Hinders

Audiologists, like many other professionals in the United States, must be licensed to do their jobs. To illuminate the consequences of occupational licensing, a new database from the West Virginia University Knee Regulatory Research Center breaks down the licensing requirements—fees, exams, education and more—for audiology and 49 other professions, state by state. Credit: WVU Photo/Davidson Chan Audiologists, auctioneers and…

Factors respondents highlighted as critical for improvement action which could be supported by WSP implementation. PO—private operator, NGO—non-governmental organization. Credit: Processes (2023). DOI: 10.3390/pr11030748 Water Safety Plans (WSPs) could save countless lives by improving the quality of small drinking water supplies in Sub-Saharan Africa, finds a new study from the University of Surrey.…

Company searches for a new design chief after Ive’s successor departs following three-year stint. Turnover at Apple Inc. has hindered efforts to replace the head of product design, leaving a gaping hole at the helm of a prominent team that's been key to the iPhone maker's prolonged success. Legendary design leader Jony Ive departed Apple in 2019, and his replacement for hardware design lasted just about three years. Now the department — still in Ive's shadow — needs a new leader at a time when there are few obvious…

For Sharon Su, attending graduate school at Columbia University feels like being caught between “two incredibly different worlds.” The neuroscience Ph.D. student is surrounded by classmates whose parents can help them out financially while they attend graduate school in pricey New York City. Meanwhile, “ focus a lot of my time figuring out how to make ends meet,” says Su, the child of Sino-Vietnamese war refugees who sends some of their $48,000 annual stipend to people…

NEW DELHI : Covid-19 surveillance, including testing and sequencing, has declined significantly, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan warned, as India reported…

A new report detailing the cost of mobile data in different markets across the world, bears the evidence of why internet use in most of Africa remains low despite the growing broadband internet coverage. The Worldwide Mobile Pricing 2022 report, which surveyed 233 countries, shows that five of the 10 most expensive countries to buy mobile data in the world are in sub-Saharan Africa. Mobile data is so costly in these countries that 1GB of data costs at least $10, which is 250 times more expensive…

CLIMATEWIRE | The Supreme Court’s ruling yesterday does not strip EPA of its authority to regulate greenhouse gases. It is unlikely to change how the Biden administration regulates power plant emissions and will do little to boost the fortunes of a coal industry hamstrung by mounting competition from renewables. But the court’s 6-3 decision in favor of coal interests in West Virginia v. EPA could cast a long shadow over the administration’s wider attempts to combat climate change. The reason lies largely with how the…

Credit: Columbia University Press When Eli Friedman set out to write his second book, he intended to focus on the segregated education system in China and how it affected teachers' work, but quickly found that the project moved in an unexpected direction. …

Flights coming to Hyderabad from Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Visakhapatnam were diverted to other cities as a thunderstorm hit the city and suburbs on Thursday evening.Parts of Hyderabad and surrounding districts experienced light to moderate rains along with hailstorm and lightning.While the sudden change in weather provided citizens relief from sweltering heat, the gusty winds also uprooted trees and disrupted movement of vehicular traffic at a few places.The bad weather also forced the airport authorities to divert…