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Other Sciences
The hidden costs of urban sprawl: How it impacts economic mobility and inequality
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Urban sprawl isn’t just unsightly. It can also hinder intergenerational mobility among low-income residents and exacerbate racial inequality, according to a series of recent studies led by geographers at the University of Utah. An analysis of area-level census data co-authored with a former economics graduate student at the American College of Social and Behavioral Sciences found…
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Data-driven study reveals gender inequality in academic publishing
Credit: Pixabay on Pexels Editors of academic journals hold influential positions in their fields. They have decision-making power over which authors and papers to publish, set journal policies, and help shape the trajectory of their disciplines. It is also a role in which women are often underrepresented. By tracking gender diversity over time in the world’s leading management journals, Assistant…
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Physics
Extending the classical black hole inequality to the quantum domain
Scientists are studying the influence of quantum phenomena on the dynamics of black holes. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Jeremy Schnittman, cmglee. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/nasa-visualization-shows-a-black-hole-s-warped-world. A recent study published in Physical Review Letters investigates quantum effects on the thermodynamics and geometry of black holes, focusing on extending two classical inequalities to the quantum realm. Black holes have been thoroughly studied through classical…
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Science
US flood governance fosters social inequality and could lead to the next housing market crash
Regional and demographic variations in anthropogenic flood dynamics across the CONUS coast. Credit: Communications Earth & Environmental (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-024-01848-z A recent study published in Communications Earth & Environmental looked at the current U.S. national flood insurance program and how another housing collapse could occur without fundamental changes. I considered it. The collaboration includes UConn School of Natural Resources and…
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