Increasing food prices and stagnant incomes have been identified as major obstacles to achieving food security. About one in six, or 15.9 percent, of households in Canada experience food insecurity.
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2023
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The fine structure constant is one of the most important natural constants of all. At TU Wien, a remarkable way of measuring it has been found—it shows up as a rotation angle.
General Physics
Nov 21, 2022
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Chauffeur moms are a well-known Australian phenomenon. A lack of convenient transport options coupled with gendered roles has made many suburban women (and their children) car-dependent, whether they like it or not. And, ...
Social Sciences
Nov 8, 2022
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Over half (53%) of physical science researchers want to publish open access (OA) but 62% say a lack of monies from funding agencies prevents them from doing so.
Other
Aug 22, 2022
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A new global study from AIP Publishing, the American Physical Society (APS), IOP Publishing (IOPP) and Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA) indicates that the majority of early career researchers (ECRs) want to publish ...
General Physics
Jul 21, 2022
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One of the many changes COVID-19 brought those in education was an almost immediate switch to online learning.
Education
May 2, 2022
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Solid-solution organic crystals have been brought into the quest for superior photon upconversion materials, which transform presently wasted long-wavelength light into more useful shorter wavelength light. Scientists from ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 26, 2021
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How many species of birds are there in the world? It depends on whose count you go by. The number could be as low as 10,000 or as high as 18,000. It's tough to standardize lists of species because the concept of a "species" ...
Ecology
Apr 7, 2021
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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have revealed how liquid foams collapse by observing individual collapse events with high-speed video microscopy. They found that cracks in films led to a receding liquid front ...
General Physics
Mar 1, 2021
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In both life and music, the secret to success is love. This universal emotion stands out as the key protagonist in the most listened-to songs of all time. According to a study by Salvador Climent Roca and Marta Coll-Florit ...
Social Sciences
Feb 9, 2021
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