Self-determination and social identity: Modeling team motivation
What are the underlying dynamics of group motivation in a team or organization? How does it take shape? And how does it influence a team's functioning and effectiveness?.....»»
Trump team in sync with Tesla on ending crash-reporting requirements, report says
The transition team of president-elect Donald Trump is planning to end existing car-crash reporting requirements to safety regulators......»»
Airborne observations identify major source of US landfill methane emissions
A team has found via testing from airplanes that landfill work faces tend to be responsible for the biggest share of methane emissions in U.S. landfills. Their findings are published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. The researcher.....»»
Mozi is a new social media app for people who don’t want a new social media app
Plenty of people have tried to replace Twitter/X, but only a few new social media apps have achieved any traction, notably Threads and Bluesky. But a new app created by Twitter co-founder Ev Williams isn’t trying to replace those, but instead do.....»»
Buried landforms reveal North Sea"s ancient glacial past
An international team of researchers, including a glaciologist at Newcastle University, UK, has discovered remarkably well-preserved glacial landforms buried almost 1 km beneath the North Sea......»»
Tilted magnetic materials offer fresh path for thermoelectric applications
A research team from NIMS and UTokyo has proposed and demonstrated that the transverse magneto-thermoelectric conversion in magnetic materials can be utilized with much higher performance than previously by developing artificial materials comprising.....»»
Uncovering the evolutionary origins of the hepatitis E virus
An international team of virologists, mammalian ecologists and zoologists has uncovered the evolutionary origins of the hepatitis E virus. In their study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group analyzed genomic da.....»»
Thick as Thieves reimagines Thief as a multiplayer immersive sim
We spoke with gaming legend Warren Spector and the team at Otherside about their surprising multiplayer Thief spiritual successor, Thick as Thieves......»»
Butterfly puts Bluesky on your Apple Watch with a beautiful app
Want the latest social network that’s popping off to be available on your Apple Watch? Leave it up to indie developers to always find a way. The latest is an all-new client for Bluesky called Butterfly — no relation to MacBook butterfly keyboard.....»»
Scientists call for all-out, global effort to create an AI virtual cell
Noting that recent advances in artificial intelligence and the existence of large-scale experimental data about human biology have reached a critical mass, a team of researchers from Stanford University, Genentech, and the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative.....»»
Scientists control quantum states in new energy range
An international team of scientists led by Dr. Lukas Bruder, junior research group leader at the Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, has succeeded in producing and directly controlling hybrid electron-photon quantum states in helium atoms......»»
NASA successfully integrates Roman mission"s telescope, instruments
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team has successfully integrated the mission's telescope and two instruments onto the instrument carrier, marking the completion of the Roman payload. Now the team at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Gree.....»»
Can the UK"s "Online Safety Act" tame the hidden violence in leisure communities?
The UK's new Online Safety Act, programmed for implementation in the second half of next year, could reshape how social media platforms deal with harmful online content. This legislation aims to protect users by requiring platforms to swiftly remove.....»»
How sulfur affects the carbon cycle of subtropical seagrass meadows: New findings from Florida Bay
Seagrass meadows have an important climate protection function due to their long-term carbon storage potential. An international research team led by the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) has now been able to show that seagr.....»»
Catalyst "breathes" new life into acrylonitrile production
A team of engineers is reimagining one of the essential processes in modern manufacturing. Their goal? To transform how a chemical called acrylonitrile (ACN) is made—not by building world-scale manufacturing sites, but by using smaller-scale, modul.....»»
LastPass Business can protect all business teams big and small
I think we all know at this point that you shouldn’t be sharing account details and passwords with anyone. And yet, that can be quite difficult to pull off when you’re working with a team. Several people may need access to an account for.....»»
How influenza A moves: New simulation offers potential to stop spread
A team of bioengineers from the Biohub at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has created a simulation to mimic the way the influenza A virus moves through host tissue, presenting a possible new way to stop the.....»»
"A virtual seat at the family table": why older people are among the biggest users of social media
The Australian government's recent decision to ban under 16s from social media has focused attention on the harms it can cause—especially for young people......»»
How to customize your social media by finding and making Bluesky feeds
Feeds are lists users on Bluesky create to customize their experience on the site. Here's how you can find feeds and create your own......»»
Keycloak: Open-source identity and access management
Keycloak is an open-source project for identity and access management (IAM). It provides user federation, strong authentication, user management, authorization, and more. Keycloak is based on standard protocols and supports OpenID Connect, OAuth 2.0,.....»»
Warm Saturn-sized exoplanet discovered with TESS
Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international team of astronomers has detected a new exoplanet orbiting a distant star. The newfound alien world, designated TOI-4994 b, is warm and slightly smaller than Saturn. The findi.....»»