How will "chipageddon" affect you?
Carmakers and consumer-gadget companies are struggling to source enough computer chips......»»
Plant functional traits may better explain liana species distributions
Plant functional traits are morphological, physiological or phenological properties that affect plant growth, survival, and reproduction. They hold the promise to explain plant species distribution patterns. However, few studies have linked multiple.....»»
How gender norms and job loss affect relationship status
In cultures that place a high value on conventional gender norms, particularly those that prize men as the breadwinners in a family, their unemployment plays an outsized role in whether a romantic relationship ultimately succeeds or fails......»»
The world is rocked by the arrival of aliens in Invasion teaser trailer
Apple TV+'s contemporary riff on War of the Worlds was filmed on 4 different continents. Sci-fi drama Invasion follows multiple storylines across different continents, providing "a global look at how one alien invasion would affect us all......»»
PSMC confirms one employee infected with coronavirus
Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (PSMC) has said one of its domestic employees at its factory site in Miaoli County, northern Taiwan has been confirmed infected with COVID-19, which, however, will not affect its business operations......»»
How different beliefs and attitudes affect college students" career aspirations
A study published in Career Development Quarterly has looked at whether beliefs and attitudes influence career aspirations of college students with different genders and sexual orientations......»»
Tips to Stop Video Stream Buffering
You’re watching your favorite football team compete in the FIFA World Cup, and then it happens- the dreaded circular buffering icon that brings everything to a screeching halt. Buffering is the result of a lack of bandwidth and can affect strea.....»»
Mapping a successful recovery: Novel methods and dedicated fieldwork offer good news for cleaning up mining pollution
Mining involves moving a lot of rock, so some mess is expected. However, mining operations can continue to affect ecosystems long after activity has ended. Heavy metals and corrosive substances leach into the environment, preventing wildlife and vege.....»»
Apple"s MagSafe Devices May Affect Pacemakers
The American Heart Association is a research-funding nonprofit. One of its publications, The Journal of the American Heart Association, "has concurred with a previous report by the Heart Rhythm Journal which said close contact with an iPhone 12 affec.....»»
Why NASA Is Blasting Water Bears And Bobtail Squid Into Space
NASA is sending water bears and bobtail squid to the International Space Station, "as NASA researchers attempt to learn more about how the conditions of spaceflight can affect biological organisms and, by extension, future astronauts," writes Joe Her.....»»
Declining fish biodiversity poses risks for human nutrition
All fish are not created equal, at least when it comes to nutritional benefits. This truth has important implications for how declining fish biodiversity can affect human nutrition, according to a computer modeling study......»»
Secondary infections inflame the brain, worsening cognition in Alzheimer"s disease
New research into Alzheimer's disease (AD) suggests that secondary infections and new inflammatory events amplify the brain's immune response and affect memory in mice and in humans -- even when these secondary events occur outside the brain......»»
Male piglets less resilient to stress when moms get sick during pregnancy
When pigs get hit with significant illnesses during key stages of pregnancy, their immune response may negatively affect developing piglets, making them less productive on the farm. New research from the University of Illinois shows that when those p.....»»
Study polypharmacology earlier in drug discovery, say researchers
Polypharmacology—the ability of a drug to affect more than one protein—should be studied early in the drug discovery pathway, and constantly monitored as the chemical structure is optimized in the design of the clinical candidate, leading researc.....»»
California wildfires disproportionately affect elderly and poor residents, study finds
California's wildfire burn area has increased by more than 23,000 acres per year over the past two decades, and the number of people who have been adversely affected has nearly doubled. In a paper published recently in the International Journal of En.....»»
Can we keep human inconsistency from confusing expert advice?
Human variability is great—except when it gets in the way of consistent guidance. Enlarge (credit: Little, Brown and Company) Everyone has biases. And everyone knows that everyone has biases, and that these biases affect our judgements. Bias.....»»
Poor sleep may impact academic achievement for children in disinvested neighborhoods
Research shows that poor sleep health may disproportionately affect children of color from families of low socioeconomic status and place them at risk for behavior problems and lower academic performance. However, few sleep studies utilize standard m.....»»
Urban heat islands affect tree canopy temperatures and health, study says
Healthy urban tree canopies provide shade and water transpiration that can mitigate the warming effects of urban heat islands (UHIs), and new research recently published in Scientific Reports on tree canopy temperatures in New York City by a Universi.....»»
Study examines how pandemic-related changes affect college students" motivation
When the worsening COVID-19 pandemic prompted colleges to shutter their campuses and shift to remote learning in spring 2020, concerns arose that many underrepresented students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines would be.....»»
Dual impacts of extreme heat, ozone disproportionately hurt poorer areas
Scientists at UC San Diego, San Diego State University and colleagues find that extreme heat and elevated ozone levels, often jointly present during California summers, affect certain ZIP codes more than others......»»
Five ways to measure the effects of a crisis like COVID-19 on women
Social issues and crises tend to affect women more severely than men. This is why terms like "gender mainstreaming policies", "gender-responsive interventions" and "gender-based budgeting" have become more popular in public policy discussions in rece.....»»