Saturday, 27 September 2025

The ethics of digital technology in the food sector – the future of data sharing

Added: 16.11.2021 6:28 | 274 views | 0 comments

Imagine a world in which smart packaging for supermarket ready meals updates you in real-time to tell you about carbon footprints, gives live warnings on product recalls, and instant safety alerts because allergens were detected unexpectedly in the factory. But how much extra energy would be used powering such a system? And what if an accidental alert meant you were told to throw away your food for no reason?

Tags: Technology , Superman

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Singing, being male, and being an adult tend to produce more respiratory aerosols, study finds

Added: 16.11.2021 6:28 | 267 views | 0 comments

A new study measured respiratory particles produced from people singing or playing instruments. Is singing worse than talking when it comes to how many particles are being emitted? Yes, according to the study. And the louder one talks or sings, the worse the emissions. A person's age and whether they are male or female also affects their respiratory emissions, with males and adults emitting more airborne particles, on average, than females and minors.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Researchers train computers to predict the next designer drugs

Added: 15.11.2021 17:35 | 302 views | 0 comments

Researchers have trained computers to predict the next designer drugs before they are even on the market, technology that could save lives. Identifying these so-called 'legal highs' within seized pills or powders can take months, during which time thousands of people may have already used a new designer drug. But new research is already helping law enforcement agencies around the world to cut identification time down from months to days, crucial in the race to identify and regulate new versions of dangerous psychoactive drugs.

Tags: Technology , Mars , LEGO , Law enforcement

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Larger conservation areas didn’t protect animals in central Africa

Added: 15.11.2021 17:31 | 275 views | 0 comments

Efforts to protect threatened and endangered species in central Africa might be more successful if they focused on a smaller geographic area, new research suggests.

Tags: Animals , Africa

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Students who repeat a grade experience more bullying, study finds

Added: 13.11.2021 0:51 | 266 views | 0 comments

Students who have repeated a grade have higher risks of being victims of bullying in countries around the world, according to a new study of nearly half a million students.

Tags: Students

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Unstable housing, homelessness associated with COVID-19 re-infection

Added: 13.11.2021 0:51 | 286 views | 0 comments

New study results demonstrate that unstable housing and homelessness is associated with a two-fold greater chance of being re-infected with SARS-CoV-2 compared to those who are securely housed. The research indicates that unstable housing was the only demographical factor associated with re-infection despite the presence of antibodies from the first infection.

Tags: Fire

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Mangrove restoration has ecological and economic benefits

Added: 13.11.2021 0:51 | 296 views | 0 comments

Funding to restore mangrove forests is money well spent, according to a new meta-analysis by ecological economists. For every dollar spent to restore mangroves, the ecosystem will yield $6.83 to $10.50 in returns over the next 20 years. The range reflects different economic projections of how much immediate costs are worth compared to future benefits and reflects the significant ecological benefits that degraded habitats receive from mangrove restoration.

Tags: Economy , Money

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Scientists issue new climate adaptation 'scorecard'

Added: 12.11.2021 8:47 | 271 views | 0 comments

A new study offers a 'scorecard' for climate adaptation projects -- a set of 16 criteria that can be used to evaluate climate adaptation projects and inform their design.

Tags: Scientists

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

New study pinpoints likely path of COVID-related plastic waste in the ocean

Added: 12.11.2021 8:47 | 271 views | 0 comments

Researchers use a new model to project where the surge of mismanaged medical waste will end up—including beaches, seabeds, and the Arctic Ocean.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Wind and solar could power the world’s major countries most of the time

Added: 12.11.2021 8:47 | 281 views | 0 comments

With the eyes of the world on the United Nations COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, strategies for decarbonizing energy infrastructure are a trending topic. Yet critics of renewables question the dependability of systems that rely on intermittent resources.

Tags: Scotland , Wine

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Does environmental stress drive migration?

Added: 12.11.2021 8:47 | 315 views | 0 comments

Climate-driven migration has been deemed a major threat in public discourse and academic research, but comprehensive studies that take into account both environmental and social factors globally have been scarce. Now, with the help of machine learning, a research team has drawn a clearer picture of the factors involved in migration for 178 countries.

Tags: Beer , Migration

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

New climate pledges, if fulfilled, now significantly more likely to prevent worst of global warming

Added: 12.11.2021 8:47 | 270 views | 0 comments

New climate pledges issued ahead of COP26 boost the chances of limiting global warming to 2 degrees, according to a new study.

Tags: Global Warming

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Green transition creates new risks and rewards

Added: 12.11.2021 8:47 | 287 views | 0 comments

Different countries face different risks and opportunities as the world switches from fossil fuels to renewable energy, researchers say.

Tags: Fuel

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Why sugary drink taxes aren’t effective -- and how to change that

Added: 12.11.2021 8:47 | 268 views | 0 comments

Several U.S. cities have instituted taxes on drinks with added sugar in order to reduce consumption, but new research suggests these policies currently have one fatal flaw. The study found that sugary drink taxes only reduce purchasing if price tags at stores mention that consumers are paying that tax when they buy the drink.

Tags: Taxes , Police

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

One and done: Researchers urge testing eyewitness memory only once

Added: 12.11.2021 8:47 | 285 views | 0 comments

Psychological scientists and criminologists say our system of jurisprudence needs a simple no-cost reform -- switch to testing eyewitnesses for their memory of suspects only once.

Tags: Scientists , Reforms

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Researchers find repeated link between volcanic eruptions and dynastic collapse in China's Imperial Era

Added: 12.11.2021 2:46 | 274 views | 0 comments

Volcanic eruptions may have triggered abrupt climate changes contributing to the repeated collapse of Chinese dynasties over the past 2,000 years, according to new research. The study also illustrates how volcanic eruptions can profoundly impact vulnerable or unstable regions and highlights the need to prepare for future eruptions.

Tags: Climate change

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Risk calculator to prevent delayed discharges in hospitals

Added: 11.11.2021 18:03 | 281 views | 0 comments

New research could significantly reduce overcrowding in emergency departments -- with great financial savings. Experts have developed a prediction model to identify patients most at risk of taking up hospital beds longer than needed.

Tags: Hospitals

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Study encourages cautious approach to CRISPR therapeutics

Added: 11.11.2021 13:03 | 285 views | 0 comments

A comprehensive study has shown that gene editing, specifically gene knockout (KO), with CRISPR-Cas9 can favor cells with mutated forms of genes linked to cancer. The findings highlight the need to monitor patients undergoing CRISPR-Cas9-based gene therapy for cancer-related mutations.

Tags: Genes , Gene therapy , Cancer

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Capturing the impact of human sewage on Earth's coastal ecosystems

Added: 10.11.2021 19:54 | 283 views | 0 comments

A new mapping analysis estimates the amounts of nitrogen and pathogens released into coastal ecosystems from human wastewater sources around the world.

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

Major cities could be close to self-sustaining through fully integrated solar

Added: 10.11.2021 15:46 | 280 views | 0 comments

Net zero carbon is within reach for a major Australian city through comprehensive adoption of photovoltaics in built environment, new modelling has shown.

Tags: Australia

Source: www.sciencedaily.com

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