Richard Stephens

2 months ago | progress.org.uk | Richard Stephens |Jonathan Sher

Hardly a day goes by now without anxiety-laden news about falling birthrates across the globe. These are routinely accompanied by dire warnings about the anticipated long-term economic and societal consequences of too few babies. The main worries are a depleted workforce, reduced consumer spending, inadequate care for the elderly and declining tax revenues. Even nations at odds with each other are united in decrying this current trend.

2 months ago | progress.org.uk | Joanne Delange |Richard Stephens

Male fetuses and adult sons of women who smoke while pregnant exhibit more changes in gene expression than females. Researchers at the University of Aberdeen conducted two studies – they analysed livers of fetuses from women who had elective pregnancy terminations, and they also investigated the longer-term effects of maternal smoking using data from the UK Biobank.

Apr 25, 2024 | elrenotribune.com | Richard Stephens

El Reno will again celebrate holding the record for the world’s largest onion burger at the 36th Annual Fried Onion Burger Day Festival on May 4. The day-long affair runs from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and…Premium Content is available to subscribers only. Please login here to access content or go here to purchase a subscription.

Feb 27, 2024 | nature.com | Peng Luo |Sarah Wolf |Shivajee Govind |Richard Stephens |Dong Hyup Kim |Cindy Chen | +1 more

AbstractEnabled by surface-mediated equilibration, physical vapour deposition can create high-density stable glasses comparable with liquid-quenched glasses aged for millions of years. Deposition is often performed at various rates and temperatures on rigid substrates to control the glass properties.