When states turn to private prisons, the number of criminals incarcerated rises and the length of sentences increases.
Social Sciences
Sep 14, 2020
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NASA's Aqua satellite analyzed a low-pressure area in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean, and it showed the system becoming more organized. Soon after Aqua passed overhead, the low became Tropical Depression 21. Hours later, ...
Environment
Sep 14, 2020
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Thermography has been a hot topic this year, due to the need for quicker diagnostics to detect and prevent the spread of COVID-19. Noncontact infrared thermometers (NCITs) are currently a primary tool for fever screening, ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 14, 2020
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Researchers are befuddled by a group of killer whales that are attacking boats off the coasts of Spain and Portugal.
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2020
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A team of Indian and Japanese physicists have overturned the six-decade old notion that the giant magnetic field in a high intensity laser produced plasma evolves from the small, nanometre scale in the bulk plasma. They show ...
Plasma Physics
Sep 14, 2020
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The OECD on Monday faulted governments for neglecting the green economy in multi-trillion recovery plans against the impact of COVID-19, thus threatening to leave the planet worse off than before.
Environment
Sep 14, 2020
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Research from the University of Birmingham has concluded that the process of giving to charity has to be grounded in evidence rather than reaction.
Economics & Business
Sep 14, 2020
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The Ecophysiology and Biotechnology Group of the Jaume I University of Castellón has studied the essential mechanisms to obtain plants of agronomic interest with greater capacity to face high temperatures, high solar irradiation, ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 14, 2020
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Ultraviolet light endangers the integrity of human genetic information and may cause skin cancer. For the first time, researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have demonstrated that DNA damage may also occur ...
Biochemistry
Sep 14, 2020
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The bilingual Snow Competence website gathers together all available knowledge on how to ensure good snow conditions in the future, in the most efficient and sustainable way possible. The research-based website is available ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2020
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