Sociology has long examined how religion impacts life satisfaction, but the link has been muddied by confounding factors. A new study from @UofMaryland & @FudanUniv potentially gives clearer evidence. https://t.co/7flLKBDPjv
What do cow dung, cool air, and dengue fever have in common? A team at @Concordia and @aufastupdates created a low-cost cooling system that runs off manure and can help prevent waterborne diseases. https://t.co/sebIfaOEEe
Sites like Wikipedia use bots to help moderate content. But despite their usefulness, bots may actually decrease motivation by disrupting collaboration among users, a team of @VCU researchers found. https://t.co/wWNbNZm1zP
Corn, ancient population estimates and ceramics all added up to a new way of seeing the shift to agriculture in Mesoamerica and the American Southwest. https://t.co/Ws4IYPAA7b
How has remote work affected small businesses? Ting Zhang, associate professor of economics in @UBaltBusiness, discusses the subject with @AcademicTimes. Read more: https://t.co/JKx4sLLSS7 #WFH#business#economics
Congress is reexaming school nutrition programs, and some are calling to loosen nutritional standards, but researchers from @VCUHealth say research shows that Congress shouldn't roll back standards. https://t.co/lZvyCqjK8G
These researchers don’t waste water: Using wastewater to track COVID-19 rates in a community, @GM_Jiang at @UOW@uowresearch may be able to predict a second wave after an outbreak. https://t.co/ndFACgVnbt
An intergenerational, interdisciplinary team of researchers at @Northeastern uncovered an interesting evacuation trend that emerged during Japan's 2018 Eastern Iburi earthquake. https://t.co/pmCSVFPcJ4
Coral microbes were better at degrading oil than a commonly used chemical, according to a new study from @vegathurberlab at @OregonState. https://t.co/XcMyIYhFYH
Effects of globalization appear to have a more negative impact on white laborers in diverse regions of the U.S., which researchers warn could lead an identity crisis that fuels authoritarian values. https://t.co/3poDJ4gYgP
Why does the universe have so much calcium? Some scientists say the first stars made much of it in "faint supernovas." Now, a new study out of @PHASTatUVIC and @NDPhysics casts doubt on that theory. https://t.co/3AVfZwdNns
Can tight living quarters lead to depression? "It's important to check whether this correlation observed in other regions of the world was also present [in Chile]," said @uchile's Ignacio Urria Yáñez. https://t.co/ixRk67USPE
.@UMich researchers used advanced genetic techniques to dive deep into kidney cancer cells and learn the subtle differences between types of tumors, which they said will aid treatment research. https://t.co/uAVFIULveq
“It hurts to have your loved one suffer": @UTAustin researcher Sae Hwang Han. But for partners of people who live with a disability, caregiving may help relieve that burden. From @socscimed. https://t.co/YgB2JNflSo
"“With this study, we're able to think about how not only are your experiences important, but your parents' experiences might also be important,” said @ANeurogirl of @SinaiBrain. https://t.co/xQQrdh9FyB
Eating less meat, fat, sugar and other inflammatory foods could help young women prevent breast cancer, says a new study from @ICOnoticies and @WHO. @EspinCarlota spoke to us about the findings: https://t.co/DEgALT3blD