Studies and Analyses

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The key to drilling wells with staying power in the developing world

What happens after a well is drilled, fitted with a hand pump, and a community celebrates having access to clean water for the first time? Half of them break…

Ride-sharing could cut cabs' road time by 30 percent

Cellphone apps that find users car rides in real time are exploding in popularity: The car-service company Uber was recently valued at $18 billion, and even as…

Sierra Nevada freshwater runoff could drop 26 percent by 2100, UC study finds

Freshwater runoff from the Sierra Nevada may decrease by as much as one-quarter by 2100 due to climate warming on the high slopes, according to scientists at…

Memory and Alzheimer's: Towards a better comprehension of the dynamic mechanisms

A study just published in the prestigious Nature Neuroscience journal by, Sylvain Williams, PhD, and his team, of the Research Centre of the Douglas Mental…

Changing global diets is vital to reducing climate change

The study's authors say we should all think carefully about the food we choose and its environmental impact. A shift to healthier diets across the world is…

Obese youths have a nearly 6 fold risk of hypertension

Professor Schwandt said: “The prevalence of hypertension and obesity in children and adolescents is continuing to rise in most high and middle-income…

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