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College Dorm Moving-In Made Easier

College dorm rooms become a home away from home for hundreds of thousands of college students every year. Even though these rooms are often small and lack storage space, college students often have to fit a lot of things into… Read the rest

History of Leading Private Jet Manufacturers

During the 1930s, the plans for creating jet-propelled airplanes came into light, with the first of the ever jet plane taking off in the year 1939 and 1941. This event also led to the debate on which aircraft was better,… Read the rest

Finding Inner Silence in Daily Life

Everything is instant. Instant text messaging while eating dinner, e-mails, instant updates on Twitter that chronicle the mundanities of life, keeping the world informed of one’s doings via blogs and web pages while multi-tasking in numerous ways. Smartphones cling to… Read the rest

Music as ADHD Therapy

It should be easy for anyone to search for music classes online and to book for their discounted trials before signing up, right? Wrong. When you have ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), or you take care of a child with… Read the rest

An Explanation of Deafness and Its Causes

The old riddle, “If a tree falls in the forest and there’s no one to hear it…” reminds us that sound is not “sound” at all. The sound is the brain’s interpretation of the vibrations set off by sound waves.… Read the rest

Makeup Trends You Don’t Want to Put on Improperly

South Korea is the land of innovation, and the makeup industry is one of its biggest exports. From BB creams, CC creams, hair extensions, charcoal masks, to cheek tints, South Korea is no stranger to new beauty products that get… Read the rest

Which Appliances Can I get Fixed by a Professional Service Technician?

Without the major appliances that make our lives easier, most of us would be encumbered with the arduous tasks of hand washing clothes and building an open fire on which to cook daily meals and how will you replace the… Read the rest

How Acupuncture Works for Your Body and Overall Health

Acupuncture is an ancient system hailing from the East that can help to heal a variety of ailments in your body, including addictions and fertility troubles. If you are interested in learning the ways that you can live life so… Read the rest

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Why do so many refugees move after arrival? Opportunity and community

(Stanford University - Immigration Policy Lab ) Many refugees in the United States move to a different state soon after arrival, according to a new dataset on nearly 450,000 people who were resettled between 2000 and 2014. And when they move, they are primarily looking for better job markets and helpful social networks of others […]

Skoltech supercomputer helps scientists reveal most influential parameters for crop

(Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech)) Skoltech researchers have used the supercomputer to perform a very precise sensitivity analysis to reveal crucial parameters for different crop yields in the chernozem region of Russia, famous for its high-quality, fertile soil. Agricultural lands occupy 13 percent of the territory of Russia, droughts, dryness, humus reserves exhaustion […]

Renewables in Europe: Land requirements can be reduced at low cost

(Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies e.V. (IASS)) Transitioning our energy supply from coal, oil and gas to wind and solar power is feasible. However, renewables require more land than conventional forms of energy generation. A new study explores the options to reduce the land requirements of a fully renewable energy supply in Europe and their […]

The costs and benefits of addressing customer complaints

(American Marketing Association) Developing a strategy to achieve an optimal recovery-loyalty yield is more advantageous than adopting the mantra that the customer is always right.

COVID-19 crisis exposes imbalance in EU state aid for aviation sector

(City University London) Dr Steven Truxal, an aviation law expert in The City Law School, says state aid offered to airlines in response to the current crisis raises questions around unfair competition between European carriers and may be the subject of future challenge by carriers outside the EU.

AAAS moves Science family publications to Atypon's online platform

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) AAAS will be moving its full suite of online journal content to Atypon's online publishing platform next summer, in a move that will lead to improvements in reader experience.

nTIDE July 2020 Jobs Report: July numbers raise red flag for Americans with disabilities

(Kessler Foundation) 'A decrease in the labor force participation rate for people with disabilities raises a red flag,' cautioned economist Andrew Houtenville, PhD, research director of the University of New Hampshire's Institute on Disability. 'It suggests that workers are losing their jobs permanently after being on furlough, and have stopped looking for work and thus, […]

SFU chemist's new process fast-tracks drug treatments for viral infections and cancer

(Simon Fraser University) Discovering antiviral and anticancer drugs will soon be faster and cheaper thanks to new research from Simon Fraser University chemist Robert Britton and his international team.

New studies highlight racial disparities among stroke patients with COVID-19

(Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery) Two new studies indicate that racial disparities related to outcomes exist among stroke patients, including one study that specifically examines stroke patients with COVID-19. The abstracts were presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 17th Annual Meeting.

Credible assumptions replace missing data in COVID analysis

(Cornell University) How contagious is COVID-19, and how severe is the virus for those who've caught it?

Racial disparities in high-cost cancer treatment for children

(JAMA Network) This observational study looked at whether race and socioeconomic factors were associated with children enrolled in national clinical trials receiving high-cost proton radiotherapy for treatment of cancer.

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