Articles

Cement and concrete as carbon sinks: Transforming a climate challenge into a carbon storage opportunity

Elsevier, Carbon Capture Science and Technology, Volume 16, September 2025
This paper highlights the potential of engineered mineral carbonation to transform cement and concrete into effective carbon sinks by enhancing CO2 storage while maintaining material performance, emphasizing the use of alkaline industrial residues and carbonatable binders. It proposes a strategic roadmap integrating scientific innovation, regulation, and carbon accounting to promote climate-positive construction.
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SDG:

Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

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Climate Change, Global

County-level modeled extreme heat risk and premature all-cause mortality related to cardio-kidney-metabolic syndrome in the United States: A cross-sectional analysis

Elsevier, American Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Volume 23, September 2025
This study examined the link between extreme heat waves and age-adjusted cardio-kideny-metabolic mortality in US counties from 2010 to 2019
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing, Global

Cloud-based SOC optimization for predictive energy management and zero emission zone compliance in PHEVs

Elsevier, eTransportation, Volume 25, September 2025
The article proposes a predictive control strategy for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) that utilizes route information from digital map providers to enable electric driving within zero-emission zones. The study develops a supervisory control with Dynamic Programming in the cloud to calculate an optimal State of Charge (SOC) trajectory, which is then used to guide the rule-based controller in the vehicle.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy; Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities; Goal 13: Climate action

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Energy, Global

Geography teachers’ implementation of problem-based learning for deforestation and climate change education in Metekel Zone Secondary Schools, Northwest, Ethiopia

Elsevier, International Journal of Educational Development, Volume 117, September 2025
This study investigates the use of problem-based learning (PBL) by geography teachers in Northwest Ethiopia to address deforestation and climate change education.
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SDG:

Goal 4: Quality education; Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production; Goal 13: Climate action; Goal 15: Life on land; Goal 17: Partnership for the goals

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Education; Climate Change, Africa

Association Between Thyroid Dysfunction and Alzheimer's Disease: Insights From the U.S. Mortality Database

Elsevier,

Endocrine Practice

Volume 31, Issue 9, Supplement, September 2025, Page S193

 

Evidence from preclinical research suggests that dysfunction in thyroid hormones may increase ?-amyloid levels and tau phosphorylation, 2 hallmark features of Alzheimer's Disease(AD). This study showed a strong association between hypothyroidism and AD mortality.

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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing, Global

RELX Environmental Challenge 2025 shortlist announced

A youn g child watching anothether child demonstrating the use of a water filter
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RELX Environmental Challenge 2025: four shortlisted projects to bring safe water and sanitation to communities around the world

The RELX Environmental Challenge 2025 shortlist features four innovative projects that provide sustainable access to safe water and improved sanitation.  The RELX Environmental Challenge prioritises replicable, scalable, sustainable and innovative solutions. They must also have practical applicability and involve local communities and other key stakeholders.

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SDG:

Goal 5: Gender equality; Goal 3: Good health and well-being; Goal 6: Clean water and sanitation

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Sustainable Water Management; Water and sanitation; Water; Water Resource Management, Global

Lifetime walking and Alzheimer's pathology: A longitudinal study in older adults

Elsevier,

Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer's Disease, Volume 12, 1 August 2025

The study found that long-duration and high-intensity walking were associated with reduced amyloid-beta accumulation over 4 years, with the greatest benefits seen in those who started walking earlier in life. However, walking activity was not linked to changes in tau deposition, neurodegeneration, or white matter hyperintensities.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Asia

Gray matter and white matter functional connectivity changes induced by rTMS concurrent with cognitive training in Alzheimer's disease

Elsevier,

Brain Research Bulletin, Volume 228, August 2025

This study investigated how repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) combined with cognitive training affects functional connectivity in both gray matter and white matter in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. Results showed that rTMS modulated activity in key brain regions, particularly within the limbic system, with changes in white matter connectivity correlating with cognitive improvements.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and wellbeing; Health and population, Global

AI-driven discovery of brain-penetrant Galectin-3 inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease therapy

Elsevier,

Pharmacological Research, Volume 218, August 2025

This article describes the discovery and characterization of FJMU1887, a novel brain-penetrant small-molecule inhibitor of Galectin-3 (Gal-3) identified through an AI-driven drug discovery platform. FJMU1887 demonstrated potent anti-inflammatory effects, reduced Aβ pathology, and improved cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease mouse models, highlighting its therapeutic potential for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Detoxification and age-related neurodegenerative diseases: Correlation and therapeutic potential

Elsevier,

Pharmacological Research, Volume 218, August 2025

The article provides a comprehensive overview of the role of the endogenous detoxification system in the pathogenesis of age-related neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). It highlights epidemiological evidence linking environmental toxicant exposure to the onset and progression of these diseases, and discusses how dysfunction of detoxification pathways, including enzymes and transporters, can exacerbate neurodegenerative processes. The article also explores the potential of targeting nuclear receptor signaling pathways, such as the pregnane X receptor (PXR), as a promising therapeutic strategy to restore detoxification capacity and modify disease trajectories.
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SDG:

Goal 3: Good health and well-being

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Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

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