Study: Building trades’ risky drinking problems
As a steep economic downturn looms, drug and alcohol experts are calling for more reduction measures to combat risky drinking behaviour in the construction...
Plasma electrons can be used to produce metallic films, Researchers Say
The processors used in today's computers and phones consist of billions of tiny transistors connected by thin metallic films. Scientists at Linköping University, LiU,...
Study: The role of European policy for improving power plant fuel efficiency
A new study published in the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists investigates the impact of the European Union Emissions Trading...
Study: Increase in winter warm spells in UK temperature records
In a new analysis of historical daily temperature data published in the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, scientists from the Department of Physics...
Scientists develop chemistry needed to create marijuana breathalyzer
UCLA chemists have reported the key chemical discovery necessary for the creation of a small, electronic marijuana breathalyzer. The research is published in Organic...
Research finds stronger links between automation and inequality
Modern technology affects different workers in different ways. In some white-collar jobs — designer, engineer — people become more productive with sophisticated software at...
Study: Microorganisms in parched regions extract needed water from colonized rocks
In Northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, microorganisms are able to eke out an existence by extracting water from...
Study: Telehealth solutions in home dementia care
Telehealth delivery of dementia care in the home can be as effective as face-to-face home visit services if carers and recipients take advantage of...
Plastic Pollution reaching Antarctica, According to Study
New findings include analyses of some of the longest continuous datasets in the world on plastics ingested by seabirds and washed up on beaches,...
Researchers invent nanoparticle that could improve treatment for bone defects
A team of biomaterials scientists and dentists at the UCLA School of Dentistry has developed a nanoparticle that, based on initial experiments in animals,...