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Autistic Australians three times more likely to be homeless, research reveals
Autistic Australians face a homelessness risk nearly three times higher than the general population, according to new Flinders University research that reveals...
Research challenges beliefs that sexual objectification is a power move
A new research paper from the University of Kent School of Psychology has found that sexual objectification increases when men are sexually aroused, challenging...
Red shift: Study gauges salamanders' sprint speed as connected to their color
If the eastern red-backed salamander has an equivalent of Usain Bolt, Sophia Zaslow is determined to find it. Since her undergraduate years, the Binghamton Univ...
Canadian Rockies study shows that spruce trees adapt to rugged peaks and boreal flatlands in a similar way
If you look at the trees as you're driving on the Trans-Canada Highway toward Banff National Park, you will see Englemann spruce on the cooler, wetter northeast...
Teaching thermodynamic laws to AI unlocks a polymer modeling challenge
For more than half a century, materials scientists have struggled with how to simulate the complexity of polymer materials. An individual chain can comprise ten...
From compliance to inclusion: Valuing faculty with disabilities
New research out of the University of New Mexico's English department is shining a light on the experiences of faculty with disabilities. Marissa Greenberg, ass...
Heat stress linked to higher koala hospitalizations and deaths above 27 C
New research from the University of Sydney has provided the first associative link between heat stress and koala mortality. Published in Biology Letters, the re...
190,000 baby trees in 25 years: Seedling census offers clues to what the future might hold for Michigan forests
The history of a forest might be measured by the trunks and branches looming overhead. But for some researchers at Michigan State University, a forest's future...
Plastic upcycling method turns food packaging into faster-degrading materials
Scientists have discovered a way to convert widely used plastics into new materials with distinct properties that degrade more rapidly. Applying this new proces...
Q&A: The Alps are crumbling, and permafrost is not playing the role many assumed
From the Kleines Nesthorn to Pizzo Cengalo, the Alps appear to be crumbling. Permafrost researcher Robert Kenner has penned a summary explaining the role that t...
Researchers want to clear the air on traffic pollution in Tampa
If you live near an interstate or busy roadway in Tampa, you can literally wipe the grime from auto exhaust off your windows. Imagine breathing all that stuff i...
Ancient dust points to retreat of West Antarctic Ice Sheet during last warm period
Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may have been far smaller during one of Earth's most recent warm periods, according to a new study...