Iceland Hikes Key Rate to 8% to Lower Risk of Price Spiral
Iceland’s central bank Governor Asgeir Jonsson signaled borrowing costs have likely peaked after the third interest-rate hike this…
The stay-at-home boyfriend is now an economic trend as more women than men go to work
You probably know a woman supporting an unemployed man. Maybe you’ve been that woman. What used to be…
Automated workflow speeds bacterial sample preparation for genetic sequencing
Biomedical engineers at Brown University have developed a fully automated workflow that simplifies and accelerates the preparation of…
America In Focus: US inflation cooled in June, but AI build-out poses latest threat
The economy, inflation and how those forces could impact the lives of Americans were front and center over…
A Smaller Labor Force Means a Smaller Economy
In 2024, the U.S. fertility rate reached a new low of 1.6. Net immigration started declining rapidly that…
Labor crunch, building costs cloud Japan’s 60m tourist goal
Travel & Leisure Mori Trust sees 42m visitors in 2026, calls for post-2030 tourism strategy Mori Trust CEO…
High rents are forcing non-college-educated men to live at home and fall out of the labor market
There’s a version of American manhood that used to run on a simple script: leave home, get a…
Memory B cells reveal how nasal vaccines could stop respiratory infections earlier
New insights into lung-resident memory B cells show why the next generation of vaccines may need to protect…
Fish-inspired device enables scalable monitoring of beating heart organoids
An international team, including the University of Tokyo, has created a sensor inspired by the lateral line in…
Melatonin dampens fetal membrane inflammation linked to preterm birth
A new ex vivo study reveals how melatonin may calm infection-triggered fetal membrane inflammation, offering fresh clues for…
Meta Exposed Data Internally From Its Controversial Employee-Tracking Program
Meta left potentially sensitive information collected from employee laptops accessible to anyone inside the company, according to an…
Synthetic biology platform unmasks hidden bacterial targets of bacteriophages
An interdisciplinary team of Rice University researchers has uncovered previously unknown relationships between bacteriophages – viruses that infect…