Social Sciences
Jun 22, 2023
When child care and domestic gig workers have problems, where do they turn?
More than 15% of Americans have earned money from an online gig platform.
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Analytical Chemistry
Jun 21, 2023
New sensor chip advances rapid, cost-effective disease diagnostics
Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientists and collaborators at Iowa State University have developed a sensor chip that can detect many disease pathogens with 10 times the sensitivity of currently available methods.
Analytical Chemistry
May 31, 2023
'Lab-on-a-chip' can tell the difference between COVID and the flu
Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, accurate testing remains a challenge, even more so as the virus has mutated over time, becoming more contagious with symptoms that are hard to tell apart from other illnesses. A new ...
Social Sciences
May 30, 2023
Study argues 'girly economics' data necessary for full picture of economy, equitable policy
Any parent can tell you that work doesn't stop when you leave the office and go home. Yet national and international economic statistics only consider the work that happens "at the market," or outside the home—not caring ...
Earth Sciences
May 26, 2023
Study reveals changes of lake area in permafrost regions of arctic and Tibetan Plateau from 1987 to 2017
As an important indicator of climate change in cold regions, changes in lake area are important for understanding hydrological and ecological processes in cold regions.
Analytical Chemistry
May 19, 2023
Room-temperature, solid-state synthesis of high-quality CCI thin films
Advanced electronic devices require high-quality materials such as metal halide phosphors that can effectively convert light into measurable signals. Toxic element-free copper-based iodides such as cesium copper iodide (Cs3Cu2I5: ...
Education
May 15, 2023
Study: Postsecondary university education improves IQ of adult students with intellectual disability
Post-secondary education (PSE) has a potential for improving the IQ of adults with mild intellectual disability (ID), according to a new Bar-Ilan University study.
Analytical Chemistry
May 8, 2023
IPODs: Making portable droplet microfluidic testing possible
Droplet microfluidics allows for quicker point-of-care testing (POCT), but it is not always as accurate and currently requires an amount of external effort for proper handling.
Social Sciences
Apr 27, 2023
Female victims of gender violence: How do experiences of the justice system affect their self-esteem?
In Spain, 11% of women over the age of 16 have experienced physical violence by their partner or ex-partner at some point in their lives. Sexual violence has been suffered by 8.9%, and 31.9% have reported being subjected ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 27, 2023
Android-based application for photoacoustic tomography image reconstruction
Photoacoustic tomography (PAT) is a hybrid imaging technique that combines optical illumination with ultrasound detection for high-resolution imaging of deep tissues. Utilizing the photoacoustic (PA) effect, PAT provides ...
