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Research & science Where Do the Returns to Schooling Come From? Educational Transitions and Labor Market Payoffs arXiv:2508.13366v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Conventional research on educational effects typically either employs a "years of schooling" measure of education, or dichotomizes attainment as a point-in-time treatment. Yet, such a conceptualization of education is misaligned with the sequential process by which individuals make educational transitions. In this paper, I propose a caus… arXiv — econ.GN (General Economics preprints) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Panel regression for the GDP of the Central and Eastern European countries using time-varying coefficients arXiv:2510.04211v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: The integration of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries into the European Economic Area serves as a valuable experiment for the regional economic development theory. The long-lasting convergence of these economies with more advanced Western Europe exhibits a few standard features and varying policies implemented. Even the Baltic … arXiv — econ.GN (General Economics preprints) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Crashing Waves vs. Rising Tides: Findings on AI Automation from Thousands of Worker Evaluations of Labor Market Tasks arXiv:2604.01363v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We propose that AI automation is a continuum between: (i) crashing waves where AI capabilities surge abruptly over small sets of tasks, and (ii) rising tides where the increase in AI capabilities is more continuous and broad-based. We test for these effects in preliminary evidence from an ongoing evaluation of AI capabilities across over… arXiv — econ.GN (General Economics preprints) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Georgia Tech’s Record Fundraising Year Propels Campaign Past $2 Billion Georgia Tech’s Record Fundraising Year Propels Campaign Past $2 Billion Superadmin Wed, 07/22/2026 - 23:23 Georgia Tech raised more than $415 million in fiscal year 2026, exceeding the previous annual record by more than $100 million and pushing  Transforming Tomorrow: The Campaign for Georgia Tech past the initial campaign target of $2 billion with 18 months remaining. Fueled by the gener… Georgia Tech News · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Women’s Safety in Finsbury Park- Research by UCL and Islington Council - UCL | University College London UCL News · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Enzymatic transesterification for biodiesel production: a comprehensive review - The Royal Society of Chemistry Green Chemistry (RSC) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Do Commodity Prices and Energy Markets Drive Asymmetric Volatility in Biodiversity Finance? Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView. Business Strategy and the Environment (Wiley) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Equity‐Calibrated Technology Forecasting for Sustainable Development: A Portable ADOPT Framework Integrating Bayesian‐Ising Diagnostics Sustainable Development, EarlyView. Sustainable Development (Wiley) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Imaging of nanoscale polar textures in quantum paraelectric SrTiO3 - Nature Nature subject feed — Environmental Sciences · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Extreme heat wave grips Tunisia as wide power cuts fuel frustration In Tunisia, long power outages across the country have added to the strain of an intense heat wave, with temperatures as high as 49°C (120°F), leaving many fearing for their livelihoods. Phys.org — Environment tag feed · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Beyond Defence: Conceptualising Adolescents’ Digital Resilience in Cybersecurity Ecosystem - Springer Nature Link Circular Economy and Sustainability (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science More than half of Earth’s migratory bird species are declining – here’s how we can still save them A new global assessment of the world’s migratory species finds reason for alarm, but also hope – and a road map for helping them survive. The Conversation US — Environment · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science U.S. rivers are transporting more suspended sediment, often in less time Communications Earth & Environment (Nature Portfolio) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Effects of financial inclusion on household climate change vulnerability in Ghana Climate change remains a major threat to livelihood and survival in many developing countries. The study examines the effect of household financial inclusion on climate change vulnerability in Ghana. Using climate series from the Ghana Meteorological Agency and data from the Ghana Living Standard Survey 7, the study used a recursive mixed process model and several other approaches to address en… Discover Sustainability (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Technology inclusion, political risk, and climate action for sustainable development in MENA regions This study examines the evolving relationships between climate action and four principal factors: digital financial inclusion, political stability, sustainable industrialisation, and technological innovation, within four lower-middle-income MENA countries (Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia) over the period from 2000 to 2024. Using wavelet coherence analysis, we examine how these variables int… Discover Sustainability (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Paludiculture - a scoping review of the agricultural, economic and social science literature IntroductionPaludiculture has emerged as a science-initiated land use concept for wet peatlands more than 25 years ago. While research accumulates especially for natural science topics, a recent synthesis for agricultural, economic and social science topics is lacking. We review agricultural, economic, and social science literature on paludiculture with three goals: (1) to explore the current e… Frontiers in Environmental Science · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Improving learning and science outcomes in the Reservoir Observer Student Scientists (ROSS) program through reflection and skill building exercises The Reservoir Observer Student Scientists (ROSS) program engages high school students in year-round water quality monitoring to detect and understand cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (cyanoHABs). This place-based participatory science program combines hands-on sampling, data analysis, and reflective learning to foster scientific literacy and contribute to environmental research. A mid-year d… Frontiers in Environmental Science · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Concentrating human urine intrinsically inhibits urease activity Urea is the dominant nitrogen compound in human urine and represents a valuable fertiliser resource if enzymatic hydrolysis can be controlled during storage and processing. One method to recover urea and other plant-essential nutrients from urine for agricultural use is evaporative concentration. Here, we tested the hypothesis that evaporatively concentrating urine intrinsically suppresses urea… Frontiers in Environmental Science · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Disentangling the drivers of green total factor productivity growth: how environmental protection tax acts through pollution reduction, factor allocation, and digital intelligence Within the context of high-quality development imperatives, understanding mechanisms through which environmental regulation elevates corporate green total factor productivity (GTFP) represents a critical research priority. Adopting an endogenous policy shock lens, this study examines Chinese A-share listed firms spanning 2013–2023. Leveraging the 2018 implementation of China’s Environmental Pro… Frontiers in Environmental Science · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Toward inclusive and sustainable digital growth: linking e-commerce, social capital, and community development IntroductionThe growth of e-commerce has reshaped how people participate in the economy, interact online, and develop their communities in both developed and emerging economies. However, studies on the social and developmental impacts of digital commerce remain fragmented across disciplines, regions, and conceptual traditions. This study examines two interconnected research streams: e-commerce … Frontiers in Sustainability · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Divergent Temporal Trends in Brown Bear Survival and Reproductive Indices Shaped By Seasonal Vegetation Dynamics and Urban Expansion Long-term monitoring of threatened carnivores provides rare insight into how environmental change shapes population dynamics. We analyzed 27 years (1997–2023) of standardized visual observations from the Golestanak Core Zone, a high-altitude, strictly protected area within the Central Alborz Protected Area (CAPA) in northern Iran, which represents one of the most reproductively active habitats … Environmental Management (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Comparative pilot-scale synthesis of methyl and ethyl ester from waste cooking oil using hydrodynamic cavitation: techno-economic insights Despite extensive research on biodiesel synthesis, very few pilot-scale studies have evaluated hydrodynamic cavitation (HC) reactors-especially venturi-based systems which remain limited, and performance comparisons between methanol and ethanol in terms of energy consumption, reaction time, and scalability have not been adequately explored. To address the research gap, this study presents a pil… Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Phyto-mediated synthesis of Zn/Mg co-doped Ag₂O nanocomposites and their antibacterial, antioxidant, and cytotoxic activities This work highlights the eco-friendly synthesis of silver oxide nanoparticles along with Zn/Mg co-doped silver oxide nanoparticles using Citrus hystrix peel extract as a natural reducing and stabilizing agent. SEM analysis demonstrated that the pure silver oxide nanoparticles possessed a rough, aggregated surface with irregular particle shapes, whereas the doped nanocomposites exhibited a compa… Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Mapping the waste network and data uncertainties: a detailed examination of textile waste data in the Czech Republic The European Union mandate for separate textile waste collection necessitates the development of robust infrastructural and processing frameworks to advance circular economy objectives. Strategic planning for this systemic transition inherently relies on rigorous baseline analyses. To support these analytical demands, current monitoring mechanisms are undergoing systematic refinement through th… Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Household livelihood improvements through agroforestry under climate variability in semi-arid Indonesia Agroforestry is widely promoted as a nature-based solution for enhancing rural resilience under climate change, yet empirical evidence on its relationship with livelihood outcomes across multiple dimensions remains limited, particularly in semi-arid regions. This study examines the association between agroforestry characteristics and household livelihood outcomes through ecological, economic, s… Discover Sustainability (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Artificial intelligence, moral imagination, and intergenerational justice in sustainable education This study examines the different perceptions between students and lecturers in artificial intelligence (AI) usage, how AI would be reflected on future generation (FG) mediated by sustainable development (SD), testing role of ethics and justice as moderators between AI and SD. Current AI revolution threaten the FG in education by higher plagiarism, losing critical skills, inequitable access, bi… Discover Sustainability (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Sustainable self-compacting concrete incorporating fly ash and rice husk ash: experimental, statistical, and environmental assessment The manufacturing process of normal concrete is highly responsible for producing carbon dioxide, resulting in a larger carbon footprint, thus leading to the need for alternative materials to be used in the construction industry. The current research focuses on analyzing the impact and effect of the addition of fly ash (FA) and rice husk ash (RHA) as partial substitution of ordinary Portland cem… Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science The politics of measuring sustainability progress and citizen science Nature Sustainability · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Research priorities for addressing global absorbent hygiene product waste Nature Sustainability · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science On the relevance of post-growth in China Nature Sustainability · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Unexpected spatial inequality of fatal landslide impacts Communications Earth & Environment (Nature Portfolio) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Fire weather waves drive extreme fires globally Communications Earth & Environment (Nature Portfolio) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Projected declines in zooplankton energy supporting Northwest European Shelf ecosystems Communications Earth & Environment (Nature Portfolio) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science The use, fate and environmental impacts of plastic films in agriculture Nature Reviews Earth & Environment (Nature Portfolio) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science AI-driven hybrid recommender model for personalized residential property selection in chennai based on flood risk, sustainability, and proximity The real estate sector in Chennai is going through a dramatic change and home-buyers are looking for homes that embody their notions of safety, sustainability and access to services. However, traditional property search engines are unable to take into account all factors affecting the selection of properties, including flood and sustainability risk. The paper will be discussing a hybrid recomme… Discover Sustainability (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Neutrosophic reliability assessment of smart grid power generation system using universal generating function under Weibull distribution Reliability is essential for each complex system. The key objective of the present study is to use a neutrosophic framework to handle data uncertainty in reliability modeling of power generation systems in smart grids. Numerous traditional approaches are capable of characterizing epistemic uncertainty, yet each owns respective limitations. To overcome the limitation of classical model problem, … Discover Sustainability (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Building resilient and sustainable project outcomes through mitigation strategies and project characteristics Purpose Sustainable delivery of public infrastructure projects is increasingly challenged by systemic risks, resource constraints, and persistent supply chain disruptions. This study investigates how project mitigation strategies and project characteristics contribute to sustainable project outcomes and risk reduction in public infrastructure projects, while examining the moderating role of sup… Discover Sustainability (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Sources of urban land disputes and their management in Hawassa City Ethiopia Urban land is a critical resource for socio-economic development, yet increasing competition over its use has intensified land-related disputes in rapidly urbanizing cities of developing countries. This study examined the status, sources, management, and implications of urban land disputes in Hawassa City using a mixed-methods case study design. Data were collected through household surveys, KI… Discover Sustainability (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science Prospective life cycle assessment of emerging two-terminal tandem architectures of silicon/CIGS solar cells Purpose Tandem photovoltaic (PV) devices such as Si/Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) tandem architectures have the potential for higher conversion efficiency compared to single-junction silicon modules. This study evaluates the environmental performance of two emerging two-terminal (2T) Si/CIGS tandem architectures: circuitry 2T (C2T) and bonded 2T (B2T). The goal is to quantify their envi… The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026 Research & science pH—Viscosity Stability of Water-Based Flexography Inks with Bio-binder: Full Acrylic Replacement The replacement of petroleum‑derived acrylic binders with sustainable bio‑based alternatives is of increasing interest in water‑based flexographic inks; however, successful adoption requires preservation of storage stability and printed color fidelity. In this study, a bio-binder based on soy protein was evaluated as a partial and full replacement of a conventional acrylic emulsion binder in cy… Journal of Polymers and the Environment (Springer) · 23 Jul 2026