Foster + Partners Industrial Design team gives distinctive edge to door handles for FSB
Promotion: Foster + Partners Industrial Design team has collaborated with German door handle brand FSB to launch a door handle collection that conveys the architecture firm's attention to detail. Read more Promotion: Foster + Partners Indus.....»»
Apple Design Award finalists announced ahead of WWDC, including new Spatial Computing category
Today alongside confirming the details for WWDC 2024’s keynote and other offerings, Apple has announced its Apple Design Award finalists for the year. As per tradition, Apple annually recognizes some of the best apps on the App Store across a va.....»»
Apple"s 2024 Design Awards have a new Spatial Computing category
With WWDC 2024 just around the corner, Apple has announced the finalists for its annual Design Awards across seven categories.Image Credit: AppleApple has revealed the list of nominees for the 2023 Apple Design Awards. It highlights several different.....»»
Small birds boast range of flight styles thanks to evolutionary edge
Small birds have explored a wide variety of styles of flight, ranging from hovering hummingbirds to bounding sparrows to soaring swifts and swallows. A new Cornell University study could explain why......»»
Researchers create the world"s strongest ionizing terahertz radiation
Terahertz waves, known as non-ionizing radiation, can turn into ionization radiation when sufficiently many terahertz photons are focused in space and time. A team led by scientists in Korea and the U.S. has created the world's most intense terahertz.....»»
Sweet secrets of the bayberry: Genetic insights set to transform fruit quality
The Chinese bayberry, Myrica rubra, is a subtropical fruit highly valued for its distinctive flavor, nutritional benefits, and economic importance. However, previous genome assemblies lacked sequence continuity, hindering comprehensive genetic studie.....»»
Discovery of ancient rock impression suggests ability to form cornified skin goes back to early evolution of tetrapods
A team of geologists, paleontologists and archaeologists affiliated with several institutions in Poland, Czechia and Germany has found evidence suggesting that the ability to form cornified skin appendages is not unique to terrestrial vertebrates, bu.....»»
New metasurface-based edge detecting filter for remote sensing could transform crop monitoring
New work by researchers from the ARC Center of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) and City University of New York (CUNY) published May 27 in Nature Communications realizes a new, tunable edge-detecting filter for flat-optic ima.....»»
Global activity of seafloor biodiversity mapped for the first time
A team of scientists from the U.S. and the U.K. has used artificial intelligence (AI) to map the activities of seafloor invertebrate animals, such as worms, clams and shrimps, across all the oceans of the world......»»
Novel design approach achieves nonlinear photochromism using easy-to-synthesize rhodamine spirolactam derivatives
Photochromic compounds, which change their color when exposed to light, have been widely used as photo switches to control different properties of materials. Nonlinear photochromic compounds, characterized by a nonlinear response to the intensity of.....»»
Apple versus donut: How the shape of a tokamak impacts the limits of the edge of the plasma
Harnessing energy from plasma requires a precise understanding of its behavior during fusion to keep it hot, dense and stable. A new theoretical model about a plasma's edge, which can become unstable and bulge, brings the prospect of commercial fusio.....»»
The best Xbox Series X controllers for 2024
Looking for the best controllers for your Xbox Series X? Maybe you want some extra customization features or at least a unique design. Here are the best models......»»
Clothed pig carcasses reveal the secrets of mummification—study provides insights for forensic scientists
It was the kind of task any competent seamstress has completed hundreds of times before: altering denim jeans and jerseys. But there was something different about this piece of work. Though our team of scientists were paying for it, we weren't her ul.....»»
Study shows relatively low number of superspreaders responsible for large portion of misinformation on Twitter
A small team of social media analysts at Indiana University has found that a major portion of tweets spreading disinformation are sent by a surprisingly small percentage of a given userbase......»»
New method for modeling free-ranging animal populations finds macaque numbers smaller than expected
A team of researchers created a new method of modeling to estimate the population of free-ranging animals and in doing so discovered that there were far fewer numbers of an Old World monkey, the macaque, than expected......»»
Humble leaders boost employees" workplace status and leadership potential, finds study
There are many different types of workplace leaders, from those who prioritize the needs of team members and the organization above their own, to authentic leaders who foster openness, trust and transparency......»»
8 reasons the Tineco Floor One Stretch S6 should be your next vacuum
The Tineco Floor One Stretch S6 offers a revolutionary new design that allows it to recline 180-degrees and lay-flat. Here are 8 more reasons why it's awesome......»»
Residents on edge as teens on e-bikes terrorize the South Bay
Residents on edge as teens on e-bikes terrorize the South Bay.....»»
New fossils provide evidence for an "Age of Monotremes"
Published today in the Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, evidence of an "Age of Monotremes" has been unearthed by a team of Australian scientists at the Australian Museum (AM), Museums Victoria and Australian Opal Centre......»»
First proof that "plunging regions" exist around black holes in space
An international team led by researchers at Oxford University Physics have proved Einstein was correct about a key prediction concerning black holes. Using X-ray data to test Einstein's theory of gravity, their study gives the first observational pro.....»»
Decades of industrial waste to be cleaned up in Montana following years of negotiations
Decades of industrial waste to be cleaned up in Montana following years of negotiations.....»»