By Aliasger K. Salem, Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iowa
If Spider-Man were real, he could help scientists revolutionize healthcare. Since he’s not, researchers develop creative ways to produce spider silk to study.
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By Kathi Inman Berens, Professor of Book Publishing and Digital Humanities, Portland State University
Rachel Noorda, Associate Professor of Publishing, Portland State University
Despite dire warnings of a ‘postliterate’ generation, data suggests Gen Z is still reading – just in ways many traditional studies fail to capture.
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By Stevens Rehen, Pesquisador, Instituto D’Or de Pesquisa e Ensino (IDOR); Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Carolina Moreira Voloch, Professora associada do Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Renato Santana Aguiar, Virologista e pesquisador Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino e, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)
As cases surged in 2024 in Brazil, reports also emerged of deaths and babies born with microcephaly and other congenital malformations linked to Oropouche virus infection.
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By Thomas Adam, Professor of Political Science, University of Arkansas
American churches could not rely on the state for financial support. Private philanthropy helped them survive – and shaped the country’s religious diversity today.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Albanese government will expand the scheme providing incentives to households and businesses to acquire renewable energy to enable larger businesses, farms and community facilities to install solar systems up to ten times bigger than presently allowed.
Energy minister Chris Bowen will announce the broadening of the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme on Wednesday, saying it will address the “missing middle” in Australia’s energy transition.
“The missing middle is mid-scale solar,” he says in his speech to the National Press Club, part of which has been released ahead…
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By Daniel Gagnon, Professeur agrégé, Université de Montréal
Thomas Deshayes, Professeur adjoint, Faculté des sciences de l'activité physique, Université de Sherbrooke
Heat waves pose a threat to older adults, but a recent study suggests that they retain an unexpected ability to adapt to high temperatures.
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By Rainer Prinz, Senior Scientist, Department of Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences, University of Innsbruck
This decrease of snowfall is driven by changing sea surface temperature patterns in the Indian Ocean, which is a signal of global warming.
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By Michael Wahman, Professor, Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin
Nicholas Kerr, Associate Professor, University of Florida
Malawi’s constitutional court annulled the 2019 presidential election. The 2020 re-run brought an extraordinary transfer of power from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party to the opposition Malawi Congress Party, raising hopes for economic and political renewal.
However, the new government…
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By Tanya Doherty, Professor and Chief specialist scientist, South African Medical Research Council
Christiane Horwood, Senior researcher, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Every woman has the right to be treated with dignity, compassion and respect when giving birth. Yet for many South African women childbirth in public health facilities can be marked by poor communication, neglect, lack of privacy and, in some cases, verbal or physical mistreatment from health workers.
In a few cases, exposure to severe, disrespectful and abusive behaviour can lead to long-term psychological distress, affecting…
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By Bismark Aha, Senior Lecturer in Real Estate, Nottingham Trent University
Abubakar Sadiq Abass, Researcher, City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University
Philip Kofi Alimo, Post Doctoral Researcher, Urban Planning, Economics and Transport Laboratory, ENTPE
Richmond Juvenile Ehwi, Senior lecturer, Oxford Brookes University
For years, Ghana’s housing debate has revolved around one headline figure: a national shortage commonly estimated at about 1.8 million homes. The number is useful. It signals that housing supply has failed to keep pace with population growth, urbanisation…
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