Buy now, pay later loans target low-income, tech-savvy Gen Z and millennial consumers under the guise of improving financial inclusion for these groups. Credit: Shutterstock Buy now, pay later is a relatively new form of financial technology that allows consumers to purchase
Smoke from illegal fires lit by farmers rises over a river in Careiro, Amazonas state, in September 2023. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon hit a record low for the month of November, according to figures released Friday, as President Luiz Inacio Lula
A liquid carbon dioxide containment unit stands outside the fabrication building of Glenwood Mason Supply Company, April 18, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Credit: AP Photo/John Minchillo, File The future of fossil fuels is at the center of the
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When middle school math teachers completed an online professional development program that uses artificial intelligence to improve their math knowledge and teaching skills, their students’ math performance improved. My colleagues and I developed this online professional development program,
The Gorgosaurus is a member of the tyrannosaurid family that also includes the T-Rex. Prey has been discovered inside the stomach of a tyrannosaur skeleton for the first time, scientists said Friday, revealing that the mighty dinosaurs had an “appetite for drumsticks”
Graphical Abstract. Credit: Analytical Chemistry (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03127 Based on blood tests, it is possible to detect rare genetic diseases, recognize cancer, or determine the inflammation level in the body. Moreover, due to the rapid development of medical diagnostics based on biofluid
A schematic image showing a Josephson junction (central section) made from a single layer of tungsten telluride. The red spheres are electron with spin up, while the blue ones have spin down. Credit: RIKEN Advanced Device Laboratory Physicists at RIKEN have developed
Catalytic olefin metathesis in blood. (A) A primary requirement for applying transition-metal catalyzed reactions in blood is to protect their activity to avoid rapid deactivation by numerous serum proteins, metabolites, and blood cells. (B) A Ru–Cl ruthenium complex encased by human serum
Soliton pulse pair generation in two- and three-coupled-ring microresonators. a, Schematic showing coherent pulse pairs that form a composite excitation. The inset is a photomicrograph of the two-coupled-ring resonator used in the experiments. Rings A and B are indicated. Scale bar, 1 mm.
A landmark study has shown that severe asthma can be controlled using biologic therapies, without the addition of regular high-dose inhaled steroids which can have significant side effects. The findings from the multinational SHAMAL study, published in The Lancet, demonstrated that 92%
A challenge among three housemates to identify species around their inner-Brisbane home has resulted in an academic research paper, showcasing the rich biodiversity in urban landscapes. UQ mathematician Dr Matt Holden, ecologist Dr Andrew Rogers and taxonomist Dr Russell Yong took a