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Biochar reshapes ant societies, revealing hidden ecological trade-offs in soil restoration

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study shows that biochar, widely promoted as a climate-smart soil amendment, can significantly reshape the social lives of ants, with cascading effects on ecosystem functioning. The findings highlight both the promise and the risks of using biochar in large-scale land restoration.

Journal: Biochar

Engineered biochar unlocks soil’s natural chemistry to break down antibiotic pollution

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study reveals how an advanced iron-modified biochar can harness the natural chemistry of soils to break down persistent antibiotic contaminants, offering a sustainable and chemical-free approach to environmental remediation.

Journal: Biochar

Tuning biochar temperature unlocks major nitrogen savings in food waste composting

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Food waste is often seen as a problem, but it also represents a valuable resource in the transition toward a circular bioeconomy. A new study shows that a simple adjustment in how biochar is produced can dramatically improve the efficiency of composting food waste digestate, cutting nitrogen loss nearly in half while reducing harmful emissions.

Journal: Biochar

Magnetic biochar gel offers breakthrough solution for arsenic and antimony contamination in rice fields

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A newly developed magnetic biochar material could help farmers grow safer rice in soils contaminated with toxic elements, while also improving crop yields and soil health.

Journal: Biochar

Coffee waste transformed into high-performance, biodegradable insulation material

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study has transformed everyday coffee waste into a high-performance, eco-friendly insulation material, offering a promising alternative to petroleum-based products widely used in buildings and packaging.

Journal: Biochar

Northumbria University spinout achieves CE marking for deep lung breath sampling device — a first backed by peer-reviewed research

Northumbria University
Business Announcement

A medical device company spun out of Northumbria University has reached a significant milestone — receiving CE marking for a breath sampling platform that peer-reviewed research has demonstrated can reliably collect saliva-free exhaled breath condensates (EBC) from the deep lung, making it the first technology of its type to achieve this distinction.

MirrorBot: Fostering human connection

Cornell University
Reports and Proceedings

Cornell University researchers are using technology, in the form of a mirror-equipped robot, to help bring people together.

Do you trust me? A framework for making networks of robots and vehicles safer

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Harvard SEAS researchers and a multi-university team that includes information theorists and experts in wireless communications, optimization theory, machine learning, and robotics, introduce “cy-trust” as a quantitative measure of how much a robot or vehicle in a networked system should trust information from another agent before acting.

Journal: Proceedings of the IEEE

Providing the Artemis mission with solar radiation forecasts

University of Michigan
Business Announcement

In the Artemis II mission, NASA will test out a pair of new solar radiation forecasts, developed at University of Michigan Engineering, designed to protect astronauts venturing away from Earth. The mission launched Wednesday.