fuzzy’ systems that understand ambiguity and shades of correctness, the evolved AIs balanced fairness and accuracy even when tasked with coming up with solutions for complicated financial and ethical issues.

Journal: IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
Funder: Japan Science and Technology Agency, Applied Research Projects of the University of Granada Research and Transfer Plan 2023, Andalusia ERDF Operational Program, Knowledge Generation Projects, Spanish Ministry of Science, Universities of Spain

2-Apr-2026

Study finds household cleaning products remain a leading source of child injury

Nationwide Children's Hospital
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital have found more than an estimated 240,800 visits to U.S. emergency departments (EDs) associated with household cleaning product-related injuries from 2007 through 2022 for children aged five years and younger. That’s one injury every 35 minutes. Among all household cleaning products, bleach and detergents were the most common product types associated with these injuries.

Journal: PEDIATRICS

1-Apr-2026

Shisha smoking continues to be overlooked as a public health issue

BMJ Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Shisha smoking continues to be overlooked as a public health issue in the UK, argue experts in The BMJ today.

1-Apr-2026

Oregano, rosemary and ‘time’: Long-term swine study shows natural-compound benefits

University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a rare long-term public study that compared the effects of phytochemicals from rosemary and oregano with antibiotic growth promoters, animal scientists with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station found that the natural agents given to weaned pigs supported favorable gut health and growth performance later in their lives by preserving microbial diversity to improve nutrient utilization.

Journal: Animal Research and One Health

1-Apr-2026

AIBS publishes report highlighting Photo Contest winners

American Institute of Biological Sciences
Grant and Award Announcement

The American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) has published a report in the journal BioScience highlighting the winners of its 2025 Faces of Biology Photo Contest. The contest was cosponsored by AIBS and the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB).

Funder: American Institute of Biological Sciences, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology

1-Apr-2026

Large-scale collaboration releases new findings on research credibility

Center for Open Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Findings from the Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE) program—a collaborative effort involving 865 researchers—have been published in Nature as a collection of three papers alongside a release of five additional preprints. The SCORE program offers new empirical evidence on the reproducibility, robustness, and replicability of research across the social and behavioral sciences, and the predictability of replicability.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency