"Sustainability" and "resilience" have become buzzwords in recent years, but many people don't know what either term really means. As an economist who studies environmental issues, I believe an important first step to solving ...
Environment
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Soil liquefaction that results in infrastructure damage has long been a point of contention for urban planners and engineers. Accurately predicting the soil liquefaction risk of a region could help overcome this challenge.
Earth Sciences
Aug 1, 2024
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Childcare challenges might not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about farm business viability, yet according to a new study led by a Penn State researcher, childcare challenges can negatively impact farm ...
Social Sciences
Jul 30, 2024
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It turns out teachers need coaches, too. A recent study from the University of Missouri underscores the importance of school-based coaches, who provide ongoing professional development to teachers.
Education
Jul 29, 2024
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Economist Deniz Sanin was at Starbucks when a bag of specialty coffee from Rwanda caught her eye. "I Googled it right away," she recalled. "It turns out, there's been a coffee boom in the country."
Social Sciences
Jul 26, 2024
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An element of a commercial space station, Orbital Reef, under development by Blue Origin and Sierra Space, recently completed a full-scale ultimate burst pressure test as part of the agency's efforts for new destinations ...
Space Exploration
Jul 26, 2024
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In July 2024, NASA announced it canceled its plans to send the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) to the moon's southern polar region. The rover was meant to search for water and other resources called ...
Space Exploration
Jul 25, 2024
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Eight years after the market release of VANGUARD crLyme, a first-of-its-kind vaccine designed to prevent Lyme disease in dogs, the Marconi laboratory in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology of the Virginia Commonwealth ...
Veterinary medicine
Jul 19, 2024
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Sex determination in cucurbits such as squash is influenced by a complex interplay of environmental, hormonal, and genetic factors, with ethylene being the primary hormone promoting female flower development.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 18, 2024
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Scientists have harnessed new developments in machine learning to look at Australian eucalypt species, unveiling their transformation over millions of years.
Ecology
Jul 17, 2024
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