A new study finds that U.S. residents struggle to understand terms frequently used by scientists to describe climate change. The study was published in a special edition of Climatic Change titled Climate Change Communication and the IPCC. The study was spearheaded by the USC Dornsife Public Exchange and included a team of USC researchers and…

Over 50 per cent of Asians living in the UK are severely deficient in vitamin D, leaving them more vulnerable to respiratory infections such as COVID-19 and musculoskeletal disorders, according to a large-scale population study published this week. The journal Clinical Nutrition also reports that more than a third of Black Africans living in Britain…

Gen Z adults are interested in using apparel rental services to reduce overconsumption, according to a new study. Apparel rental, also known as collaborative apparel consumption, extends the life of an article of clothing because people don’t throw it away after wearing it a few times. Apparel rental, also known as collaborative apparel consumption, extends…

Almost seven in 10 Americans would be interested in receiving a COVID-19 vaccine when one becomes available, according to a new study. But researchers say there are concerning gaps in interest, particularly among Black Americans, who suffer disproportionately from the virus. Researchers from The Ohio State University surveyed more than 2,000 Americans in May, asking…

Like high-frequency traders on Wall Street, a growing army of bots exploit inefficiencies in decentralized exchanges, which are places where users buy, sell or trade cryptocurrency independent of a central authority, a new study found. The researchers also found that high fees paid to prioritize certain transactions pose a security threat to the entire blockchain.…

Amid poor worldwide road safety despite the United Nations’ ambitious goals, a team o researchers sought to quantify the effects of Japan’s annual road safety campaigns. These 10-day campaigns have been held twice yearly since 1952. The researchers acquired monthly road death data for 1949—2019 and modeled these 71 years of numbers. They found a…

A new survey study links belief in the concept of social Darwinism with certain dysfunctional psychological characteristics, such as exploitative attitudes towards others, hostility, and low self-esteem. Those who subscribe to social Darwinism view the social world as a sort of competitive jungle requiring ruthless competition for limited resources, in which only the «strongest» survive.…

Researchers used Seattle as a case study to find the association between TNC trips and on-street parking occupancy. They found that up to a certain point, more Uber trips meant more parking occupancy. But model predictions show that once TNC trips reach about three times what they were in 2016, parking revenues will likely decline.…

A new, automated, artificial intelligence-based algorithm can learn to read patient data from electronic health records. In a side-by-side comparison, scientists showed that their method accurately identified patients with certain diseases as well as the traditional, ‘gold-standard’ method, which requires much more manual labor to develop and perform. «There continues to be an explosion in…

New research identifies climate change challenges faced by U.S. Department of Defense facilities, and solutions that might serve as a model for other large organizations. A team of University of Arizona researchers set out to understand how climate change might affect Department of Defense facilities and activities across the globe, and what actions the department…