From Katrina to COVID-19: Black communities in New Orleans were disproportionately impacted

Hurricane Katrina took a devastating toll on New Orleans, LA, when it made landfall in August…

If we realised the true cost of homelessness, we'd fix it overnight

Australia’s six-month moratorium on evictions is due to end soon. Some states have extended the moratorium,…

Study unveils both pretty and ugly faces win at social selling

The COVID-19 pandemic has boosted e-commerce around the globe, including the consumer to consumer (C2C) markets…

Monitoring river health using a robotic water sampler

Researchers from MBARI and the US Geological Survey (USGS) recently published a paper showing several ways…

80% of Hong Kong workers want to work from home at least 1 day per week after epidemic

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, many organizations have adopted work from home (WFH) practice for…

Study finds international students' learning activities seriously disturbed by COVID-19

In a recent survey conducted by the School of Graduate Studies of Lingnan University (LU) in…

Color-coded biosensor illuminates in real time how viruses attack hosts

Infectious viruses come in many shapes and sizes and use slightly different attack mechanisms to make…

Insight-HXMT discovers closest high-speed jet to black hole

Insight-HXMT, China’s first space X-ray astronomical satellite, has discovered a low-frequency quasi-periodic oscillation (QPO) above 200…

Invasive plants adapt to environments through trade-offs between secondary chemical responses

In response to shifting environments, plants may change their traits through evolutionary or ecological strategies, which…

NASA technology enables precision landing without a pilot

Some of the most interesting places to study in our solar system are found in the…