Tag: Research
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Watch The World Around’s In Focus: Research live
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Dezeen has teamed up with The World Around and Future Observatory to stream the In Focus: Research event, which will focus on the “critical importance of research in design today”. Tickets to attend the event in person are sold out, but you can watch it live here from 3-6pm UK time. Taking place at the…
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Plan for US âmini-cityâ of 30,000 monkeys for medical research faces backlash | Georgia
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A plan to establish the largest monkey-breeding facility in the US, which would allow 30,000 macaques to roam within outfitted warehouses in Georgia, is facing a furious backlash from animal rights groups and some local residents. The sprawling, 200-acre complex would house an unusually large number of monkeys, which will then be sent out to…
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NM governor’s juvenile justice crackdown reverses reforms based on research : Shots
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Serenity Mesa is a small, nonprofit addiction treatment center for teens that overlooks the Rio Grande in Albuquerque. Co-founder David Burke says he is troubled by a recent decision by New Mexico’s governor to send more arrested teens to juvenile detention, which he says won’t help with underlying problems like substance use. Megan Myscofski/KUNM hide…
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I collect roo poo – and our research could save many marsupial lives | Angela Russell for the Conversation
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I thought convincing my husband of the merits of my returning to study just as he had retired would be a tricky sell. So his enthusiasm for the idea caught me by surprise. He helpfully suggested several interesting topics: sea turtles, dugongs and coral reefs. If it involved a boat in a warm climate, he…
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Perkins&Will crowns Californian research centre with greenhouses
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Architecture studio Perkins&Will has placed a series of greenhouses on top of a concrete structure to create this agricultural research centre in California. Called Riverside Plant Research One 1, the two-storey structure was created for the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS) at the University of California Riverside campus east of Los Angeles. The…
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Neo-Nazi Fight Clubs Are Growing Rapidly, New Research Shows
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A propaganda photo released by a French Active club group in which they blurred their faces. Photo via Telegram. Active Clubs—neo-Nazi clubs that focus on fitness and martial arts training—are growing at a rapid pace and not just in the United States. From Denmark, to France, and Canada, semi-autonomous white supremacist groups have been popping…
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She became a YouTube star. Now it helps fund her physics research : NPR
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Theoretical physicist and YouTuber Sabine Hossenfelder, shown in a photo taken in December at the University of Oxford in England, turned to YouTube “to keep my sanity” during the dark days of the pandemic. Anthony Sajdler hide caption toggle caption Anthony Sajdler Theoretical physicist and YouTuber Sabine Hossenfelder, shown in a photo taken in December…
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Hutton embeds off-grid research station into hills of rural Kansas
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Bands of local stone wrap the Youngmeyer Field Station, which was designed and built by Kansas studio Hutton to integrate with the natural topography and operate off the grid. Located in eastern Kansas, the building sits within the 4,700-acre (1,902-hectare) Youngmeyer Ranch, which is an active cattle ranch and research site for Wichita State University.…
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Geodes inform design of Arizona research building by Grimshaw
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Architecture studios Grimshaw and Architekton looked to natural elements such as rocks and saguaro cacti while designing the Walton Center of Planetary Health at Arizona State University. The academic building is located on ASU’s main campus in Tempe, which is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Encompassing 281,000 square feet (26,106 square metres), the building…
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The NIH research fellows want to unionize
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Photo: Mike Blake (Reuters) The National Institute of Health, the main US government agency working on health research, is the largest biomedical founder. It employs nearly 20,000 people across 27 institutes and centers, financing research in the full range of medical issues. How trauma-informed workplaces can support your team’s mental health It might also soon…
