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  • A global land-use data cube 1992–2020 based on the Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production

    A global land-use data cube 1992–2020 based on the Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production

    The LUIcube presents information on area and biomass flows for 32 land-use classes globally at 30 arcsecond resolution and in annual time steps from 1992 to 2020. It was constructed based on the datasets listed in Table 2 and advancements of…

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  • 75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

    75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving

    Cuts to research funding in the US have forced many scientists to rethink their careers.Credit: Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty

    The massive changes in US research brought about by the new administration of President Donald Trump are causing…

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  • Healthy sleep patterns and risk of hospitalization for infection: a large community-based cohort study

    Healthy sleep patterns and risk of hospitalization for infection: a large community-based cohort study

  • Drozd M, Pujades-Rodriguez M, Lillie PJ, Straw S, Morgan AW, Kearney MT, et al. Non-communicable disease, sociodemographic factors, and risk of death from infection: a UK biobank observational cohort study. Lancet Infect Dis. 2021;21:1184–91.

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  • Alkyne-tag Raman imaging and sensing of bioactive compounds

    Alkyne-tag Raman imaging and sensing of bioactive compounds

    Alkyne-tag Raman imaging and sensing of bioactive compounds

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  • Exploring the nexus between economic growth and tourism demand: the role of sustainable development goals

    Exploring the nexus between economic growth and tourism demand: the role of sustainable development goals

    Descriptive statistics

    The descriptive statistics for the six variables—TOUR, SDG, EG, REC, FIN, and EE—show varying degrees of central tendency and distribution characteristics in Table 2. TOUR has a mean of 9.268 and moderate variability…

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  • Empowering the underprivileged in China: how does information accessibility affect their entrepreneurship?

    Empowering the underprivileged in China: how does information accessibility affect their entrepreneurship?

    Despite the additional challenges, underprivileged entrepreneurs who grow up in adversity possess a characteristic underprivileged entrepreneurial spirit and show higher resource-induced heuristic responses. Effective access to business…

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  • Large Lakes Supplied Essential Element during Origins of Life, Study Suggests

    Large Lakes Supplied Essential Element during Origins of Life, Study Suggests

    The origin of life on Earth required a supply of phosphorus for the synthesis of universal biomolecules. Closed lakes may have accumulated high concentrations of this element on early Earth. However, it is not clear whether prebiotic…

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  • A safe nuclear battery that could last a lifetime

    A safe nuclear battery that could last a lifetime

    Sometimes cell phones die sooner than expected or electric vehicles don’t have enough charge to reach their destination. The rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries in these and other devices typically last hours or days between charging….

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  • Making sturdy, semi-transparent wood with cheap, natural materials

    Making sturdy, semi-transparent wood with cheap, natural materials

    Can you imagine a smartphone with a wooden touchscreen? Or a house with wooden windows? Probably not — unless you’ve heard of transparent wood. Made by modifying wood’s natural structure, this material has been proposed as a sturdy, eco-friendly…

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