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Visiting white parts of town makes some Black kids feel less safe, according to study

Some Black youth feel less safe when they visit predominantly white areas of their city, a new study in Columbus has found......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgApr 10th, 2024

Abrupt permafrost thaw found to intensify warming effects on soil CO₂ emission

According to a recent study published in Nature Geoscience, scientists have found that soil carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are more sensitive to climate warming in permafrost-collapsed areas than in non-collapsed areas......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated News3 hr. 19 min. ago

Genetic adaptations have impacted the blood compositions of two populations from Papua New Guinea, finds study

Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a wide range of environments, each presenting unique challenges to human survival. Highlanders and lowlanders of PNG are striking examples of populations facing distinct environmental stress. Whereas the highlanders encount.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated News3 hr. 19 min. ago

Unveiling nature"s custodians: Study highlights crucial role of scavengers in wetlands

A study by researchers from the Ecology area of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) and the Ecology department of the University of Alicante (UA) reveals the fundamental importance of scavengers and carrion in wetlands......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated News4 hr. 47 min. ago

Behavioral therapy against aging: Researchers study the effect of therapies on older dogs

It is well known that getting plenty of exercise and mental training are important for a long and healthy life. But which is more effective? Do the tasks develop abilities that go beyond them?.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated News4 hr. 47 min. ago

Study finds CsPbBr₃ out-of-phase perovskite helps highly sensitive X-ray detection

A recent study conducted by the research team at Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has introduced a new method for enhancing X-ray detection by incorporating out-of-phase CsPb2Br5 perovskite into CsPbBr3 bulk ma.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated News15 hr. 19 min. ago

Study finds AI tool opens data visualization to more students

A new study from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University published in the Journal of Business and Technical Communication shows that ChatGPT can help students create effective visualizations, but is not as helpful in providing dat.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated News15 hr. 19 min. ago

Most kids are only coached by men in junior sport—women also need to be part of the picture, say researchers

Ask your son or daughter, niece, or nephew to draw you a picture of a sport coach. They will most probably draw a man. Why?.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News16 hr. 19 min. ago

Neutron stars could be capturing primordial black holes

The Milky Way has a missing pulsar problem in its core. Astronomers have tried to explain this for years. One of the more interesting ideas comes from a team of astronomers in Europe and invokes dark matter, neutron stars, and primordial black holes.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News16 hr. 19 min. ago

Say goodbye to garlic breath with odor-free black garlic

Garlic breath could be a thing of the past, thanks to a University of Queensland collaboration helping promote odorless black garlic in mainstream Australia......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News16 hr. 19 min. ago

Tibetan plateau had broader social dimensions than previously thought, suggests study

The Tibetan plateau—the world's highest and largest plateau—poses a challenge to the people who live there because of its extreme climate. In a new study, researchers have discovered stone artifacts that suggest that there were more cultural exch.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News16 hr. 19 min. ago

People put greater trust in news that leads them to be more politically extreme, says study

People not only think political news is likelier to be true if it reinforces their ideological biases, but will tend to trust news more if it leads them to adopt more extreme (and even incorrect) beliefs, finds a new study by a UCL researcher......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News16 hr. 19 min. ago

NASA scientists gear up for solar storms at Mars

In the months ahead, two of NASA's Mars spacecraft will have an unprecedented opportunity to study how solar flares—giant explosions on the sun's surface—could affect robots and future astronauts on the Red Planet......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News16 hr. 19 min. ago

Long snouts protect foxes when they dive headfirst into snow, study finds

When hunting for mice in winter, red and Arctic fox are known to plunge headfirst at speeds of 2–4 meters per second, but their sharp noses reduce the impact force in snow and protect them from injury, according to a new Cornell University study......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News16 hr. 19 min. ago

UV light treats beet disease and combats fungicide resistance

Germicidal ultraviolet light is effective at killing a damaging fungus that infects table beets, adding an important organic tool to fight the growing problem of fungicide resistance, according to a new Cornell study......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News16 hr. 19 min. ago

"Sour Patch" adults: 1 in 8 grown-ups love extreme tartness, study shows

For most people, biting into a lemon would leave them puckered up and desperate to lose that sour flavor, but a new study by Penn State researchers revealed that roughly one in eight adults like intensely sour sensations. The cross-cultural study, re.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News16 hr. 19 min. ago

Study says California"s 2023 snowy rescue from megadrought was a freak event. Don"t get used to it

Last year's snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, a new study found......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News16 hr. 19 min. ago

Study reveals voter moral justifications for politicians" misstatements

In a new study, researchers have used online surveys conducted primarily when Donald Trump was president to show that both Republican and Democratic voters provided explicit moral justification for politicians' statements that were factually inaccura.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News16 hr. 19 min. ago

Pump-probe high-harmonic spectroscopy could catch geometric phase effect around conical intersection in molecule: Study

A collaborative research team from Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST) and East China Normal University (ECNU) has theoretically proposed that a pump-probe high-harmonic spectroscopy (HHS) driven by VUV-IR pulses can catch the geomet.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated News16 hr. 19 min. ago

Apple Watch Series 9 is even cheaper than it was on Black Friday

The Apple Watch Series 9 is one of the best smartwatches around and it's on sale now at Best Buy for a fantastic price......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated News16 hr. 19 min. ago

Apple"s iPhone factory shift has left a ghost town behind in China

Foxconn is closing factories in China as iPhone production moves elsewhere, and impacts beyond industry have been made crystal clear in a new video.A Foxconn facility signApple has long operated its production in China, but in recent years it has bee.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated News19 hr. 47 min. ago