Urban Snail Populations Reveal Hidden Genetic Mosaic in China’s Yangtze Basin
Whole mitochondrial genome analysis of Oncomelania hupensis snails in Suzhou reveals three distinct maternal lineages and five local genetic groups ...
Tag: Urbanization
Mosquito Genes Map Colombia’s Hidden Aedes aegypti Lineages
A country-scale mitochondrial study of Aedes aegypti in Colombia reveals two broad genetic clusters shaped by urbanization, history, and climate ...
China’s Land Market Shifts From Sprawl to Value, 25-Year Dataset Reveals
A new 25-year, multi-level dataset reveals that China's land transfer system has shifted from rapid physical expansion toward rising land ...
Urban Estuaries Defy Expectations by Weathering Storms Better Than Pristine Ones
A continental-scale analysis of five U.S. estuaries finds that urbanized systems showed unexpectedly high resistance to precipitation-driven dissolved oxygen shifts, ...
India’s Economic Boom Powered by Coal Is Claiming Lives in Its Cities
A new Nature Cities study links India's coal-driven electricity demand since 2000 to doubling urban aerosol loading, rising sulfate pollution ...
A Decade of Data Reveals Rising Allergy Sensitization in Jordan
A ten-year analysis of nearly 5,000 Jordanian patients shows steadily rising IgE sensitization to airborne allergens, led by olive pollen, ...
Human Density, Not Climate, Drives Rodent-Borne Hemorrhagic Fever Risk in Southwest China
A decade-long ecological niche modeling study finds that human population density, far more than climate, determines where hantavirus-caused hemorrhagic fever ...
Long Commutes Linked to More Depressive Symptoms in Massive Chinese Panel Study
A large analysis of the China Family Panel Studies finds that longer one-way commuting times are associated with more depressive ...
City Life Shields Bats From Weather Swings, Landmark Acoustic Survey Reveals
A large-scale acoustic study across Israel shows that urban bats face fewer weather-related constraints on their activity than rural bats, ...
COVID-19 shutdowns reveal racial disparities in exposure to air pollution
Disenfranchised, minority neighborhoods still exposed to disproportionately high levels of health harming nitrogen dioxideCredit: GW WASHINGTON (July 20, 2021)--A new ...
New optimisation method for computational design of industrial applications
The study has been selected as an outstanding publication by the prestigious scientific journal Physics of FluidsCredit: University of Malaga ...
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 ...
Vertical greenery can act as a stress buffer, NTU Singapore study finds
Credit: NTU Singapore Vertical greenery 'planted' on the exterior of buildings may help to buffer people against stress, a Nanyang ...
University of Guam: Less than 10% of transplanted cycads survive long-term in foreign soil
Long-term monitoring needed to accurately measure transplantation successCredit: Montgomery Botanical Center A 15-year reciprocal transplant study on Guam's native cycad ...
New characterisation strategy proves promising in high-purity metal separation
Credit: IPE Metals with similar chemical properties are usually extracted together, which limits the opportunities to separate high-purity metals. To ...
NUST MISIS scientists create unique alloy for air, rail transports
Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" (NUST MISIS) in cooperation with their colleagues from the Siberian ...
Study: Environmental risks exacerbated for vulnerable populations in small towns
AMES, Iowa -- A new study of small Iowa towns found that vulnerable populations within those communities face significantly more ...
The future on rails
The railway system - Styria as an international centre of research and innovation In the European Year of Rail 2021, ...
Study: A quarter of adults don’t want children — and they’re still happy
Parenting is one of life's greatest joys, right? Not for everyone. New research from Michigan State University psychologists examines characteristics ...
More sustainable mortars and concrete with optimal thermal and mechanical efficiency
The University of the Basque Country-UPV/EHU is researching mortars and concrete manufactured from industrial by-products, within the circular economy approach ...
