As 2020 draws to a close, here are 20 striking findings from Pew Research Center's studies this year, covering the pandemic, race-related tensions, the presidential election and other notable trends that emerged during the year. Since the very beginning of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, Democrats have been far more likely than Republicans to ...
Behind Biden's 2020 Victory
The 2020 presidential election was historic in many ways. Amid a global pandemic, with unprecedented changes in how Americans voted, voter turnout rose 7 percentage points over 2016, resulting in a total of 66% of U.S. adult citizens casting a ballot in the 2020 election. Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump 306-232 in the Electoral College and had a 4-point margin in the popular vote.
2020 Research Highlights
With NIH support, scientists across the United States and around the world conduct wide-ranging research to discover ways to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability. Groundbreaking NIH-funded research often receives top scientific honors. In 2020, these honors included one of NIH's own scientists and another NIH ...
Research Highlights in 2020
Research Highlight 20 Nov 2020. How the microbiome rouses the body's virus-fighting powers. A molecule on the surface of a common gut microbe helps to activate genes involved in the immune response.
2020 Research Highlights
NIH Research Matters is a weekly update of NIH research highlights reviewed by NIH's experts. It's published by the Office of Communications and Public Liaison in the NIH Office of the Director. ISSN 2375-9593. NIH findings with potential for enhancing human health include new approaches to COVID-19, a universal mosquito vaccine, and advances ...
Record shares of eligible voters turned out for 2020 election
Turnout soared in 2020 as nearly two-thirds of eligible U.S. voters cast ballots for president. Voters cast their ballots at Metropolitan Library in Atlanta on Nov. 3, 2020. (Megan Varner/Getty Images) Americans voted in record numbers in last year's presidential election, casting nearly 158.4 million ballots.
COVID and 2020: An extraordinary year for science
The coronavirus pandemic shaped the year in research — from vaccines and treatments to campus shutdowns and virtual meetings. 14 December 2020. Throat and nasal swabs have been used worldwide to ...
2020 Research Highlights
Scientists found that stress affects the stem cells responsible for regenerating hair pigment. Chemicals involved in the body's fight-or-flight response cause permanent loss of these stem cells so that new hair appears gray or white. The findings give insights for future research into how stress affects stem cells and tissue regeneration.
Articles in 2020
News & Views 23 Dec 2020 Prestigious AI meeting takes steps to improve ethics of research For the first time, the organizers of NeurIPS required speakers to consider the societal impact of their work.
What Were the Top Research Trends of 2020?
Below is the complete list of most access doctoral dissertations from 2020. We suspect many of them will continue to be relevant in research and learning into this year. 1) Social Media and Self-Evaluation: The Examination of Social Media Use on Identity, Social Comparison, and Self-Esteem in Young Female Adults. Author: Solomon, Michelle.
The top 10 journal articles of 2020
Psychology's most innovative thinkers are featured on APA's Speaking of Psychology podcast, which highlights important research and helps listeners apply psychology to their lives. The most popular episodes of 2020, as measured by the number of downloads in the first 30 days, were:
The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2020
1. To Teach Vocabulary, Let Kids Be Thespians. When students are learning a new language, ask them to act out vocabulary words. It's fun to unleash a child's inner thespian, of course, but a 2020 study concluded that it also nearly doubles their ability to remember the words months later. Researchers asked 8-year-old students to listen to ...
NIH funding of COVID-19 research in 2020: a cross-sectional study
Introduction. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the world's largest funder of biomedical research, employing over 20 000 people with a US$45.3 billion budget in 2020, 41.7 billion appropriated by Congress with an additional 3.6 billion in COVID-19 supplementary funding.1-3 Prior research suggested that the NIH research funding has not been proportionately aligned with disease ...
Higher Education Research and Development: Fiscal Year 2020
This publication releases data tables for the FY 2020 Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey. The tables present data on research and development expenditures at higher education institutions across all academic disciplines and include R&D expenditures by institution, R&D field, geographic area, source of funds, type of R&D (basic research, applied research, and experimental ...
World Cancer Report: Cancer Research for Cancer Prevention
World Cancer Report Read Press Release 04/02/2020 The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has launched World Cancer Report: Cancer Research for Cancer Prevention on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of World Cancer Day, 4 February 2020. READ PRESS RELEASE: ENGLISH, FRENCH Download Publication DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION The new World Cancer Report is available for free download in ...
Important issues in the 2020 election
About six-in-ten (59%) say violent crime will be very important to their 2020 decision, and 57% say this about foreign policy. Immigration and racial and ethnic inequality rank toward the lower end of the list for voters (52% each call these issues very important to their vote). Fewer than half say climate change (42%) or abortion (40%) will be ...
Google reveals most popular online searches of 2020
Billions of Google searches show some topics had a surge of interest in 2020. Many searches reflect global impact of the COVID pandemic. Kobe Bryant, Joe Biden, Zoom, dalgona coffee and fostering a dog are among the most Googled terms. When times are uncertain, people look for answers. Once our ancestors sought out seers, prophets and mystics.
2020 Top 50 Life and Biological Sciences Articles
Browse the 50 most downloaded Nature Communications articles across life and biological sciences published in 2020. ... sample is an important clinical goal in current human microbiome research ...
What Is a Research Design
A research design is a strategy for answering your research question using empirical data. Creating a research design means making decisions about: Your overall research objectives and approach. Whether you'll rely on primary research or secondary research. Your sampling methods or criteria for selecting subjects. Your data collection methods.
Strategic Directions 2020-2025
About This Document. Download a PDF of The National Institute on Aging: Strategic Directions for Research, 2020-2025. (PDF, 3.03M) This document outlines NIA's broad strategic directions. It provides a point of reference for setting priorities and a framework for systematically analyzing the Institute's scientific portfolio and assessing ...
What Is Qualitative Research?
Published on June 19, 2020 by Pritha Bhandari. Revised on June 22, 2023. Qualitative research involves collecting and analyzing non-numerical data (e.g., text, video, or audio) to understand concepts, opinions, or experiences. It can be used to gather in-depth insights into a problem or generate new ideas for research.
NIH Research Matters
Study defines major genetic form of Alzheimer's disease. May 14, 2024 — In a study of people primarily of European descent, those with two copies of a certain gene, APOE4, predictably began to develop the underlying abnormalities of Alzheimer's disease as early as age 55.
The state of AI in early 2024: Gen AI adoption spikes and starts to
About the research. The online survey was in the field from February 22 to March 5, 2024, and garnered responses from 1,363 participants representing the full range of regions, industries, company sizes, functional specialties, and tenures. Of those respondents, 981 said their organizations had adopted AI in at least one business function, and ...
Pew Research Center
ABOUT PEW RESEARCH CENTER Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions.
AMA Research Challenge
Call for abstracts has opened for the 2024 AMA Research Challenge. Abstracts will be accepted into one of six topics: Basic science. Clinical and translational research. Clinical vignettes. Health systems science. Medical education. Public health and health policy. The submission deadline is July 16, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Central.
Lifileucel First Cellular Therapy Approved for Cancer
In an event more than three decades in the making, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved lifileucel (Amtagvi), the first treatment for cancer that uses immune cells called tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, or TILs. Announced on February 16, the agency's decision also makes lifileucel the first cellular therapy to be approved for a ...
FY 2022 By the Numbers: Extramural Grant Investments in Research
The success rate for new research project grants (RPGs) increased 1.6 percentage points from 19.1% in FY 2021 to 20.7% in FY 2022. This is because we received 4,301 fewer RPG competing applications in FY 2022 compared to the previous year (54,571 compared to 58,872), while making 82 more awards (11,311 compared to 11,229).
What to know about the 2020 census
The 2020 census counts everybody who lives in the U.S. That includes foreign citizens (including unauthorized immigrants), with the exception of tourists and business travelers. The goal is to count everyone once, only once and in the right place. The Census Bureau's own research finds that although the national count has been accurate for ...
10th June
Progress Software has released updates to fix a critical vulnerability in Telerik Report Server that allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and create rogue administrator accounts. The flaw, CVE-2024-4358, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and affects versions up to 2024 Q1. Check Point IPS provides protection against this threat (Progress ...
Voters' reflections on the 2020 election
When asked about reasons for the results of the 2020 election, two-thirds of voters (67%) say a major reason was that "many voters were excited to vote against Trump.". Majorities also point to the increased prevalence of early and mail voting (59%) and the Trump administration's failure to do a good job in handling the coronavirus ...
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As 2020 draws to a close, here are 20 striking findings from Pew Research Center's studies this year, covering the pandemic, race-related tensions, the presidential election and other notable trends that emerged during the year. Since the very beginning of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, Democrats have been far more likely than Republicans to ...
The 2020 presidential election was historic in many ways. Amid a global pandemic, with unprecedented changes in how Americans voted, voter turnout rose 7 percentage points over 2016, resulting in a total of 66% of U.S. adult citizens casting a ballot in the 2020 election. Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump 306-232 in the Electoral College and had a 4-point margin in the popular vote.
With NIH support, scientists across the United States and around the world conduct wide-ranging research to discover ways to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability. Groundbreaking NIH-funded research often receives top scientific honors. In 2020, these honors included one of NIH's own scientists and another NIH ...
Research Highlight 20 Nov 2020. How the microbiome rouses the body's virus-fighting powers. A molecule on the surface of a common gut microbe helps to activate genes involved in the immune response.
NIH Research Matters is a weekly update of NIH research highlights reviewed by NIH's experts. It's published by the Office of Communications and Public Liaison in the NIH Office of the Director. ISSN 2375-9593. NIH findings with potential for enhancing human health include new approaches to COVID-19, a universal mosquito vaccine, and advances ...
Turnout soared in 2020 as nearly two-thirds of eligible U.S. voters cast ballots for president. Voters cast their ballots at Metropolitan Library in Atlanta on Nov. 3, 2020. (Megan Varner/Getty Images) Americans voted in record numbers in last year's presidential election, casting nearly 158.4 million ballots.
The coronavirus pandemic shaped the year in research — from vaccines and treatments to campus shutdowns and virtual meetings. 14 December 2020. Throat and nasal swabs have been used worldwide to ...
Scientists found that stress affects the stem cells responsible for regenerating hair pigment. Chemicals involved in the body's fight-or-flight response cause permanent loss of these stem cells so that new hair appears gray or white. The findings give insights for future research into how stress affects stem cells and tissue regeneration.
News & Views 23 Dec 2020 Prestigious AI meeting takes steps to improve ethics of research For the first time, the organizers of NeurIPS required speakers to consider the societal impact of their work.
Below is the complete list of most access doctoral dissertations from 2020. We suspect many of them will continue to be relevant in research and learning into this year. 1) Social Media and Self-Evaluation: The Examination of Social Media Use on Identity, Social Comparison, and Self-Esteem in Young Female Adults. Author: Solomon, Michelle.
Psychology's most innovative thinkers are featured on APA's Speaking of Psychology podcast, which highlights important research and helps listeners apply psychology to their lives. The most popular episodes of 2020, as measured by the number of downloads in the first 30 days, were:
1. To Teach Vocabulary, Let Kids Be Thespians. When students are learning a new language, ask them to act out vocabulary words. It's fun to unleash a child's inner thespian, of course, but a 2020 study concluded that it also nearly doubles their ability to remember the words months later. Researchers asked 8-year-old students to listen to ...
Introduction. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the world's largest funder of biomedical research, employing over 20 000 people with a US$45.3 billion budget in 2020, 41.7 billion appropriated by Congress with an additional 3.6 billion in COVID-19 supplementary funding.1-3 Prior research suggested that the NIH research funding has not been proportionately aligned with disease ...
This publication releases data tables for the FY 2020 Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey. The tables present data on research and development expenditures at higher education institutions across all academic disciplines and include R&D expenditures by institution, R&D field, geographic area, source of funds, type of R&D (basic research, applied research, and experimental ...
World Cancer Report Read Press Release 04/02/2020 The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has launched World Cancer Report: Cancer Research for Cancer Prevention on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of World Cancer Day, 4 February 2020. READ PRESS RELEASE: ENGLISH, FRENCH Download Publication DOWNLOAD PUBLICATION The new World Cancer Report is available for free download in ...
About six-in-ten (59%) say violent crime will be very important to their 2020 decision, and 57% say this about foreign policy. Immigration and racial and ethnic inequality rank toward the lower end of the list for voters (52% each call these issues very important to their vote). Fewer than half say climate change (42%) or abortion (40%) will be ...
Billions of Google searches show some topics had a surge of interest in 2020. Many searches reflect global impact of the COVID pandemic. Kobe Bryant, Joe Biden, Zoom, dalgona coffee and fostering a dog are among the most Googled terms. When times are uncertain, people look for answers. Once our ancestors sought out seers, prophets and mystics.
Browse the 50 most downloaded Nature Communications articles across life and biological sciences published in 2020. ... sample is an important clinical goal in current human microbiome research ...
A research design is a strategy for answering your research question using empirical data. Creating a research design means making decisions about: Your overall research objectives and approach. Whether you'll rely on primary research or secondary research. Your sampling methods or criteria for selecting subjects. Your data collection methods.
About This Document. Download a PDF of The National Institute on Aging: Strategic Directions for Research, 2020-2025. (PDF, 3.03M) This document outlines NIA's broad strategic directions. It provides a point of reference for setting priorities and a framework for systematically analyzing the Institute's scientific portfolio and assessing ...
Published on June 19, 2020 by Pritha Bhandari. Revised on June 22, 2023. Qualitative research involves collecting and analyzing non-numerical data (e.g., text, video, or audio) to understand concepts, opinions, or experiences. It can be used to gather in-depth insights into a problem or generate new ideas for research.
Study defines major genetic form of Alzheimer's disease. May 14, 2024 — In a study of people primarily of European descent, those with two copies of a certain gene, APOE4, predictably began to develop the underlying abnormalities of Alzheimer's disease as early as age 55.
About the research. The online survey was in the field from February 22 to March 5, 2024, and garnered responses from 1,363 participants representing the full range of regions, industries, company sizes, functional specialties, and tenures. Of those respondents, 981 said their organizations had adopted AI in at least one business function, and ...
ABOUT PEW RESEARCH CENTER Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Pew Research Center does not take policy positions.
Call for abstracts has opened for the 2024 AMA Research Challenge. Abstracts will be accepted into one of six topics: Basic science. Clinical and translational research. Clinical vignettes. Health systems science. Medical education. Public health and health policy. The submission deadline is July 16, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Central.
In an event more than three decades in the making, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved lifileucel (Amtagvi), the first treatment for cancer that uses immune cells called tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, or TILs. Announced on February 16, the agency's decision also makes lifileucel the first cellular therapy to be approved for a ...
The success rate for new research project grants (RPGs) increased 1.6 percentage points from 19.1% in FY 2021 to 20.7% in FY 2022. This is because we received 4,301 fewer RPG competing applications in FY 2022 compared to the previous year (54,571 compared to 58,872), while making 82 more awards (11,311 compared to 11,229).
The 2020 census counts everybody who lives in the U.S. That includes foreign citizens (including unauthorized immigrants), with the exception of tourists and business travelers. The goal is to count everyone once, only once and in the right place. The Census Bureau's own research finds that although the national count has been accurate for ...
Progress Software has released updates to fix a critical vulnerability in Telerik Report Server that allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and create rogue administrator accounts. The flaw, CVE-2024-4358, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 and affects versions up to 2024 Q1. Check Point IPS provides protection against this threat (Progress ...
When asked about reasons for the results of the 2020 election, two-thirds of voters (67%) say a major reason was that "many voters were excited to vote against Trump.". Majorities also point to the increased prevalence of early and mail voting (59%) and the Trump administration's failure to do a good job in handling the coronavirus ...