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Unlock the power of nature: how biomass can transform climate mitigation

Biochar Editorial Office, Shenyang Agricultural University
Meeting Announcement

You're invited! Join us for a free, live online webinar featuring Prof. Dato’ Dr. Agamutu Pariatamby FASc, Senior Professor and globally recognized expert in sustainable waste and climate solutions from the Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development at Sunway University, Malaysia.

Fossil fuel industry’s “climate false solutions” reinforce its power and aggravate environmental injustice

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Many so-called low-carbon projects promoted by major oil and gas companies — including hydrogen, biofuels, carbon capture and storage, and carbon offsetting — operate as false solutions that not only fail to effectively reduce emissions, but also prolong the lifespan of fossil fuel infrastructures, entrench environmental injustices, and reinforce the political and economic power of the very industry responsible for the climate crisis. This is demonstrated by a study conducted by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), in collaboration with the University of Sussex, based on 48 cases of environmental conflicts around the world.

Journal: Energy Research & Social Science

Voluntary wintertime cover crop adoption up 5 percent in Arkansas

University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using satellite imagery and government data, researchers measured a 5 percent increase in voluntary, or non-subsidized, cover crop adoption by Arkansas farmers. Using data from 2013-2019, agricultural economists with the experiment station showed that cover crop adoption in Arkansas had the greatest association with a soybean-to-soybean cash crop rotation. The finding came out of research seeking to pinpoint how farmers were using cover crops and where, to help policymakers develop more targeted incentives for using cover crops.

Journal: PLOS One
Funder: Natural Resources Conservation Service

Naval Research Lab diver earns Office of Naval Research 2025 Sailor of the Year

Naval Research Laboratory
Business Announcement

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) named U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Petty Officer 1st Class and Navy Diver Mitchell Apgar as the 2025 ONR Sailor of the Year (SOY).

Illinois Grainger Engineers develop reconfigurable slow-light platform for on-chip photonic engineering

University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Integrated circuits are the brains behind modern electronic devices like computers or smart phones. Traditionally, these circuits — also known as chips — rely on electricity to process data. In recent years, scientists have turned their attention to photonic chips, which perform similar tasks using light instead of electricity to improve speed and energy efficiency.

Journal: Nature Communications

Experimental microneedle painkiller patch for pigs shows proof of concept

University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An experimental pain-relieving drug delivery method for farm animals using biodegradable microneedle patches was conducted by researchers with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station to alleviate some pain after procedures like castrations and tail docking and decrease labor for farmers. While the drugs administered through the experimental microneedle pain patches on pigs did show up in the animals’ system, the drug concentrations were not sufficient.

Despite the limited performance, the project remains a proof of concept that pig skin can absorb medication delivered through a dissolvable microneedle patch. The research team also found that the patches work better on the neck than the ear. No adverse responses were observed at application sites, highlighting the safety and tolerability of the patches. Additionally, a new approach is being developed using the microneedle patch technology as a way to incorporate tattoos for animal tagging.

Journal: RSC Pharmaceutics
Funder: National Institute of Food and Agriculture

Mapping the future: AI method to transform alloy properties prediction and design

University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering have combined their fundamental knowledge of metals with new machine learning techniques to generate detailed spatial maps. Their method paves the way towards faster and more accurate autonomous material design.

Journal: npj Computational Materials

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