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Released: 2-Mar-2022 3:35 PM EST
What You Need to Know About SWIFT and Economic Sanctions
Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Associate Professor Alessandro Rebucci explains how economic sanctions could impact Russia and the global economy.

Newswise: WashU Expert: Putin is using ‘victim’ narrative to justify Ukraine attack
Released: 24-Feb-2022 5:05 PM EST
WashU Expert: Putin is using ‘victim’ narrative to justify Ukraine attack
Washington University in St. Louis

After months of anticipation, failed negotiations and broken promises, Russia launched a wide-scale military attack on Ukraine on Thursday, Feb. 24.Yet questions remain regarding Vladimir Putin’s motivation. Is he concerned about Western influence in neighboring Ukraine raising security concerns at home? Does he want to take over Ukraine? Is he deflecting attention from Russia’s domestic problems?“Some combination of these is surely part of the answer, but another little-discussed factor is also at work,” James Wertsch wrote in an op-ed published Feb.

Newswise: First Modern Humans Arrived in Europe Earlier Than Previously Known
Released: 10-Feb-2022 11:10 AM EST
First Modern Humans Arrived in Europe Earlier Than Previously Known
Stony Brook University

Some 30 years of archeological and other types of scientific research around the ancient artifacts and human remains in the Grotte Mandrin, located in the Rhone River Valley in southern France, has revealed that humans may have arrived in Europe about 10,000 years earlier than originally thought.

Released: 10-Feb-2022 11:05 AM EST
Study: European diets need to change to reduce climate impact
Cornell University

The amount of poultry in European diets isn’t conducive to an optimal circular food system, which prioritizes crops that produce healthy foods while reducing or reusing waste streams, new Cornell University research finds.

Newswise: Europe’s most valuable marine species “reduced to a fraction” of their current population size by 2100
Released: 8-Feb-2022 4:05 AM EST
Europe’s most valuable marine species “reduced to a fraction” of their current population size by 2100
University of British Columbia

Over one quarter of Europe’s 20 most highly-fished marine species will be under extreme pressure by 2100 if nothing is done to simultaneously halt climate change, overfishing, and mercury pollution, according to a new UBC study.

7-Feb-2022 3:05 AM EST
Experience of climate extremes increase Green voting in Europe
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

What role do experiences with climate change and extreme events play in shaping environmental attitudes and to what extent can they explain the recent rise in environmental concerns and willingness to vote for Green parties across Europe? IIASA researchers set out to investigate these and related issues .

Released: 7-Feb-2022 9:10 AM EST
Mayo Clinic Healthcare reaches agreement with Aviva
Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic Healthcare has reached an agreement with Aviva that allows the insurer’s policyholders to access care at the clinic on Portland Place in London.

Newswise: Scientists decode 450 years of boom and crisis in Europe from ages of building timber
Released: 26-Jan-2022 4:05 PM EST
Scientists decode 450 years of boom and crisis in Europe from ages of building timber
Frontiers

Tracking building activity across the years, estimated from felling year of timber from historical buildings, can yield an unrivaled economic record for premodern Europe.

Released: 11-Jan-2022 8:05 AM EST
Health Fears Can Increase Pandemic Isolation Habits in Older Europeans
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

A new study has found that older Europeans are more likely to stick to pandemic rules if they think they are unhealthier than they actually are.

Released: 22-Dec-2021 1:50 PM EST
What do Western European Muslims think about homosexuality?
Radboud University

The frequency of mosque attendance, the norms of the country of origin, the time since migration and experiences of discrimination all play a role in how Western European Muslims view homosexuality.

Released: 2-Dec-2021 8:50 AM EST
Earthquakes and tsunamis in Europe?
Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR)

Since the tsunami that devastated coasts around the Indian Ocean in December 2004 and the Fukushima disaster in March 2011, people worldwide are aware that geological processes in the ocean can cause significant damage.

Released: 12-Nov-2021 3:45 PM EST
Austria will impose a nationwide lockdown for people who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19. Will it be the first country in the world to do so? Not entirely.
Newswise

Austria will impose a nationwide lockdown for people who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19. Will it be the first country in the world to do so? Not entirely.

5-Nov-2021 8:50 AM EDT
Worldwide Risk of Death in Road Crashes Caused by Drinking is Higher for Men, Younger People, Motorcyclists, and Europeans
Research Society on Alcoholism

Men, young adults, motorcyclists, and people in European and other reasonably well-developed countries are more likely to die in road crashes caused by drinking, according to a novel review of global data. Researchers found that the risk of dying in a road crash attributed to alcohol consumption varied markedly around the world and across population groups. The new review may be the first to provide detailed information on the rate of fatal injury in traffic crashes caused by alcohol use and its variation by location, the sex and age of victims, or transit circumstances. The World Health Organization estimates that in 2018, one in four road deaths worldwide were attributable to drinking. For the review in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, investigators in Mexico explored how these fatalities are distributed, geographically and demographically. This more granular information can potentially help target prevention resources at locations and communities where they may most eff

   
Newswise: Expert to comment on the World Leaders Summit at COP26
Released: 25-Oct-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Expert to comment on the World Leaders Summit at COP26
University of Portsmouth

Professor Fletcher is one of the top 10 most-cited scientists in the field of Marine Policy (Google Scholar), with more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and research reports, and his expertise in ocean conservation has been developed during 20 years of research and practice.

   
Newswise: Ancient poop shows people in present-day Austria drank beer and ate blue cheese up to 2,700 years ago
Released: 13-Oct-2021 1:55 PM EDT
Ancient poop shows people in present-day Austria drank beer and ate blue cheese up to 2,700 years ago
Cell Press

Human feces don’t usually stick around for long—and certainly not for thousands of years. But exceptions to this general rule are found in a few places in the world, including prehistoric salt mines of the Austrian UNESCO World Heritage area Hallstatt-Dachstein/Salzkammergut.

Newswise: Ancient DNA analysis sheds light on dark event in medieval Spain
Released: 24-Sep-2021 2:45 PM EDT
Ancient DNA analysis sheds light on dark event in medieval Spain
University of Huddersfield

An international research team led by the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group, including geneticists, archaeological scientists, and archaeologists, has published the genome sequence of a unique individual from Islamic medieval Spain – al-Andalus - the results of which have shed light on a brutal event that took place in medieval Spain.

Released: 20-Sep-2021 5:45 PM EDT
Missing wind variability means future impacts of climate change may be underestimated in Europe and North America
University of Reading

Climate models may be underestimating the impact climate change will have on the UK, North America and other extratropical regions due to a crucial missing element, new research has shown.

Released: 9-Sep-2021 3:40 AM EDT
Insect protein has great potential to reduce the carbon footprint of European consumers
University of Helsinki

Researchers at the University of Helsinki and LUT University, Finland, have analysed the extent to which insect protein could help to reduce global warming associated with food consumption in Europe.

Newswise: Bristol manuscript fragments of the famous Merlin legend among the oldest of their kind
Released: 2-Sep-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Bristol manuscript fragments of the famous Merlin legend among the oldest of their kind
University of Bristol

Medieval manuscript fragments discovered in Bristol that tell part of the story of Merlin the magician, one of the most famous characters from Arthurian legend, have been identified by academics from the Universities of Bristol and Durham as some of the earliest surviving examples of that section of the narrative.

Released: 24-Aug-2021 7:05 AM EDT
First Sort, Then Refurbish
Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology

Switzerland's building stock is quite impressive. There are around 1.8 million buildings in the country, but only one percent of this building stock is renovated each year. In other words, it will take 100 years for the entire building stock in the country to be renovated – which would be too slow to achieve the energy transition. But before politicians decide on stimulating subsidies, this daunting task must first be structured: Which measures make sense for which buildings? And where to start?

Released: 20-Aug-2021 12:25 PM EDT
How well did the EU respond to the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic? Experts now give their verdict
Frontiers

A new study in Frontiers in Public Health presents a review of expert opinions on the achievements and shortcomings of the European Union’s (EU) COVID-19 response.

   
Released: 10-Aug-2021 12:35 PM EDT
Trials of Growing Old in Georgian England Revealed
University of Cambridge

Previous studies of suicide in the 1700s have focussed on societal attitudes rather than the experiences of people who took their own lives.

Released: 15-Jul-2021 8:05 AM EDT
Tracking COVID-19 across Europe
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

A COVID tracker developed by IIASA researcher Asjad Naqvi, aims to identify, collect, and collate various official regional datasets for European countries, while also combining and homogenizing the data to help researchers and policymakers explore how the virus spreads.

   
Released: 26-May-2021 2:50 PM EDT
Why Italy’s Economy Stopped Growing
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

A working paper co-authored by Maryland Smith’s Bruno Pellegrino finds that in Italian firms a boss’s family members or cronies are most likely to move up the ladder, contributing to Italy’s nearly stagnant economy.

Released: 5-May-2021 12:55 PM EDT
Urgent action needed to protect dolphins and porpoises from bycatch in European waters
Newcastle University

Marine scientists are calling on the EU to adopt a comprehensive plan to protect dolphins and porpoises from fisheries bycatch in European waters.

Released: 23-Mar-2021 3:20 PM EDT
Dementia death risk is higher among the socioeconomically deprived
Queen Mary University of London

A large proportion of dementia deaths in England and Wales may be due to socioeconomic deprivation, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London.

Released: 18-Mar-2021 1:25 PM EDT
COVID-19 denial depends on a population's trust in social institutions
National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE)

An international team of scholars studied how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Europeans' stress levels and their trust in their national governments and the healthcare systems.

Released: 10-Mar-2021 11:55 AM EST
Media Availability: UNH British Historian to Comment on Harry and Meghan Interview and Fate of Modern Monarchy
University of New Hampshire

Nicoletta Gullace, associate professor of history at the University of New Hampshire who studies 20th century and modern British history, is available for comment around Harry and Meghan’s explosive interview and Queen Elizabeth's statement saying the issues raised were “concerning.” She can discuss the underlying historical influences around the royal family’s continued attempts to remain relevant and popular at this difficult time.

Released: 25-Feb-2021 11:10 AM EST
European unions’ support varies for precarious workers
Cornell University

In many cases, unions in Europe have helped nonunionized workers whose jobs are precarious, according to new Cornell University research.

   
Released: 5-Nov-2020 10:10 AM EST
Queen’s University academic appointed to the EU Commission Platform on Sustainable Finance
Queen's University Belfast

An academic from Queen’s University Belfast is one of two academics on the island of Ireland appointed to the Platform on Sustainable Finance at the European Commission.

Released: 26-Oct-2020 7:00 AM EDT
New York City’s Coronavirus Outbreak Spread from More European Sources Than First Reported
NYU Langone Health

The COVID-19 pandemic started earlier than previously thought in New York City and Long Island by dozens of people infected mostly with strains from Europe. A new analysis also shows that most of the spread was within the community, as opposed to coming from people who had traveled.

Released: 22-Oct-2020 11:55 AM EDT
A video posted by a European-based group called World Doctors Alliance falsely claims the novel coronavirus is “a normal flu virus”
Newswise

A video posted by a European-based group called World Doctors Alliance claims the novel coronavirus is “a normal flu virus” and there is no COVID-19 pandemic. Although the video was removed from Youtube, portions of the video are circulating on Facebook. We rate this claim as false. Scientists universally agree that the cuase of this pandemic is a novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, and not a strain of influenza. COVID-19 is deadlier than the seasonal flu. COVID-19 so far has killed more people in the U.S. than the past five flu seasons combined.



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