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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 28-Oct-2026 11:16 ET (28-Oct-2026 15:16 GMT/UTC)

15-Jul-2026

Does teleworking reduce carbon emissions? It depends on how you do it

Teleworking such as working from home, coworking or working from other third places can reduce carbon emissions by removing the commute, but if you’re not careful, this benefit will be offset by the carbon cost of the work-related housing space, according to a study published July 15, 2026 in the open-access journal PLOS Climate by Jana Z’Rotz of Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland and colleagues.

Journal: PLOS Climate

15-Jul-2026

What gets published? Sweeping analysis shows prestige, topic and location matter most

University of Colorado at Boulder
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An analysis of 110,000 submissions to elite general science journals shows that researchers from prestigious universities are more than three times more likely to get published than those from lesser-known schools. Meanwhile, China-based researchers, small teams and social scientists face a disadvantage.

Journal: Science Advances

15-Jul-2026

The Trump administration's 2025 repeal of the U.S. "Roadless Rule" prohibiting logging and road construction in national parks and wilderness areas may impact the 25 million Americans whose drinking water comes from previously roadless watersheds

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Trump administration's 2025 repeal of the U.S. "Roadless Rule" prohibiting logging and road construction in national parks and wilderness areas may impact the 25 million Americans whose drinking water comes from previously roadless watersheds.

Journal: PLOS Water

15-Jul-2026

Large precolonial villages in the Brazilian Cerrado practiced maize-based polyculture

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New study helps resolve one of South American archaeology's longest-running debates: the role of maize in precolonial societies. Evidence reveals that large villages in central Brazil were supported by polyculture maize farming while neighboring societies maintained diversified food production strategies.

Journal: Science Advances

15-Jul-2026

How do we produce more future leaders for the nation? Change how young people think about leadership

New York University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A pair of studies by a team of New York University psychology researchers offers a means to expand the pool of tomorrow’s leaders. These studies with racially diverse teens showed the following: When they were taught that leadership is not an innate trait reserved for a select few and when they were encouraged to imagine people in leadership that they might not have considered before, they became significantly more likely to see themselves as belonging in leadership roles.

Journal: Self and Identity

15-Jul-2026

Joint human-machine learning improves noninvasive BCI outcomes

College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from Carnegie Mellon University published in Nature Communications signals significant acceleration of control in non-invasive brain-computer interfaces when utilizing both human and machine learning.

Journal: Nature Communications

15-Jul-2026

Americans increasingly view illicit drug policy through a partisan lens, new analysis finds

Brown University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Gallup Poll Social Survey data from 2000 to 2025 shows how Americans view the effectiveness of drug policy, both nationally and in their own communities.

Journal: Journal of Addiction Medicine