Relying on headhunters to fill job vacancies can drive up voluntary turnover, as new research has found that they typically recruit the employees they successfully placed before for their next job.
Economics & Business
Jul 8, 2022
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Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine have diagnosed a Sumatran Orangutan at the Indianapolis Zoo with a rare genetic disease called Alkaptonuria. This is the first time the disease has been confirmed molecularly ...
Veterinary medicine
Jul 27, 2023
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For decades, environmental activists along with some government officials and scientists have argued that rich countries should pay the most to address climate change, and even pay poor countries reparations, because industrialized ...
Environment
Jul 12, 2022
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The largest ever analysis of Tasmanian devil genetics has found protected populations are as robust as wild ones, raising hopes for the endangered species' survival.
Plants & Animals
Jun 20, 2022
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Planaria are freshwater flatworms that have become a key model for studying regeneration and stem cells, as they can regenerate any part of the body, even the head. But how does the animal know what part of its body is missing ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 14, 2023
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A permeable reactive barrier, or "PRB," is a wall constructed below ground to clean up contaminated groundwater. The wall is "permeable," which means that contaminated groundwater can flow through the PRB to be treated. The ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 28, 2022
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An analysis of global tracking data for 77 species of petrel has revealed that a quarter of all plastics potentially encountered in their search for food are in remote international waters—requiring international collaboration ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 4, 2023
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Each year, hundreds of meteorites—rocky bodies left over from the formation of the solar system—bombard Earth, delivering minerals, metals and water to our planet. Analyzing the crevices and mineral-rich deposits inside ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 3, 2022
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A new report highlights how recognizing Indigenous Peoples' and local communities' knowledge systems could do more to address climate change than many current approaches.
Environment
Sep 29, 2022
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The initial phases of heavy-ion collisions occurring at the maximum energies available at the CERN Large Hadron Collider continue to remain an enigma of modern nuclear physics. New theoretical tools improved by physicists ...
General Physics
Sep 14, 2023
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