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Lack of affordable rent plagues cities across the United States
New research by USC housing experts reveals lack of affordable rent is a bigger problem than…
Brain, shape and fossils
Emiliano Bruner, a paleoneurologist at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), has…
Forget smart cities (for a minute), we need to talk about smart farms
There's a lot of talk about digital technology and smart cities, but what about smart farms?…
Declining insects? Bring back set-aside
What if there were no more insects? Recent media headlines all over the world have raised…
Screening for rare but important disease ‘biomarkers’ gets an accuracy boost
Researchers have created a system that can detect and quantify small and rare biological molecules that…
How gangs use social media
The menacing photos that Tevin, a young man affiliated with a Chicago street gang, posted on…
Image: Smart particles
Down to the microscopic level, nanoparticles show promising properties. A team of experts in Italy has…
Scientists reveal the relationship between root microbiome and nitrogen use efficiency in rice
A collaborative team led by Prof. Bai Yang and Prof. Chu Chengcai from the Institute of…
From catfish to romance fraud, how to avoid getting caught in any online scam
Australian singer-songwriter Casey Donovan opened up again last night about the six years she thought she…