Well-being increases when working hours are reduced—while productivity remains the same or even increases moderately. This ...

ANSTO scientists, Dr. Andrew Smith, Dr. Quan Hua and Dr. Bin Yang have contributed to a paper that elucidates how in situ ...

A group of researchers is on the way to revolutionizing what biomass from wastewater treatment plants can be used for.

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Maize, or corn, grows tall, with thin stalks that boast ears of the cereal grain used in food production, trade and security ...

The 2023 illness and death in Nebraska of a stray kitten infected with rabies set off a large-scale effort to discover how ...

Climate change is making droughts more common and more severe—which makes research into developing drought-resistant crops ...

The Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, employs advanced construction techniques designed to withstand wind, ...

Hurricane Helene brought death and destruction to North Carolina, with the western part of the state in particular seeing ...

Trees are the most abundant natural resource living on Earth's land masses, and North Carolina State University scientists ...

New research from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI ...

The treatment of sexual minority and gender-diverse youth in Canadian schools continues to be a contentious issue among ...