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Teaching Assistant Professional Development special series in JMBE

To foster both quality education in college STEM classrooms with teaching assistants (TAs) as well as the career development and skills of TAs themselves, JMBE held a special call for papers on TA professional development, organized by senior editor Jeffrey Olimpo. The resulting article collection covers a variety of topics like TA program development, assessments, and mentoring, relevant in numerous educational communities and contexts globally, to ensure graduates have the knowledge they need.

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mSphere Meeting Highlight on Microbiome-Integrated Urban Design

In a Meeting Highlight, Richard Beckett et al. discuss top-ranked priority research questions resulting from the Probiotic Cities Working Group’s global interdisciplinary workshop, as well as their broader implications for microbiome science, urban health, and sustainable development. By focusing on these priorities, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners can foster a transformative agenda to integrate microbiomes into urban design, advancing resilient and equitable cities for the future.

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IPA SDG – Goal No 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities

mSystems Supports Early-Career Researchers with Waiver Codes

mSystems provided waiver codes to promising early-career researchers who presented at the Center for Microbiome Innovation International Microbiome Meeting, EcoFAB 2025, and Microbial Dark Matter Symposium, allowing them to publish in any ASM journal, regardless of their ability to pay publication charges.

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IPA SDG – Goal No 10 – Reduced inequalities

ASM Journals enhances content accessibility through alternate text, table accessibility, and figure guidelines

American Society for Microbiology, with Kriyadocs, has enhanced its published content to serve a diverse global audience by incorporating alternate text (alt-text) for figures and implementing new table and figure standards for an accessible, inclusive reader experience.

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Advancing Global Innovation: The Netherlands–Japan Science and Technology Partnership highlighting SDG impact

The Netherlands–Japan research partnership drives high-impact science and innovation, excelling in public-private collaboration and strategic technologies like quantum and photonics. By advancing health, industry, and innovation, it supports SDGs 3, 9, and 17, showing how international collaboration accelerates sustainable development and global knowledge sharing.

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IPA SDG – Goal No 7 – ffordable and Clean Energy

IPA SDG – Goal No 9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Safety Starts with Knowledge: Elsevier & WPA’s Patient Safety Books for Children

The Elsevier Foundation, in partnership with Elsevier and the World Patients Alliance (WPA), has launched a children’s book initiative aimed at embedding patient safety awareness from a young age. Recognizing that unsafe care contributes to millions of deaths and adverse outcomes globally—especially in low- and middle-income countries—this project produces freely accessible, multilingual books (print, audio, video) for children aged 6–12.

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IPA SDG – Goal No 3 – Good Health and well-being

APACE (Accelerating Publishing Accessibility through Collaboration in Europe)

APACE (Accelerating Publishing Accessibility through Collaboration in Europe) is a network promoting inclusion for 100M+ print-impaired people in Europe by connecting publishers and accessibility organizations. It builds industry capacity via training, a Summer School, networking, awareness events, and pilot projects, aligned with the EU Accessibility Act. Results (guidelines, best practices, whitepapers) will be shared through the European Accessibility Directory.

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2025 Renewable Transformation Challenge

The Renewable Transformation Challenge, launched in 2017, aims to honor and showcase outstanding work that actively supports the transformation to a world powered by renewable energy and has potential to widen access to energy, particularly in developing countries. Over 152 entries were received which were scored in terms of applicability, impact, sustainability and scalability with the winner of the €20,000 prize awarded to Agrisol, enabling rural agriculture powered by solar energy.

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Progress on Climate Action at Elsevier

In 2024, Elsevier cut direct emissions by 83% (since 2018) and saw 86% of top suppliers disclose CO₂ data, covering 94% of eligible spend. New titles like Cell Reports Sustainability and biodiversity analytics reinforced its role in climate research, while conferences adopted carbon footprint tracking. Through the Elsevier Foundation, programs like the Chemistry for Climate Action Challenge advanced SDG 13, showcasing Elsevier’s leadership in climate action.

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IPA SDG – Goal No 12 – Responsible consumption and production

STM Digital Carbon Calculator

Every digital article hosted, accessed, and cited online carries a measurable carbon cost. While the transition from print to digital has vastly improved global access to research, it has also introduced a new kind of environmental impact — one that often goes unseen. The STM Digital Carbon Calculator, built on DIMPACT methodology, enables publishers to measure the carbon emissions associated with their digital content and better understand their digital footprint.

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Planet Prize-winning science for kids, edited by kids

Frontiers for Young Minds provides top-quality, free science to educate young people and engage them to protect tomorrow’s world. All articles are reviewed and edited by kids aged 8-15 to be fun to read for their peers.
This second volume showcases winners of the Frontiers Planet Prize 2024, working towards solutions to prevent us from crossing the nine planetary boundaries, for a healthy future on a healthy planet. From biodiversity drivers to freshwater conservation, let them motivate you!

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Award-winning planetary solutions science for kids, edited by kids

Frontiers for Young Minds provides top-quality, free science to educate young people and engage them to protect tomorrow’s world. All articles are reviewed and edited by kids aged 8-15 to be fun to read for their peers.
In this first volume of the Frontiers Planet Prize, we showcase the winning international research towards solutions to prevent our planet from crossing the nine planetary boundaries, and help to save our ecosystem – from forest regrowth to human dietary changes, get inspired!

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