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Tree shade offers critical heat relief for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness (opens the original)
GPS-tracked heat exposure revealed dangerous daytime exposure and hot nights for unsheltered Salt Lake City residents. Findings inform a report calling for more public shade, cooling spaces and a state-wide Code Red policy.
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Collins to co-lead childcare affordability research (opens the original)
With a grant from Melinda French Gates’ organization, Pivotal, Caitlyn Collins, in Arts & Sciences, will investigate how parents navigate childcare and what policies could best meet their needs.
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Spain train crash investigators focus on rail safety and controllers (opens the original)
Following another deadly rail disaster in Spain, a Northeastern expert reveals if it’s still advisable to travel by train in Europe.
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Bowen Law Students Complete Comprehensive Study of County Law Libraries (opens the original)
Several students from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law recently completed a research project on Arkansas county law libraries, and how the model of funding and execution for those libraries might be improved. The seven students — Brandon Bean, Rabecca Cisneros, Hank Herzfeld…
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Wake Forest physicist Caitlin Witt receives NSF grant to search for ripples in spacetime (opens the original)
Wake Forest University physics department Assistant Professor Caitlin Witt has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that will help her and her team of students study ripples in spacetime known as gravitational waves as part of the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav)…
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Is sexual objectification hard‑wired? Our study used electrical brain stimulation to find out (opens the original)
Ciro Civile, University of Exeter When people view sexualised images of women, they tend to... Is sexual objectification hard‑wired? Our study used electrical brain stimulation to find out appeared first on University of Exeter News.
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WashU study helps Martian astronauts prepare for dust (opens the original)
WashU assistant research professor Scott VanBommel is the lead author of a new paper that examines how dust interacts with Mars rover Perseverance’s spacesuit swatches and other materials.
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Regulatory Affairs Career Paths and Job Opportunities Explained (opens the original)
Regulatory Affairs Jobs: Roles, Skills, Salaries & Career Paths Explained Introduction to Regulatory Affairs as a Career Patients rely on medications, medical devices, and other healthcare products to be safe and effective. These products must undergo rigorous testing. Regulatory affairs professionals help make that…
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In Shanghai, Peabody leaders join global education dialogue, bring home research award (opens the original)
One year after Vanderbilt Peabody College of education and human development welcomed education leaders from around the world to Nashville, Peabody’s Ellen Goldring and Nicole Allen continued the conversation in Shanghai, joining international peers to consider how education can remain mission-driven amid rapid…
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Older brains cope better with lack of sleep, says SFU study (opens the original)
In news that will delight baby boomers worldwide, a new Simon Fraser University study suggests that brains in healthy older adults may cope better with a lack of sleep than younger adults.
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USU, Irish Defence Forces Sign Statement of Intent to Advance Military Medical Education and Research (opens the original)
Uniformed Services University and Irish Defence Forces Medical Corps agree to explore military medicine education, research, and exchange. Dr. Jonathan Woodson, left, president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), and Irish Defence Forces Col. (Dr.) Anthony Corcoran, director of the…
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Clearing the air about super-Earths, sub-Neptunes — and their respective atmospheres (opens the original)
Yale geophysicist Jun Korenaga and former postdoctoral researcher Darius Modirrousta-Galian suggest a new explanation for the abundance of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes outside the solar system.
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What if we paid for electricity through taxes, not bills?
Taxation is broadly progressive, while levies on energy bills hit poorest households hardest.
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Safer, more durable Idaho roads: Civil engineer leads effort with state transportation award (opens the original)
From Boise to Idaho Falls and Sandpoint to Twin Falls, every time a car rolls
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Lifesaving service launched to catch cancer sooner for 90,000 people (opens the original)
The Leeds Lung Cancer Screening Programme will offer thousands of people across Leeds the chance to get ahead of cancer.
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Success is subjective: New research explores how the brain learns (opens the original)
How people perceive success may influence the way their brains learn new skills, according to
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Global wildlife trade involves more than double the number of species previously estimated (opens the original)
More than 107,000 species are used and traded worldwide, over double previous estimates, according to new research that suggests the true scale could be far greater due to major gaps in trade data
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Spinal cord injury reshapes gut microbes that influence whole-body health (opens the original)
Scientists exploring the links between a spinal cord injury, inflammation and immune function have turned their attention to a genome-level analysis of the gut microbial community, with early study results offering hints at potential new approaches to aid healing.
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A Room of Their Own, Under the Open Sky (opens the original)
Stony Brook professor Rita Nezami spoke about her research on Moroccan women, why they gather on rooftops and what the gatherings mean on October 28. The post A Room of Their Own, Under the Open Sky first appeared on SBU News.
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