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Revolutionizing biosecurity: new multi-omics framework to transform invasive species management

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A groundbreaking review in Biological Diversity proposes a proactive, AI - integrated approach to stop biological invasions before they devastate ecosystems and economies.

Journal: Biological Diversity

New research finds that an ‘equal treatment’ approach to economic opportunity advertising can backfire

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in the INFORMS journal Marketing Science has found that some of the most widely considered online advertising safety and fairness policies—ads that are designed to help ensure that women, minorities and other protected classes are not disproportionately excluded from job, education and financial opportunities—may actually boost ad platform revenues while improving fairness outcomes.

Journal: Marketing Science

CDC urges ‘shared decision-making’ on some childhood vaccines; many unclear about what that means

Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Reports and Proceedings

The CDC dramatically reduced the number of routine childhood vaccinations and said decisions about whether to get some of them should be based on "shared clinical decision-making." Surveys from the Annenberg Public Policy Center show that many people are unclear about what that means.

Migration-related trauma among asylum seekers exposed to the migrant protection protocols

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cohort study, exposure to Migrant Protection Protocols was associated with higher rates of trauma during migration among asylum seekers. Such policies may be associated with adverse health outcomes for asylum seekers, with potential downstream implications for U.S. public health and security. The Migrant Protection Protocols were introduced in January 2019 and changed U.S. asylum procedures by requiring certain asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while awaiting immigration proceedings.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

How to make communities more resilient to climate change

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers are proposing a new strategy for local governments to make municipalities more resilient against climate change. The “compounded resilience” strategy lays out how local governments can take advantage of opportunities to both limit adverse impacts of climate change on their communities and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change.

Journal: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Vitamin C may help protect fertility from a harmful environmental chemical

University of Missouri-Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new discovery at the University of Missouri reveals that vitamin C may help protect reproductive health from a harmful environmental chemical. Using a fish model, researchers found that exposure to potassium perchlorate, a chemical commonly used in explosives and fireworks, can harm sperm production, potentially reducing fertility.

Journal: Environmental Science & Technology

HKU lecturer wins Gold Award in QS Reimagine Education Awards 2025

The University of Hong Kong
Grant and Award Announcement

An innovative teaching project led by Mr Ki Sum Samson Wong, Assistant Lecturer in the Medical Ethics and Humanities Unit of the School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), has recently won a Gold Award in the Nurturing Wellbeing and Purpose category at QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) Reimagine Education Awards 2025. Mr Wong’s teaching initiative was the only Hong Kong-based entry to receive a Gold-level Award at this year’s QS Reimagine Education Awards and Conference held in London on December 1-3, 2025.