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Bio & Medicine Mar 24, 2026

A much more sensitive fentanyl detection strip, thanks to physics

Following the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, lateral flow assays (LFAs)—the category of test strips in which the presence or lack of a pink line indicates whether a specific molecule, like a drug or a virus, has been ...

Economics & Business Mar 24, 2026

AI could spot the next financial crisis—but there's a catch

What if AI could predict the next financial meltdown? Sounds like a promising idea, yet as new research finds, the devil is in the details.

Bio & Medicine Mar 24, 2026

New lipid nanoparticle design improves precision of mRNA vaccine delivery

Penn Engineers have redesigned a key component of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the delivery vehicles behind mRNA vaccines, to steer the particles toward lymph nodes while reducing off-target delivery to the liver. The advance ...

Social Sciences Mar 23, 2026

Research suggests negative emotions at work can help, depending on leaders' empathy

During a widespread crisis, negative emotions don't simply go away once the workday begins. Organizational scholars who study how emotions affect employees tend to assume that negative emotions equal negative outcomes. That ...

Environment Mar 22, 2026

Palm oil, cocoa, coffee… Who's going to tend to tomorrow's large tropical plantations?

Palm oil plantations, for one, are increasingly struggling with the sector's declining attractiveness, which has hardly changed since the colonial era.

Social Sciences Mar 20, 2026

The next mountain tourism boom? Via Ferrata's global rise prompts call for industry collaboration

As interest in structured mountain adventure continues to surge across Europe and North America, a new study led by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and Lakehead University provides the first comprehensive ...

Social Sciences Mar 19, 2026

Workplace nature breaks may cut stress, study finds

With 76% of adults now reporting stress levels that impede daily function, a new Cornell study points to a low-cost intervention hiding in plain sight: nature. The study, published in March 2026 in ScienceDirect, found that ...

Economics & Business Mar 19, 2026

Audit managers' work-life balance suffered during COVID

It's been six years since the COVID pandemic swept the world, and by now we are all familiar with the pros and cons of remote working. As the protracted battle over return-to-office (RTO) mandates suggests, a number of personal ...

Education Mar 18, 2026

More and more teachers and students are using AI, even though it might do more harm than good

K-12 teachers and students across the country are increasingly using AI in and out of classrooms, whether it is teachers turning to AI to refine lesson plans or students asking AI to help them research a particular topic.

Social Sciences Mar 18, 2026

How to stop panic buying: Research finds COVID lesson

Panic buying doesn't just respond to shortages—it creates them. And according to a University of the Sunshine Coast behavioral scientist, the lessons learned during COVID-19 remain critical for preventing future buying frenzies.

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