Policy/Ethics

Research has studied the effects of climate risk on financial markets, but few studies have addressed the effect of environmental policy on those markets. A new study examined whether federal policy aimed at mitigating local air…

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA, PA (January 22, 2021) - Advancements in diabetes technology have improved quality of life and glycemic control in children with type 1 diabetes. However, data show that a subset of children is being…

Questions about why such affluent western societies are facing a reversal in life expectancy are sounding loud alarm bells for Professor Fran Baum, Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor and Director of the Southgate Institute for…

Modern decision theory can assist policymakers in critical times such as the COVID-19 crisis, argue Bocconi University's Massimo Marinacci and Valentina Bosetti in a paper coauthored by Nobel laureate Lars Peter HansenCredit: Paolo Tonato …

While U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have supported policies aimed at retaining top U.S.-trained scientists and engineers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, Michael Roach and John Skrentny argue…

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced an agreement for BTAA members to participate in PLOS' Community Action Publishing (CAP) program. The agreement ensures time to…

Credit: Micha Jackson Indigenous peoples' lands may harbour a significant proportion of threatened and endangered species globally, according to University of Queensland-led research. UQ's Dr Chris O'Bryan and his team…

Carbon pricing appears more efficient than regulations and bans according to a new study An extra 290,000 pounds a year for lighting and cleaning because smog darkens and pollutes everything: with this cost estimate for the industrial city…

Since 1997, when the US supreme court metaphorically called the Internet the free market of ideas, attempts at regulation have been blocked by the 1st amendment. But with power concentrated in a few platforms, that metaphor is now…

New research led by BirdLife International, the University of East Anglia (UEA) and British Antarctic Survey highlights how a proposed network of marine protected areas could help safeguard some of the most important areas at sea for…

Perceptions of safety procedure quality and utility are the best predictors of workers' likelihood to comply, Texas A&M researchers found Disasters in high-risk industries can have catastrophic environmental, financial and human safety…

The researchers found found no evidence the Payroll Protection Program affected the number of initial claims during the first six weeks of the pandemic. ATLANTA--Early in the U.S. COVID-19 pandemic, unemployment claims were largely driven…

Provincial and territorial governments should set clear rules for vaccinating health care workers against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in public and private settings, and should not leave this task to employers, according…

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and OTTAWA, ON -- The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced an agreement for CRKN members to participate in PLOS' Community Action Publishing (CAP) program, a…

In order to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, the world must reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Carbon pricing is viewed by many governments and experts as the most important climate policy instrument. However, a new study…

Government obesity policies in England have largely failed due to problems with implementation, lack of learning from past experience, and a reliance on trying to persuade individuals to change their behaviour rather than tackling unhealthy…

Some of the low-carbon policy options currently used by governments may be detrimental to the households and small businesses less able to manage added short-term costs from energy price hikes, according to a new study. However, it…

Some of the low-carbon policy options currently used by governments may be detrimental to the households and small businesses less able to manage added short-term costs from energy price hikes, according to a new study. However, it…

Post-docs, graduate, and medical students launch virtual activities to involve community and policymakers on issues of shared importance Research!America and the Rita Allen Foundation are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021…

UTSA is the only university in Texas to receive the award (SAN ANTONIO, January 15, 2021) - The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has been awarded a three-year, $5 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support the…