A new study has found that, among women with a high desire to avoid becoming pregnant, those who drank heavily had a 50% higher risk of becoming pregnant than those who drank moderately or not at all. In contrast, participants who used cannabis…
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Arginine Maillard reaction products recovered damaged immune cells
Xu, M. et al. Evaluation of aleurone flour on dough, textural, and nutritional properties of instant fried noodles. LWT 126, 109294 (2020).
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Solar and battery can reduce energy costs and provide affordable outage backup for US households
Andresen, A. X., Kurtz, L. C., Hondula, D. M., Meerow, S. & Gall, M. Understanding the social impacts of power outages in North America: a systematic review. Environ. Res. Lett. 18, 053004 (2023).
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Solar and batteries are affordable options for US households
Solar and batteries are affordable options for US households
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The making of virtuous chemists
The authors would like to acknowledge the feedback and comments from the many participants in the Intellectual Humility in Science project, especially T. Stapleford, D. Lapsley, and S. Entrekin, funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Also, past…
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Substance use disorders: a call for a staging paradigm
A staging model for SUDs must consider multiple factors reflective of its complexity. It would incorporate biological measures, when such become available, as well as DSM classification that is familiar to clinicians. Incorporating SDOH would…
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US senators tell scientists they want to protect NIH budget
Attendees at a meeting of a US Senate appropriations committee on 31 July: from left, Patty Murray, a Democrat from Washington state; Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine; and Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky.Credit: Tom…
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India to penalize universities with too many retractions
Misconduct is the main reason journal articles from India are retracted.Credit: sritakoset/Shutterstock
India’s national university ranking will start penalizing institutions if a sizable number of papers published by their researchers are…
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How scientists can contribute to the social movements essential to protecting climate and nature
Some environmental social movement organisations carry out disruptive actions that carry a risk of arrest, which can achieve significant public attention via social media and press coverage (e.g., ref. 30). Scientists can shape, organise and…
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Protest in times of change. The PROTEiCA project survey
This section details the data production processes of the PROTEiCA survey, including sampling strategy, questionnaire administration, fieldwork implementation, and weighting procedures. These methodological considerations ensure the reliability…
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