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No more cone? Psychology researchers offer better tool for visualizing hurricane danger
(Colorado State University) Researchers in Colorado State University's Department of Psychology are working on an easily understood, science-backed way to visually represent hurricane danger to the general public. They contend that the cone of uncertainty creates a false sense of security for people who live outside the boundary of the cone and that there are better ways to signal likely impacts. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Off-cycle elections result in less representative local governments
(Brigham Young University) As places like Utah, Arizona, Michigan and Maryland gear up to hold local elections this summer and fall, history predicts that they will see an average of 29-37% fewer voters than they would were their elections held " on cycle, " in tandem with state and (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Floating into summer with more buoyant, liquid-proof life jackets, swimsuits (video)
(American Chemical Society) Summertime is here, and that often means long, lazy days at the beach, water skiing and swimming. Life jackets and swimsuits are essential gear for these activities, but if not dried thoroughly, they can develop a gross, musty smell. Now, researchers reporting inACS Applied Materials& Interfaces have developed a one-step method to create a buoyant cotton fabric for these applications that is also oil- and water-repellant. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Study finds " thriving gap " between students who attend high school remotely vs. in person
(American Educational Research Association) New research finds that high school students who attended school remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic suffered socially, emotionally, and academically compared with those who attended in person. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

How does the world use emojis?
(University of Southern California) Before Millennials were over laugh-cry emojis, they were the most used emojis across the world, according to researchers at USC. The emoji was more popular than smiley faces say researchers who categorized millions of tweets across 30 countries and evaluated over 1700 emojis. Their study, " An empirical study of emoji usage on Twitter in linguistic and national contexts " was published in Online Social Networks and Media. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 14, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Stopping illegal trade of Aussie lizards
(University of Adelaide) Australian reptiles face serious conservation threats from illegal poaching fueled by international demand and the exotic pet trade. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Poor and minority communities suffer more from extreme heat in US cities
(University of California - San Diego) Low-income neighborhoods and communities with higher Black, Hispanic and Asian populations experience significantly more urban heat than wealthier and predominantly white neighborhoods within a vast majority of populous US counties, according new research from the University of California San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Project Air View maps ultrafine particles, soot and other substances in Amsterdam air
(Utrecht University) Over the past two years, the municipality of Amsterdam, Utrecht University and Google have collaborated on Project Air View, in which the Amsterdam air quality was measured by two Street View cars with special measuring equipment. These maps have now been shared with the world for the first time. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

HKBU secures funding to build platform technologies for symbiotic creativity
(Hong Kong Baptist University) A research project led by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) entitled " Building Platform Technologies for Symbiotic Creativity in Hong Kong " has been awarded HK$52.8 million in research funding from the Theme-based Research Scheme (11th round) under the Research Grants Council (RGC) for a five-year project. This is the first time that major funding has been allocated by the RGC for an art-tech project. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

New evidence of menopause in killer whales
(University of Exeter) Scientists have found new evidence of menopause in killer whales - raising fascinating questions about how and why it evolved. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Recent study identifies 11 candidate genetic variants for Alzheimer's disease
(University of Kentucky) A recently published study co-authored by University of Kentucky Sanders-Brown Center on Aging researcher Justin Miller, Ph.D., identifies 11 rare candidate variants for Alzheimer's disease. Researchers found 19 different families in Utah that suffered from Alzheimer's disease more frequently than what is considered normal. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

How well do consumers understand their dairy purchases?
(Elsevier) Dairy producers can benefit from understanding how consumers interpret unfamiliar terms and claims on dairy product labels. In a new study appearing in the Journal of Dairy Science ® , scientists from North Carolina State University conducted interviews and surveyed more than 1,200 consumers regarding their knowledge of and attitudes toward dairy processing terms that may appear on product labels. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

US-wide, non-white neighborhoods are hotter than white ones
(American Geophysical Union) In cities and towns across the United   States, neighborhoods with more Black, Hispanic and Asian residents experience hotter temperatures during summer heatwaves than nearby white residents, a   new study finds. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Mosquito-resistant clothing prevents bites in trials
(North Carolina State University) North Carolina State University researchers have created insecticide-free, mosquito-resistant clothing using textile materials they confirmed to be bite-proof in experiments with live mosquitoes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

ICE violated internal medical standards, potentially contributing to deaths
(University of Southern California) A USC analysis of deaths among individuals in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody found that ICE violated its own internal medical care standards in 78% of cases, potentially contributing to deaths in relatively young and healthy men. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - July 13, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news