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This digest covers 10 studies from global and African-led research, with journals cited. This week: productive Xhosa noun prefix alternations, three criteria for historical evidence in philosophy of science, cultural significance of Ghanaian ceramics, anger as decolonial intervention in Emezi’s Freshwater, and a meta-analysis linking enjoyment to language learning.

This digest covers 10 studies, 6 African-led and 4 global, from journals like Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, Synthese, and Sustainability. This week: Xhosa prefix productivity, new criteria for historical evidence, cultural significance of Ghanaian ceramics, anger as decolonial intervention, ethics of belief, archive service quality, Gulf waterfront resilience, standardizing palynomorph naming, enjoyment in language learning, and heritage simulacra.

This week’s digest covers 10 studies across agronomy, nutrition, and environmental science, with 7 African-led papers and 3 global, all from peer-reviewed journals. This week: WHO’s updated foodborne disease burden, Moringa’s antidiabetic potential, phosphorus fixation in Kenyan soils, and pollution-linked hybridization in fish.

This week’s digest covers engineering and materials science, featuring seven African-led studies and four global contributions, all from peer-reviewed journals. This week: okra fiber extraction for bio-composites, multi-sensor fusion navigation, inverted pendulum stability, nanomaterial biosensors, sustainable membranes from melon waste, green hydrogen optimization, M2SNet for medical imaging, HuntGPT for cybersecurity, LLM agents, and igraph 1.0.

This week’s digest covers 10 papers, including 5 African-led studies, from journals like Synthese and Sustainability. This week: Ghanaian music teachers’ tech barriers, astronomy retreats for mental health, jewellery as identity, and AI visualisation for heritage.

This week’s digest covers law, environmental governance, and public policy, with a focus on African-led studies from journals like Environmental Science & Policy and South African Journal of Psychology. This week: struggle songs and hate speech, public employment as scaffolding, smell-based identification in court, and AI’s impact on fair trials.

This digest covers 10 papers from high-impact journals, with 6 African-led studies and 4 global studies. This week: macroplastics as habitats, satellite rainfall accuracy, compound food and fuel shocks, hybrid drought forecasting, landslide back-analysis, flood coping strategies, seismic tests of gravity, ship emission pathways, plant evolution, and AI’s full environmental footprint.