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Registrations open for São Paulo School of Advanced Science on Immigration, Environmental Violence and Colonialism

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

The School aims to foster critical training and collective production of knowledge on the main challenges set by the convergence of crises faced by contemporary society.

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

By stoking the Greenland debate, is the United States actually harming itself?

University of Konstanz
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Konstanz-based political scientist Gabrielle Gricius warns that acquiring Greenland would more likely weaken US security rather than strengthening it. The expert on security policy in the Arctic explains the backdrop for US interest in Greenland – and calls for European countries to do their part to ensure lasting security policy for the Arctic region.

Journal: Cooperation and Conflict

Updated "Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders" published by Oxford

Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Book Announcement

Oxford University Press has published the third edition of "Treating and Preventing Adolescent Mental Health Disorders," a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center and The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands.

Start for climate friendly fuel mixtures

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Business Announcement

As of now, tank trucks in Mannheim can for the first time load fuel blends that not only contain bioethanol—common in the familiar E10 and E5 grades—but also other renewable components such as electricity-based fuels or biogenic fuels, known as reFuels. A new pilot plant at the tank farm of Exolum Mannheim GmbH flexibly mixes the required proportions and documents the greenhouse gas savings digitally for every delivery. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) provides scientific support for the construction of the plant

SEOULTECH researchers reveal strong public support for hydrogen fuel cell trucks

Seoul National University of Science & Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks offer a cleaner alternative to diesel transport, but public support is essential for large-scale adoption. In a new study, researchers surveyed households in South Korea to measure willingness to pay for expanding hydrogen truck deployment. The results show strong public acceptance, with benefits exceeding carbon reduction costs, indicating the policy is socially profitable and supports long-term low-carbon transport transitions under national climate policy goals frameworks.

Journal: Transport Policy

Full value added tax on meat: a first step towards pricing the environmental damages caused by diets

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Nature Food analyses the ecological “footprint” from diets – and policy options to counteract through price signals. EU-wide, 23 percent of greenhouse gas emissions generated directly and indirectly by private households arise in this sector. When it comes to nitrogen and phosphorus compounds entering the environment, water and land consumption, and threats to biodiversity, the share of diets in the overall impacts is as high as 56 to 71 percent. Full value added tax on meat can quickly reduce the environmental impacts from diet by 3 to 6 percent depending on category, at an extra annual cost of 26 euros per household on average.

Journal: Nature Food

A new way to decipher quantum systems

Université de Genève
Peer-Reviewed Publication

What is the state of a quantum system? Answering this question is essential for exploiting quantum properties and developing new technologies. In practice, this characterisation generally relies on direct measurements, which require extremely well-controlled systems, as their sensitivity to external disturbances can distort the results. This constraint limits their applicability to specific experimental contexts. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) presents an alternative approach, tailored to open quantum systems, in which the interaction with the environment is turned into an advantage rather than an obstacle. Published in Physical Review Letters – with the ‘Editor's Suggestion’ label – this work brings quantum technologies a step closer to real-world conditions.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

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