How much of the Swedish chemical industry's energy use is from renewables and how much from fuel oil? What are the global trends in fossil fuels consumption over the last decades? The new online World Input-Output Database ...
Environment
Jul 23, 2019
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Non-native parrots can cause substantial agricultural damage and threaten native biodiversity, although impacts vary strongly depending on where these parrots have been introduced. Brought to Europe as pets, escaped or released ...
Ecology
Jul 15, 2019
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A child's chance of entering the child protection system is intrinsically linked to the deprivation of the area in which they live, University of Otago research has highlighted.
Social Sciences
Jul 2, 2019
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Increasingly, shoppers are choosing nutraceuticals, cosmetics and herbal remedies with natural ingredients, and these products are readily available in many drug stores and supermarkets. But some consumers, health professionals ...
Biochemistry
Jun 26, 2019
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Climate change could wreak "irreversible damage" on the world's most precious ancient monuments and other cultural sites, experts warned Saturday as they pushed for UN protection for major global sites.
Environment
Jun 22, 2019
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A new report suggests that people feel less lonely when they have access to everyday technology such as a radio, television or tablet. The research, co-produced by the University of York and the loneliness charity WaveLength, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 14, 2019
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Educated and married American moms are more likely to try to time their pregnancy so that they have their first baby in the spring, according to new research from the University of Exeter Business School in the UK.
Economics & Business
Jun 13, 2019
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Findings from the first-ever cross-national surveys of electoral officials demonstrate the link between the workforce of electoral management bodies (EMBs) and the quality of the delivery of the election.
Political science
Jun 6, 2019
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New report offers a blueprint for prudent investments in technology, through which governments can create effective and fair health and education services.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 30, 2019
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A team from the transdisciplinary laboratory FoAM Kernow and the British Science Association detail how to run an innovative approach to understanding evidence called AccessLab in a paper published on May 28 in the open-access ...
Other
May 28, 2019
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