When Adel Hagekhalil speaks about the future of water in Southern California, he often starts by mentioning the three conduits the region depends on to bring water from hundreds of miles away: the Los Angeles Aqueduct, the ...
Environment
Aug 31, 2023
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A microscopic crack grew in a very small piece of platinum when placed under repetitive stretching. The experiment, designed to study fatigue crack growth, continued as predicted for a while before something unexpected happened. ...
Engineering
Aug 26, 2023
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Educators working in the dynamic Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning (AEOL) field are trained to assess risks and respond. But are they ready for the fast-emerging impacts of AI?
Education
Aug 25, 2023
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Cellphone bans in middle and high schools across the U.S. are raising questions about how effective locking away students' devices on the heels of a pandemic—when classroom instruction was all but virtual—will be.
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2023
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Researchers from the University of Jena, the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences and the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague have developed a platform that uses artificial neural networks to translate chemical ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 22, 2023
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A new study, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, reveals that the wealthiest Americans, those whose income places them in the top 10% of earners, are responsible for 40% of the nation's total greenhouse gas emissions. ...
Environment
Aug 17, 2023
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For the first time, California's leading air regulator acknowledged major roadblocks to meeting its ambitious carbon emissions target for 2030, a goal the agency set just months ago in a sweeping plan to tackle climate change.
Environment
Jul 31, 2023
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Board games based on numbers, like Monopoly, Othello and Chutes and Ladders, make young children better at math, according to a comprehensive review of research published on the topic over the last 23 years.
Mathematics
Jul 7, 2023
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While gender, racial and ethnic diversity bring value to U.S. companies, research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business has found that diverse educational, industrial and organizational experiences among managers ...
Economics & Business
Jun 26, 2023
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In two new reports, researchers from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), with support from colleagues at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), examined the feasibility and ...
Environment
Jun 16, 2023
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