Laden...
ScienceDaily: Science & Society News |
| Citizen divers aid understanding of fish in the Salish sea Posted: 24 Mar 2022 03:47 PM PDT Citizen scientists are increasingly playing crucial roles in understanding fish populations, according to a new study. Over the past 20 years, volunteers have helped monitor more than half of the total fish species known to occur in the Salish Sea. |
| One in four women experience domestic violence before age 50, analysis finds Posted: 24 Mar 2022 11:38 AM PDT Over one in four women (or 27 per cent) experience intimate partner violence before the age of 50, according to a worldwide analysis. The largest of its kind, the analysis covers 366 studies involving more than 2 million women in 161 countries. |
| Can supermarkets coax people into buying healthier food? Posted: 24 Mar 2022 11:37 AM PDT Restricting supermarket placement of less healthy items and increasing the availability of healthier alternatives in these stores may be promising interventions to encourage healthier purchasing behaviors, according to two new studies. |
| Win-wins in environmental management hard to find Posted: 24 Mar 2022 09:25 AM PDT When a booming marine fishery can increase its shrimp catch while also reducing unintentional bycatch of turtles --t hat's an example of what environmental scientists and managers call a 'win-win.' Models often predict this ideal outcome is achievable, yet stakeholders rarely see it manifest in the real world. |
| How campus design and architecture influence interaction among researchers Posted: 24 Mar 2022 09:25 AM PDT A new study examines the relationship between physical proximity, social networking, and collaboration on a university campus. |
| Indian forest loss 'worse than feared' due to climate change Posted: 24 Mar 2022 07:45 AM PDT A national-scale study of the relationship between forest loss and rainfall and temperature trends in India reveals climate change may have contributed to huge declines during last two decades, countering official reports that suggest small losses, and adding to existing concerns over deforestation. |
| Artificial intelligence to bring museum specimens to the masses Posted: 24 Mar 2022 07:44 AM PDT Scientists are using cutting-edge artificial intelligence to help extract complex information from large collections of museum specimens. |
| Racial minorities are less likely to receive CPR when they need it Posted: 24 Mar 2022 07:44 AM PDT Black and Hispanic individuals who experience a witnessed cardiac arrest at home or in public are substantially less likely than white individuals to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from a bystander, according to a new study. |
| Scholars call for Paris Accord-style global agreement to combat emergence of 'superbugs' Posted: 23 Mar 2022 01:06 PM PDT Public health experts have long been concerned by the emergence of so-called 'superbugs' -- existing bacterial, viral, or fungal pathogens that have evolved to evade the antibiotics, antivirals and antifungals developed to kill them. The scope and severity of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the urgent need for a co-ordinated global response are the subjects of a new paper, co-authored by 25 scholars. |
| You are subscribed to email updates from Science & Society News -- ScienceDaily. To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, United States | |
Laden...
Laden...
