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Science
Increasing complexity poses challenges to strategic management, researchers find
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Social changes and the phenomena that surround us are more unpredictable and interconnected than ever before. This increased complexity poses challenges to strategic management and makes trends and developments difficult to predict. Increasing complexity requires new approaches to strategic management, according to new research from the University of Vaasa in Finland. “In strategic management, it is…
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Environment
Scientists find that climate change is contributing to droughts in the American West, even without rainfall deficits
The Enterprise Bridge passes over a portion of nearly dry Lake Oroville on September 30, 2014 in Oroville, California. Credit: Andrew Innerarity/California Department of Water Resources Rising temperatures caused by anthropogenic climate change turned a normal drought into an abnormal one, drying out the American West from 2020 to 2022. A study by climate scientists at UCLA and the National…
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Other Sciences
Despite concerns about democracy, researchers find Americans are very interested in elections
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A nationally representative survey of American adults found that the public is extremely interested in the 2024 election campaign. Researchers at the University of South Florida’s Center for Sustainable Democracy are collaborating with researchers at Rutgers University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Kansas to learn more about American democracy, current campaigns, and attitudes…
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Space & Cosmos
Astronomers find Webb’s data inconsistent with reionization model
Simulation of a galaxy (bright region) ionizing hydrogen gas during the reionization phase. Credit: M. Alvarez, R. Kaehler, T. Abel / European Southern Observatory (ESO). Reionization is a critical period in which the first stars and galaxies change the physical structure of their surroundings and, ultimately, the entire universe. The established theory is that this era ended about a billion…
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Earth
How can California’s skyscrapers withstand a major earthquake? LA County is trying to find out.
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Faced with the prospect of extensive and expensive seismic retrofitting of its downtown headquarters built in the 1960s, Los Angeles County decided to scrutinize alternatives. It’s a much newer building just a few blocks away. This could be because not only were they manufactured to stricter standards, but they were also available at a significant discount…
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Biology
Researchers find grazing zooplankton severely affected by nanoplastic particles
Contrasting responses between phytoplankton taxa to nanoplastic particles and zooplankton ingestion. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01646-7 Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have been studying how nanoplastics affect aquatic life in lakes and rivers. Their findings are surprising: for the first time, they have shown that while some species are becoming extinct, others, such as cyanobacteria that…
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