Prescribed burns encourage foul-smelling invaders
Though prescribed burns reduce wildfire threats and even improve habitat for some animals, new research shows these fires also spread stinknet, an aptly named weed currently invading superblooms across the Southwestern U.S......»»
Instagram for iOS testing new ‘Take a Break’ feature that encourages you to close the app
Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri announced today that the social network is starting to beta test a new digital wellbeing feature dubbed “Take a Break.” As the name implies, this feature is designed to encourage users to take regular breaks fr.....»»
Artificial smelling to control food quality
A team led by Santiago Marco, professor at the Department of Electronic Engineering of the UB and member of IBEC, has optimized the use of a technique that analyzes, at a molecular level, the present substances in the aroma of food. Therefore, it dif.....»»
Fatty Acid Found In Palm Oil Linked To Spread of Cancer
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Scientists have shown how a fatty acid found in palm oil can encourage the spread of cancer, in work that could pave the way for new treatments. The study, on mice, found that palmitic acid promo.....»»
Improve recycling compliance by using this technique in public service announcements
A specific messaging strategy used in a public service announcement (PSA) video can effectively encourage New Yorkers who struggle with recycling compliance to properly separate their trash from recycling, according to the results of a University at.....»»
A 9-foot video game joystick now holds a Guinness World Record
Dartmouth College professor Mary Flanagan created a 9-foot-tall Atari joystick to encourage random people to play a game together. Her invention has made it into the Guinness World Records 2022 as the largest of its kind......»»
Use electricity to manage joint and muscle pain with a TENS unit
A transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator, or TENS unit, uses electricity to naturally relieve pain in joints, muscles, and deep tissue. Sometimes a TENS unit includes an EMS setting or electronic muscle stimulation, to encourage muscle growth. An.....»»
Montana lake study reveals how invasive species affect native food webs
Invasive species cause biodiversity loss and about $120 billion in annual damages in the U.S. alone. Despite plentiful evidence that invasive species can change food webs, how invaders disrupt food webs and native species over time has remained uncle.....»»
Addressing the resistance to reusable packaging
A track and trace system is the answer to encourage reusable packaging, says new research......»»
MCA: Submission highlighting obligations prescribed under the Companies (CSR) Amendment Rules 2021
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) notified the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2021 (CSR Amendment Rules) on January 22, 2021, bringing in several key changes including making CSR compliance mandatory, undert.....»»
Study finds women, honor students prefer active learning spaces
The Association of American Universities has made a recent push to encourage institutions to install more active learning spaces on campuses, in which students can move and work together, instead of sitting in fixed seats in a traditional lecture hal.....»»
Rule-following molecules provide the first direct confirmation of a half-century-old theory
In 1965, scientists Robert Burns Woodward and Roald Hoffmann devised a set of rules to predict the outcome of electrocyclic reactions, an important class of reactions in organic chemistry. The Woodward-Hoffmann rules explain why certain compounds fai.....»»
Groups Launch "How To Stop Facebook" Effort
A coalition of nonprofits on Wednesday debuted HowToStopFacebook.org, a fresh push to encourage greater government regulation of the social networking giant aimed at forcing the company to change its business model. From a report: The campaign hopes.....»»
Scientists can switch on plants" response to light
Scientists have figured out how plants respond to light and can flip this genetic switch to encourage food growth. The discovery could help increase food supply for an expanding population with shrinking opportunities for farming......»»
Sustainable with Google 2021: Nest Renew, traffic light efficiency, and more
Google has made a series of updates to encourage sustainable choices across its products......»»
When the Western US burns, the East also gets sick
While most of the largest U.S. wildfires occur in the Western U.S., almost three-quarters of the smoke-related deaths and visits to the emergency room for asthma occur east of the Rocky Mountains......»»
Encourage wealthy and well-connected to use their influence to tackle climate change: study
A paper published today in the journal Nature Energy identifies five ways that people of high socioeconomic status have a disproportionate impact on global greenhouse gas emissions—and therefore an outsized responsibility to facilitate progress in.....»»
Saving the Great Plains with prescribed fire, mixed grazing
Rangelands in the Great Plains, and the ranchers who depend on them, are losing battles against an invasion of brush and shrubs on historical grasslands......»»
Hyena scavenging provides public health and economic benefits to African cities
Hyenas are frequently vilified and often feared. Hemingway once described the hyena as a stinking, foul devourer of the dead, with jaws that crack the bones the lion leaves......»»
CIA Director "Fuming" After Havana Syndrome Strikes Team Member In India
FallOutBoyTonto shares a report from Ars Technica: A US intelligence officer traveling in India earlier this month with CIA director William Burns reported experiencing a mysterious health incident and symptoms consistent with so-called Havana syndro.....»»
CIA director “fuming” after Havana syndrome strikes team member in India
Some officials fear the incidents are increasing and escalating, leaving officers on edge. Enlarge / William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), arrives for a closed hearing at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.....»»