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
When millions tilt their heads to the sky to watch the solar eclipse Monday, Chelsea Paquette will instead be watching a pair of Asian Himalayan Black Bears. Paquette is a conservation co-ordinator at the Granby Zoo outside Montreal and is participating in a study on how animals react to an eclipse. She’s not expecting much … 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
As space enthusiasts in some parts of Canada gear up to experience a once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse on Monday, they should know that red and green are optimal colours to wear during the event. This is because of a phenomenon called the Purkinje effect, first described by Czech physiologist Johannes Purkinje in 1823. Purkinje found … 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
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists may be one step closer to unlocking one of the great mysteries of the universe after calculating that neutron stars might hold a key to helping us understand elusive dark matter. In a paper published in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, physicists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for … Read more
