(Phys.org)—Researchers have found that some of the current financial policies aimed at increasing the stability of financial networks may actually be driving them toward instability. The problem arises because these policies ...
Weeds, diseases and animal pests can make life miserable for agricultural crops and curtail their yield. Pesticides are one tool that farmers can use to control plant pests and protect agricultural crops. However, sustainable ...
Environment
Oct 5, 2016
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Scientists keep producing increasingly complex modelling tools to evaluate urgently needed mitigating strategies of our carbon footprint. However, it is policy makers who have to decide on measures to curb our CO2 emissions. ...
Environment
Dec 6, 2012
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Who's responsible for upholding research integrity, mitigating misinformation or disinformation and increasing trust in research? Everyone, even those reporting on research, says a new article published by leading research ...
Education
Aug 17, 2023
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Specific measures to tackle climate change, such as emissions trading, will only be successful if they are coherently supported by other government policies addressing economic and social issues, says a report published today ...
Environment
Mar 26, 2009
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Sweeping environmental policies come with hidden challenges – not only striving to achieve sustainability and benefit the environment – but over time ensuring the program itself can endure.
Environment
Nov 30, 2012
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To encourage researchers around the world to adhere to universal science values and ethical behavior, a new report on responsible science has been issued by the InterAcademy Council and the IAP – the global network of science ...
Other
Oct 17, 2012
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A new poll has shown one in two people aged 75 or over think the younger generation 'don't have it bad, they just complain more,' while 52 per cent of the UK population believe Brexit has widened the gap between the old and ...
Social Sciences
May 16, 2019
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