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Planning exercises that got community engagement right
- Feb 24, 2026
Much has been written about how government agencies struggle with community engagement in climate resilience planning. For example, a 2024 study by th...
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US weather and climate disasters could top $1 trillion by 2030
- Feb 24, 2026
From tornadoes and hurricanes to wildfires and floods, weather and climate disasters cause billions of dollars in damage, on top of their steep human...
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Study finds Subaru Telescope papers doubled world-average citations in early years
- Feb 24, 2026
How did the construction of the Subaru Telescope transform Japanese astronomy? A new study provides a quantitative answer by analyzing scientific publ...
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Four key facts about climate change and school meal programs
- Feb 24, 2026
More extreme weather and shifting growing seasons are putting pressure on school meal programs, which serve nearly half a billion children worldwide....
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AI provides a more precise time of death post-mortem
- Feb 24, 2026
Artificial intelligence can be used to provide a more precise time of death, which could be crucial in murder investigations. The method was developed...
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Succulent plants protect themselves through a variety of adaptation strategies
- Feb 24, 2026
How do plants adapt to drought and heat? New studies on plants of the Canary Islands show that adaptation is not determined by a single character but...
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Local political crises are breaking the global unity of youth activism, study finds
- Feb 24, 2026
A new study reveals that the image of a seamless global youth climate movement is fracturing as activists in the "periphery" feel increasingly sidelin...
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How Japanese medical trainees view AI in medicine
- Feb 24, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming health care and medical education. From enhancing diagnostic accuracy and clinical decision-makin...
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Electrical control of magnetism in 2D materials promises to advance spintronics
- Feb 24, 2026
Conventional electronics process information leveraging the electrical charge of electrons. Over the past few decades, some electronics engineers have...
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Loans alone aren't enough: Tailored support empowers poor women in Bangladesh
- Feb 24, 2026
A new study by QUT researchers found that financial credit alone cannot break the cycle of poverty for women in Bangladesh. Instead, a "credit-plus" a...
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Industrial research labs were invented in Europe but made the U.S. a tech superpower
- Feb 24, 2026
How did the United States overtake Europe to become the world's technological leader within just a few decades? A new study by researcher Frank Neffke...
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Southern Alaska killer whales eat a remarkably diverse diet, observations reveal
- Feb 24, 2026
Fish-eating killer whales in southern Alaska have a diverse, seasonally changing diet featuring salmon and groundfish, according to a published study...