Tag: Policy/Ethics

November 22, 2018

Credit: © Lesiv et al 2018 A new global field size data set collected as part of a crowdsourcing citizen ...

The shifting role of cities in addressing global climate change

Credit: Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law In recent years, cities have asserted themselves as relevant actors in ...

Do local employment conditions affect women's pregnancy intentions?

Economic conditions can shape the decisions that adults make about their families, such as whether and when to have children. ...

Calls for businesses to better use employee benefits to support low earners

New research by the Work Foundation finds that while businesses increasingly recognise employee benefits as vital in the global race ...

Transparency and reproducibility of biomedical research is improving

Credit: Joshua D. Wallach Over the past few years, there have been numerous efforts to promote open science practices across ...

Strong but uneven spending in medical and health R&D across sectors over five-year period

Total U.S. investment in medical and health research and development (R&D) in the U.S. grew by 27% over the five-year ...

First-of-its-kind study finds loss of local media worsens political polarization

Credit: LSU BATON ROUGE - It's no secret that political polarization is creating an ever-widening and divisive gap in American ...

Shelter dogs need weekends too — researchers awarded $1.7 million grant

Credit: Virginia Tech When separated, they've been known to travel thousands of miles to reunite with their human families. Their ...

Study: Twitter bots had 'disproportionate' role spreading misinformation in 2016 election

Credit: Filippo Menczer, Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- An analysis of information shared on Twitter during the 2016 U.S. presidential ...

Effects of early education intervention on behavior persist for 4 decades

Credit: Virginia Tech Adults who had received early life, intensive childhood educational intervention display high levels of fairness in social ...

Abramson Cancer Center joins National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The Abramson Cancer Center (ACC) at the University of Pennsylvania announced today that it is ...

Explaining the plummeting cost of solar power

The dramatic drop in the cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, which has fallen by 99 percent over the last ...

Researchers offer perspective on legal, ethical implications of lost eggs and embryos

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- On March 3, 2018, a liquid nitrogen storage tank at the University Hospitals Fertility Center in Cleveland ...

Bullying and violence at work increases the risk of cardiovascular disease