Comprehensive look at US fuel economy standards show big savings on fuel and emissions
Credit: Graph courtesy of the researchers (Rebecca Ciez); Redesign by Bumper DeJesus In one of the first comprehensive assessments of ...
Tag: Policy/Ethics
COVID-19 and the threat to American voting rights
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 2, 2020—The COVID-19 pandemic has illuminated three main pathologies of ...
Paper ballots, risk-limiting audits can help defend elections and democracy, study finds
A multifaceted approach is the best way to address election infrastructure security, say researchersCredit: Photo courtesy of the IU Kelley ...
Risk factors for mortality in diabetic patients discharged from hospital identified
Credit: Institute of Digital Healthcare at WMG, University of Warwick When patients are discharged from Hospital those with diabetes are ...
An embedded ethics approach for AI development
'Ethics must be part of the development process'Credit: Juli Eberle / TUM The increasing use of AI (artificial intelligence) in ...
Helping SMEs adopt open innovation
Credit: Singapore Management University SMU Office of Research & Tech Transfer - Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), as defined by ...
Warning witnesses of the possibility of misinformation helps protect their memory accuracy
Findings could enhance interview procedures and protocols and help everyday memoryCredit: Jessica M. Karanian.Fairfield University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (August 31, 2020)--Warning ...
Humans’ construction ‘footprint’ on ocean quantified for first time
Scale of marine intrusion comparable to that on landCredit: Bugnot et al., 'Current and projected global extent of marine built ...
Eating your vegetables is easier said than done
The landmark EAT-Lancet report on food in the Anthropocene sets ambitious targets; putting it into action, however, will require policymakers ...
Natural disasters must be unusual or deadly to prompt local climate policy change
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Natural disasters alone are not enough to motivate local communities to engage in ...
Want to save shelter animals? Fight for social justice
Humane communities would endorse animal-friendly affordable housing, living wages, and recognize the importance of human-animal bondsCredit: Stanford University Press Overpolicing ...
Genetic link between cattle temperament and autism
Credit: (c) University of Queensland A strong association between the genes influencing cattle temperament and autism in humans has been ...
New SciDev.Net Plus service offers members exclusive benefits
SciDev.Net - the world's leading source of reliable and authoritative news, views and analysis about science and technology for global ...
A case for botanical gardens to lead in global plant crisis
New call for funding, advocacy for botanical gardens to lead efforts to avert plant extinctionCredit: © The Morton Arboretum LISLE, ...
POPULAR NEWS
-
NYU Abu Dhabi researchers identify unique survival strategies adopted by fish in the world’s warmest waters
-
CHOP experts describe types of rashes associated with MIS-C
-
Scientists discover that a protein associated with neurodegenerative diseases is also linked to childhood brain cancer
-
Microbial Nanowires