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Plants & Animals Apr 15, 2024

Bumblebees don't care about pesticide cocktails: Research highlights their resilience to chemical stressors

Bumblebees appear to be quite resistant to common pesticides. This is shown by a new study, the results of which have now been published by scientists from Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) in the journal Environment ...

Plants & Animals Apr 3, 2024

More social birds are more adventurous feeders, study finds

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has found that birds that are more social are more likely to use novel sources of food. The findings have been published in iScience.

Plants & Animals Feb 14, 2024

When placed outdoors, female lab mice behave very differently

When you take the lab away, female mice are more likely to play, according to a new Cornell study.

Biotechnology Jan 11, 2024

Customizable polymer molds for microneedle tattoos to ID pets instead of tags or collars

If you've ever taken a car trip through a rural area, you might already know that livestock, including cows and sheep, can be individually tracked using decidedly old-fashioned methods, such as ear tags or even branding marks. ...

Social Sciences Jan 4, 2024

Does self-checkout impact grocery store loyalty?

In an effort to reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction, retailers have implemented self-checkouts in stores across the country. They have become increasingly popular, but some brands like Walmart are removing self-checkouts ...

Ecology Dec 14, 2023

Ensuring proof of origin through marker-free tracing of logs

Until now, reliably tracing logs to their origin has been difficult to achieve. Researchers at Fraunhofer IPM and their partners have now shown that logs and trunk sections can be identified based on the structure of the ...

Economics & Business Jul 17, 2023

Is fast fashion slowing down? How global trade is being used as a 'force for good'

In the world of fast fashion, where trends are born as quickly as they are discarded, global trade regulations have struggled to keep pace with relentless cycles of production and consumption.

Economics & Business Jul 17, 2023

System tracks movement of food through global humanitarian supply chain

Although more than enough food is produced to feed everyone in the world, as many as 828 million people face hunger today. Poverty, social inequity, climate change, natural disasters, and political conflicts all contribute ...

Plants & Animals Apr 26, 2023

Diverse landscapes help insects cope with heat stress, study shows

Global warming is affecting terrestrial insects in multiple ways. In response to increasingly frequent heat extremes, they have to either reduce their activity or seek shelter in more suitable microhabitats. A new study led ...

Economics & Business Mar 24, 2023

11 ways to improve airlines for customers

The name of the game is customer satisfaction, especially in the airline industry where companies are constantly jockeying for business by promising better service than their competitors. Now a professor at the University ...

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