While racism is often a focus of concern in the U.S., skin tone—separate but related to race—plays a lesser known but important role in discrimination, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2023
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Heat and drought are the utmost limiting abiotic factors that pose a major threat to food security and agricultural production, and are exacerbated by "extreme and rapid" climate change, according to a new paper in CABI Reviews.
Agriculture
Jan 12, 2023
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Research led by a University of Maryland team has identified the first inter-species signaling pathway between an arthropod parasite and host, where molecules in the blood of a host animal triggers the immunity and development ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 12, 2023
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Rivers of muddy water from heavy rainfall raced through city streets as thousands of people evacuated homes downhill from California's wildfire burn scars amid atmospheric river storms drenching the state in early January ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 11, 2023
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Scientists have discovered sugar-based molecules can be used to block activity of a receptor in cells that are involved in the development a range of viral infections and cancer.
Biochemistry
Jan 11, 2023
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In a new article, the Department of Landscape Architecture's Professor Ross Cameron and Ph.D. student Liwen Zhang describe their study, "Flowers—Sunshine for the soul! How does floral color influence preference, feelings ...
Environment
Jan 11, 2023
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Many people are aware of plastic pollution in the oceans. Photos of turtles or seabirds entangled in plastic garbage first went viral in the 1990s, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now the focus of highly publicized ...
Environment
Jan 10, 2023
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A recurring fantasy in science fiction is the implantation of tiny elements in peoples' brains, which would be used to control and direct our actions and emotions. Regardless of the direction that technological development ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 5, 2023
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How safe are the nanoparticles in transparent sunscreen, anti-odor socks and bacteria-resistant plasters? Although microbes are present on all organisms, the tools that estimate the safety of nanomaterials still hardly take ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 4, 2023
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In dual-earner couples, working from home may be a better deal for husbands than wives in some ways, according to two related studies of workers in China and South Korea.
Social Sciences
Jan 3, 2023
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