A new study has revealed that employees who are more mindful in the digital workplace are better protected against stress, anxiety and overload. Researchers from the University of Nottingham’s Schools of Psychology and Medicine analysed survey data from 142 employees. The results have been published today in PLOS ONE. PhD student Elizabeth Marsh from the … Read more
A comparison of experimental annular dark field (ADF)-scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and electron ptychography in uncorrected and aberration-corrected electron microscopes. In the ADF-STEM image from the uncorrected STEM (top left), the resolution was sufficient to visualize the lattice of the sample but too poor to resolve individual atoms. In contrast, the ptychographic phase image … Read more
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email The family of a teenage boy who tragically died in a lake have paid tribute “adventurous and fearless” boy. Sonny Leese Clark, 17, had been spending time with two friends near Rudyard Lake … Read more
When a star like our Sun reaches the end of its life, it can ingest the surrounding planets and asteroids that were born with it. Now, using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) in Chile, researchers have found a unique signature of this process for the first time — a scar imprinted … Read more
Credit: Fraunhofer FHR Following a hugely successful mission and almost 30 years in orbit, ESA’s ERS-2 reentered Earth’s atmosphere at approximately 18:17 CET (17:17 UTC) on 21 February 2024. Predicting the exact time and location of ERS-2’s natural reentry was made more difficult by the lack of new observations of the satellite during its final … Read more
A longstanding shortage of veterinarians in areas across the US has caused crises for some pet owners; contributed to mental health issues among veterinary staff; and could leave the country at risk in terms of food safety and public health, experts have warned. The lack of veterinarians and veterinary professionals has been attributed to the … Read more
Pep Guardiola looks ahead to the FA Cup fifth round Maidstone will look to continue their remarkable run in the FA Cup as they travel to Coventry in the fifth round tonight. George Elokobi’s side are a game away from the quarter-finals after stunning Ipswich, and again face Championship opposition. Maidstone are eighth in the … Read more
Uppsala University is the new world record holder for electrical energy generation from CIGS solar cells. The new world record is 23.64 per cent efficiency. The measurement was made by an independent institute and the results are published in the journal Nature Energy. The record results from a collaboration between the company First Solar European … Read more
Gini Coefficient by Country 2024. Credit: https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gini-coefficient-by-country. Inequality among people has become an increasingly salient issue globally, with data indicating a rise in inequality levels across many countries in recent years. This, in turn, has generated concerns both from the perspective of the sustainability of economic growth, as well as from the perspective of social … Read more
Bird flu has reached mainland of Antarctica for the first time, officials have confirmed. The H5N1 virus was found on Friday in two dead scavenging birds called skuas near Primavera Base, the Argentinian scientific research station on the Antarctic peninsula. Additional suspected cases have been reported in brown skua, south polar skua and kelp gull … Read more
