Science
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A new look at trends in human deaths due to climate extremes
A new study of climate extremes since 1988 finds that many regions have seen increases in deaths due to floods, storms and extreme temperatures. In human terms,...
The Mount Maunganui tragedy reminds us landslides are NZ's deadliest natural hazard
The tragic events in the Bay of Plenty this week are a stark reminder that landslides remain the deadliest of the many natural hazards New Zealand faces. A larg...
Researchers develop high-performance fluoroborate crystals for deep-ultraviolet lasers
Deep-ultraviolet (DUV, λ < 200 nm) all-solid-state lasers, essential to modern scientific research and industrial manufacturing, are widely applied in fields fr...
Teaching horses to 'speak up' with symbols: Project aims to boost animal welfare
In recent years, revelations of unethical horse handling at elite levels of horsesport have drawn attention to an uncomfortable question: Do we really understan...
Mining genomes for cyst nematode resistance could enable better soybean harvests
Soybean farmers around the world face a persistent and costly enemy hidden beneath the soil: soybean cyst nematode (SCN), a microscopic roundworm that attacks p...
Edison's 1879 bulb experiments may have unintentionally produced graphene
What do Thomas Edison and 2010 Nobel Prize in physics winners Konstantin Novoselov and Andre Geim have in common? According to a recent publication from the lab...
Why do onions and chips keep washing up on England's south coast? Here's the science
Over Christmas, vegetables, bananas and insulation foam washed up on beaches along England's southeast coast. They were from 16 containers spilled by the cargo...
General ad campaign for climate action receives more public engagement than tailored approach, study finds
Researchers investigating the effectiveness of outdoor ads promoting climate change awareness and action found that a general message of climate emergency aware...
Why some messages are more convincing than others
What kinds of marketing messages are effective—and what makes people believe certain political slogans more than others? New research from the University of Cal...
New nanoparticle technology offers hope for hard-to-treat diseases
A newly published Perspective article in Nature Nanotechnology details groundbreaking nanoparticle technology to eliminate harmful, disease-causing proteins in...
Microplastics in the atmosphere: Higher emissions come from land areas than from the ocean, study finds
The atmosphere is an important transport medium that carries microplastics to even the most remote parts of the world. These microplastics can be inhaled and po...
Bullying tied to higher suicide attempt risk for high school girls
A study by CUNY SPH researchers suggests that U.S. high school students who are bullied at school have substantially higher odds of attempting suicide than peer...