Electronic ankle monitors—increasingly used as an alternative to incarceration—are bulky and difficult to conceal, displaying their wearers' potential involvement with the justice system for all to see, according to a ...
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2020
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Non-native alien plants and animals are threatening fish production, water supply and other natural resources in almost three quarters of African countries, a study has concluded.
Ecology
Jun 18, 2020
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The current technique used for counting lion populations for research and conservation efforts doesn't add up, according to a University of Queensland researcher.
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2020
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Flinders University's Professor Giselle Rampersad has undertaken a study to investigate key factors that drive innovation among Worker Integrated Learning students and has found that upskilling workers with vital innovation ...
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2020
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The methods used by so-called 'pedophile hunter' groups need to be subjected to more rigorous official oversight, according to new research from the University of East Anglia (UEA).
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2020
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The southeastern U.S. is getting dusted by the Sahara.
Earth Sciences
Jun 18, 2020
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Most of British Columbia's old-growth forests of big trees live only on maps, and what's left on the ground is fast disappearing, a team of independent scientists has found.
Ecology
Jun 18, 2020
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Researchers at the Department of Biomechanical Engineering of Delft University of Technology have created a new class of metamaterials that can dynamically switch their mechanical behavior. It may form the basis for practical ...
Materials Science
Jun 18, 2020
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The cost of homeownership is outpacing the cost of renting across the United States, and the discrepancy between the two is rising sharply in parts of the Southeast, Midwest and Pacific Northwest, according to the latest ...
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2020
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The lockdown which occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic increases the probability of corporate bankruptcy, according to an analysis co-authored by an academic from Queen Mary University of London.
Social Sciences
Jun 18, 2020
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