NASA’s Loral O’Hara, left, Russia’s Oleg Novitsky and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya, right, are seen inside the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft after they landed in a remote area near the town of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, Saturday, April 6, 2024. Credit: Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP A Russian space capsule with two women and one man safely landed … Read more
Close up of a cockroach. Credit: Wikipedia/public domain Sex pheromones are vital in facilitating the chemical communication that underpins insect courtship and mating behavior. Among female American cockroaches (Periplaneta americana), two key volatile sex pheromone components, periplanone-A (PA) and periplanone-B (PB), are predominantly released. Previous studies have indicated that PB is the primary component, but … Read more
Credit: Eric Sundström, Helsinki City Museum New research highlights how in the 1930s, the relationship between radio and Finland’s most famous composer Jean Sibelius had an important effect on the development of broadcast operations as well as on the status of Sibelius and Western classical art music. Finland’s most famous art music composer Jean Sibelius … Read more
Royal Research Ship (RSS) Discovery stopped at Azores, Portugal, for supplies during the 29th Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT29). The cruise departed from Southampton in the UK on October 13, 2019 and arrived at Punta Arenas in Chile on November 26, 2019, covering a meridional transect from approximately 50°N to 50°S. Credit: Bo Sha, Department of … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the minds of some, the manifold ills of corporate capitalism have a single source: short-termism. Because investors increasingly ignore long-term value in favor of quarterly returns, corporate managers are thought to have no choice but to adopt a similarly myopic mentality in their decision-making. In recent years, widespread concerns about … Read more
A novel method that employs palladium to inject hydrogen into the deeply buried oxide-metal electrode contacts of amorphous oxide semiconductors (AOSs) storage devices, which reduces contact resistance, has been developed by scientists at Tokyo Tech. This innovative method presents a valuable solution for addressing the contact issues of AOSs, paving the way for their application … Read more
Image: Comparison of yarn hairiness for yarns of the same linear density (30 tex) and different spinning systems. Credit: Source: ‘Investigating the influence of yarn characteristics on microfibre release from knitted fabrics during laundering’. Can be used without credit. New research in Frontiers of Environmental Science sheds light on how manufacturing choices influence microfiber release … Read more
People tend to make more impulsive decisions if they think about time delays first, UCLA researchers have found. Changing how information is presented could lead to better choices. Credit: Susan Q. Yin/Unsplash If you had to decide whether to receive $40 in seven days or $60 in 30 days, which would you choose? Your answer … Read more
A flare burns at a well pad Aug. 26, 2021, near Watford City, N.D. The levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs in 2023, growing at near-record fast paces, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Credit: AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File The levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who work from home all or part of the time are less likely to get pay rises and promotions, the first post-COVID research project into the WFH phenomenon has found. A survey of 937 UK managers found that they were 11% less likely to give a promotion to staff who … Read more
