Farmers face a soaring risk of flash droughts in every major food-growing region in coming decades, new research shows
Flash droughts develop fast, and when they hit at the wrong time, they can devastate a region's agriculture.
Flash droughts develop fast, and when they hit at the wrong time, they can devastate a region's agriculture.
Earth Sciences
May 26, 2023
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Ask anyone living in a coastal area of the UK and they'll confirm that seagulls can be a nuisance. These birds' pilfering of food knows no bounds, and no one is safe from one of their thieving attacks.
Plants & Animals
May 26, 2023
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High school and middle school students in remote learning environments are more likely to be exposed to identity-based harassment, and have a greater likelihood of reporting the behavior, according to researchers. The findings ...
Social Sciences
May 26, 2023
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Government officials can do the math and figure out how much taxation they need to cover everything from military defense to bridges, education and Medicare. The snag, as it's been for millennia, comes when they try to get ...
Economics & Business
May 26, 2023
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A review in the International Journal of Management Development has highlighted the crucial role of personality types in the workplace. The study specifically focuses on dispelling the various misconceptions around leaders ...
Social Sciences
May 26, 2023
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A group of researchers from universities in Thailand and Malaysia have collaborated to develop a unique film that is good for the environment and can decompose naturally. They made this film using leftover pineapple stems, ...
Polymers
May 26, 2023
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Health is wealth as the saying goes and new research now shows that it is possible to have a healthy, less stressed society through familiar and inexpensive foods. One such food might be the Japanese natto which is made from ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 26, 2023
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Picture Boston Harbor, a few years from now. The East Boston Greenway, a leafy urban trail, no longer stops a block from the pier, but extends into the ocean. A floating semi-circular trail arcs across the water; cyclists ...
Earth Sciences
May 26, 2023
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The quality factor (Q) is a critical parameter that characterizes the strength of light-matter interactions. Cavities with higher quality factors have the ability to efficiently confine light and thus enhance light-matter ...
Optics & Photonics
May 26, 2023
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In recent decades, the development of nano-fabrication technology is driven by the need to increase the density of components and performance, which requires high accuracy in material processing and the capability of manufacturing ...
Optics & Photonics
May 26, 2023
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