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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 17-May-2026 15:16 ET (17-May-2026 19:16 GMT/UTC)

7-Jan-2026

Are you ready to swap salmon for sprats and sardines?

University of East Anglia
Reports and Proceedings

A new study shows that millions of Britons could be ready to swap imported fish for home caught favourites like sardines, sprats and anchovies.

The new report reveals that more than 40 per cent of consumers are willing to experiment with fish they’ve never tried before. The study suggests the UK is overlooking a major opportunity to improve national health and bolster local economies by embracing its own rich stocks of small, nutritious fish.

And the team say that now is the perfect time for Britain to rediscover its local seafood.

7-Jan-2026

Landmark Magnet4Europe intervention improves clinician wellbeing and patient safety across Europe

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A groundbreaking international intervention co- led by the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing’s Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research (CHOPR) and the KU Leuven Institute of Healthcare Policy in Belgium shows that redesigning hospital work environments with the Magnet Model® measurably improves nurse and physician wellbeing and strengthens patient safety.

Journal: Medical Care

7-Jan-2026

Pocketbook realities reshape Americans’ commitment to democratic ideals

Northwestern University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Money talks, and new research from Northwestern University suggests it often speaks louder than an American voter’s commitment to democratic norms. The new study from the Center for Communication & Public Policy examined how U.S. residents conceptualize democracy and whether their support for democratic principles remains consistent when financial issues and other trade-offs are considered. Researchers found that support for democratic principles is far more conditional than traditional surveys suggest and declines substantially when economic hardship is taken into account.

Journal: Perspectives on Politics

7-Jan-2026

CUNY Graduate Center and its academic partners awarded more than $1M by Google.org to advance statewide AI education through the Empire AI consortium

The Graduate Center, CUNY
Grant and Award Announcement

The City University of New York Graduate Center (CUNY Graduate Center) has received a grant totaling more than $1 million from Google.org to support the work of Empire AI, a statewide consortium of 11 public and private academic institutions focused on advancing the effective integration of artificial intelligence into higher education. The award—which is the second such source of funding that the CUNY Graduate Center has received from Google.org to support AI literacy in higher education—will further the reach of a comprehensive, multi-institution assessment of how best to prepare students across all degree levels and disciplines for an AI-driven workforce.

Funder: Google.org

7-Jan-2026

Shining a spotlight on cancer

University of Missouri-Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

To determine who could benefit from targeted cancer treatments, a researcher at the University of Missouri is putting tumors under the spotlight.

Journal: Molecular Imaging and Biology

7-Jan-2026

Chinese mainland rapidly expands presence in global digital education research

ECNU Review of Education
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new bibliometric study published in ECNU Review of Education offers a comprehensive overview of digital education research from 2018 to 2023. Analyzing 2,767 international peer-reviewed articles from the Scopus database, the study reveals significant global growth in the field and underscores the Chinese mainland’s rising academic influence.

Journal: ECNU Review of Education

6-Jan-2026

After more than two years of war, Palestinian children are hungry, denied education and “like the living dead”

University of Cambridge
Reports and Proceedings

Cambridge-led study calls for urgent increase in international aid for education to address learning losses and the severe psychological impacts of Gaza war.

Researchers estimate children have lost the equivalent of up to five years of learning since 2020, first due to COVID-19, then war.

Eyewitness accounts gathered for the study also report children’s loss of hope and diminishing faith in values such as peace and human rights.