Chinese construction and engineering contractors working as part of the country’s Belt and Road initiative face greater challenges in democratic countries, a new study shows. 

Browse the press program for the American Physical Society's joint March Meeting and April Meeting, now called the Global Physics Summit, being held in person in Anaheim and online everywhere March 16-21.

We commonly consider spiritual practices sources of peace and inspiration. A recent study led by researchers of the University of Vienna shows that they can also be experienced differently: Many persons feel bored during these practices – and this can have far-reaching consequences. The results recently published in the academic journal Communications Psychology open up an entirely new field of research and provide fascinating insights into a phenomenon that has received only scant attention so far.

New research published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin is the first UK-based research to investigate the links between geography, community and patterns of litter accumulation in the environment. The study was carried out by scientists from the International Marine Litter Research Unit at the University of Plymouth, ZSL, Nantes Université, and the campaign group Surfers Against Sewage, with the help of almost 100 citizen scientists right around the UK.