Environmental Impact

  • Vanderbilt University

    The Financial and Environmental Benefits of Circular Business Models for MRI

    Thornander, Sophie., Nande, Sachin., Carver, Diana E., Thiel, Cassandra L., Struk, Olesya., Scheel, John R., & Omary, Reed A. (2025). The Financial and Environmental Benefits of Circular Business Models for MRI. Journal of the American College of Radiology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacr.2025.09.024 This study looked at how… Read More

    Nov. 23, 2025

  • Vanderbilt University

    Harmfulness Score: A Data-Driven Framework for Ranking Environmental Risks of Microplastics

    Souza, Fernando Gomes., Bhansali, Shekhar., & Thundat, Thomas G. (2025). Harmfulness Score: A Data-Driven Framework for Ranking Environmental Risks of Microplastics. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202500559 In this study, researchers analyzed 104,471 scientific abstracts about microplastics and nanoplastics using both bibliometric tools (methods for studying patterns in scientific publications) and machine learning… Read More

    Nov. 23, 2025