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13-Mar-2025

Social networks may help combat global spread of diseases - study

University of Birmingham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

People’s social connections play a critical role in determining whether they adopt preventative health measures that could help to reduce the spread of diseases such as malaria.

Journal: Scientific Reports

13-Mar-2025

New approaches to tackle coupled urban risks: a people-centric and complex systems perspective

Higher Education Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As urbanization and climate change bring more coupled risks to cities, a new study in Engineering offers practical perspectives. It focuses on a complex systems approach, emphasizes the role of human factors, and presents methods like a standardized taxonomy and people-centric strategies to better understand and manage these risks.

Journal: Engineering

13-Mar-2025

Retiring abroad puts older adults at risk for loneliness, study finds

American Psychological Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Many people dream of retiring to a warmer, less expensive country. But retirees who move abroad may be at greater risk of loneliness than those who stay in their home country, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Journal: Psychology and Aging

13-Mar-2025

Prejudice against victims can result in reduced rape sentences

Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Rape myths such as ‘scantily clad’ and ‘being promiscuous’ can influence sentencing in Norwegian courtrooms. In court cases where victims are described in a prejudiced manner, defendants typically receive prison sentences that are 16 months shorter than in cases without such descriptions.

Journal: Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

13-Mar-2025

KIT at Hannover Messe 2025: Energy and Commitment to the Future

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Business Announcement

Smart interconnection and control of devices, direct recycling of battery electrodes, and sustainable cooling and heating – at Hannover Messe 2025 from March 31 to April 6, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will present solutions for a number of challenges at Future Hub (Hall 2, Stand B35), Energy Solutions (Hall 13, Stand C76), and at other stands. Moreover, promising startups will showcase their work and the commitment of KIT’s students will be highlighted.

13-Mar-2025

Social media can help track species as climate changes

University of Exeter
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Social media can help scientists track animal species as they relocate in response to climate change, new research shows.

Journal: Ecology and Evolution
Funder: Research England

13-Mar-2025

Literary theorist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak named 2025 Holberg Prize Laureate

The University of Bergen
Grant and Award Announcement

Today, the Holberg Prize—one of the largest international prizes awarded annually to an outstanding researcher in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology—named Indian scholar Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak as its 2025 Laureate.