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Endothelial – The final frontier to reduce preterm birth and death from sepsis

Each year, around 15 million babies are born prematurely, with nearly one million dying soon after due to complications. Maternal mortality remains high, particularly in low-resource settings. This article describes how assessing endothelial integrity and function could help identify at-risk pregnancies to prevent adverse outcomes.
Fig. 1. Segmentation of high-resolution RGB images in soybean with the original image (top) and the segmented mask overlaid on the original image (bottom). Soybean plants (green) were seeded at five different densities, and the natural weed community has been segmented into grasses (pink), broadleaf weeds (dark orange) and volunteer canola (orange). Volunteer canola is glyphosate-resistant and would require alternate management compared with all other weeds in the image.

Improved herbicide stewardship with remote sensing and machine learning decision-making tools

Weeds pose the most persistent and costly threat to crop production in Canada, driving widespread herbicide use and accelerating the rise of herbicide-resistant species. This article explores how emerging AI- and trait-based decision tools can transform weed management and usher in a new era of precise, sustainable herbicide stewardship.
Figure 1: Example event tree from a PRA for sustainable decision support related to flooding (Martin et al., 2025). This tree is a sequence of three events triggering system failure, which is inundation damage to a residence. Adverse consequences occur when simulated water surface elevation (WSEL) exceeds the foundation elevation. (CC by 4.0)

Probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) for sustainable water resources

Dynamic PRA provides sustainable flood risk decision support by identifying costs to present and future generations.
Figure 1. Framework to Rebuild Trust and Address Denialism

The collective organization of science denial: Toward a framework for collective response

The recent volume “Organized Science Denial. An Action Plan for Solutions” edited by Elena Bruni and Lianne M. Lefsrud, hosts the voices of scholars in organization theory to reflect about the collective dynamics of denial and its implications in this currently complex world.

Powering the future with soft electrostatic actuators and energy harvesters

A team of researchers at the University of Trento provides a perspective on the role that soft actuators and energy harvesters play in building the mechatronic devices of the future.
Adrinka symbol from the Akan people in Ghana/Ivory Coast symbolizing the constant demand for high standards, especially moral standards, that is fundamental in Afrikan Tradition.

Afrikan studies and research in the human sciences

Discussing Afrikan studies, Kimani S. K. Nehusi highlights the importance of an Afrocentric perspective that positions Afrikans as active participants in their cultures and histories. He introduces the concept of the Afrikan Ancestral Land Complex (AALC), which includes the essential values, knowledge, and rituals that sustain Afrikan identity and community cohesion.
Figure 1: First Water – land-based salmon farm in Iceland

Terraforming life: Turning waste-to-value in Iceland’s circular economy

Sigurður Trausti Karvelsson, the Terraforming Life Project Coordinator and R&D Project Manager at First Water along with project partners; The Icelandic Farmers Association, Orkídea, SMJ Consulting Engineers, and Ölfus Cluster, present an initiative that transforms waste into resources within Iceland’s circular economy.
Neural network concept. Connected cells with links. High technology process. Abstract futuristic background

Exploring genetic tools in environmental microbes: Applications in extracellular electron transfer

Arpita Bose and Zhecheng Zhang explore genetic tools in environmental microbes, citing applications in extracellular electron transfer/
Figure 1. VINO Solutions program overview. Focal areas: National Clean Plant Program, Superior Performing Grapevine Program, Integrated Pest Management Program, and Wine Quality and Flavour Enhancement Program. Each is interrelated and integral to the research continuum, from planting material, to greenhouse, to vineyard, to wine production. Virus evaluation is a central tenet (top left), to establish methods, data bases, and planting materials, setting VINO Solutions and Ontario as a global pioneer in the field. Brock facilities and vetted partner sites will ensure highest quality and research standards. Commercialization partners (CGCN, nurseries, vineyard, and wineries) ensures relevance and immediate uptake of research results.

Resiliency strategies to overcome challenges facing the Canadian grape and wine sector

Resiliency strategies to overcome challenges facing the Canadian grape and wine sector.

Professional, interactive data visualization for everyone: lessR

David Gerbing, Ph.D, from Portland State University, explores professional, interactive data visualization for everyone through lessR.
Examples of dementia risk factors

Healthy diet for dementia prevention

Contributors from the Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing outline dietary strategies that can help preserve cognitive function and prevent dementia.
Figure 1. Grapevine population over the season (average of three smart traps) and spraying treatments

Cerberus: The digital lord of the flies

Professor Francisco Rovira-Más from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia discusses the Cerberus project, focusing on sustainable crop protection through data-driven decision-making in Mediterranean agriculture.
Fanned out colorful books forming light-beam like shape.

Paulo Freire, social justice, and the democratic possibilities of education

Stephanie Schneider from SUNY Old Westbury examines Paulo Freire’s fascinating work on social justice, and the democratic potential of education.

Lost in taxonomy: Why bacterial type strains are the anchor we need

Professor David Ussery and Dr. Ake Vastermark, bioinformatics and microbial taxonomy experts at Oklahoma State University, introduce the challenges of defining bacterial species in an era of rapidly expanding genomic data. Their article highlights how modern genome-based tools can bring clarity to this evolving field.
Fig. 1: Diagram showing SPIN-FERT approach for an integrated strategy of soil management based on the exploitation of prebiotics (organic fertilisers and non-microbial biostimulants), probiotics (microbial biostimulants) and postbiotics (biostimulants derived from microorganisms) along with agronomical practices. Full lines show the direct effect, dashed lines show the interactions.

SPIN-FERT: Innovations for soil, impact for people and policies

The SPIN-FERT project, funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe program, focuses on improving soil health in horticultural crops while promoting peat-free substrates.
Figure 1. Cladoselache fyleri, a chondrichthyan fossil preserved at an early stage of decay and disarticulation in an iron-carbonate concretion, collected by William Kepler between 1880 and 1886 from the Cleveland Shale Member of the Ohio Shale (Upper Devonian), Cleveland, Ohio, USA (above), and an interpretive sketch of the specimen (below). The cartilaginous bones of the skull, including the jaws, have largely disarticulated, and some of the tiny teeth are scattered nearby. The body was twisted just behind the pectoral fin, so the fossil appears in left-lateral view at the front, and in oblique-ventral view through most of the trunk and tail regions. A distinct rounded line surrounding the fish represents the margin of the microbial biofilm, or “decay halo,” that was responsible for early decay and also forming the concretion and preserving the fish remains. The fossil is 50 cm in length. This previously undescribed specimen was one of many surprises in the 19th-century geological collection of Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio.

Cladoselache, a puzzling ancient shark-like fish

Loren E. Babcock, Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University, introduces research on Cladoselache, a puzzling ancient shark-like fish.
Texture of mold and fungi, microbiology, abstract background. Close-Up

Legacy asbestos: An ongoing public health risk

Jean C. Pfau and Tracy McNew from the Center for Asbestos-Related Disease address the legacy of environmental asbestos, which continues to pose a public health risk.
Image: ©University of Manitoba

Why riparian buffers fail to filter agricultural runoff contaminants

In this article, Dr David Lobb of the University of Manitoba examines why riparian buffers often fail to filter contaminants from agricultural runoff, particularly in cold climate regions.
Figure 1: Douglas-fir seedling

The benefits of harvest residue and vegetation control on conifer seedling survival and growth

Mark Kimsey, the Director of the Intermountain Forestry Cooperative, discusses the benefits of harvest residue and vegetation control on conifer seedling survival and growth.
African women carrying water to their village, Kenya, Africa. African women and also children often walk long distances to bring back containers of water.

Women and heat stress: A silent risk in the climate-exposed workforce

As global temperatures rise, sex-specific vulnerabilities to extreme heat are emerging as a critical blind spot in occupational health policy. Luana Main and Lilia Convit explain.
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