A million years ago, the oldest known species to walk upright like a human, the Homo erectus, had a human-like fascination with crystals. Historians can even pin down the possible reasons—crystals didn't look like anything ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 6, 2024
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A recent University of Houston white paper, titled "Carbon Dioxide Pipelines: Role in Responding to Carbon Emissions," spotlights the indispensable role of carbon dioxide pipelines in advancing carbon capture, utilization ...
Environment
Jan 11, 2024
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Researchers at the University of Houston say major state-level shifts in social and legal rights available to women and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals are affecting interstate migration attitudes ...
Social Sciences
Dec 11, 2023
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Ask a cross section of Texans, and about half are likely to say there is a link between climate change and severe weather events, suggests the newest report in the Texas Trends 2023 survey series.
Environment
Nov 17, 2023
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With its notoriously hot and humid climate and robust industrial environment, Houston is one of the most ozone-polluted cities in the United States. Now, a University of Houston research team is integrating the power of machine ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 6, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership say post-pandemic job search and work constraints in the hospitality industry are causing higher stress for job seekers, leading ...
Economics & Business
Nov 3, 2023
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Scientists may be on the verge of taking a big step closer to the net-zero carbon emissions goal, thanks to University of Houston research into algae. Hidden potential is being revealed in the major algae studies at the microbial ...
Biochemistry
Oct 26, 2023
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University of Houston atmospheric science researchers have found that while local emissions play a role in the rise of ozone levels in Houston, most of the pollutants can be carried in from other regions across the country, ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 11, 2023
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With the subject more in the public eye than ever before, you might assume transgender people's quest for rights would be gaining significant support across the country. Not so, reveals a survey conducted in three southwestern ...
Social Sciences
Aug 29, 2023
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Enormous amounts of sediment, or sand and mud, flowed through Houston waterways during Hurricane Harvey in 2017, due in part to modifications made by humans to bayous, rivers and streams over the past century, that could ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 24, 2023
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