Employee burnout is likely costing companies millions of dollars each year, ranging from approximately $4,000 to $21,000 per employee in the U.S., according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. ...
Social Sciences
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Having staff physically in the workplace benefits companies and employees through stronger team collaboration and informal mentorship.
Social Sciences
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A platform developed nearly 20 years ago previously used to detect protein interactions with DNA and conduct accurate COVID-19 testing has been repurposed to create a highly sensitive water contamination detection tool.
Bio & Medicine
Feb 27, 2025
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More than a million trees have been planted in the city of Freetown in Sierra Leone since 2020. This reforestation scheme, known as "FreetownTheTreeTown," has been celebrated for its innovative approach to climate action, ...
Environment
Feb 27, 2025
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Nanozymes are synthetic materials that have enzyme-like catalytic properties, and they are broadly used for biomedical purposes, such as disease diagnostics. However, inorganic nanozymes are generally toxic, expensive, and ...
Bio & Medicine
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A University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist is participating in a U.S. government effort to design a satellite and instruments capable of detecting space debris as small as 1 centimeter, less than one-half inch.
Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2025
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The bacterium chlamydia trachomatis is a major cause of sexually transmitted diseases. Bacteria have lots of tricks up their sleeve that help them survive inside cells. One strategy that chlamydia uses is to form protective ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 27, 2025
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On the shores of Lake Tahoe at Emerald Bay State Park grows what some consider to be the most iconic old-growth forest in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Giant ponderosa pines—some of the last remaining in the area—share space ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2025
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A study recently published in Science has found that classical models of collective behavior fail to explain the mechanisms driving desert locust swarms—an ecological phenomenon that affects millions of lives worldwide. ...
Ecology
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A vast search of natural diversity has led scientists at MIT's McGovern Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to uncover ancient systems with the potential to expand the genome-editing toolbox. These systems, ...
Biotechnology
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