A new study from Virginia Tech found that scientists’ credibility often hinges on their perceived motivations. “Our study finds that perceptions of scientists’ motivation to serve the public good are the strongest predictor of whether […]
Infrared cameras can be used to spot useful information that our eyes can’t see, such as gases escaping from a pipeline, chemicals in the atmosphere or heat leaking from a building. But sensing infrared light […]
Memories of pandemics are often contentious. They can be disputed, uncomfortable and politically charged. As the COVID-19 pandemic begins to feel more distant, governments, communities and families have started asking how it should be remembered.This […]
Researchers in chemistry and materials science at Kiel University are working with partners to develop new water sources for the Mediterranean region. “Regions like these are facing rising temperatures and declining rainfall. Our goal is […]
A Netflix adaptation helped transform “Heartstopper” from a popular graphic novel into a global mainstream publishing success, according to new research from The University of Manchester and Princeton University.This post was originally published on this […]
Imagine using a wearable device so thin and discreet that you’d hardly be aware you were wearing it. Now Tufts engineers have created flexible electronics that could do just that. Made of thread-based integrated circuits […]
While security systems based on pseudo-random number generators (PRNGs) have been developed to secure information use, they produce sequences that are not truly random and suffer from inherent vulnerabilities and security breaches. To overcome these […]
Our universe is known to be remarkably homogeneous and isotropic. This essentially means that matter is distributed evenly throughout the universe and that it looks almost the same in all directions.This post was originally published […]
It can be easy to get sucked into social media for hours on end. Funny, cartoony science videos may be especially interesting, but not to everyone, according to a recent study from the University of […]
For years, we’ve been told a familiar story: Social scientists such as economists, management scholars and sociologists talk, and the public shrugs. The claim goes that people don’t find our work interesting, that our expertise […]
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