A machine learning breakthrough: using satellite images to improve human lives
Berkeley-based project could support action worldwide on climate, health and povertyCredit: (Photo by NASA via Pxfuel) Berkeley -- More than ...
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Study identifies major barriers to financing a sustainable ocean economy
Credit: Patricia Tiffany Angkiriwang Financing a sustainable global ocean economy may require a Paris Agreement type effort, according to a ...
New study targets secrets of great entrepreneurial cities
Why storytellers and knowledge makers shape urban vitalityCredit: QUT Media "If you build it, they will come," so says the ...
The intersection of child poverty with race, immigrant status and environmental threats
Credit: PAS A state of the art plenary session during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual Meeting will bring ...
From Interferon to Philanthropy: Autobiography of Dr. Jan Vilcek published as audiobook
Vilcek Foundation releases audiobook memoir of Dr. Jan Vilcek, narrated by Daniel K. IsaacCredit: Photo courtesy of the Vilcek Foundation. ...
Verbal fluency deficits in multiple sclerosis may reflect impaired language ability
Researchers at Kessler Foundation upend long-held assumption that language ability is largely intact in individuals with multiple sclerosis, suggesting the ...
ACUASI completes remote sensing map of Canada’s first highway to the Arctic
Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada Members of the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI) recently completed a high ...
More than one in 10 patients with lung cancer do not know what type they have
Credit: ESMO credit - The increasing complexity of treatments for lung cancer and language differences can make it difficult for ...
Asian century fades as the region grapples with social, political, and economic headwinds
A new book challenges conventional thinking about AsiaCredit: World Scientific In Has Asia Lost It? Dynamic Past, Turbulent Future well-known ...
UTIA Professor receives SAEA Emerging Scholar Award
Karen DeLong recognized for distinguished professional contributionsCredit: Photo courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Karen DeLong, associate professor in the Department ...
Cataloguing genetic information about yams
Credit: S. Yamanaka Yams are a staple food in West Africa, which produces over 90% of the world's yams each ...
New study shows pandemic’s toll on jobs, businesses, and food security in poorer countries
A new study by an international team of economists published Feb.5 in Science Advances finds COVID-19 and its economic shock ...
UN disaster aid is driven by humanitarian need rather than by strategic donor interests
Credit: Photo: Bernhard Folz A new study published in PNAS finds that aid provided by the United Nations (UN) in ...
Oxford Brookes University hosts £5 million project to document endangered wooden buildings
The School of Architecture's grant-giving worldwide programme will make records freely available onlineCredit: Ronald G. Knapp, 2019. The School of ...