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Social Sciences Jul 10, 2026

Report shows declining gun homicides, record gun suicides in 2024

Nearly 45,000 people in the U.S. died by gun violence in 2024—one person every 12 minutes, on average—and an all-time high of 27,593 died by firearm suicide, according to the latest annual firearm mortality report from the ...

Molecular & Computational biology Jul 10, 2026

Largest viral-protein library gives researchers new way to probe emerging pathogens

To prevent viruses from sickening or killing us—whether it's an individual case of hepatitis B or a COVID pandemic—it's crucial to understand how the proteins they make initiate changes in our bodies that allow them to flourish. ...

Social Sciences Jul 9, 2026

Parents direct more threats toward school administrators than teachers

In K–12 schools across the country, administrators are tasked with keeping everyone safe. New research shows they may be the most in need of protection.

Social Sciences Jul 9, 2026

AI can predict how you'll respond to a survey—but that's not the same as understanding you

What makes people change their minds or their behavior? Social scientists spend a lot of time thinking about this question, and experiments are one of the most powerful ways to answer it.

Molecular & Computational biology Jul 9, 2026

STING protein: Study finds new ways for the body to activate and possibly control inflammation

Understanding inflammation—and, above all, how to regulate it—is one of the great medical challenges of modern medicine. Its role as the first line of defense is crucial. It occurs when the presence of infectious agents triggers ...

Social Sciences Jul 7, 2026

Young women are identifying as less straight; young men, not so much

Young women are moving away from exclusive heterosexuality faster than young men.

Education Jul 6, 2026

Scholars examine how faculty define rigor in online college courses

A new article by scholars Jennifer L. James, Ph.D., Karen Myers, DNP, and Olivia Miller, M.A., in the Journal of Educators Online, titled "Studying Faculty Perceptions of Rigor in Online College Courses: Compromising or Accommodating?" ...

Economics & Business Jul 3, 2026

Tax-avoiding firms more likely to greenwash, analysis of 391 ASX companies suggests

Businesses today face growing dual pressures to deliver strong financial performance while also demonstrating environmental and social responsibility. New research from Murdoch University published in Business Strategy & ...

Cell & Microbiology Jul 2, 2026

How signals in the embryo tell cells what to become: A lab's final discovery

Getting it over the finish line was a labor of love—and now, more than five years after her death, the lab of former Sloan Kettering Institute Developmental Biology Chair Kathryn Anderson, Ph.D., is publishing its final study.

Ecology Jul 2, 2026

How to stop a mouse plague

The scenes are biblical. Tens of thousands of rodents scattering across canola fields, behind sheds, into machinery. River fish with bellies full of mice. Carcasses littering the street, the sidewalk, outside your home. In ...

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