"Intense" US blizzard blows Iowa caucus campaigning off course
Plunging temperatures, whipping wind and buckets of snow derailed the final stretch of caucus campaigning in the US state of Iowa Friday as Republican presidential hopefuls delivered their last pitches to voters......»»
Google Fiber’s 20-gig service is coming to these cities for $250 a month
Service starts in "Kansas City, North Carolina’s Triangle Region, Arizona, and Iowa." Enlarge (credit: Google) In October, Google Fiber announced a ridiculously fast new tier of its Internet service: 20Gbps symmetrical.....»»
Hit the track with "Grid Legends", now available for Apple Silicon Macs
Experience the thrilling world of professional motorsports with 'Grid Legends' on macOS, featuring intense action and heated rivalries.'Grid Legends' now available on Mac App StorePlayers have the option to choose from over 120 vehicles from 10 diffe.....»»
How to make "Jeopardy!" work for you at the office
Showing strength and confidence is often touted as the way to get things done at work, but a new study from the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business suggests that people might have more success if they were less assertive......»»
Grinding coffee with a splash of water reduces static electricity and makes more consistent and intense espresso: Study
The fracturing and friction of coffee beans during grinding generates electricity that causes coffee particles to clump together and stick to the grinder. Researchers report Dec. 6 in the journal Matter that coffee beans with higher internal moisture.....»»
Russian hackers use old Outlook vulnerability to target Polish orgs (CVE-2023-23397)
Russian state-backed hacking group Forest Blizzard (aka Fancy Bear, aka APT28) has been using a known Microsoft Outlook vulnerability (CVE-2023-23397) to target public and private entities in Poland, Polish Cyber Command has warned. Compromising emai.....»»
Eight dead as cyclone batters India"s southeast coast
Chest-high waters surged down the streets of India's southern city Chennai on Tuesday with eight people killed in intense floods as Cyclone Michaung was set to make landfall on the southeast coast......»»
Study explains the rapid deterioration of one of painter Juan Miró"s favorite colors
A photo from 1978 shows famous Catalan surrealist painter Juan Miró in his Taller Sert, surrounded by his paintings. In the background, the bright, intense yellow of Femme dans le rue (1973), stands out. Fifty years later, that cadmium-based yellow.....»»
An anomalous relativistic emission arising from the intense interaction of lasers with plasma mirrors
Interactions between intense laser pulses and plasma mirrors have been the focus of several recent physics studies due to the interesting effects they produce. Experiments have revealed that these interactions can generate a non-linear physical proce.....»»
Study: Climate change has increased atmospheric instability over past 40 years
While the impacts of climate change vary across the globe, most scientists agree that, overall, a warming environment is increasing both the frequency and intensity of severe weather events such as tornados and intense thunderstorms......»»
Q&A: Can scientific ingenuity turn the clock back on climate change?
The summer of 2023 was the hottest on record. Climate change fueled destructive hurricanes in Florida, more intense monsoons in India, and melted sea ice to historically low levels in the Arctic and Antarctic......»»
Nations urged to phase out fossil fuels at UN climate talks
The UN climate conference opens in Dubai on Thursday with nations urged to increase the pace of action on global warming and phase out fossil fuels, amid intense scrutiny of oil-rich hosts UAE......»»
Climate change worsened Chinese extreme heat and flooding event in 2020: Study
Man-made global warming exacerbated an incident of extreme flooding and heat in eastern China in 2020, according to a study released Wednesday, which highlighted the need to prepare for increasingly intense episodes of such weather in the country......»»
Making a difference, belonging drives rural festival volunteers and bolsters community development
During Orange City's three-day tulip festival each May, the northwest Iowa town attracts roughly 40,000 visitors, more than six times its population. People come for the blooms and parades, traditional Dutch food and musical theater. For the communit.....»»
Female MP pioneers lost unique appeal to voters because of increasing party control over campaigning, study shows
Early women parliamentary candidates found it harder to make unique appeals to represent the 'woman's point of view' over time because of increasing national control over campaigning, a new study shows......»»
Iceland on high alert for volcanic eruption—what we know so far
The Reykjanes peninsula in south-west Iceland trembled with an intense swarm of earthquakes on the afternoon of Friday November 10. Hundreds of quakes were detected on the regional networks of seismometers and several were strong enough to be felt in.....»»
New study finds stressed employees become too depleted to properly recover
In an ideal workplace, organizations should strive to protect employees from abusive supervisors, but for employees who experience this type of intense workplace stress, new research from the University at Buffalo School of Management offers insight.....»»
David Wilson"s gift to alma mater establishes business school in his name
David Wilson, founder of the auto group that bears his name, donated $25 million to his alma mater, the University of Northern Iowa. It is the largest gift in the school's history and establishes the David W. Wilson College of Business......»»
Researchers hunt for hard-to-spot genetic links to improve crop and livestock breeding
When a hurricane-like derecho knocked down corn plants across Iowa in August 2020, it was devastating for farmers. But it also presented a natural experiment for an Iowa State University research team, which fanned out across flattened fields in the.....»»
Hackaday Supercon 2023 Lights Up Pasadena
At a high table in a nondescript alley, eight 8 hackers sit, gripping hot soldering irons, faces turned down, scrunched into expressions of intense concentration. They are competing to see who will be crowned the winner in a two-day tournament of te.....»»
Harmful gases could be detected on-the-spot with new way to generate powerful lasers
Scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a novel method to produce intense and ultra-fast lasers that holds promise for making precise devices that can speed up how quickly trace amounts of pollutan.....»»