IT companies should recruit more women for better team performance

Mixed-gender software development teams perform better than male-only teams, with female developers helping offset psychopathic traits…

Work-life balance in a pandemic: A public health issue we cannot ignore

Before the pandemic, a common objection to remote working was the suspicion that staff would disengage…

Protecting the family tree with global seed vaults

It seems like every day we learn of a new risk posed to native plants, from…

New catalyst makes styrene manufacturing cheaper, greener

Chemical engineering researchers have developed a new catalyst that significantly increases yield in styrene manufacturing, while…

Scalable software system conducts integrative single-cell chromatin accessibility analysis

A team of researchers from Stanford University, working with associates from the Gladstone Institute of Data…

How photoblueing disturbs microscopy

The latest developments in fluorescence microscopy make it possible to image individual molecules in cells or…

Melting ocean mud helps prevent major earthquakes—and may show where quake risk is highest

The largest and most destructive earthquakes on the planet happen in places where two tectonic plates…

Week in images: 22 – 26 February 2021

Week in images: 22 – 26 February 2021 Discover our week through the lens …

Brunt Ice Shelf: Big iceberg calves near UK Antarctic base

An ice block approaching the size of London splits from the White Continent, close to Halley…

Bird believed extinct for 170 years spotted in Borneo

A team of researchers from Indonesia and Singapore has found evidence of the continued existence of…