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Tech Xplore / As workplace surveillance grows, experts say it's good to know the ways your employer is watching
College administrators read an adjunct professor's comments to students on personal essays. Managers told a pharmacist to spend less time with patients after tracking the number and length of her appointments. Scanners on ...
Phys.org / Cursive is making a comeback. But does it deserve one?
Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild.
Medical Xpress / Does timing matter when you take supplements? Here's what the evidence says
Supplement shelves can give the impression that almost everyone needs something. Yet for generally healthy adults, a review of 84 studies found that routine vitamin and mineral supplements offered little or no protection ...
Medical Xpress / From orbit to clinic: HIV drug enters Rett syndrome trial after space-based brain study
Research using human brain organoids onboard the International Space Station helped lead to a clinical trial of a potential therapy for Rett syndrome, a debilitating neurological disorder in children. Scientists are now expanding ...
Phys.org / Fastest known Milky Way star offers new test of supermassive black hole's spin
Astronomers have discovered the fastest known star in our galaxy, the Milky Way, orbiting the black hole at its center. The star, named S301, was detected with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope Interferometer ...
Phys.org / Newton's momentum principles could help design safer offshore facilities in extreme waves
Researchers have developed a novel model to accurately and efficiently predict the impact of "green water"—water washing onto the deck of an offshore facility during extreme wave conditions.
Phys.org / Microbial clocks can accurately estimate time since death across different climates
New research reveals that microbial clocks—forensic tools that track the succession and development of bacteria and fungi involved in decomposition after death—are highly accurate for estimating time since death, or postmortem ...
Medical Xpress / New metric reveals how inequality can spark epidemics despite low overall risk
Influenza spreads in a crowded barracks or prison. Ebola proliferates when per capita hospital beds plummet below typical levels in developed countries. Bedside discrimination leads some patients to die and others to survive.
Medical Xpress / How nicotine attacks the blood vessels: Mapping the biological hierarchy of cardiovascular harm
A review published in Nature Reviews Cardiology provides the most detailed picture yet of how nicotine damages the cardiovascular system—tracing the biological chain of events from the moment nicotine binds to receptors in ...
Phys.org / Fertilizer prices and shortages are hamstringing our farmers. But we have other options
When was the last time you bought a loaf of bread?
Tech Xplore / Subtle white light changes can make indoor rooms feel cooler or warmer
Feeling too warm or too cold indoors may depend on more than the thermostat. The spectrum of indoor lighting plays a role in how people perceive temperature, according to research led by scientists at Penn State.
Phys.org / Peru's highest mountain confirms tropics were a major methane source before the industrial era
A new analysis of ice cores collected from the Andes in Peru has produced the first global record of historical tropical methane, filling a critical gap in our understanding of the origins of Earth's greenhouse gases.
