CLEMSON, South Carolina, Jan. 13 (TNSjou) -- Clemson University issued the following news: * * * How human-trafficking survivors made research more realistic In a research project spanning seven years so far, trafficking survivors have questioned, corrected, and challenged their colleagues at every turn, helping redefine how the team approaches its work. By Paul Alongi If you want to study human trafficking networks, you can build graphs, diagrams, and Markov models all day- or you can work  more

DARWIN, Australia, Jan. 14 -- Charles Darwin University issued the following news: * * * Conservation planning 'good for biodiversity and business' * The Northern Territory's investment in solar and wind energy production needs to benefit people and the planet, but new research highlights critical pitfalls in planning. Research conducted by Charles Darwin University (CDU) reviewed the NT's existing formal conservation planning against the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * MEMO: What to Know Ahead of Tomorrow's GOP-Led Senate Hearing Targeting Mifepristone * TO: Interested Parties FROM: Reproductive Freedom for All RE: What to Know Ahead of Tomorrow's GOP-Led Senate Hearing Targeting Mifepristone DATE: January 13, 2025 What to Know Ahead of Tomorrow's GOP-Led Senate Hearing Targeting Mifepristone   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 13 -- The University of Wisconsin posted the following news: * * * Microbes mutated in space hint at biomedical benefits to humans on Earth Researchers are interested in studying effects on the gut microbiome and antibiotic-resistant infections. * In September 2020, UW-Madison biochemists launched a small box containing viruses and bacteria into space to investigate the ways microbes such as those residing in our guts respond to space conditions. Now, the bacteria   more

SINGAPORE, Jan. 13 (TNSjou) -- Nanyang Technological University issued the following news: * * * El Nino events reduce life expectancy, cause trillions in economic losses: Study The El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the planet's greatest driver of year-to-year climate swings, shapes temperature, rainfall, and extreme weather around the world. Its impact ranges from heatwaves and floods to air pollution and disruptions to food security, with growing evidence that these climate fluctuations   more

BATH, England, Jan. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Bath issued the following news: * * * New research highlights deforestation and economic traps created by flue-cured tobacco in Zimbabwe Tobacco Control Research Group publishes research into the impacts of flue-cured Virginia tobacco (FCV) in Zimbabwe * A new study into one of the world's most popular tobacco leaf production processes has revealed its particularly damaging harms to the environment and how it impacts farmers' lives in Zim  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Jan. 13 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news: * * * Cost of exclusion: LGBTQ+ young adults are at dramatically higher suicide risk Suicide is driven not by personal failings, but by stigma, exclusion and policy choices, according to a new University of Michigan study. LGBTQ+ young adults face suicide-related risks two to five times higher than their peers, with transgender and nonbinary youth bearing the greatest burden. The study, funded by   more

RENO, Nevada, Jan. 14 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: * * * Searching for understanding through elephants Undergraduate researcher, Avery Nicholas, evaluates how anthropology and ecology work together to provide solutions for Human-Elephant Conflict * In this first-person narrative, Honors College student and undergraduate researcher Avery Nicholas recounts her experience investigating the relationship between humans and elephants in Sri Lanka during the Summer of 202  more