Can ‘local acoustic treatment’ reduce speech distraction within open-plan offices?

To make open offices less noisy, researchers are creating small 'acoustic islands' using high-back chairs and…

Marine animals can hear us swim, kayak and scuba dive

While it is obvious that things like boats can be heard by marine life under the…

Mars growth was stunted by early giant planetary instability

An astrophysics team explains why the growth of Mars was stunted by an orbital instability among…

Study confirms curable state between single and widespread cancers

Using molecular determinants combined with clinical data, physicians confirm their oligometastasis hypothesis in colorectal cancers with…

Novel techniques for three-dimensional visualization of microscopic structures in the human brain

Scientists have made a breakthrough in the visualization of human brain tissue at the microscopic level.

How land use and climate change are driving species distribution shifts

Climate change is altering where species live all over the planet. With global warming, species are…

New evidence that bullfrogs are to blame for deadly fungus outbreaks in western US

In the 1890s, settlers crossed the Rocky Mountains seeking new opportunities -- and bearing frogs. A…

Skills and social change in postsocialistic Mongolia

How do people living in a remote part of Northern Mongolia experience the post-socialist transition that…

Professional speedcuber breaks world record on Rubik’s cube

Feliks Zemdegs a 22-year-old man from Australia has broken the world record for solving a Rubik's…

Study shows many science and tech grads heading to U.S. for work

A new study from researchers at Brock University and the University of Toronto has found Canada's…