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Interferometric Scattering Microscopy (iSCAT): A Perspective on Visualizing and Engineering Electrode Homogeneity for Advanced Lithium‐Ion Batteries

open access: yesCarbon Energy, EarlyView.
Electrode state‐of‐charge heterogeneity critically limits lithium‐ion battery performance and safety. This Perspective highlights iSCAT, a powerful optical technique for real‐time, nanoscale visualization of lithium dynamics within single particles. By revealing the origins of heterogeneity, iSCAT enables rational electrode design.
Hong Zhao   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Water Governance Under International Pressure: Policy Narratives, Food Security, Scarcity, and the Politics of Survival in Iran

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water governance is increasingly influenced by a paradox at the nexus of environmental scarcity and food security. Escalating water scarcity crises coincide with geopolitical disruptions that have exposed the fragility of global food supply chains, prompting states to expand domestic food production at the expense of water conservation ...
Alireza Raisi
wiley   +1 more source

Conspiracies, Conspiracy Theories and Democracy [PDF]

open access: yesPolitical Studies Review, 2017
Conspiracy theories are attracting increasing attention from political scientists, much of it negative. Three recent books, from the disciplines of political science, cultural history and social theory, provide a valuable critical corrective. Uscinski and Parent argue that conspiracy theories are connected to partisan distrust and are largely stable ...
openaire   +1 more source

Conspiracy Beliefs as a Metacognitive Dimension of Intergroup Attitudes: A Novel Framework for Interventions

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Apart from their well‐established associations with individual characteristics, experiences of existential threats and either objective or perceived structural circumstances in which people live, conspiracy beliefs are now being increasingly recognised as a reflection of group‐related motivations, identity‐protective motives, prejudice and ...
Magdalena Adamus   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

History as the glue of online-published conspiracy theories and possible implications for collective memory

open access: yesHistorical Encounters: A Journal of Historical Consciousness, Historical Cultures, and History Education
This article examines the role of historical substance in online-published written conspiracy theories from an epistemological view. It describes how conspiracy theories are mediated in the digital age.
David Klimeš, Vojtěch Ripka
doaj   +1 more source

Capitalists, Spies and Aliens: Conspiracy Theories in Bulgaria

open access: yesMessages, Sages and Ages, 2017
The paper claims that conspiracy theories in Bulgaria are organized as a milieu rather than as a genre, and that, depending on their intensity, conspiracy theories can perform heterogeneous functions, which range from justification of political claims ...
Hristov Todor
doaj   +1 more source

A Theory of Conspiracy

open access: yes, 2014
Theintroductory chapter reviews some of the most notable conspiracy theories in American history. It details their consequences and close links to politics and policy.
Uscinski, Joseph E   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Conspiracy Theories and Intergroup Relations

open access: yes, 2020
Conspiracy theories – explanations of social phenomena involving the covert actions of certain people – are everywhere. Large quantitative studies similarly show that conspiracy theorists are found across various different demographic categories, such as
Karen M. Douglas   +16 more
core   +1 more source

Everyone Knows It's a Hoax: The Role of Perceived Descriptive Norms in Conspiracy Beliefs

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT People's belief in conspiracy theories is shaped by social influence processes. This contribution investigated these processes in six studies (total N = 2906) by examining the role of descriptive norms, that is, the perception that others endorse conspiracy theories.
Jan‐Willem van Prooijen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hunting Conspiracy Theories During the COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesSocial Media + Society, 2021
The fear of the unknown combined with the isolation generated by COVID-19 has created a fertile environment for strong disinformation, otherwise known as conspiracy theories, to flourish.
J. D. Moffitt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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