Funding climate change discourse
Computational analysis suggests that corporate funding likely influences the nature and content of polarizing text pertaining to climate change.
View ArticleReliability of a renewable electricity grid
A study finds that a low-cost system of energy storage and demand-response may reliably support an electrical grid fully electrified by wind, water, and solar power. Intermittent supplies of wind and...
View ArticleGenome analysis of Yakutian horses
Genome analysis illuminates the evolutionary origin and genetic adaptations of Yakutian horses, which thrive in the frigid subarctic landscape of the Siberian Far East.
View ArticleGenerosity and income inequality
Economic inequality may reduce the generosity of high-income people, a study suggests. Previous studies have suggested that high-income people are less generous than low-income people.
View ArticleMolecular analysis of penis malformations
A study explores the effects of endocrine disruption on congenital penis abnormalities in mice.
View ArticleScientists design a QKD-based quantum private query with no failure probability
QKD-based quantum private query has some important advantages such as being easy to realize and loss-tolerant. However, there exist two obstacles which seriously restrict its development. One is that...
View ArticleStudy examines prevalence of severe malnutrition among women in low and...
Among women in 60 low-and middle-income countries, the prevalence of body mass index (BMI) lower than 16 (the most severe category of adult malnutrition) was about 2 percent, and was associated with...
View ArticleChanges in cervical cancer stage at diagnosis and initial treatment among...
Although based on early data, study findings suggest an association between the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Expansion provision and cervical cancer stage at diagnosis and receipt of...
View ArticleImmunotherapy for type I diabetes shows promise in early clinical trial
An immunotherapy for type 1 diabetes advances one step closer to reality, as results from an early clinical trial show that infusions of immune-suppressive T cells are safe and can persist in patients...
View ArticleContact with nature may mean more social cohesion, less crime
In a first-of-its-kind study, an international team tested social correlates of both objective and subjective contact with nature in a systematic way, revealing complex linkages between nature, social...
View ArticleMobile phone data 'predicts' wealth and poverty in Rwanda
A person’s phone use can be used to infer aspects of his socioeconomic status, like access to electricity, a new study suggests.
View ArticleA 'bottom up' approach to managing climate change
In advance of next week’s United Nations climate meeting in Paris, Fawcett et al. show how the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to be discussed at that meeting might set the stage...
View ArticleInternational disparities in measuring energy sources
As countries around the world shift toward non-fossil fuels, the wide range of methods used to set targets and measure results are highly disparate and need to be standardized, authors of this Policy...
View ArticleIncreases in certain algae could impact carbon cycle
Two new studies report dramatic changes in phytoplankton abundance and nature, which holds important implications for storing excess carbon.
View ArticleGender and the human brain
An analysis of male and female human brains fails to find evidence for sexual dimorphism in brain structure. Differences observed between the brains of males and females are often taken as evidence of...
View ArticleNon-bee pollinators and bee declines
Pollinators such as flies, beetles, wasps, butterflies, and moths play a significant role in global crop production and are not as affected by environmental changes as bees, a study suggests.
View ArticlePotential neural signal of norm violation
A study suggests a potential neural signal tied to detection of social norm violations. Although the neural mechanisms for detecting violations in semantic processing are well-studied, the mechanisms...
View ArticleNeural signals of reading
A study finds a universal neural signal of proficient reading across languages in brain networks that involve convergence of written and spoken language processing. Although lexical structures and...
View ArticleReanalysis of animal phylogeny
Phylogenomic data do not support the hypothesis that comb jellies are the sister group to all animals, a study finds. Traditional views hold that sponges, members of the phylum Porifera, are the...
View ArticleAlso of interest from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Researchers report that several gene variants associated with reduced dementia risk due to Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular diseases in elderly individuals are unique to humans, suggesting that...
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