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Ability to take a quick walk to a food retail store is a factor in long-term weight loss after bariatric surgery, research suggests, but simply living close to a food store isn’t an automatic key to sustained weight-loss – especially a market that carries a low selection of mostly convenience foods.
news.osu.eduSubmitted by memorialmonorail t3_11mumix
Automated enforcement of water conservation rules in Fresno, California led to a decrease in summer water use and violations of conservation rules (relative to households subject to in-person inspections). This program massively increased consumer complaints, ultimately causing its cancellation.
direct.mit.eduSubmitted by smurfyjenkins t3_126jvp7
Data from 15 countries and 25 million individuals show that the processes sorting people into different jobs account for substantially less of the gender pay gap than previously believed. Instead, it may the future as sorting becomes more important and same-job differences are rapidly decreasing.
nature.comSubmitted by skjeggutenbart t3_ze1uwi
Aromatic hexazine rings — [N₆]⁴⁻ — an all-nitrogen analogue of benzene, have finally been synthesized by researchers using high-pressure, laser-heated synthesis. The hexazine rings are present within a complex K₉N₅₆ structure containing [N₆]⁴⁻ and [N₅]⁻ rings as well as neutral nitrogen dimers.
uni-bayreuth.deSubmitted by MurphysLab t3_11m6wec
Galaxy changes classification as jet changes direction. In PBC J2333.9-2343, the jet changed its direction drastically by an angle of up to 90 degrees, going from being in the plane of the sky, perpendicular to our line of sight, to pointing directly towards us.
ras.ac.ukSubmitted by Wagamaga t3_11xqp99
Daytime Sleep Enhance Fear Memories of Emotional Trauma and Anxiety. Results of the study will be useful for developing strategies for the rehabilitation of people who have received emotional trauma during natural disasters, military operations, and acts of violence.
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Negligible climatic impact of the recent methane leak from the Nord Stream pipelines - Methane emissions related to the recent explosions would result in an increase in the average global surface air temperature of just 0.000018 degrees Celsius over a 20-year period.
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Following extensive electrochemical performance experiments, a research team has found a specific composition that could open doors to high-performance magnesium rechargeable batteries. Substituted magnesium-vanadium systems could eventually lead to the much awaited next-generation batteries.
tus.ac.jpSubmitted by rustoo t3_10yk0ul
Searching for evidence of life on Mars is a major impetus for exploration, however, current Mars mission instruments lack the essential sensitivity to identify life traces in Chilean desert samples that strongly resemble the martian area currently under study by NASA’s Perseverance rover.
nature.comSubmitted by GeoGeoGeoGeo t3_11mn5uj