Team develops graphene-based nanoelectronics platform

A pressing quest in the field of nanoelectronics is the search for a material that could…

Social media may prevent users from reaping the creative rewards of profound boredom

People who turn to social media to escape from superficial boredom are unwittingly preventing themselves from…

Seven years of carbon-based electrochemical catalysts: Where we are and where we need to go

The abundant carbon on Earth might offer a rich, renewable resource for clean, sustainable energy. The…

Palau's Rock Islands harbor heat-resistant corals

Ocean warming is driving an increase in the frequency and severity of marine heatwaves, causing untold…

Ask for payment before or after? The effects of timing in pay-what-you-want pricing

Researchers from Rollins College, University of Cambridge, and Harvard University published a new Journal of Marketing…

Merry or scary? Santa's 'Ho ho ho' mirrors our own ambiguous relationship to laughter

Here it is again: the merry, festive Christmas season with its glitter balls, tinsel and the…

New insights into intrinsically disordered proteins and how they change shape within a cell

A collaboration of scientists from RMIT, ANSTO and the CSIRO has published pioneering research that brings…

Cross-cultural study examines maternal attitudes and infant development

Mothers in the samples from the U.K. and Uganda have different attitudes toward parenting, but while…

Climate impacts are increasing; textbooks aren't keeping pace

A new study from North Carolina State University finds that biology textbooks have done a poor…

Exploring perceptions of faces paired with fake news on Twitter

In experiments using made-up tweets, participants rated the trustworthiness of faces paired with positive news headlines…