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The court backlog is clogging the system. New research finds surprising revisions
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Courts around the world are struggling to keep up with growing caseloads, with individuals and businesses waiting for months and years to resolve. However, a new study in Journal Manufacturing & Service Operations Management revealed an incredibly easy way to speed up a system that doesn’t require more judges to hire. The study shows that small…
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Should farms be used for crops and sunlight? Research suggests both
A conceptual diagram of trade-offs and joint benefits between agrisol, agrivoltatic, and ecovoltatic colocation. Credit: Nature Sustainability (2025). doi:10.1038/s41893-025-01546-4 As farmers discuss whether the field should be used for agricultural panels, a new study from Michigan State University says the answer could be both. Jake Stid, a graduate student at the Faculty of Hydrogeology in the Natural Sciences, analyzed remote…
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Screen times that are popular under the care of grandparents, research finds
Credit: Campus Production from Pexel When grandma and grandpa are in charge, the kids are probably staring at the screen. This is a long-standing parent complaint currently supported by University of Arizona research. Previous studies have looked at how grandparents in other countries oversee the screen time of their children, but a new study published in the Journal of Children…
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Environment
Heavy metals are contaminated up to 17% of the world’s arable land: Research
Credit: Mohamed B of Pexels. Up to 17% of farmland around the world are contaminated with at least one toxic heavy metal, poses health risks to up to 1.4 billion people, scientists warned Thursday. Their study, published in Journal Science, is the first global overview of heavy metal contamination in soils, based on a meta-analysis. This is an approach to…
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Because of “bad friends,” boys do not perform much better in secondary school than girls, research suggests
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Secondary school boys get lower grades than girls. This is partly due to the fact that friends are more likely to cheate at school. That is the conclusion of a research study conducted by sociologist Margueriette Van Heck. The fact that boy friends malfunction more frequently is likely to have something to do with gender norms.…
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Environment
Research clarifies potential drivers of toxic elements along elevation gradients in terrestrial ecosystems
Source of toxic elements in terrestrial ecosystems. Credit: Xu Guorui The accumulation of toxic elements poses a significant threat to terrestrial ecosystems, and the patterns and influencing factors of this accumulation are complex. However, along with the underlying drivers, the elevation patterns of toxic elements in mountain ecosystems are largely unexplored. In a study published in Ecological Indicators, researchers at…
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British dog owners prefer mating and importing to domestic pedigree species, research found
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain According to a study published in Companion Animal Genetics and Health, British pedigree dog populations shrunk by an annual decline of 0.9% between 1990 and 2021. The study highlights an increase in populations of mating and imported pedigree dogs since 1990, but finds that only 13.7% of domestic pedigree dogs registered for breeding between 2005 and…
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Today’s crocodile ancestors survived two major extinction events. Research reveals the secrets of their longevity
Approximately 215 million years ago, the terrestrial crocodile morph Hemiprotostuchvae in northwestern Argentina prepare to devour the relative chariminiam staroids of early mammals. Credit: Jorge Gonzalez Most people consider crocodiles to be living fossils. It is an inbearable prehistoric relic that has dominated the world’s wettest horns for millions of years. But their evolutionary history tells a different story, according…
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Environment
Global plastic recycling rate of less than 10% “stumbling”: Research
Less than 10% of all plastics are recycled, and this is a stagnant percentage even when production explodes. The amount of plastic recycled around the world is stagnating at less than 10%, with most new plastics made from fossil fuels being made on Thursday. Researchers at Tingia University in China said that even if plastic production exploded, the speed of…
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Space & Cosmos
Galaxy Superwinds may help galaxies leak ionizing radiation, according to Halo11’s research
Two prominent X-ray sources X1 and X2 of Halo11 related to knots B and C in the star-forming region are credited: Astronomy and Astrophysics (2024). doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202449388 Our new study of the nearby Starburst Galaxy Haro 11 shows that galaxies may be an important mechanism that makes galaxies leak more prone to leaking. Our study, published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, examined…
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