Can drumming reconnect you to your colleagues?
Companies are having to work extra hard to make their staff feel connected to their organisation......»»
Investigating ultrathin diamond films as an alternative flat-screen technology
Researchers from Skoltech, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, the Institute of Solid State Chemistry and Mechanochemistry SB RAS and their colleagues have theoretically investigated the properties of ultrathin diamond films and determined which of.....»»
Artificial intelligence discovers secret equation for "weighing" galaxy clusters
Astrophysicists at the Institute for Advanced Study, the Flatiron Institute and their colleagues have leveraged artificial intelligence to uncover a better way to estimate the mass of colossal clusters of galaxies. The AI discovered that by just addi.....»»
A cheaper and more flexible alternative to indium tin oxide
A team of chemists at Purdue University, working with a pair of colleagues from the University of Kentucky, has developed a way to make PBDF, a type of transparent conducting material, at an easily synthesized scale. In their paper published in Journ.....»»
Enzyme ATE1 plays role in cellular stress response, opening door to new therapeutic targets
A new paper in Nature Communications illuminates how a previously poorly understood enzyme works in the cell. Many diseases are tied to chronic cellular stress, and UMBC's Aaron T. Smith and colleagues discovered that this enzyme plays an important r.....»»
Anthropogenic climate change poses systemic risk to coffee cultivation
Coffee is important to the economies of coffee producing regions. A study published in PLOS Climate by Doug Richardson at CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, and colleagues suggests that climate change may significantly affect lan.....»»
Managing people for the first time: Expert tips on how to succeed
Getting a promotion that involves managing people for the first time is a milestone in anyone's career. It is a sign that your employer values your performance and skills and trusts you to lead projects and colleagues. This transition can also be a c.....»»
Study finds new teachers perform just as well in the classroom as their more experienced colleagues
The past four decades have seen an endless stream of reviews into teacher education. Australia has clocked up more than 100 since 1979. This comes amid constant concerns teachers are not adequately prepared for the classroom......»»
New method can provide rapid detection of food adulteration
University of Missouri scientist Colleen Ray can now add the job of "food detective" to her resumé. Recently, Ray and colleagues in the Department of Chemistry developed a novel method—using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy—to detec.....»»
Misogyny in policing: How some male officers abuse their power over female victims and colleagues
The case of David Carrick, a serial rapist and a serving officer in the Metropolitan Police Service, is the latest shocking example of violence against women committed by the police......»»
Researchers develop efficient process for chemical terpene synthesis
A team of scientists led by Professor Tanja Gulder at Leipzig University's Institute of Organic Chemistry, together with colleagues from the University of Regensburg, has developed a simplified and efficient method for the artificial production of te.....»»
Robo-bird teaches young zebra finches to sing
How do young zebra finches learn to sing? A research team led by researcher Katharina Riebel has developed a "RoboFinch" to study just that. She and colleagues in the "Seeing voices" research consortium have spent the past four years designing the ro.....»»
How eyeless centipedes are able to detect sunlight
A team of forestry experts at Northeast Forestry University, working with two colleagues from Zhejiang University School of Medicine, has uncovered the means by which the Chinese red-headed centipede is able to detect sunlight despite having no eyes.....»»
Managing stress at work: Three things your employer could do for you
Earning a living can be stressful. Whether it's time constraints, difficult colleagues, a lack of autonomy, or an unreasonable workload, it's hard to think of a job that doesn't come with a certain amount of pressure......»»
"You must have a preference": How does lack of preference affect joint decision-making?
According to a new study by Dr. Yonat Zwebner of Reichman University's Arison School of Business and her colleagues, when someone says that they have "no preference," it has an effect on the consumption experience......»»
Rudeness between colleagues can lead to workplace bullying
Employees who have previously been the subject of rude behavior run a greater risk of being bullied at work. These are the findings of a year-long series of surveys carried out by a researcher at Malmö University. The findings are published in the j.....»»
How smoke generated from large wildfires can impact local weather and make fires worse
A team of atmospheric scientists at Nanjing University, working with two colleagues from Tsinghua University and another from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, has found that the impact of smoke generated by large wildfires can result in increa.....»»
Investigations reveal more evidence that Mimas is a stealth ocean world
When a Southwest Research Institute scientist discovered surprising evidence that Saturn's smallest, innermost moon could generate the right amount of heat to support a liquid internal ocean, colleagues began studying Mimas' surface to understand how.....»»
Obsidian handaxe-making workshop from 1.2 million years ago discovered in Ethiopia
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Spain, working with two colleagues from France and another from Germany has discovered an Obsidian handaxe-making workshop from 1.2 million years ago in the Awash valley in Ethiopia. In th.....»»
Kill dates for re-exposed black mosses
In their new paper for the Geological Society of America journal Geology, Dulcinea Groff and colleagues used radiocarbon ages (kill dates) of previously ice-entombed dead black mosses to reveal that glaciers advanced during three distinct phases in t.....»»
Unearthing the archaeological passing of time at Lagash, a site in southern Iraq
When Holly Pittman and colleagues from the University of Pennsylvania and University of Pisa returned to Lagash in the fall of 2022 for a fourth season, they knew they'd find more than ceramic fragments and another kiln. With high-tech tools in hand,.....»»