ESA's Planetary Defence team The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has approved the naming of ten asteroids – and one comet – after people and places linked to the European Space Agency’s (ESA) efforts to protect…
Why are workers getting smaller pieces of the…
It’s one of the biggest economic changes in recent decades: Workers get a smaller slice of company revenue, while a larger share is paid to capital owners and distributed as profits. Or, as economists like…
Soap Minimizes Coronavirus Risk
The soap dissolves the fat (lipid) membrane of the virus and falls apart like a card castle thereby becoming inactive. Ramesh Nature | a PhD Candidate for Kansas State University’s Department of Chemistry At this moment,…
The elephant in the server room
Suppose you would like to know mortality rates for women during childbirth, by country, around the world. Where would you look? One option is the WomanStats Project, the website of an academic research effort investigating the links…
Exciting tweaks for organic solar cells
A molecular tweak has improved organic solar cell performance, bringing us closer to cheaper, efficient, and more easily manufactured photovoltaics. The new design approach, targeting the molecular backbone of the cell’s power-generating layer, was developed…