At a time when the U.S. government is contemplating changes to federal guidelines governing research with humans, serious questions are being raised about the role of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) in overseeing such ...
Other
Feb 22, 2013
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Last month, Indonesia's previous Minister of Research and Technology boasted that in 2019, Indonesia had overtaken Malaysia and Singapore in the number of published academic articles.
Other
Nov 4, 2019
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If the Chicago region replaced 30% of all on-road combustion-engine vehicles—including motorcycles, passenger cars and trucks, buses, refuse trucks and short- and long-haul trucks—with electric versions, it would annually ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2023
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Collaborative research between SMU nanorobotics authority MinJun Kim's Biological Actuation, Sensing, and Transport (BAST) Lab and international research and engineering company ARA has demonstrated for the first time that ...
Bio & Medicine
Nov 22, 2022
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Media theorist Marshall McLuhan suggested that each media-related extension of man comes at the expense of another organ. For example, by increasing reliance on visual media, we lose touch with oral communication.
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2022
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Research taking place in Wales could see the return of lost eagle species to our countryside, bringing both conservation and economic benefits.
Ecology
Feb 18, 2019
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Research funding is a hot topic in Indonesia at the moment. The CEO of Bukalapak, an Indonesian e-commerce unicorn, recently criticised the government's lack of investment in R&D, prompting an invitation from the palace.
Social Sciences
Mar 7, 2019
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Researchers from Dalhousie University and several U.S. institutes have published the first complete genome sequence for the American lobster, yielding critical insight into the species that can both improve sustainability ...
Ecology
Jul 22, 2021
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Debunking, "prebunking," nudging and teaching digital literacy are several of the more effective ways to counter misinformation, according to a new report from the American Psychological Association.
Social Sciences
Nov 29, 2023
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Scientific research can often feel prescriptive, sterile and disconnected from the communities where it happens—but it doesn't have to be. Using two case studies of watershed restoration and environmental monitoring projects ...
Environment
Feb 13, 2023
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