Ecology
May 20, 2024
After a 17-year wait, cicadas emerge a little early in Chicago area: 'It's a milestone'
It's official, Chicagoland. Periodical cicadas have arrived.
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Economics & Business
Apr 25, 2024
The US is one of the world's least trade-oriented countries—despite laying groundwork for today's globalized system
Given the spate of news about international trade lately, Americans might be surprised to learn that the U.S. isn't very dependent on it. Indeed, looking at trade as a percentage of gross domestic product—a metric economists ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 22, 2024
Prehistoric lake sturgeon is not endangered, US says despite calls from conservationists
Lake sturgeon don't need Endangered Species Act protections, federal wildlife officials announced Monday, saying that stocking programs have helped the prehistoric fish return to areas where they had vanished.
Agriculture
Apr 22, 2024
A leader in US seaweed farming preaches, teaches and builds a wider network
Bren Smith and his GreenWave organization are helping lay the foundations for a generation of seaweed-growing farmers in the United States, while working to build a network of producers and buyers.
Biotechnology
Apr 10, 2024
New protein imaging method supports the design of innovative new cancer drugs
Scientists have successfully used a new imaging technique to determine the structure and interactions of a protein complex that plays a significant part in the initiation and progression of cancer. They showed that it was ...
Biochemistry
Apr 10, 2024
A promising target for new RNA therapeutics now accessible
Only recently, a new era in medicine began with the first RNA vaccines. These active substances are modified RNAs that trigger immune responses of the human immune system. Another approach in RNA medicine targets the body's ...
Environment
Apr 8, 2024
Reducing production and consumption growth in high-income countries: Is it good for tackling climate change?
A new study led by Jarmo Kikstra, a research scholar in the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program, explores whether reducing production and consumption growth could make a significant contribution to resolving the ...
Other
Apr 4, 2024
Britain began industrializing in the 17th century—more than 100 years earlier than history books claim
Britain was already well on its way to an industrialized economy under the reign of the Stuarts in the 17th century—over 100 years before textbooks mark the start of the Industrial Revolution—according to the most detailed ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 4, 2024
Salmon populations are struggling, bringing economic woes for California's fishing fleet
On the docks at Pillar Point Harbor, fishing crews have been arriving with loads of freshly caught Dungeness crab.
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2024
Closing the microcredit gender gap in Ghana
Small loans can help people establish and expand their small businesses. A field study in Ghana has now revealed that men ask for and receive more money from microcredit companies than women. However, if women are better ...
