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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 22-Jan-2026 09:11 ET (22-Jan-2026 14:11 GMT/UTC)

CNU research explains how boosting consumer trust unlocks the $4 billion market for retired EV batteries

Chonnam National University, The Research Information Management Team, Office of Research Promotion
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Electric vehicles (EVs) represent the next-generation technology aimed at transport decarbonization. Unfortunately, their limited lifespan leaves behind the problem of retired EV battery management. Recently, a Chonnam National University scientist has shed light on the attitude of consumers towards the reuse of retired EV batteries as energy storage systems. They suggest that consumer trust in companies, environmental identity, and innovativeness affects acceptance via perceived risks and benefits and affective responses.

Journal: Journal of Energy Storage

Living walls boost biodiversity by providing safe spaces for urban wildlife

University of Plymouth
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by researchers and students at the University of Plymouth has shown that living walls – structures housing flowers and plants fitted to the outside of new and old buildings – can significantly enhance the biodiversity within urban environments

Journal: Urban Science
Funder: European Regional Development Fund

New AI method revolutionizes the design of enzymes

Graz University of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Graz University of Technology and the University of Graz can use the technology to construct artificial biocatalysts. These new enzymes are significantly faster, more stable and more versatile than previous artificial biocatalysts.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Austrian Science Fund, European Research Council, TU Graz

Smartwatch use enhances the detection of heart arrythmias, increasing the quality of care.

Amsterdam University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Smartwatches with both PPG and ECG functionality improve the detection of atrial fibrillation in comparison with standard care. Researchers from Amsterdam UMC analysed the data from 437 patients and detected heart arrythmia four times more often in those who wore an Apple Watch. These results are published today in JACC (Journal of the American College of Cardiology).

Journal: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

New nanoparticle technology offers hope for hard-to-treat diseases

University of Technology Sydney
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A newly published perspective article in Nature Nanotechnology details groundbreaking nanoparticle technology to eliminate harmful, disease-causing proteins in the body.

Journal: Nature Nanotechnology
Funder: see paper

ŌURA and National University of Singapore open Joint Lab to advance research in personalized preventive health

National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Business Announcement

New Joint Lab marks ŌURA’s first research entity in the APAC region, deepening a six-year partnership with NUS focussing on key health behaviours including sleep and physical activity

Scientists solve 66 million-year-old mystery of how Earth’s greenhouse age ended

University of Southampton
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have solved a 66 million year old mystery about why the earth cooled after the age of the dinosaurs.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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