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Social Sciences Jul 16, 2024

Q&A: How can different types of brains bolster startup success?

Associate Professor Carina Lomberg is on a quest to understand the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral aspects of entrepreneurs and what shapes their journey. She has found that including neurodiverse individuals in teams ...

Biotechnology Jul 16, 2024

A high-quality pectin that 'gels with' low sugar products

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)'s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists developed a high quality and inexpensive pectin that can successfully gel in low sugar products and still be scalable for commercial production.

Plants & Animals Jul 16, 2024

Scientists use machine learning to predict diversity of tree species in forests

A collaborative team of researchers led by Ben Weinstein of the University of Florida, Oregon, US, used machine learning to generate highly detailed maps of over 100 million individual trees from 24 sites across the U.S., ...

Plants & Animals Jul 16, 2024

Chlorinated flame retardants found to affect avian embryonic development

Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) were listed under the category of globally controlled persistent organic pollutants (POPs) by the Stockholm Convention in 2017. However, SCCPs toxicity, particularly its developmental ...

Economics & Business Jul 16, 2024

Research evaluates strategy for supply chains under pressure

Recent upheavals in the global market have put supply chains under immense pressure, and the logistics and road transportation sectors are struggling to keep pace with geopolitical tensions, rampant inflation, and the rising ...

Political science Jul 16, 2024

Social media polls deliberately skew political realities of 2016, 2020 US presidential elections, finds researchers

Informal political polls conducted on X/Twitter during both the 2016 and 2020 U.S. presidential elections were significantly skewed by questionable votes, many of which may have been purchased from troll farms.

Earth Sciences Jul 16, 2024

Irish peat soils are far more vast than previously known, suggests study

New figures suggest peat soils cover 13% more area than previous peat soil maps, which are useful in land use planning—with peat soils critical in absorbing greenhouse gases (GHG) and helping to meet some of Ireland's most ...

Plants & Animals Jul 16, 2024

Protecting one of the world's most threatened marine animals

Researchers from Murdoch University's Harry Butler Institute have employed the latest genetic techniques to uncover critical breeding and reproductive knowledge about one of the world's most threatened marine animals—the ...

Ecology Jul 16, 2024

Land use impacts Minnesota's invasive tansy spread, study finds

Common tansy, whose scientific name is Tanacetum vulgare, is an invasive plant found in Northeastern Minnesota spreading rapidly throughout the state. It can quickly establish dense monocultures that squeeze out native plants ...

Plants & Animals Jul 16, 2024

The salmon diaries: Life before and after Klamath Dam removal

When salmon return from the ocean to the Klamath River after the world's largest dam removal project ends this fall, they will regain access to 400 miles of historical spawning habitat their species has been cut off from ...

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