167 articles from WEDNESDAY 17.5.2023
How well do interventions that include a case manager help individuals experiencing homelessness?
A recent analysis of published studies examined a wide range of interventions that include a case manager to help individuals experiencing homelessness find stable housing. The analysis, which is published in Campbell Systematic Reviews, explored components most likely to lead to improvements in housing, health, and other outcomes.
Researchers reveal impact of ancient earthquake
By combining the scientific powerhouses of genetics and geology, University of Otago researchers have identified a new area of coastal uplift, which had been hiding in plain sight.
Air pollution particles trigger cellular defense mechanisms
The link between air pollution and lung disease has long been recognized. Now a new USC study reveals one biological process that may be behind that link—a discovery which could provide new insights on better ways to treat or prevent diseases related to pollution exposure.
Pet owners with hoarding tendencies may take toll on health of themselves, animals in care, study finds
Mississippi State Department of Psychology faculty members studying hoarding behavior are teaming with faculty in the university's College of Veterinary Medicine to look at implications of this disorder and its relation to pet ownership.
What's a park worth to the economy?
A new framework developed by University of Waterloo researchers demonstrates the significant economic health savings and benefits from urban park investments.
Titanic: First ever full-sized scans reveal wreck as never seen before
Full-sized digital scans reveal shipwreck in stunning detail, showing unopened champagne bottles.
Cycads: the primeval plants getting rarer – and harder to protect
Here before the dinosaurs, plants now face extinction due to illegal trade and vanishing tropical forestsCycads are the most threatened group of plants in the world. These ancient plants date back about 280m years, before the age of the dinosaurs, and they look primeval, with a rugged chunky trunk rising into a crown of stiff feathery leaves.They are disappearing as their tropical forest habitats...
Fauna return rapidly in planted eelgrass meadows, study shows
A study of eelgrass meadows planted by researchers from the University of Gothenburg shows that fauna return rapidly once the eelgrass has started to grow. Already after the second summer, the biodiversity in the planted meadow was almost the same as in old established eelgrass meadows.
'Moe' than just advertisement: Reflections on the use of anime characters for tourism promotion
In Japan, advertisements featuring anime characters are often used to sell goods and services. Marketing strategies that use anime characters exploit people's feelings toward them. The Japanese slang "moe," derived from the Japanese intransitive verb "moeru," meaning to sprout, has come to represent people's affection for anime characters, sometimes also called "moe characters."
Will the crisp bags of today still be washing ashore in 60 years' time?
After old crisp packets wash up on a beach, the BBC asks what is being done to improve packaging?
Online search data shows Russian morale remained low and 'tacit dissent' spiked after invasion of Ukraine
A new study analyzing online search terms used every day by millions of Russians suggests that—contrary to official data from Russian polling agencies—the invasion of Ukraine did not lead to a national "war rally" in happiness and life satisfaction among the Russian population.
Report: Pre-primary education 'chronically' underfunded as richest nations drift further away from 10% aid goal
International aid for pre-primary education has fallen further behind an agreed 10% spending target since the COVID-19 outbreak, according to new research.
Study finds carrying pollen heats up bumble bees, raises new climate change questions
A new study from North Carolina State University finds carrying pollen is a workout that significantly increases the body temperature of bumble bees. This new understanding of active bumble bee body temperatures raises questions about how these species will be impacted by a warmer world due to climate change.
Study finds weight gain early in life increases risk of prostate cancer death by 27%
Decades-long study involving over 250,000 Swedish men establishes strong link to risk of fatal prostate cancerMen who put on 2st (12.7kg) before turning 30 are 27% more likely to die from prostate cancer in old age than those who maintain their teenage weight, early research suggests.A decades-long study into more than 250,000 Swedish men indicated there was a strong link between men gaining...