Most parents concerned about privacy, body image impact of tweens using health apps
2 in 3 parents worry that their tween might be targeted by ads with inappropriate content, 3 in 4 concerned ...
Month: May 2020
Pensoft signs with Senckenberg Nature Research Society to publish three journals on ARPHA
Credit: Pensoft and Senckenberg Nature Research Society Recently, the scholarly publisher and technology provider Pensoft signed with one of the ...
Mussel reefs heighten risk of microplastic exposure and consumption
Credit: University of Plymouth Commercially important seafood species are at greater risk of microplastic contamination depending how they clump together ...
New ECU research finds ‘Dr. Google’ is almost always wrong
Online symptom checkers are only accurate about a third of the time, according to new Edith Cowan University research published ...
Voluntary collective isolation is best response to COVID-19 for indigenous populations
Chapman University-Led study shows researchers collaborating with tribal leadership and government to develop and implement a COVID-19 prevention planCredit: Tsimane ...
Clear reduction in urban CO2 emissions as a result of COVID-19 lockdown
Credit: ICOS Ecosystem Thematic Centre (ETC) The Covid-19 related restrictions have forced many of us to stay at home. This ...
Persistent inequitable exposure to air pollution in Salt Lake County schools
Minority students experience higher concentrations of PM 2.5 levels in clean, moderate and poor air quality scenariosCredit: Mullen et. al. ...
Gauging water loss from northern peatlands, a likely accelerant of climate change
Credit: Manuel Helbig WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- More carbon is stored in the forests, peatlands, and lakes of the high ...
Brazilian startup develops technology for monitoring of patients with suspected COVID-19
Based on the Internet of Things, the system was developed in a project supported by FAPESP. Patients can be advised ...
NIH begins clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to treat COVID-19
Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched a much-anticipated Phase IIb clinical trial ...
Scientists break the link between a quantum material’s spin and orbital states
The advance opens a path toward a new generation of logic and memory devices based on orbitronics that could be ...
Shrub encroachment on grasslands can increase groundwater recharge
Vegetation changes can outweigh climate change in rangeland water budgetsCredit: Adam Schreiner-McGraw/UC Riverside Grasslands across the globe, which support the ...
Big data and synthetic chemistry could fight climate change and pollution
University of South Carolina chemists look to the future of materials designCredit: University of South Carolina COLUMBIA, S.C. -- May ...
Ocean ‘breathability’ key to past, future habitat of West Coast marine species
Credit: CalCOFI Marine life off the West Coast, from Mexico up through Canada, inhabit the California Current. The cool, nutrient-rich ...
Using big data to design gas separation membranes
Columbia engineers apply machine learning techniques to narrow down and speed up the development of new materials for removing CO2 ...
Food webs determine the fate of mercury pollution in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon
Floods can shift animal populations, altering mercury passed to fish and other wildlifeCredit: Credit: US Geological Survey/Freshwaters Illustrated-Dave Herasimtschuk (Millbrook, ...
AJR details COVID-19 infection control, radiographer protection in CT exam areas
Radiologists from Shanghai discuss modifying exam process and disinfecting exam room, while outlining personal protection measures during the coronavirus disease ...
Observation of intervalley transitions can boost valleytronic science and technology
UC Riverside-led research shows these transitions can emit lightCredit: Erfu Liu, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- An international research team ...
NASA analyzes developing System 90L in Straits of Florida
Credit: Credit: NASA/NRL A low-pressure area designated as System 90L appears to be developing in the Straits of Florida, located ...
Faster and more effective scene understanding
Credit: Source: Abhinav Valada People, bicycles, cars or road, sky, grass: Which pixels of an image represent distinct foreground persons ...
