Innovative research from a UNSW team shows Earth’s radiant infrared heat can be used to generate electricity, even after the sun has set. The UNSW ‘night-time solar’ team captured via infrared camera

A recent study explores the psychology behind labeling ideas as conspiracy theories. The findings, published in the British Journal of Psychology, suggest that labeling a statement as a conspiracy the

A top-of-the-line farm tractor stands taller than an African elephant. And fully loaded with grain, a combine harvester weighs up to 36 tons—as much as a small herd of pachyderms. As these mechanical

Known as a deep learning model (a type of AI that can learn to perform classification tasks from images, video and sound) the system was trained using a dataset of more than 45,000 hip x-rays from the

Women who were exposed to sexual or emotional abuse as children may be at an increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS) later in life, according to a large study in Norway. The risk was eve

People battling with their weight who are unable to do aerobic exercise can hit the gym instead and still see positive results. Despite the commonly held belief aerobic exercise is essential for weig

Deaths involving alcohol use disorder increased dramatically during the pandemic, according to a new study by Cedars-Sinai investigators. The study also found that young adults 25 to 44 years old expe

MADISON, Wis. — Eliminating air pollution emissions from energy-related activities in the United States would prevent more than 50,000 premature deaths each year and provide more than $600 billion in

A study published in American Psychologist examined the suicide rates of psychologists between 2003 and 2018, identifying 159 cases of psychologist suicide in the National Violent Death Reporting Syst

Job problems were the most significant feature associated with suicide in pharmacists. Photo credit: Unsplash The pandemic put a spotlight on mental health and burnout within health care professions

The body’s microbiota are fundamental to health, but how these noninvasive microbes communicate with the rest of the body to influence host physiology is not fully understood. Researchers from Stockho

Robot-assisted surgery used to perform bladder cancer removal and reconstruction enables patients to recover far more quickly and spend significantly (20 per cent) less time in hospital, concludes a f

Materials and methods Subjects We tested 48 cats (28 males and 19 females). Twenty-nine (17 males and 12 females, mean age 3.59 years, SD 2.71 years) lived in five “cat cafés” (mean number living to

Research News Ice shards in Antarctic clouds let more solar energy reach Earth's surface Splintering of frozen liquid droplets to form ice shards an important process Clouds observed over the Sou

Since the invention of Bitcoin in 2009 the global cryptocurrency market has grown from nothing to a value of around US$2 trillion. From a price of US$1 in 2011, Bitcoin rose to an all-time high of mor

People who held traditional stereotypes about masculinity tended to have more positive evaluations of Brett Kavanaugh during his contentious Supreme Court hearings and more negative evaluations of the

New research led by investigators from Weill Cornell Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University Hospitals Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University found that prostate cancer screening wi

Risks of venous thromboembolism and arterial thromboembolism were up to 1% among COVID-19 cases, and increased with age, among males, and in those who were hospitalised. Their occurrence was associate

People who can frequently recall their dreams tend to be more creative and exhibit increased functional connectivity in a key brain network, according to new research published in the journal Nature a

A&A 660, L11 (2022) Letter to the Editor Evidence of ram-pressure stripping of WLM, a dwarf galaxy far away from any large host galaxy Yanbin Yang1, Roger Ianjamasimanana2,3,4, Francois Hammer1, Clare

On average, the children spent 2.5 hours a day watching TV, half an hour on social media and 1 hour playing video games. The results showed that those who played more games than the average increased

"Tonga was a truly global event, just as Krakatau was, but we've now got all these geophysical observation systems and they recorded something that was really unprecedented in the modern data," Dr Rob

Your ancestors had bigger brains than you. Several thousand years ago, humans reached a milestone in their history – the first known complex civilisations began to emerge. The people walking around an

Showing signs of stress could make us more likeable and prompt others to act more positively towards us, according to a new study by scientists at Nottingham Trent University and the University of Por

Key Points Question Does twice-weekly intramuscular injection of 50-mg ultrahigh-dose methylcobalamin slow clinical progression in early-stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? Findings In this randomi

About 1,000 civilians are killed every year by a law enforcement officer in the USA, more than 90% by firearms. Most civilians who are shot are armed with a firearms. Higher rates of officer-involved

Climate change, one of the major global concerns today, has made it clear that fossil fuels are detrimental to our environment and are not sustainable. It is imperative to adopt clean sources of energ

In a paper recently published in Neuron, researchers from the group of Professor Botond Roska at the University of Basel and the Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology (IOB) reveal how diff

FOCUS Seismic Sensing Using Quantum Cryptography Network An experiment demonstrates that quantum key distribution networks, which are part of highly secure cryptography schemes, can also detect and

Age-related cognitive decline affects up to one-quarter of adults over the age of sixty1. A healthy diet and regular exercise can help to prevent this decline, but as yet there are no treatments to re

Serious auto crashes in urban areas are more likely on city streets that look to drivers like highways, new research suggests. The study used a novel approach: Ohio State University researchers appli

Adachi, P. J. C., & Willoughby, T. (2016). The longitudinal association between competitive video game play and aggression among adolescents and young adults. Child Development, 87(6), 1877–1892. Ada

In a cloud of smoke, NASA's spacecraft Perseverance parachuted onto the dusty surface of Mars in February 2021. For several years, the vehicle will skid around and take samples to try to answer the qu

Source: bdcbethebest/Pixabay People who have broken up and reconciled with their romantic partner once or more times are said to be in an on-again, off-again (or on-off or on-and-off) relationship.

A new study has found tiny plastic particles no bigger than sesame seeds buried throughout human lungs, indicating that people are inhaling microplastics lingering in the air. “We found a far greater

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