Research News
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Big Science in the 21st Century – a new ebook published by IOP Publishing
IOP Publishing is proud to announce the release of ‘Big Science in the 21st Century’, a comprehensive exploration of the impact of Big Science on our society and the new perspectives it opens on evaluating its societal benefits. Authored by a diverse group of contributors, the book offers a multifaceted view of the challenges, merits, […]
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Three-day exceptional heatwave in China linked to human-induced climate change
A record-breaking heatwave occurred in North China in June, marking the first time that temperatures reached or exceeded 40°C in Beijing for three consecutive days. A new paper, published in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters, explores the extent to which such extreme heatwave events can be attributed to human induced climate change and how […]
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Poor water quality disproportionately affects socially vulnerable communities
A new study published in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters examines the links between drinking water quality violations and social vulnerability in the United States, revealing that these violations disproportionately affect the most vulnerable communities. Approximately 70% of the population affected ranked in the highest social vulnerability category, with many different social parameters, beyond income, linked to different drinking water quality violations. The study, […]
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Cattle farming expansion and unchecked climate change would expose more than 1 billion cows to heat stress
Livestock farming will become increasingly difficult in many tropical countries if emissions remain high – but rapidly cutting emissions and limiting cattle expansion would reduce the impacts by 50-84%. More than 1 billion cows around the world will experience heat stress by the end of the century if carbon emissions are high and environmental protection […]
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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 […]
