Direct observation of the electron and positron capture process

Positrons are anti-particles of electrons. At SuperKEKB B-Factory (SuperKEKB), they are produced in copious amounts and…

Ultrafast and ultra-sensitive protein detection method allows for early disease diagnoses

Protein detection based on antigen–antibody reactions is vital in early diagnosis of a wide range of…

Male gender bias deters men from some career paths

Men are less likely to seek careers in early education and some other fields traditionally associated…

AT2021fxu is a changing-look active galactic nucleus, observations find

By analyzing the data from NASA’s Swift spacecraft and from the Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer…

Cheerful chatbots don't necessarily improve customer service

Imagine messaging an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot about a missing package and getting the response that…

Men may not 'perceive' domestic tasks as needing doing in the same way as women, philosophers argue

Philosophers seeking to answer questions around inequality in household labor and the invisibility of women’s work…

California quake occurred in very seismically active region

The big earthquake that rocked the far north coast of California on Tuesday originated in an…

Managing precision and stabilizing local knowledge

In 1911, a meridian circle manufactured by A. Repsold & Söhne in Hamburg, Germany, was installed…

Restoring biodiversity in deforested ranches one tree at a time

For decades, there has been a debate raging in conservation science: what is better when it…

Neutron experiments reveal what maintains good function in bones

Around 500 million years ago, early vertebrates in the seas became fish, adopting an inner skeleton…