New research published in Economic Inquiry indicates that if the wage gap between Black and white Americans decreased sufficiently, there would be a noticeable increase in overall income. If the wages converged completely, ...
Economics & Business
Dec 7, 2022
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Today, most methods to determine the proteins inside a cell rely on a crude census—scientists usually grind a large group of cells up before characterizing their genetic material. But just as a population of 100 single ...
Biotechnology
Dec 6, 2022
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Food waste is a major social problem that contributes to the overutilization of natural resources, affecting economic progress and environment protection. Food waste occurs at all stages of the food supply chain, including ...
Social Sciences
Dec 5, 2022
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Human-released greenhouse gases are causing the world to warm, and with that warming comes increasing stress for many of the planet's plants and animals. That stress is so great that many scientists believe we are currently ...
Ecology
Dec 1, 2022
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A new paper sheds light on the nature of atomic nuclei. The study is published in the journal Physical Review C.
General Physics
Nov 30, 2022
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Male spotted bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus maculatus) build and defend a structure of sticks and straw—the bower. They decorate these nests with colorful objects to attract mates during the breeding season. Certain non-resident ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 30, 2022
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Researchers have developed a synthetic system that responds to environmental changes in the same way as living organisms, using a feedback loop to maintain its internal conditions. This not only keeps the material's conditions ...
Nanophysics
Nov 28, 2022
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Red knots of all ages and sexes show behavioral traits. These remain mostly unchanged over time but differ across individuals. Some individuals are more adventurous and show more exploratory behaviors a in new environment ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 28, 2022
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UVA Health researchers have developed an important new tool to help scientists sort signal from noise as they probe the genetic causes of cancer and other diseases. In addition to advancing research and potentially accelerating ...
Biotechnology
Nov 22, 2022
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A team of German and Spanish researchers from Valencia, Münster, Augsburg, Berlin and Munich have succeeded in controlling individual light quanta to an extremely high degree of precision. In Nature Communications, the researchers ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 21, 2022
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