"Tis the season when shoppers fill the malls, and UPS and FedEx trucks crowd the roads. | Continue reading
Measuring transport properties like diffusion and directional flow is essential for understanding dynamics within heterogeneous systems including living cells and novel materials. Fluorescent molecules traveling within these inhomogeneous environments under the forces of Brownian … | Continue reading
A new study led by Simon Fraser University's Dean of Science, Prof. Paul Kench, has discovered new evidence of sea-level variability in the central Indian Ocean. | Continue reading
Some of the most hated companies in the U.S. are also the most profitable. | Continue reading
A study of scientific papers shows that women hype their findings less than men do. | Continue reading
We were promised community, civics, and convenience. Instead, we found ourselves dislocated, distrustful, and disengaged. | Continue reading
Facing an affordability crisis, the state is floating an “upzoning” bill that would legalize duplex housing in any place that currently bans it. | Continue reading
In this edition, watch as Corridor Crew reacts to the Star Wars original trilogy VFX, see John Boyega interview himself, and more. | Continue reading
Collaboration started in June 2019 and during 2020, flexiWAN and Telefonica will be running PoCs to test flexiWAN performance and functionality on white-box CPEs. The PoCs aim to test flexiWAN tech… | Continue reading
While many airlines are engaged in a variety of programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, new research from the University of Surrey suggests they must do much more to reduce air pollution and tackle climate change effectively. | Continue reading
In addition to a recent spate of lung illnesses, e-cigarettes have been linked to a greater likelihood of developing diseases such as COPD and emphysema | Continue reading
There is a scholarly trend of playing ancient music as it was conceived by the composer. But where can rare historical instruments be found? One solution is fabricating exact copies of the originals. A team of Empa researchers is analysing such replicas with the aim of reproducin … | Continue reading
Boeing launched its Starliner capsule Friday on a crewless eight-day journey to the International Space Station and back, but the mission ran into early trouble with its orbit procedure. | Continue reading
A remarkable 5000-year-old skeleton suggests human dwarfism was both accepted and respected in life and death in ancient China, research by a University of Otago bio-archaeologist shows. | Continue reading
From toucans to hummingbirds, the varying shapes and sizes of bird beaks show evolution in action. | Continue reading
University of Queensland researchers have combined quantum liquids and silicon-chip technology to study turbulence for the first time, opening the door to new navigation technologies and improved understanding of the turbulent dynamics of cyclones and other extreme weather. | Continue reading
This 8 acre parcel of land features a rustic Adirondack cabin on a secluded 5 acre pond, as beautiful and peaceful a setting as you could imagine. | Continue reading
This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Perseus Molecular Cloud, a massive collection of gas and dust that stretches over 500 light-years across. Home to an abundance of young stars, it has drawn the attention of astronomers for decades. | Continue reading
The most impactful lesson I've learned in 2019 has to be this quote - "Software Is About Developing Knowledge More Than Writing Code" I specialize in Data Analytics in the cloud and I work with clients from different industries. This year I've been leading a data platform implem … | Continue reading
Quantastica quantum simulator tools | Continue reading
For most people, getting an ultrasound is a relatively easy procedure: As a technician gently presses a probe against a patient's skin, sound waves generated by the probe travel through the skin, bouncing off muscle, fat, and other soft tissues before reflecting back to the probe … | Continue reading
Nuclear power continues to expand globally, propelled, in part, by the fact that it produces few greenhouse gas emissions while providing steady power output. But along with that expansion comes an increased need for dealing with the large volumes of water used for cooling these … | Continue reading
Border Crossing House, the private residence built by Simone Subissati Architects in Polverigi, in the hills near Ancona, Italy. | Continue reading
Kno is an API for providing secure passwordless authentication for your web application. | Continue reading
The mark had been held by the Soviet Union's Lunokhod 1 rover. | Continue reading
How can you make sure you're serving your customers at all times throughout the history of your business? This article will tell you what to check and when. | Continue reading
One of the world’s biggest genealogy websites has been bought by a company that provides law enforcement agencies with genomic sequencing technology for forensic DNA work | Continue reading
Twas the playlist before Christmas... | Continue reading
Another round-up of interesting reading about journalism and audience engagement | Continue reading
The owner of a direct-to-consumer seafood company reflects on climate change, sustainable seafood, and our rapidly evolving future. | Continue reading
From Phys.Org: p53 is the most famous cancer gene, not least because it’s involved in causing over 50% of all cancers. When a cell loses its p53 gene—when the gene becomes mutated—it unleashes many processes that lead to the uncontrolled cell growth and refusal to die, which are … | Continue reading
Bacterial infection does not automatically lead to illness; many germs only become dangerous when they occur in large numbers. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin have discovered that the body has a receptor, which doesn't recognize bacteria th … | Continue reading
A series of clips from different angles and at different speeds showing parachute extraction tests using a NASA/JPL test rig powered by compressed air. The lid of the parachute assembly is pulled along a suspended cable at high speed while the end of the assembly is fixed to a w … | Continue reading
With Christmas almost here, the red and white of this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image bring a festive feel to this week's image featuring Tromsø – the largest city in northern Norway. | Continue reading
The Space Station has grown to the size of a football field and space agencies are looking to extend its lifetime until 2030. European-built computers have quietly been keeping this orbital outpost on track and in the right position, running in the background since 2000. | Continue reading
A team led by Professor Patrick Labonté at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) in Montreal, Canada, has identified the role of a key process in the replication cycle of the hepatitis D virus, an infection that is still very difficult to cure and affects 15 t … | Continue reading
Diana Kwon in Scientific American: Humans boast a rich trove of words to express the way we feel. Some are not easily translatable between languages: Germans use “Weltschmerz” to refer to a feeling of melancholy caused by the state of the world. And the indigenous Baining people … | Continue reading
The German parliament on Friday formally approved a wide-ranging package of climate policy reforms, in a relief to Chancellor Angela Merkel's government as it faces growing pressure to take environmental action. | Continue reading
Here’s your quick round-up of news that I didn’t quite get to this past week. Or, that wasn’t quite worth of an entire separate post. Either way, it’s Friday, let’s get on with it.Rouvy & RGT (Road Grand Tours) News:No, | Continue reading
Martin Lewis died in obscurity in 1962; a retired art teacher who had found some success in his early career, but was largely forgotten after the Great Depression took away the demand for his craft, leaving Lewis to spend his last three decades teaching other people how to etch. … | Continue reading
Apple is secretly working on satellites and related wireless technology to find new ways to beam data such as internet connectivity directly to its devices, Bloomberg reported Friday citing people familiar with the work. | Continue reading