Cultivating Prosperity in South Dallas Through Innovative Urban Farming
Southern Methodist UniversityWhen you hear about urban farming, SMU faculty members Doric Earle and Owen Lynch want your next thought to be about entrepreneurship.
When you hear about urban farming, SMU faculty members Doric Earle and Owen Lynch want your next thought to be about entrepreneurship.
In an effort to reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction, retailers have implemented self-checkouts in stores across the country.
Find the latest research and features on fertility in the Fertility News Source on Newswise.
Women from low socio-economic backgrounds consider themselves to be less talented than all other groups – even if they show the same performance levels. This is shown by a new study led by Christina Bauer at the University of Vienna.
As more states require employers to list compensation on job ads, a trending strategy to use very wide pay ranges could potentially harm recruitment, according to a Washington State University study.
Women from low socio-economic backgrounds consider themselves to be less talented than all other groups – even if they show the same performance levels.
In a report just published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers argue that tackling inequality is vital in moving the world towards Net-Zero – because inequality constrains who can feasibly adopt low-carbon behaviours.
Norway’s exports products derived from from tangle kelp (Laminoria hyperborea) and knotted kelp (Ascophyllum nodosu) to the tune of more than NOK 1 billion a year. The industry mainly extracts alginate from kelp, which is used in over 600 different products as diverse as paint, soft serve ice cream, sauces, bandages, nappies, acid reflux medicine and material for encapsulating cells and medicine.
After a long day, there’s the age-old question of do we eat out or stay in? Over the last decade, that answer has increasingly shifted to eating out.
The American Association of Neuromuscular & Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM), is excited to share that the Abstract Submission Application opens January 1, 2024, for the upcoming AANEM Annual Meeting.
Although the economy has improved since the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation has been a challenge for many Americans throughout 2023 and the economy remains a top issue ahead of the 2024 election.
A lot has changed in the world since the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was enacted 50 years ago in December 1973. Two researchers at The Ohio State University were among a group of experts invited by the journal Science to discuss how the ESA has evolved and what its future might hold.
With the rise in machine learning applications and artificial intelligence, it's no wonder that more and more scientists and researchers are turning to supercomputers. Supercomputers are commonly used for making predictions with advanced modeling and simulations. This can be applied to climate research, weather forecasting, genomic sequencing, space exploration, aviation engineering and more.
Using consumption poverty instead of income poverty as their measurement tool, researchers from the University of Notre Dame, the University of Chicago and Baylor University found that poverty rates declined steadily between 2020 and 2022, a period when income-based poverty fluctuated noticeably.
American University won a cooperative research agreement from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Accelerating Research Translation program that will help AU foster greater use of evidence in the public and private sectors.
The relative underperformance of disadvantaged students at school has little do with them lacking the ‘character’, attitude, or mindset of their wealthier peers, despite widespread claims to the contrary, new research indicates.
A new study provides the latest data on the low rates for screening and documenting Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) in healthcare settings.
The Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews on holiday related topics.
Nabsolute Co., Ltd., a startup from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Chulalongkorn University, developer of Hy-N, an innovative biopolymer delivery system that improves the efficiency of cosmeceuticals, medicines, and vaccines, received the 2023 National Innovation Award in the economic category as a small and micro-enterprise from the National Innovation Agency (NIA).
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research announced today the appointment of Nancy J. Devlin, PhD, University of Melbourne, Australia as an editor-in-chief for Value in Health.
CHICAGO — In the toy aisle of a nearby store, hundreds of dolls, LEGO sets and stuffed animals await becoming a child’s favorite gift of the year. During this holiday season, consider how gifting a new plastic toy may impact the environment. Christie Klimas, associate professor of environmental science at DePaul University, researches the environmental impact of children’s toys.
Far more people are overweight than obese, which means their overall use of the health care system may be far larger than for those who are heavier.
Ten years of data indicate that a hurricane disaster leads to rent increases, higher eviction rates, and less affordable housing for renters
Studies on sustainability inevitably touch on food-related topics like food security, culinary heritage, and the sustenance of vulnerable people. Social sustainability is one of the three pillars of sustainability, alongside environmental and economic sustainability, and has become a pivotal topic in various research fields.
Research shows that counties with higher black and lower-income populations receive less support in wildfire disasters.
Legislation aimed at preventing large companies from avoiding U.S. taxes by shuttling money to foreign subsidiaries hasn’t worked as well as anticipated. A new study reveals how companies are responding to the provisions – and the potential costs associated with their tax avoidance strategy.
The Periodic Assessment of Trajectories of Housing, Health and Homelessness Study (PATHS) — a joint research initiative between the USC Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, focusing on the lives and experiences of people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in LA County — features a representative sample of PEH who were unsheltered, with ongoing monthly survey tracking on housing, health, and well-being even if respondents move into housing or shelter.
The new study is among the first to quantify unmet demand for the vaccine — people who would be willing to be vaccinated if they had access.
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research announced that Mitch Higashi, PhD has joined the Society’s leadership team as Associate Chief Science Officer.
In her recently published research, Yesim Orhun, associate professor of marketing and Michael R. and Mary Kay Hallman Fellow, explores unique insights into what information individuals seek when making important decisions and how policymakers, medical professionals, and business leaders should communicate anxiety-provoking news.
In the post-COVID-19 era, the digital travel industry is increasingly turning to probabilistic selling strategies. A study, employing a Salop circular city model with one digital platform and two sellers, examines the impact of these strategies on market sales and profits.
High performance computing (HPC) stands at the forefront of scientific discovery and commercial innovation, yielding significant economic benefits.
It's the moooost wonderful time...of the year! Are you looking for new story ideas that are focused on the winter holiday season? Perhaps you're working on a story on on managing stress and anxiety? Perhaps you're working on a story on seasonal affective disorder? Or perhaps your editor asked you to write a story on tracking Santa? Look no further. Check out the Winter Holidays channel.
When farmers harvest their grain, they can choose to sell it right away or store it to obtain better prices later in the season. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign explores how Illinois corn and soybean producers make those decisions and why the cost-benefit evaluation of storage may differ across farms.
Simone Peinkofer, associate professor of supply chain management at Michigan State University, takes a look inside the black box of product returns.
The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Caterpillar Inc. have entered into a cooperative research and development agreement, or CRADA, to investigate using methanol as an alternative fuel source for four-stroke internal combustion marine engines. The collaboration supports efforts to decarbonize the marine industry, a hard-to-electrify transportation sector.
Peter Kobos, an economist and manager at Sandia National Laboratories, has been selected as a senior fellow of the United States Association for Energy Economics.
New research, led by the University of Portsmouth in England, estimates 55 million marine organisms worth $2.15bn are sold in the marine aquarium trade each year.
From electricity usage to piles of presents and an overload of food, this time of year can take a toll on the environment. Virginia Tech sustainability expert Jennifer Russell says even though it isn’t always what we want to hear during the holidays, it is really the “abundance” that is a challenge for sustainability. “Cutting back on the abundance is one of the most critical things we can do to make the holiday season more sustainable,” says Russell, who shared these five tips.
Value in Health announced the publication of 2 new commentaries by leading HEOR experts, both of which raise important questions as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services move forward to implement the Inflation Reduction Act’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program.
A new study from the University of East Anglia reveals why some ‘eco goods’ may fare better than others as a UK recession looms.
Aboriginal community housing in Australia’s remote APY Lands will be retrofitted in an innovative pilot project to improve energy efficiency, living conditions and health in the harsh and variable desert climate.
The Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews on holiday related topics. To schedule an interview, please contact [email protected]. Eco-friendly ways to celebrate the holiday From electricity usage to piles of presents, and an overload of food, this time of year can take a toll on the environment.
ASU’s research enterprise has leaped forward again, according to the National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey. With $797.2 million in research expenditures for fiscal year 2022, ASU ranked No. 38 overall (out of 899 institutions), a jump of four places from the prior fiscal year. ASU ranked in the top 4% for all universities with research expenditures, ahead of the University of Chicago, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Purdue University and the University of Colorado-Boulder. The 18% growth rate from FY21 ($677.7 million) was among the largest for the top 50 research universities in the country, according to the HERD Survey.
An analysis of Fortune 500 company statements after the 2020 police killing of George Floyd finds that donations to social justice groups only conveyed allyship to Black Americans when seen as part of a long-term commitment to diversity.
Ayalla Ruvio is an associate professor of marketing and the director of the Master of Science in Marketing Research and Analytics program at MSU, and Forrest Morgeson is an associate professor of marketing in MSU’s Broad College of Business. For the second year in a row, they surveyed more than 500 Americans about their holiday shopping plans, finding that, this year, consumers are excited for deals and looking forward to treating themselves, but they are feeling squeezed by high prices. They answer questions about what this means.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently signed two state Senate bills — SB 395 and 396 — into law, which effectively change Michigan’s public school teacher evaluation system. Lara Dixon, assistant professor in K-12 education administration in Michigan State University’s College of Education, answers questions about this change.
Michigan State University experts are available to comment on many aspects of navigating the holiday season — from the economy and prices, to religion and spirituality, to health and relationships.
Urban buildings, essential to socio-economic activities, present a complex dynamic of form and function.