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Why some regions are winning the fight against groundwater depletion

University of California - Santa Barbara
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For half the world’s population, the water in their drinking glasses comes from below them. Groundwater also supplies 40% of global irrigation projects.

Journal: Science

Diabetes outcomes worsen after insurance loss, OHSU study finds

Oregon Health & Science University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Losing health insurance can quickly worsen health for people with diabetes as patients struggle to control the disease after coverage is interrupted, according to new research from Oregon Health & Science University,

Journal: JAMA Health Forum
Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Registrations open for São Paulo School of Advanced Science in Microplastics

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Meeting Announcement

School at the State University of Campinas (Brazil) is an interdisciplinary forum designed to help students understand one of today’s most urgent environmental challenges. Applicants should apply by April 10.

Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

NII launches immediate open access features in research data infrastructure

Research Organization of Information and Systems
Business Announcement

Japan's National Institute of Informatics (NII) has released new features in its Research Data Cloud (NII RDC) to help universities achieve immediate open access. The tools integrate GakuNin RDM and JAIRO Cloud, supporting researchers in publishing papers and supporting data, librarians in managing OA workflows, and research administrators in monitoring institutional OA status — all in compliance with Japan's new OA mandate for publicly funded research.

Funder: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)

Queensland GPs face barriers in supporting VAD: QUT study

Queensland University of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Australia: QUT-led research reveals that Queensland general practitioners provide compassionate, holistic care to patients seeking voluntary assisted dying (VAD), but many face significant hurdles which limit their capacity to participate, highlighting the need for improved remuneration, streamlined processes, and broader education to support safe and sustainable practice.

Journal: Australian Journal of General Practice
Funder: Australian Research Council

Climate variability poses a threat to cold blooded animals

Murdoch University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research from Murdoch University has found that cold blooded animals (ectotherms) aren't able to physiologically adjust to daily temperature fluctuations as previously assumed. This could leave them vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

Funder: Challenge Research Fellowship

New estimates of uncounted COVID-19 deaths reveal critical gaps in US death investigation system

Boston University School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study in Science Advances found that more than 155,000 US deaths between March 2020 and December 2021 were not officially recorded as COVID-19 deaths, which equates to 19 percent more deaths due to COVID-19 than federal records indicate. These unrecognized COVID-19 deaths disproportionately burdened certain populations more than others, including racial and ethnic minorities, as well as people who were low-income, had preexisting health conditions, lived in the South, or did not have a high school education.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

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