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2-Jul-2025

Enhancing the “feel-good” factor of urban vegetation using AI and street view images

The University of Osaka
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from The University of Osaka have developed a method to visualize and reconstruct individual urban plants in different seasons using AI and street view images. The novel Seasonal Species-Specific Plant View Index allows urban designers to enhance the ecological sustainability and the well-being of city dwellers by incorporating diverse plant configurations, colors, and seasonality into current and future urban green spaces.

Journal: Landscape Ecology

2-Jul-2025

Billions voted in 2024, but major new report exposes cracks in global democracy

University of East Anglia
Reports and Proceedings

A new report from the University of East Anglia has raised concerns about the state of democracy around the world during 2024’s ‘Super Cycle’ of elections.

Described by Time Magazine as the ‘Year of Elections’, 2024 saw 1.6 billion people head to the polls across 74 national elections in 62 countries - an unprecedented concentration of democratic activity in a single year.

But a global report from the Electoral Integrity Project, released today, paints a mixed and often troubling picture of how those elections were conducted.

2-Jul-2025

Green transition will boost UK productivity

University of Exeter
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The green transition will boost productivity across the UK economy, new research suggests.

Journal: Climate Policy
Funder: Economic and Social Research Council

2-Jul-2025

Support networks may be the missing link for college students who seek help for excessive drinking

Texas A&M University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

College students who want help overcoming high-risk drinking could benefit from a two-pronged approach that combines an individual-focused psychological theory with social network analysis. That’s according to a new study from Texas A&M University School of Public Health Assistant Professor Benjamin Montemayor and former doctoral student Sara Flores, both in the Department of Health Behavior.