Food rescue programs improve diets but fall short on nutrition, review finds
A systematic review of 48 studies finds food rescue programs often improve intake and food security, yet fiber, vitamin and ...
Tag: Sustainability
AI and Quality by Design Reshape the Future of Nanofiber Wound Dressings
A new review argues that combining electrospun nanofiber mats with quality by design principles and artificial intelligence could overcome the ...
Print One Part at a Time: Sequencing Boosts Strength and Cuts Emissions in 3D Printing
A full-factorial study of PLA material extrusion printing found that sequential one-part-at-a-time printing raised tensile strength by about 16 percent ...
Polysaccharide Capsules Could Make Functional Textiles Survive the Wash
A new review examines how polysaccharide-based micro- and nanocapsules are used to give textiles antimicrobial, UV-protective, flame-retardant, insect-repellent and cosmetic ...
Digital Health’s Hidden Costs: Weighing ESG Trade-Offs in Healthcare Innovation
A narrative review argues that digital health's benefits in access and efficiency carry environmental, social, and governance trade-offs that must ...
NaOH or KOH? Alkali choice reshapes ash surfaces for greener aluminum composites
Alkali treatments with NaOH and KOH modified the surfaces of agro-marine waste ash particles, with XRD crystallinity rising from about ...
Robots on the farm: what it takes to make autonomous agriculture trustworthy
A new review argues that trustworthy agricultural autonomy depends on integrating robot learning, safe control and human-robot interaction rather than ...
UN-backed social and solidarity economy could reshape global health, researchers argue
Researchers argue that the social and solidarity economy, formally recognized in a 2023 UN resolution, holds underrecognized potential to advance ...
Survey links environmental planning to stronger urban outcomes in Mogadishu
A survey of 280 respondents in Mogadishu found environmental sustainability planning had the strongest positive association with urban outcomes among ...
Springer Nature launches Discover Metals as open-access home for metals research
Springer Nature has launched Discover Metals, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal continuing and expanding Gold Bulletin to cover the full breadth ...
Nursing students see the environment through a human-centered lens, metaphor study finds
A qualitative study of 91 nursing students in western Türkiye found that their metaphors for the environment and its pollution ...
Turning Fruit and Vegetable Waste into Sustainable Food Ingredients
Half of the fruits and vegetables grown around the world never reach a human mouth.
Waste Materials Can Replace Concrete’s Coarse Aggregate, Review Finds, With Limits
A systematic review of 154 studies compares fourteen waste materials as coarse aggregate substitutes in concrete, finding dense wastes preserve ...
Organisational factors dominate what makes healthcare simulation sustainable, study finds
An Irish qualitative study of 150 simulationists finds that protected time, staffing, funding and leadership support, rather than individual faculty ...
Two Decades of Ecological Math Modeling Mapped Against UN Goals
A scientometric audit of 229 ecological modeling papers from 2005 to 2025 maps three thematic clusters and quantifies their alignment ...
Two Concrete Design Standards, One Grade: ACI Beats BS EN on Strength but Costs More Carbon
A controlled study in Ghana found ACI 211.1 concrete outperformed BS EN 206 mixes in strength and durability but cost ...
Scoping review finds no sustainability tools designed for cancer screening
A scoping review within the EUCanScreen joint action found that none of the 22 identified public health sustainability tools were ...
Quantifying Nature’s Value: Green Space Health Benefits Valued in Euros
A pilot study in Flanders, Belgium, successfully quantified and monetized the health benefits of green-blue areas, estimating annual economic gains ...
Plant-based meat alternatives cut land use and emissions but raise micronutrient risks
A modelling study finds that replacing livestock products with plant-based meat alternatives could shrink agricultural land expansion and greenhouse gas ...
Bronze Age Italians ran sustainable coppicing cycles centuries ago, pollen reveals
High-resolution pollen records from Terramare settlements in northern Italy show that Bronze Age communities managed oak woodlands through recurrent selective ...
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