Ohio requires every school district to adopt an AI policy
Every public school district in Ohio must now have a written artificial intelligence policy. The requirement took effect on July...
Month: July 2026
Diverse food webs deliver up to 70 times more predation, global study finds
Ecosystems with a diverse range of species can support up to 70 times more predation than species-poor ones, according to...
China completes its largest integrated solar-hydrogen-storage project
China's state-owned CHN Energy has finished building an integrated solar-hydrogen-storage project on the Jiangsu coast that combines a large solar...
Stevens Institute builds AI literacy into freshman science courses
Stevens Institute of Technology has moved AI literacy into the first years of undergraduate science, pairing introductory biology and chemistry...
New global map identifies climate-resilient coral reefs across 71 countries
A new global analysis maps the world's climate-resilient coral reefs and finds far more of them than earlier work suggested....
OECD 2026: generative AI lifts output but not always learning
The OECD's "Digital Education Outlook 2026," released on 19 January 2026, finds that generative AI in education can raise what...
IRENA: world added a record 692 GW of renewable power in 2025
Global renewable energy capacity reached 5,149 gigawatts (GW) at the end of 2025 after the world added a record 692...
JinkoSolar reports 34.82% efficiency for perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell
Chinese solar cell manufacturer JinkoSolar has reported a power conversion efficiency of 34.82% for a perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell, one...
OECD and European Commission launch AI literacy framework for schools
The OECD and the European Commission have published a shared AI literacy framework for schools, setting out what primary and...
Oil crops cause 1.5% of global biodiversity loss, ETH Zurich study finds
A study on oil crops and biodiversity, published in Nature Food on 19 June 2026, finds that crops grown for...
One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Matching the Right Technique to Your Mole
When you stand in front of a mirror and see a small, persistent brown spot on your chin, or a...
Global heat stress now reaches 22% of the world’s population, study finds
Global heat stress has intensified across every continent since the 1970s, and the share of people exposed to extreme heat...
Most US teachers say AI is harming students’ critical thinking, poll finds
Most US K-12 teachers believe AI is weakening how students think, according to an NPR/Ipsos poll released on June 5,...
New York opens $24 million for grid-enhancing technologies
New York State has made $24 million available for grid-enhancing technologies, tools that raise the capacity and efficiency of existing...
