The U.S. experienced 15 disasters in the first nine months of 2022 that each caused at least US$1 billion in damage. Hurricane Ian is taking the largest toll of these disasters by far—but the extent of the damage could ...
Economics & Business
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The United States leads the world in its use of solitary confinement, locking away in isolation more of its population than any other country.
Social Sciences
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Our research team has studied college students' attitudes toward evangelicals, a topic that tends to prompt strong reactions.
Social Sciences
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A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances discusses a highly sensitive and fast response optical strain sensor.
Nanomaterials
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As greenhouse gases bubble up across the rapidly thawing Arctic, Sandia National Laboratories researchers are trying to identify other trace gases from soil microbes that could shed some light on what is occurring biologically ...
Earth Sciences
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They say that everyone has a book in them. But how about a Booker prize? That's probably what the six shortlisted authors of the Booker prize 2022 will be wondering as they count down the days to the live-streamed awards ...
Other
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It's a familiar sight for many—a ground sprayer slowly making rounds in a field, applying pesticides to row crops to give producers the best chance of protecting crops from pests and seeing high yields at harvest. These ...
Biotechnology
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Following the settlement of Aotearoa New Zealand, many native species were wiped from the mainland. It's a familiar story—one that has affected species like the iconic flightless kākāpō and the tuatara, a reptile in ...
Plants & Animals
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Poverty can be overcome with on-the-ground strategies enabling millions of people around the world to move out of "multidimensional poverty," according to research published today by the United Nations Development Program ...
Economics & Business
Oct 17, 2022
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Lithium-oxygen (Li-O2) batteries are promising due to their high theoretical energy density. However, the poor catalytic performance of the technology's air cathode impeded its commercialization.
Nanomaterials
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