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Economics & Business Jun 12, 2024

Complaints are different when customers think a company cares

When a consumer has a bad experience involving a company's products—be it purchasing a car with a safety defect, becoming the victim of a data breach or having baggage lost by an airline—you might think he or she wouldn't ...

Analytical Chemistry Jun 11, 2024

Scientists make and test efficient water-splitting catalyst predicted by theory

Hydrogen (H2) is a promising fuel for reducing greenhouse gases, especially if produced by using renewable energy to split water molecules (H2O). But as simple as it may seem to break water into hydrogen and oxygen, the chemistry ...

Social Sciences Jun 11, 2024

How to buy a home: 7 tips for negotiating like a pro

The main purpose of negotiation is to find a mutually acceptable solution for buyers and sellers. Good negotiations greatly improve relationships between buyers, sellers and agents. They also help avoid future problems and ...

Planetary Sciences Jun 11, 2024

NASA's asteroid sample mission gives scientists around the world the rare opportunity to study an artificial meteor

Earth is constantly bombarded by fragments of rock and ice, also known as meteoroids, from outer space. Most of the meteoroids are as tiny as grains of sand and small pebbles, and they completely burn up high in the atmosphere. ...

Social Sciences Jun 11, 2024

How much do you need to know about how your spouse spends money? Maybe less than you think

Love is in the air, and wedding season is upon us.

Environment Jun 10, 2024

Legislation would block carbon dioxide pipelines in Illinois for up to two years

With the prospect of vast networks of carbon dioxide pipelines looming in Illinois and other Midwestern states, the state legislature has taken steps to protect landowners, taxpayers and the environment.

Ecology Jun 10, 2024

Wind farms, key to clean-energy efforts, threaten birds and bats: Developers urged to plan for wildlife

Terry Husted lives in DeWitt County, a major pathway for migrating birds in central Illinois. After a company submitted plans to construct a wind farm in his area, Husted said he grew worried about the potential for collisions.

Nanophysics Jun 10, 2024

Compressed titanium and sulfur nanoribbons can transmit electricity without energy loss, scientists find

When compressed, nanoribbons of titanium and sulfur can change properties dramatically, turning into materials with the ability to conduct electricity without losing energy, according to a study published in the journal Nano ...

Ecology Jun 8, 2024

Scientists and Indigenous leaders team up to conserve seals and an ancestral way of life at Yakutat, Alaska

Five hundred years ago, in a mountain-rimmed ocean fjord in southeast Alaska, Tlingit hunters armed with bone-tipped harpoons eased their canoes through chunks of floating ice, stalking seals near Sít Tlein (Hubbard) glacier. ...

Ecology Jun 6, 2024

Tropical forests adjust strategies to thrive even when soils are nutrient poor, large field experiment shows

Tropical forests store a third of the world's carbon in their wood and soils. However, their future as a carbon sink has been uncertain. Scientists have long wondered whether nutrient-poor tropical soils would limit the ability ...

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