New research by EMBL scientists shows how different modes of cell division used by animals and fungi might have evolved to support diverse life cycles.
New ideas, and superior financial performance, stem from cognitive rather
The diversity and ecological functionality of bird communities in tropical agroforestry systems are shaped by the surrounding landscape, in particular the extent and composition of the forest. An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has now investigated the composition and ecological traits of bird communities in 23 cocoa agroforestry systems in Peru.
A new independent study into discrimination against ethnically diverse students by DUO during fraud controls found that the education agency’s biases affected even more students than showed in the first investigation. A massive 86 percent of students who filed a complaint about these fraud checks had a nationality other than Dutch-only, the education agency said on Wednesday.
Researchers had the future in mind when they asked if current COVID-19 vaccines and boosters could also protect your body against future outbreaks. Here’s what you need to know.
Researchers had the future in mind when they asked if current COVID-19 vaccines and boosters could also protect your body against future outbreaks. Here’s what you need to know.
Researchers have identified three distinct spatial types for summer extreme precipitation on the Tibetan Plateau: Northwest, Southeast, and Southern Himalayas types based on predefined thresholds for extreme precipitation. The study is published in the journal Science China Earth Sciences.
The emergence over the past decade of new institutions and technologies that have made it easier for firms to obtain labor from self-employed contract workers instead of employees has spurred widespread speculation that the U.S. labor market is transitioning to a gig economy. But labor force surveys show no rise in the rate of self-employment since 2000, while the share of individuals reporting self-employment income on their tax returns increased dramatically from 2000 through 2018.
The loss of even one wild bee species can disrupt the reproductive success of certain plants resulting in fewer vegetables, fruits and flowers, say York University researchers who studied how pollinators and plants rely on each other, specifically in Indigenous gardens in the Great Lakes Region.
Post-doctoral researcher Joe Edwards and graduate student Sarah Love, both in the University of Tennessee at Knoxville's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, have published published findings this spring that can save fellow researchers a lot of time and energy when storing soil samples for later study of their microbial content.
Luke Littler has offered his opinion on Erik ten Hag's future at Manchester United. The darts star admitted he's expecting an 'interesting' summer for the club. Have Chelsea offered Manchester United a way out of the Erik ten Hag darkness through Mauricio Pochettino's exit? - Listen to the
Hastily established racial equality schemes are being shuttered. What survives is a movement that’s achieving real changeIf 2020 was the year that Black Lives Matter went mainstream, 2024 was the year it died. Quietly, without even the customary whimper, the trappings of diversity so frantically sought and flamboyantly brandished after those protests four years ago are being discarded.Like so many of the promises and pledges of the pandemic era, those of its accompanying racial equality movement...