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 ...
New center for nuclear disarmament for Uppsala University
Swedish Government's assigned todayCredit: Mikael Wallerstedt Today, the Swedish Government decided to assign to Uppsala University the task of setting ...
Energy transition at the crossroads: New topical issue in Russian Journal of Economics
Credit: Viktor Vasnetsov; Tretyakov Gallery Titled "Energy transition at the crossroads", the new issue of the Russian Journal of Economics ...
People in developing countries eat less bushmeat as they migrate from rural to urban areas
Credit: Thais Morcatty PRINCETON, N.J.-- People around the world, especially in developing countries in Africa, Asia, and South America, consume ...
Closing the market for fake documents on the open web
Credit: Michigan State University Buying a counterfeit driver's license or passport used to require a secret meeting with some shady ...
The development of climate security discourse in Japan
Why are there no discourse in Japan on climate security? Is Japan failing to notice significant risks of climate change?Credit: ...
Soil studies can be helpful for border control
Credit: College of ACES, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - Underground tunnels have been used by warriors and smugglers for ...