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Submitted by Darth_Kahuna t3_119g1t5
Companies with climate change initiatives may be the biggest greenhouse gas emitters. Researchers say this supports the theory of companies 'greenwashing' with symbolic gestures rather than making material change that can help fight climate change. N = 600 companies from 35 countries.
scimex.orgSubmitted by MistWeaver80 t3_118sxlh
Submitted by Ok_Plum7895 t3_113sm1k
A new biomaterial that can be injected intravenously, reduces inflammation in tissue and promotes cell and tissue repair. The biomaterial was tested and proven effective in treating tissue damage caused by heart attacks in both rodent and large animal models
today.ucsd.eduSubmitted by giuliomagnifico t3_10rxlco
Submitted by burtzev t3_zpcnry
According to a new first-of-its-kind study, dying stars that have exhausted their supply of hydrogen and are in the final stages of stellar evolution, often experience large-scale structural variations, or "glitches." Additionally, researchers say these glitches are more common than thought.
news.osu.eduSubmitted by Impossible_Cookie596 t3_znj0bo
New Study Reveals Billions of Dollars in Political Spending by US Trade Associations, Most of It on PR - Out of $3.4 billion spent by trade associations over 10 years, nearly $2.2 billion went towards advertising and promotion, with the oil and gas industry the biggest spender.
desmog.comSubmitted by avogadros_number t3_zm476u
In the first two years of the pandemic, 40,830 children and teenagers lost their mothers to COVID-19 in Brazil. The delay in adopting the necessary public health measures in Brazil aggravated the spread of the disease, resulting in losses of human life that could have been avoided
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Submitted by Memetic1 t3_zvxmen
Researchers have, for the first time, used CT scan to peer inside swarms of honeybees and found that the bees don’t clump together in a random group. Instead, they seem to form dome-shaped structures following surprisingly sophisticated mathematical rules, or what researchers call a “scaling law”
colorado.eduSubmitted by giuliomagnifico t3_yfweab
Massive wildfires that raged across southeast Australia in 2019–20 unleashed chemicals that chewed through the ozone layer, expanding and prolonging the ozone hole. A study describes how smoke combined with chlorine-containing molecules in the stratosphere to cause the destruction.
nature.comSubmitted by MistWeaver80 t3_11oagwl
Pregnant women and new mothers with schizophrenia are three times more likely to visit the emergency room as a result of being victims of interpersonal violence, a new study finds. About 1 in 5 (20.7%) women with schizophrenia experience physical or sexual violence during their lifetime.
cmaj.caSubmitted by MistWeaver80 t3_11lbaru