A new study has uncovered the significant role stingrays play in shaping estuaries, revealing threatened stingrays in Brisbane Water may move more than 21,000 tonnes of sand per year.
Plants & Animals
Jun 18, 2024
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Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the Earth's crust, yet products based on pure titanium are uncommon because it's expensive to remove the oxygen from titanium ore. Reducing costs would encourage manufacturers ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 17, 2024
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The anticorruption laws enacted in Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria created a new economic sector—a lucrative anti-corruption market based on outsourcing public procurement to private sector corporations.
Economics & Business
Jun 17, 2024
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As many parts of the developing world experience rapid economic growth, the quality of their water supplies is coming under increasing strain. To keep pace with a growing demand for water, there is now a pressing need for ...
Environment
Jun 17, 2024
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The postal code where you were born and raised does more than facilitate mail delivery; it can also tell us about your odds of becoming a leader. Understanding this can help us understand the early roots of leadership and ...
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2024
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A group of leading academics are calling for the UN Sustainable Development Goals to be extended past their 2030 target date and updated with consideration for the impact of artificial intelligence (AI), and with more input ...
Environment
Jun 17, 2024
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A study by researchers from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), published in Nature Sustainability, reaffirms the world's growing dependence on depleting groundwater systems. Although efforts to slow ...
Environment
Jun 14, 2024
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Barrier islands dot the landscape along Virginia's Eastern Shore, protecting the coastline from direct impacts of storms and sea-level rise. Made of sand, they are created and changed by environmental factors. But with climate ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 14, 2024
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Men tend to eat meat more frequently than women and the extent of the differences in meat consumption frequency between both genders tend to be greater within countries with higher levels of gender equality and social and ...
Social Sciences
Jun 13, 2024
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MINFLUX is a powerful microscopy technique that allows researchers to see objects much smaller than the wavelength of light. A newly developed evolution of the process uses a simpler device to create the light pattern needed ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 11, 2024
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