Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In and out of the workplace, people often keep adverse information about themselves secret because they worry that others will judge them harshly. But those fears are overblown, according to new research from the McCombs School of Business. The work is published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. In … Read more
Voyager 2/ISS images of Uranus and Neptune released shortly after the Voyager 2 flybys in 1986 and 1989, respectively, compared with a reprocessing of the individual filter images in this study to determine the best estimate of the true colors of these planets. Credit: Patrick Irwin. Neptune is fondly known for being a rich blue, … Read more
RECCS students setting up to take measurements on Bald Mountain in July, 2015. Credit: Marianne Davenport, CIRES/CU Boulder Each summer, community college students from Colorado and surrounding states converge on the CU Boulder campus to participate in an immersive nine-week research program. A recent CIRES-led study reveals that when the students head home, they don’t … Read more
Credit: Journal of Remote Sensing (2023). DOI: 10.34133/remotesensing.0086 In a study published in the Journal of Remote Sensing on 28 September 2023, a team of researchers from the Chinese Academy of Forestry and the University of Maryland has developed a sophisticated Multifactor Weighting (MFW) method for creating clear, seamless, and radiometrically consistent image composites using … Read more
Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels Way back in February 2020, before most of us really knew anything about COVID, we wrote an article for The Conversation about “leaveism” and its impact on flexible working. Barely a month later, the world was bracing for a pandemic that would inadvertently create the largest (forced) working experiment of … Read more
The Norwegian flat oysters are of great international interest. The image is from the researchers’ field work in Agder and Rogaland. Credit: Molly Reamon Flat oysters, commonly known as oysters, are considered a delicacy. As a species, they prefer warmer waters and are typically found just below the tidal zone at depths of a few … Read more
Characterization of the experimental setup. a) Schematic of the steps involved in the experiment. A pair of XUV pulses (drawn in violet) photoemits electrons from a ZnO crystal. The electrons experience the dynamic field of an NIR laser pulse (drawn in red) close to the surface at a variable waiting time. The emission site of … Read more
Skeleton found in stone-lined grave. Credit: Cardiff University An early medieval cemetery has been discovered within the grounds of Fonmon Castle, near Barry, South Wales. Archaeologists from Cardiff University’s School of History, Archaeology and Religion carried out a dig in the summer, with further radiocarbon dating and analysis revealing the full extent of their find. … Read more
The purpose of the current trial is to assess the gel’s safety and longevity, not how well it prevents pregnancy. Participants were asked to use a back-up form of birth control while being enrolled in the trial. The gel is designed to dissolve at the end of its lifetime, so the men will be followed … Read more
Electricity generation from renewable sources was over 50 percent of the total in 2023 for the first time, while coal’s share dropped to 26 percent from 34 percent. German emissions were at their lowest point in around 70 years, as Europe’s largest economy managed to reduce its dependence on coal faster than expected, a study … Read more
