Case Studies

Summary:Echoing concerns that grew with the World Wide Web itself a decade earlier, the rise of social media has stoked fears of ‘social displacement’

Summary:Over a 16-year period, about half of the orangutans living on the island of Borneo were lost as a result of changes in land

Summary:A new study suggests that higher yogurt intake is associated with lower cardiovascular disease risk among hypertensive men and women. A new study in

Summary:Punishing a wrongdoer may be more rewarding to the brain than supporting a victim. That is one suggestion of new research which measured the

Summary:Computers have helped researchers develop a new phosphor that can make LEDs cheaper and render colors more accurately. Researchers predicted the new phosphor using

Summary:Farming crops with crushed rocks could help to improve global food security and reduce the amount of CO2 entering the atmosphere, a new study

Summary:A new study shows precipitation variability has increased significantly on 49 percent of the world’s grazing lands. Some 800 million people around the world

Summary:A mutualistic relationship between species in an ecosystem allows for the ecosystem to thrive, but the lack of this relationship could lead to the

Summary:A recent nationally-representative US Department of Education study found that 28 percent of fall 2009 ninth-graders had not yet enrolled in a trade school

Summary:Researchers have developed a method for the mass preparation of cellular aggregates, also known as ‘hair follicle germs (HFGs)’, that may lead to a

Summary:Human-made earthquakes in Oklahoma are strongly linked to the depth at which wastewater from the oil and gas industry are injected into the ground,

Summary:Austerity policies lie at the heart of soaring homelessness across England, with serious health implications for those affected, argue experts. Austerity policies lie at