Collaborate Disseminate
Before you hop on your next Zoom call, you might want to tailor your background in a very particular way, says a new study. Doing so could make everyone else on the call perceive you as being more competent – whether or not you really are.Continue Read… Continue reading Study reveals which Zoom background items make you look more competent
A team of astronomers in the UK has made a massive discovery, using gravitational lensing to locate one of the biggest black holes to date.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Supermassive black hole, Astronomy, Space exploration, Durham Unive… Continue reading Ultramassive black hole found, 33 billion times the mass of the Sun
It’s believed that the Moon formed billions of years ago, from debris from a cosmic collision with Earth. New high-resolution simulations not only illustrate the idea in stunning detail, but reveal that the Moon’s birth might have taken mere hours.Cont… Continue reading Wild simulations of cosmic collisions show the Moon forming in just hours
There are already places where homes are built on stilts, to avoid seasonal floods. A new study, however, suggests that doing so may also significantly reduce the risk of being bitten by malaria-carrying mosquitos.Continue ReadingCategory: Good Thinkin… Continue reading Raising huts may help reduce malaria-causing mosquito bites
Researchers from the UK’s Durham University and Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute claim they’ve come up with the world’s first manufactured non-cuttable material, just 15 percent the density of steel, which they say could make for indestructible bike lock… Continue reading Proteus becomes the world’s first manufactured non-cuttable material
There’s a long line of research projects aimed at leveraging the famous sensitivity of canine noses to detect risks to human health, including explosives, cancer and other diseases. But could they help us combat one of the gravest dangers we’ve faced i… Continue reading UK researchers begin training dogs to detect the scent of COVID-19
Millions of tons of plastic waste washes into the world’s oceans each year, but a new study has revealed that it doesn’t all move through the water in the same way. Scientists investigating the movement of submarine sediment have found that so-called u… Continue reading Underwater avalanches drive microplastic waste into the deep ocean