A national conversation about potential links between smartphones and digital media and the ongoing teen mental health crisis has reached a fever pitch.
Social Sciences
Jul 11, 2024
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Colleges and universities often highlight leadership development as a critical component of their curriculum—but there is no clear consensus on what constitutes effective leadership education. In a new paper, two educators ...
Education
Jul 10, 2024
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Advertisers systematically pay more to show online ads to women than to men, especially in highly developed nations, according to research from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and IMDEA Networks. This gender-based ...
Social Sciences
Jul 10, 2024
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This year, hurricane season has taken off with a ferocious, ominous start thanks to Beryl—the earliest Category 5 hurricane ever recorded, with winds topping out at 165 mph. Beryl bulldozed the Caribbean, made its way through ...
Environment
Jul 10, 2024
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While the patterns and colors of lizards' skin are fascinating, the mechanisms behind them are largely unknown. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) studied the leopard gecko, a popular lizard, to understand how the ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 10, 2024
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A team led by Prof. Dr. Han Sun from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) has elucidated an important mechanism in the function of TREK channels at an atomic level. The results, published in ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 10, 2024
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A psychologist at the University of London has found that humans have a surprisingly precise degree of tactile localization beneath their fingernails. In his study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Matthew ...
Summer is a time for educators and students to recharge. For educators, this opportunity to reflect and regroup often includes planning for how to support students in the next school year. It is becoming increasingly important ...
Social Sciences
Jul 9, 2024
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Agricultural heritage systems, the custodians of ancient farming practices, face unprecedented challenges from climate change and urbanization. A recent study presents a detailed geographical analysis coupled with strategic ...
Ecology
Jul 8, 2024
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The challenge of internalizing impermeable molecules into cells persists in drug development, particularly concerning water-soluble bioactive compounds that cannot diffuse across the cell membrane. To overcome this problem, ...
Biochemistry
Jul 8, 2024
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