Regulations finalized by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2024 could cut emissions from fossil fuel power generators but leave additional cost-effective emissions reductions on the table, according to new Princeton research.
The analysis,…
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Why are night owls at greater risk of depression?
Mindfulness, total sleep quality, and alcohol consumption may help explain why people who stay up late have a greater risk of depression, according to a new study publishing March 19, 2025, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Simon Evans of…
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Mean-reverting self-excitation drives evolution: phylogenetic analysis of a literary genre, waka, with a neural language model
Akashi H, Osada N, Ohta T (2012) Weak Selection and Protein Evolution. Genetics 192:15–31
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Navigating health communication in China: a corpus-based critical discourse analysis of COVID-19 news from 2020 to 2023
Micro-level analysis: analysis based on the discursive strategies in the DHA to reveal the representations
Through close analysis of over 19,100 concordance lines and extended excerpts, the salient collocates were categorized into 19 discourse…
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Stancing solidarity: Twitter communication in Qatar during the blockade
Taking a more politicized stance vis-à-vis solidarity, we argue that solidarity constructed in Qatar in online communication during the blockade pertains to the level of political and ethical interests of people. It is also characterized by…
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Whose air quality are we monitoring?
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air quality monitors are disproportionally located in predominately white neighborhoods, according to University of Utah research. The EPA’s network consistently failed to capture air quality in…
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Feline therapy: Study suggests cats could fill an assistive niche
For years, therapy dogs have ruled the world of animal-assisted services (AAS), offering stress relief to college students, hospital patients, and those in need of emotional support. But new research suggests that some cats might also have what…
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Rapid response to address critical aging aircraft issue
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) collaborated with the U.S. Air Force to ensure fleet safety after a large crack was unexpectedly found near the cockpit of a T-38 Talon. A new study describes how SwRI’s risk and damage tolerance analyses…
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Kansas, Missouri farmers avoid discussing climate change regardless of opinions, study finds
We have all avoided having conversations if the topic is controversial or may lead to an argument. Farmers, who are on the front lines of climate change, avoid talking about it with their neighbors, community members, elected officials and even…
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Adopting zero-emission trucks and buses could save lives, prevent asthma
Guided by the lived experiences of community partners, Northwestern University scientists have simulated the effects of zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) adoption on future air quality for the greater Chicago area.
The results were published today…
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