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UrduA new study in the Journal of the European Economic Association , published by Oxford University Press, finds that electoral districts with a larger gender pay gaps show favoritism toward male political candidates in Parliamentary elections, with fewer female candidates…
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Researchers from low-income countries to benefit from APC-free OA publishing in all IOPP journals
Move is part of society publisher’s commitment to increase global equity and inclusion in publishing
Sixth Joint Science Conference of the Western Balkans Process
10 Point Plan to control coronavirus pandemic in the region
Patently harmful: Fewer female inventors a problem for women’s health
Female inventors hold just a quarter of US biomedical patents
Communication: A key tool for citizen participation in science
Scientists gain insight into how citizen participation in science is practised in Spain and propose a series of recommendations for its improvement.
MyScienceWork to index award winning open access scholarly publisher Frontiers
July 5th 2021, Paris, France – Research management tech provider MyScienceWork (MSW) is pleased to announce Frontiers research articles are now indexed in the MyScienceWork platform. Effective from June 2021, this partnership will enhance the research experience for academics, granting…
Oncotarget: Epithelial-mesenchymal transitions create endothelial cells and tumor growth
Cells that have undergone EMT can promote tumor growth and neovascularization either indirectly, by promoting endothelial transdifferentiation of carcinoma cells, or directly, by acquiring an endothelial phenotype, with FOXC2 playing key roles in these pr
Oncotarget: General anesthesia for pancreatic cancer surgery
The major finding of this Oncotarget study was perioperative tryptophan depletion and increased taurine synthesis.
Oncotarget: Genome wide DNA methylation landscape reveals glioblastoma’s influence
These Oncotarget results suggest that GBM might induce epigenetic alterations in tumor infiltrating CD4 T-cells
IOP Publishing joins DIMPACT to help track and manage its digital carbon impact
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has joined DIMPACT, a collaborative project that helps participants from the digital media and publishing industries to map and manage their digital carbon footprints. Developed by computer scientists at the University of Bristol, and facilitated by sustainability…
Leading scientists praise UNESCO’s draft decision on the Great Barrier Reef
Five world-renowned scientists have signed a letter to UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay to “thank UNESCO for its leadership in recognising the threat of climate change to the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage property.” Professor Terry Hughes, Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Dr…
Don’t worry, the kids are cool if you cash in on their inheritance
Cash in on the kids’ inheritance and spend up big on the retirement plans – that’s the message coming from the University of South Australia as new research reveals that older people are keen to spend their well-earned savings, rather…
2021 EurekAlert! fellowships highlight the importance of reporting on real-world connections, impact
Five early-career science journalists have been selected for the 2021 EurekAlert! Fellowships for International Science Reporters. The winners, from China, India, Greece, Egypt, and Brazil, were chosen by an independent panel of judges. EurekAlert! is a news release distribution platform…
Cold weather cost New England electric customers nearly $1.8 billion in one month; A new study suggests ways to mitigate fuel shortages
In New England, constraints in the supply of natural gas have led to nearly a quarter of all unscheduled power plant outages. In a new study, researchers used data from power plant failures in the 2010s to develop a supply…
Foreign-born status, but not acquired US citizenship, protects many immigrants from criminal victimization
Until recently, data on criminal victimization did not include information on the status–immigrant or citizen–of respondents. In a recent study, researchers used new data that include respondents’ status to explore the association between citizenship status and risk of victimization. They…
Parental monitoring and consistency in adolescence can reduce young Black men’s likelihood of criminal behavior
New research examined the effect of different parenting styles during adolescence on crime among African American men. The study found that parenting styles characterized by little behavioral control placed youth at significant risk for adult crime, even though some of…
Study: Removing ‘bad apples’ from police forces unlikely to significantly reduce use-of-force complaints
The idea that a small number of “bad apples” are responsible for an outsized share of complaints against police officers has gained considerable traction over the last four decades. A new study considered the extent to which police misconduct is…
Study: Electronic monitoring failed to reduce recidivism for girls in juvenile justice system
In recent years, many juvenile courts have adopted in-home detention with electronic monitoring tethers as an alternative to institutional incarceration. A new study examined whether this approach reduces recidivism among girls involved in the juvenile justice system. The study found…
New study finds fast-food companies spending more on ads, targeting Black and Hispanic youth
Industry spent $5 billion on advertising in 2019, and Black youth viewed 75% more ads than their White peers
While women inventors focus more on women’s health, few women get to invent
Patents with all-female inventor teams are more likely than all-male teams to address problems that specifically or disproportionately affect women, according to a new study. The findings, derived from an analysis of more than 440,000 U.S. biomedical patents filed from…
How should governments offer subsidies for clean-energy heating?
New study from Finland shows heat pump benefits don’t necessarily go to those who benefit most
New in Ethics & Human Research, May-June 2021
Underrepresented populations in clinical research, and more
OU professor receives Council on Foreign Relations fellowship
Samer Shehata receives international affairs fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations
Pandemic planning: Government should embrace uncertainty rather than confront it or shy away from it
New research shows the UK’s COVID-19 management decisions were based on an outdated pandemic modelling structure and suggests a more resilient approach would have been more effective. In the initial months of the pandemic, regular updates using graphs showing how…
Advocating reimbursement parity for nurse practitioners
PHILADELPHIA (June 16, 2021) – The current Medicare reimbursement policy for nurse practitioners (NPs) allows NPs to directly bill Medicare for services that they perform, but they are reimbursed at only 85% of the physician rate. A growing number of…
Analysis: Chile’s transition to democracy slow, incomplete, fueled by social movements
A new article analyzes Chile’s transition in 1990 from dictatorship to democracy, the nature of democracy between 1990 and 2019, and the appearance of several social movements geared to expanding this democracy. The article, by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University…
A push for a shift in the value system that defines “impact” and “success”
Discussions of a broken value system are ubiquitous in science, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic served to expose inequality globally. However, according to the authors of an article publishing 15th June 2021 in the open access journal PLOS Biology ,…
Research papers that omit ‘mice’ from titles receive misleading media coverage
Study suggests relationship between how scientists communicate findings and how journalists report research to public
SAGE’s 10-year impact awards honor research with influence 10 years after publication
Authors of three scientific papers–two from the social and behavioral sciences (SBS) and one from science, technology, and medicine (STM)–are receiving SAGE Publishing’s second annual 10-Year Impact Awards. The awards recognize the authors of papers published in SAGE Journals 10…
Impact of digitization on democracies
Joint Symposium of the Science Academies of Germany, Israel and the USA
Oncotarget: Prostate cancer and a possible link with schizophrenia
The importance of complex networks of heterotypic interactions between multiple distinct cell types (both malignant and normal) and regulatory circuits has now become widely recognized
Alcohol companies earned billions from underage drinking in 2016
PISCATAWAY, NJ – Underage youth consumed $17.5 billion worth, or 8.6 percent, of the alcoholic drinks sold in 2016. Products from three alcohol companies–AB Inbev, MillerCoors and Diageo–accounted for nearly half of youth consumption, according to a new study published…
Holberg Prize to Martha C. Nussbaum and Griselda Pollock
The 2020 and 2021 Holberg Prizes were conferred upon Professor Griselda Pollock and Professor Martha C. Nussbaum, respectively
In Cell commentary, NIH outlines commitment to addressing structural racism in biomedicine
Earlier this year, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) acknowledged the impact of structural racism on biomedical science and committed to doing more to dismantle it. Now, in a commentary appearing June 10 in the journal Cell , NIH…
Screening uptake may contribute to higher risk of colon cancer for black people
Black people have a higher risk of colorectal cancer than white people, but this risk is likely not due to genetics. Data from a recent study by researchers from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University…
Economic crime is going uninvestgated as Police hide behind the veil of Action Fraud
Fraud is going uninvestigated by police who are “hiding behind the veil” of the Action Fraud national crime reporting agency. In his paper published this week in Policing , Professor Mark Button, director of the Centre for Counter Fraud Studies…
Hush little baby don’t say a word…
Giving a voice to child victims of family abuse and neglect
Oncotarget: Anti-hormonal treatment eligibility in granulosa cell tumors of the ovary
Granulosa cell tumors are a well-defined ovarian cancer subtype, responsible for 2-5% of ovarian malignancies with an annual incidence of 0.6-1.0 per 100.000 women worldwide.
IOP Publishing collaborates with OpenAthens and SeamlessAccess to improve user experience
IOP Publishing (IOPP) has enhanced access to scientific research by streamlining its online authentication process for researchers. IOPP achieved their goal by working with world-leading identity and access management specialist, OpenAthens, and the global cross-stakeholder SeamlessAccess organisation. Collaboration The trio…
Panama expands the limits of the Coiba protected area
With this science-based initiative, 30% of the Panamanian marine surface will be under some degree of protection
Culture shift needed to tackle climate crisis
Tackling the climate crisis will require embracing new ways of thinking and challenging dominant social and economic practices, a new book suggests. Experts from multiple fields argue that alternative approaches – beyond technological advances which do not challenge existing inequities…
UMass Amherst researcher probes effects of ACOs on childhood asthma care
NIH awards $3 million grant for the five-year study
A call for global oversight of unproven stem cell therapies
The promotion and marketing of unproven stem cell therapies is a global problem that needs a global solution, say experts in a perspective published June 8 in the journal Stem Cell Reports . The authors of the paper call for…
Most cities in São Paulo state have low potential capacity to adapt to climate change
Cities located in metropolitan areas of this Brazilian state score better according to an index that measures the existence of public policies designed to adjust critical sectors to the impacts of climate change
The next 20 are years crucial in determining the future of coal
Decisions made now will determine whether economies win or lose money as the coal industry changes over the next couple of decades. Countries including Australia and Indonesia could lose billions of dollars if they continue to invest in new coal…
Springer Nature and LYRASIS announce open access sponsorship agreement for books
Springer Nature and LYRASIS announce open access sponsorship agreement for books that support research and teaching aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Orphans and exiles: Research shows the impact of family separation
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York shows the human trauma and family separation that resulted from the Trump Administration’s zero tolerance policy on undocumented immigration. The news reports surrounding the Trump Administration’s “zero…
Vilcek Foundation awards $100,000 prize to Dr. Katalin Karikó for pioneering mRNA research
Dr. Katalin Karikó receives the 2022 Vilcek Prize for Excellence in Biotechnology for her scientific contributions that led to the development of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19
In Oregon, new gun violence restraining orders appear to be used as intended, but could be used more proactively
Extreme risk protection orders (ERPOs), also known as gun violence restraining orders, are civil court orders that grant temporary restrictions on purchasing and possessing firearms for individuals determined by a civil court judge to be at extreme risk of committing…