A new study has shown that employees are experiencing mental and physical techno-strain due to being ‘hyperconnected’ to digital technology making it difficult for people to switch off from work.
Researchers from the University of Nottingham’s…
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Archaeology’s top discoveries of 2024 include preserved brains and a lost city
Grisly details about ancient child sacrifices, a map of a lost city in the Amazon and the answer to a Stonehenge mystery are some of this year’s insights into human history.
Bygone brains
Discovering a human brain at an…
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Sheep earwax can record a dangerous diet
A bit of ear goop can reveal if sheep are eating dangerously poisonous plants.
Earwax from sheep that have eaten death camas contains the plants’ toxins within a few days following the noxious meal, researchers report in the…
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Self-Assembly Trick Makes Transistors and Diodes
Using liquid metal, scientists have devised a new way to make electronics that assemble themselves. With prototypes including nanoscale to microscale transistors and diodes, the researchers suggest their research might help greatly simplify…
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Physics and emote design: Quantifying clarity in digital images
When analyzing artworks, understanding the visual clarity of compositions is crucial. Inspired by digital artists, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) researchers from the Mechanics and Materials Unit have created a metric to…
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Computing Memory: Combining Types Could Curb AI Energy Usage
The future of memory is massive, diverse, and tightly integrated with processing. That was the message of an invited talk this week at the International Electron Devices Meeting in San Francisco. H.-S. Philip Wong, an electrical engineer at…
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CERN Physicists Find First Ever Evidence of Antihyperhelium-4
Physicists with the ALICE Collaboration at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have seen the first ever evidence of antihyperhelium-4, which is composed of two antiprotons, an antineutron and an antilambda. The new result also represents the…
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Clever Technology Turns Lampposts into EV Charging Stations
For city denizens who’d love to buy an electric vehicle—but live in buildings with no driveway or garage—the lack of practical charging options remains a daunting barrier. For charging companies, pricey urban real estate and prohibitive…
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Trump’s Administration Will Impact AI, Energy, Crypto and More
U.S. presidential administrations tend to have big impacts on tech around the world. So it should be taken as a given that when Donald Trump returns to the White House in January, his second administration will do the same. Perhaps more than…
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What Makes Humans Scarier Predators Than Tigers Or Lions? » ScienceABC
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Humans are super-predators. We not only kill more than the biggest predators in the animal kingdom, scientists have also found that our presence, even in areas where we visit as tourists,…
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