Wildness in urban parks important for human well-being
Credit: Elizabeth Lev/University of Washington As metropolises balloon with growth and sprawl widens the footprint of cities around the world, ...
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Tropical nations worst hit by climate-related fish shifts
Credit: Kimberly L. Oremus et al., Nature Sustainability. Feb. 24, 2020 Policymakers will need to step up to the challenges ...
Melbourne welcomes Indian delegation from the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Joint Secretary Tarika Roy and Under Secretary Sanjay Singh from the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (DEPWD) in ...
PA school nurses on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (February 24, 2020) - As opioid overdoses continue to grab headlines, more states are providing their ...
New studies explore how knowledge drives action in climate change decision-making
Scientists explore how scientific knowledge can become more useful for societiesCredit: Cortada Projects MIAMI--In several new studies, University of Miami ...
AIBS recognizes science policy leadership
Michigan State University and Mississippi State University graduate students receive 2020 AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership AwardsCredit: Andy Feliciotti Washington, ...
Green infrastructure provides benefits that residents are willing to work for, study shows
Credit: Noelwah Netusil. URBANA, Ill. - Urban areas face increasing problems with stormwater management. Impervious surfaces on roads and buildings ...
Supporting state science and technology policy fellows
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative awards nearly $450,000 for science policy fellows in Idaho, Missouri, and VirginiaCredit: Photo courtesy of CCST. Today, ...
UC study shows dramatic increase in naloxone dispensing in Ohio
Naloxone can now be dispensed by a pharmacist without a prescription in some states. Researchers have found it's made a ...
Helsinki declaration on planetary health calls for commitment from the EU
Credit: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare Scientific evidence shows that human activities impact global warming, biodiversity loss, land degradation, ...
Critically injured soldiers have high rates of mental health disorders
New UMass Amherst study found military members with serious brain injuries are at greater riskCredit: UMass Amherst U.S. combat soldiers ...
Keeping guns away from potential mass shooters
Credit: Photo by Derwin Edwards from Pexels EAST LANSING, Mich. - The United States currently averages 20 mass shootings per ...
New study to examine impact of environmental exposure on breast cancer risk in young women
UMass Amherst cancer epidemiologist awarded National Institutes of Health grantCredit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst cancer epidemiologist has ...
New research uses physiological cues to distinguish computer-generated faces from human ones
Human heartbeats are the basis of the science, published in SPIE and IS&T's Journal of Electronic ImagingCredit: Bonomi and Boato ...
Study provides the first data on concussion risk in youth football
Credit: Virginia Tech For decades, there's been a widespread assumption among people with an interest in sports-related injury that youth ...
The carbon footprint of dinner: How ‘green’ are fish sticks?
Popular products generate significant 'post-catch' emissions, underscoring the need to measure what happens after fish are caughtCredit: UC Santa Cruz ...
Local activism can’t be crushed, research finds. At most, it changes target
New research by Fabrizio Perretti and Alessandro Piazza in the Strategic Management Journal finds that when community activists reach their ...
Vermont releases report by nation’s first state-led AI taskforce
Recommendations include the establishment of a permanent commissionCredit: Ryan Flanagan Vermont, the first state in the nation to form a ...
More federal funding needed to increase Americans’ active transportation habits
Credit: Photo by Ryan Young for Virginia Tech. The federal government has allocated only about 2 percent of its transportation ...
Life Cycle Assessment pinpoints ‘sustainability hotspots’ in bio-chemical production
New research concerning Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) reveals challenges and opportunities in bio-chemical production.Credit: The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for ...