Research News
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Over one million acres of tribal land submerged by dams in the US
Dam constructions have flooded over 1.13 million acres of tribal land in the US contributing to the historic and ongoing struggle against land dispossession for Indigenous peoples in the United States. New research, published in Environmental Research Letters, has identified that a region of tribal land larger than the state of Rhode Island has been […]
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The cost of climate change: 2°C global warming target is not economically reasonable unless we make major changes
Climate change goals set out in the Paris Agreement are only economically reasonable if non-market factors such as human health and loss of biodiversity are prioritised, according to a new study published by Dr Taikan Oki, former Senior Vice-Rector of United Nations University headquartered in Japan, in IOP Publishing’s academic journal Environmental Research Letters. A […]
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How Hearing Impairment in Infants Can Impact Language Development
Hearing impairment can affect children’s ability to develop language and speech skills. Several diagnostic tests are required to determine the extent of hearing impairment in infants, leading to delays. Now, researchers from Australia have conducted non-invasive measurements of the brain activity of infants, to map the changes in connectivity between different language areas over time. […]
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First compelling evidence for the gravitational wave background: unprecedented discovery published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
New research that could fundamentally change our understanding of the universe has been published in the American Astronomical Society’s (AAS) Astrophysical Journal Letters, which is published in partnership with IOP Publishing. Astrophysicists using large radio telescopes to observe pulsars in our Galaxy have found evidence for gravitational waves that oscillate with periods of years to decades. The […]
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Bioprinting Personalized Tissues and Organs Within the Body: A Breakthrough in Regenerative Medicine
A new handheld device can print biocompatible structures in situ, with the potential to revolutionize how physicians treat damaged tissue and organs. In situ bioprinting, which involves 3D printing biocompatible structures and tissues directly within the body, has seen steady progress over the past few years. In a recent study, a team of researchers developed […]
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Top fossil fuel companies responsible for over one third of area burned by wildfires across western North America
A ground-breaking study published today in Environmental Research Letters links the area burned by forest fires and increases in drought- and fire-danger conditions to heat-trapping emissions from the largest global carbon producers. The new analysis, led by experts at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), “The Fossil Fuels behind Forest Fires,” found that 19.8 million […]
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Rooftop solar panels could power one third of US manufacturing sector
Mounted on the rooftops of industrial buildings, solar panels could meet the entire electricity demand of up to 35% of US manufacturers. A new study, published in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research: Sustainability and Infrastructure, investigates the feasibility of meeting these electricity demands through on-site solar panel installations for different regions and manufacturing sectors across […]
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Indigenous people in South America are twice as likely to die from wildland fires
A new study, published in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research: Health, reveals that Indigenous people in the Amazon Basin are twice as likely to die prematurely from smoke exposure due to wildfires than the broader South American population. Regions in Peru, Bolivia and Brazil are identified as particular hotspots for smoke exposure, with mortality rates […]
