In a new article, researchers analyze how technology has shaped the retail investment market in the United States. While retail investors have seen dramatic drops in costs, hurdles remain in specific markets. The article addresses the implications of the changes for regulations and regulatory oversight.

The study found that agricultural value added fell 58% in communities facing the greatest pressure to reduce pollution, highlighting the uneven economic effects of China's environmental regulations.

Modern slavery persists because the way global supply chains are designed allows it to remain hidden, according to new research led by Professor Glenn Parry from the University of Surrey and Dr Mike Rogerson at the University of Sussex. 

Dementia imposes an annual societal cost of more than €221 billion across 30 high-income European countries, with families and unpaid informal carers carrying much of the burden, according to a new study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.

When it comes to taking action on major societal issues like climate change or a pandemic, scientists and the public’s joint endorsement has the greatest influence on Americans across a host of important social issues, while signals of support or opposition from the government and industry hold relatively less impact, according to a study by researchers from Boston College and Princeton University. The findings suggest that opposition from major institutions like the federal government or large corporations does not have to produce public paralysis: when a consensus between scientific experts and the general public is present and made visible, they can mobilize public action even when top-down leadership falters.

Tropical forests are essential for biodiversity, climate regulation and carbon storage. Yet they continue to disappear at an alarming rate. 

PRIME-6G (Pilot for Resilient Industrial Manufacturing Environments with 6G Technologies), a EUR 7.76 million project funded by the European Union under the Horizon Europe programme through the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU), has officially launched. This pioneering initiative, with the participation of IMDEA Networks, aims to bring next-generation 6G technologies into real industrial manufacturing environments, laying the foundation for a new generation of intelligent industrial manufacturing.