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Editorial Snapshot: The importance of copyright compliance in academic publishing

- G.A., Senior Editor

Recently, Elsevier’s Ain Shams Engineering Journal retracted two papers after discovering that the authors used unlicensed software in their research. The papers, which explored dam failures, relied on FLOW-3D, a computational fluid dynamics application developed by Flow Science. The software’s creators filed a complaint after an editorial investigation revealed that the authors did not obtain a proper license for its use. The journal’s retraction notice emphasized that one of the core submission conditions is that research should not violate intellectual property rights, including the proper licensing of any software used.

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Science News: Alarming global decline in freshwater levels

– G.A., Senior Editor

A recent study, conducted by an international team of scientists using satellite data from NASA and the German Aerospace Center, has uncovered a concerning decline in Earth’s total freshwater levels. Beginning in May 2014, global freshwater—encompassing both surface water in lakes and rivers, as well as underground aquifers—dropped by an estimated 290 cubic miles (1,200 cubic km), a volume more than two and a half times the size of Lake Erie. The study utilized data from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites, which measured shifts in water mass globally, providing the most detailed insight into this disturbing trend.

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Editorial Snapshot: Penguin Random House takes a stand against AI training on text

- G.A., Senior Editor

In a significant move reflecting the evolving landscape of publishing, Penguin Random House has announced the addition of a warning to the copyright pages of its books, explicitly prohibiting the use of its content to train artificial intelligence models. The statement, “No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems,” marks a proactive step by one of the industry's largest trade publishers in response to ongoing legal battles over the use of copyrighted material in AI training.

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Science News: The vital role of water and volatiles in asteroid and planetary evolution

– G.A., Senior Editor

Recent insights underscore the critical importance of water and volatile compounds in the evolution of life as we know it. Analysis of samples from asteroid Ryugu reveals fractures formed by freeze-thaw cycles driven by ice. This process indicates that water significantly altered the asteroid's composition during the early Solar System, potentially facilitating the delivery of essential organic materials and volatiles to Earth. Such mechanisms may have been instrumental in creating the conditions necessary for life to emerge.

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