by Myriam Durocher, Annika Walsh, Irena Knezevic and Madison Hynes, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As more households in Canada experience food insecurity, food banks and other organizations are struggling to meet demand for their services. In 2023 alone, around 23% of Canadian households experienced some form of food insecurity. That translates to 8.7 … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The Trump/Vance ticket seems to have a problem attracting the support of women voters. In fact, recent polling shows women in the battleground states report 17 points less support for the Trump/Vance ticket than men. When the data are split generationally, this gender divide becomes even more stark. Among those aged … Read more
Caenorhabditis elegans. Credit: Wikipedia Common drugs such as antidepressants enter the environment via sewage. In her PhD research, Toxicologist Merel van der Most has shown that this affects the behavior of nematodes. These drugs may also be harmful to many other aquatic creatures. Van der Most will receive her PhD at Wageningen University & Research … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain University of Adelaide researchers and collaborators from Lund University in Sweden have made a breakthrough in understanding how dragonflies’ brains work. The team, including Ph.D. candidate Mahdi Hussaini and Associate Professor Steven Wiederman from the University of Adelaide’s School of Biomedicine, analyzed the impact of temperature on the dragonfly’s ability to … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Rain and water in ponds and lakes slowly seeps into the soil, moving through minute cracks to refill underground aquifers. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often described as forever chemicals, can tag along into groundwater that’s later removed for drinking. Researchers analyzed water from over 100 wells in Denmark for one … Read more
Fabrication and characteristics of the plant e-skin. Credit: Science Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk7488 Precision farming is an emerging field that uses analysis tools such as sensors to collect data on crop plant conditions, such as temperature, humidity, moisture, and nutrient levels. The data collected from these sensors can help to optimize crop yield and allow … Read more
In this illustration, neutrons produced at the SNS (purple dots) scatter off molten UCl3, depicted in green, revealing its atomic structure. Yellow and white globs (simulated data) represent the oscillating UCI3 bonds. Credit: Alex Ivanov/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy In a paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, researchers have documented for … Read more
Glass-forming liquid electrolytes. Credit: Niigata University As the world shifts towards a more sustainable future, the development of advanced electrochemical devices, such as rechargeable batteries with higher energy densities and efficient electrodeposition capabilities, has become increasingly crucial. In recent years, ultra-concentrated electrolyte solutions, where metal salts are dissolved at concentrations two to three times higher … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study at the Department of Education, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, has investigated the contribution of young children beginning in early childhood education and care (ECEC) during their first days in the new environment. The findings showed that young, one-year-old children have resources to draw upon in this new setting. The … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It’s no secret that the composition of the American economy is changing. As the manufacturing sector continues to decline, the balance is slowly tipping even further away from goods and towards services. In line with this larger trend, many firms have been leaning toward newer business models that give customers choices … Read more
