Teen loneliness may follow young people into the workplace
Phys.orgby University18d ago
Teen loneliness may follow young people into the workplace What happens when loneliness follows a young person from the school hallway into the workplace?
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top 58%Climate overshoot will leave lasting impacts even after global temperatures fall
Phys.orgby Concordia University18d ago
Climate overshoot will leave lasting impacts even after global temperatures fall Returning global temperatures to a climate target does not necessarily undo the damage caused by exceeding it, new...
Age, not feed additives, affects antimicrobial resistance genes in chickens
Phys.orgby Jeff Mulhollem18d ago
Age, not feed additives, affects antimicrobial resistance genes in chickens For many years, antibiotics have been added to animal feed to help control harmful bacteria and improve growth.
Satellite data expose an escalating 'boom-and-bust' dynamic in greening drylands
Phys.orgby Erin Schauer18d ago
Satellite data expose an escalating 'boom-and-bust' dynamic in greening drylands Dryland ecosystems cover 40% of the Earth's land surface and support more than 2 billion people.
What we evaluate, not just what we see, shapes pupil responses
Phys.orgby Toyohashi University18d ago
What we evaluate, not just what we see, shapes pupil responses Our pupils become smaller under brighter conditions and larger under darker conditions.
New type of human 'jumping gene' found in a poxvirus
Phys.orgby Krishna Ramanujan18d ago
New type of human 'jumping gene' found in a poxvirus Scientists at Cornell University have found a human genetic element in a poxvirus and discovered that it is both an important gene for brain...
Strategically placed garden plants offer a low-cost way to cool homes in summer
Phys.orgby Ross Cameron18d ago
Strategically placed garden plants offer a low-cost way to cool homes in summer Climate change is bringing extreme summer heat to many more countries, but using the right plants in your garden...
New form of flexible boron is 10 million times more electrically conductive
Phys.orgby Sanjukta Mondal18d ago
New form of flexible boron is 10 million times more electrically conductive Sanjukta Mondal Author The atoms of the 5th element of the periodic table often find themselves in the company of each...
Rare quantum state reveals particles with quarter-electron charge
Phys.orgby Nik Papageorgiou18d ago
Rare quantum state reveals particles with quarter-electron charge An electron's charge is normally fixed, like a coin you can't break into pieces.
Ancient virus hunters: How we discovered sheeppox DNA hidden in medieval gospels
Phys.orgby Kevin Daly; Louis L'Hôte18d ago
Ancient virus hunters: How we discovered sheeppox DNA hidden in medieval gospels Humans and domesticated animals have lived together for millennia, and this relationship has shaped their destinies...
September's ozone hole was the biggest in 20 years
Phys.orgby Hannah E Kessenich; Annika Seppälä; Dan Smale18d ago
September's ozone hole was the biggest in 20 years The area covered by the Antarctic ozone hole peaked at more than 27 million square kilometers (10.4 million square miles) in September, the...
Nigeria faces world's highest projected heat death toll from super El Niño
Phys.orgby Michael Greenstone18d ago
Nigeria faces world's highest projected heat death toll from super El Niño Researchers at the University of Chicago's Climate Impact Lab combined temperature forecasts with research on how heat...
Think you know how long you'll wait? Research says think again.
Phys.orgby Allison Alsup18d ago
Think you know how long you'll wait? Research says think again. From coffee shops to customer service call centers, most people believe they have a good sense of how long a service will take.
Random access quantum memory lets one processor select among seven storage cells
Phys.orgby Ingrid Fadelli18d ago
Random access quantum memory lets one processor select among seven storage cells Ingrid Fadelli Author Classical computers can temporarily store the information required to perform specific tasks...
Today's urban inequality goes far beyond legacy of 'redlining,' study shows
Phys.orgby Carol Clark18d ago
Today's urban inequality goes far beyond legacy of 'redlining,' study shows The use of racially discriminatory housing maps in the 1930s, a practice known as "redlining," perpetuated...
Study finds alpine peaks are greening in the Northeast U.S., Canada
Phys.orgby Dartmouth College18d ago
Study finds alpine peaks are greening in the Northeast U.S., Canada In northeastern North America, a stretch of mountains runs 500 miles (800 kilometers) from the Adirondacks in New York to the...
400-year-old shipwreck found during pipeline survey in Germany's Bay of Greifswald
Phys.orgby Sandee Oster18d ago
400-year-old shipwreck found during pipeline survey in Germany's Bay of Greifswald Sandee Oster Author In 2023, in preparation for the construction of an underwater gas pipeline, divers were sent...
High-tech canopy maps reveal how tropical birds use Amazon forests
Phys.orgby Arizona State University18d ago
High-tech canopy maps reveal how tropical birds use Amazon forests Tropical forests may look like a uniform sea of green from above, but new research shows that carefully measured differences in...
New tool closes gap in harnessing untapped potential of phages
Phys.orgby University18d ago
New tool closes gap in harnessing untapped potential of phages A new tool to mutate bacteriophages—viruses that infect bacteria—provides a "big leap" forward in our understanding of how they...
It's been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific and there's still a long way to go
Phys.orgby John Raby18d ago
It's been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific and there's still a long way to go It's already been an intense hurricane season in the Pacific Ocean—and there's still quite a ways to go.