Water resources: Defusing conflict, promoting cooperation
Credit: Mimi Abebayehu/Wikimedia Commons Rivers are lifelines for many countries. They create valuable ecosystems, provide drinking water for people and ...
Tag: Socioeconomics
Improving access to mental health services in low-income communities
UH researcher: Communication, coordination, collaboration are keyCredit: University of Houston When it comes to improving access to mental health services ...
Untrained beer drinkers can taste different barley genotypes
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - When it comes to craft beer, the flavor doesn't have to be all in the ...
Renewable energies: No wind turbine disturbing the scenery
KIT researchers quantify energy system costs for stopping further expansion of wind energy use in beautiful landscapesCredit: Photo: Markus Breig, ...
Of lives and life years: 1918 influenza vs COVID-19
Next time, vaccination may be too little, too lateCredit: CDC Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2006 From the onset of the ...
New Book Defines Trend: Meet the Multispecies Family
SMU sociologist says treating pets like family impacts birth rates, budgets and job choiceCredit: Hillsman S. Jackson In her new ...
Tracking COVID-19 across Europe
Credit: A. Naqvi (2021) According to the World Health Organization, a third wave of COVID infections is now all but ...
Virtual schooling exposes digital challenges for Black families, MU study finds
Credit: MU School of Health Professions COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A new study from the University of Missouri found the unanticipated ...
Trust me, I’m a chatbot
Göttingen University researchers investigate effect of non-human conversation partners in customer servicesCredit: Mozafari More and more companies are using chatbots ...
Experts tackle modern slavery in Greek strawberry fields using satellite technology
Credit: Ioannis Kougkoulos, Kornilia Hatzinikolaou A consortium of modern slavery experts, led by the University of Nottingham, have assisted the ...
Baylor study evaluates biodiversity impacts of alternative energy strategies
Baylor researcher Ryan McManamay considers ecosystem footprint of climate mitigation energy pathwaysCredit: Robert Rogers, Baylor University WACO, Texas (July 13, ...
Allocating COVID vaccines based on health and socioeconomic factors could cut mortality
Study suggests spatial relationship between COVID-19 mortality and population-level health factorsCredit: Kandula S and Shaman J, 2021, PLOS Medicine, CC-BY ...
US-wide, non-white neighborhoods are hotter than white ones
Wealthier, whiter urban and small-town residents benefit more from cooling infrastructure and treesCredit: Suzanne Benz WASHINGTON--In cities and towns across ...
USC study shows dire impacts downstream of Nile River dam
The research forecasts water supply and economic risks as tensions mount over Grand Ethiopian Renaissance DamCredit: (Photo/NASA-JPL) Rapid filling of ...