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Teachers report limited or no training to support neurodivergent pupils, new study finds‎

Nearly 25% of teachers report receiving no training on how to support neurodivergent pupils, and most of those who did describe it as brief and limited in scope, according to new research from York St John University and the University of Surrey. For the study, published in Neurodiversity, researchers surveyed 177 teachers and support staff in mainstream schools in the U.K. about their experiences of working with neurodivergent pupils.

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JWST reveals surprising secrets in Jupiter's northern lights‎

An international team of scientists, led by a Ph.D. researcher from Northumbria University, has made further discoveries about a spectacular feature of Jupiter's northern lights, revealing a never-before-seen temperature structure and dramatic density changes within the top of the giant planet's atmosphere.

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Nitrous oxide, a product of fertilizer use, may harm some soil bacteria‎

Plant growth is supported by millions of tiny soil microbes competing and cooperating with each other as they perform important roles at the plant root, including improving access to nutrients and protecting against pathogens. As a byproduct of their metabolism, soil microbes can also produce nitrous oxide (N2O), a potent greenhouse gas that has mostly been studied for its impact on the climate. While some N2O occurs naturally, its production can spike due to fertilizer application and other factors.

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Tax evasion should be treated as a form of corruption for criminal accountability, new study argues‎

Experts warn that without stronger enforcement and clearer rules on corporate liability, the U.K. will continue to struggle to prosecute tax offenses effectively. Despite having sophisticated financial crime legislation, the country still fails to hold companies and senior executives meaningfully accountable for corporate tax crime and corruption, the research, by Professor Umut Turksen, from the University of Exeter and Dr. Alison Lui, from Liverpool John Moores University, says.

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Could working from home help reverse declining birth rates?‎

Couples who work from home at least one day a week are having more children and planning larger families, according to a comprehensive new study spanning almost 40 countries. The research, co-authored by King's College London academic Dr. Cevat Giray Aksoy, reveals a strong link between remote work and birth rates, with researchers estimating lifetime fertility increases by an average of 0.32 children per woman when both partners work remotely for at least a day per week compared to the case where neither does.

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Research shows risk‑averse producers sell earlier in grain marketing year‎

A new study from University of Nebraska–Lincoln agricultural economists finds that producers with safety-first risk preferences likely make notably different grain-marketing decisions than those without, offering a glimpse into how and why producers market their harvests.

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Astronomers discover TOI-5734 b, a hot sub-Neptune twice Earth's size‎

Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher for the Northern Hemisphere (HARPS-N), an international team of astronomers has discovered a hot sub-Neptune exoplanet orbiting a nearby star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-5734 b, is about two times larger and nine times more massive than Earth. The discovery was presented in a research paper published February 20 on the arXiv pre-print server.

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Black soldier fly larvae show promise for safe organic waste removal‎

People and animals create lots of waste that is usually sent to landfills, incinerated, or stored in engineered ponds such as manure lagoons. Now, researchers report a potential removal method using insects, specifically black soldier fly larvae. In experiments, the larvae ate spoiled food, sewage sludge, or livestock manure, and removed most human-pathogenic viruses. The researchers say this demonstrates a step toward simple, environmentally friendly waste management.

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New peptide catalyst enables stereoselective head-to-tail macrocycle synthesis‎

A team at ETH Zurich developed a new peptide-based organocatalyst that handles macrocycle formation from start to finish. Macrocyclic compounds are ubiquitous both in nature and in the chemical industrial setup. They are ring-shaped molecules with 12 or more atoms and are key components of many natural products and pharmaceuticals. Their unique structures let them lock onto specific proteins with impressive precision, making them exciting candidates for new therapies. Some even come with fun names—like robotnikinin, a macrocycle that inhibits the Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) protein. However, synthesizing them hasn't been as fun as their names—until now.

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Forest exhibits resilience after California mega fire‎

In 2019 and again in 2021, Penn State researchers in the Department of Geography walked a series of 1,000 square foot plots in California's Lassen Volcanic National Park. The goal was to see how the forest that's hands-off to residents and most fire-suppression measures had recovered—or not—from naturally occurring forest fires as far back as the mid-1980s.

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