Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Platforms that offer rides to passengers, such as Uber and DiDi, thrive on socio-economic inequality. By modeling the behavior of passengers and self-employed drivers, researchers of TU Delft simulated the market for ridesourcing platforms, evaluating a broad spectrum of (in)equality levels in societies. It explains why in some cities ridesourcing services …
Credit: G. Thompson A prevailing opinion in land management is that non-native invasive plants are of no ecological value and they significantly diminish habitat quality for wildlife. Conservation practitioners allocate significant resources to invasive plant removal, often relying on surrounding native plants to passively fill the void. However, evidence that this practice improves food abundance …
A grassland north of China’s capital Beijing, where grazing cattle roam amidst the changing environmental conditions. Credit: Li Mingxing Climate change is significantly altering bioclimatic environments in China’s dry–wet transition zones, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Hydrology. The research conducted by scientists from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the …
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The MTB Installed at the Demonstration Site. Credit: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH A technology has been developed to quickly convert livestock manure, a significant issue in animal farming, into valuable “black gold” rich in carbon within a day. Dr. Yoo Ji-ho and his research team from the Clean Air Research Laboratory of the Korea …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Pronouns like “he” and “she” are at the center of much debate as society tries to shift to using more gender-inclusive pronouns like “they”—especially when referring to those with identities that do not fit with traditional pronouns. Research at the University of New Hampshire looked at the use of pronouns in …
UC Professor David Lentz holds up a sculpture that bears reproductions of ancient Maya glyphs. Credit: Andrew Higley/UC Marketing + Brand For sports fans, places like Fenway Park, Wembley Stadium or Wimbledon’s Centre Court are practically hallowed ground. Archaeologists at the University of Cincinnati found evidence of similar reverence at ballcourts built by the ancient …
Part of an interdisciplinary University of Chicago team behind a new method of using static data from single-cell RNA sequencing to study how cells and genes change over time. From left, Biophysics graduate student Hanna Hieromnimon, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering graduate student Joey Federico, Computer Science graduate student Ryan Robinett, PME Asst. Prof. Samantha …
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Once known only to those studying biology, the word symbiosis is now widely used. Symbiosis is the intimate relationship of different species living together. It’s much more common and older than many of us might realize. One of the most common symbiotic relationships is between various species of algae and fungi, …
Example migrant destination distributions for two municipios. These maps show the distributions of US destinations for migrants from two different municipios located in the state of Guanajuato: Dolores Hidalgo and Jaral del Progreso. Dolores Hidalgo tends to send migrants to US destinations that experienced relatively mild labor demand declines, while Jaral del Progreso tends to …