A team of researchers from the University of California, the University of Michigan, Kaiser Permanente Colorado…
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Study finds income affects bus ridership in bad weather
Temperature extremes and heavy rain reduce weekday bus ridership in Lane County, except in low-income neighborhoods…
Are we teaching children to be afraid of exams?
Some Australian students are reportedly shunning Year 12 exams in favour of more favourable, and less…
Walk inside a plant cell or glide over a coral reef: Three ways virtual reality is revolutionising teaching
You’ve probably heard how Virtual Reality (VR) is going to change everything: the way we work,…
Generating high-quality single photons for quantum computing
MIT researchers have designed a way to generate, at room temperature, more single photons for carrying…
Microplastics in freshwaters
As small as a grain of dust—but of great global significance. The word microplastics is familiar…
Laser-based technology helps doctors image full eye in 3-D
It is estimated that in 2015, 217 million people had moderate to severe vision impairment, while…
How a declining environment affects populations
Stable ecosystems occasionally experience events that cause widespread death—for example, bacteria in the human gut may…
Nuclear membrane Lem2 necessary for nuclear scaling
A study led by Hiroshima University finds that nuclear membrane protein Lem2 acts as a valve…
Extreme cold could reveal herpesvirus infection dynamics
The funny thing about the virus that causes chicken pox is that no one knows for…