Briefing: Scientists Rarely Use Humor at Conferences, Study Finds
Strategic angle: A new report reveals that humor is often absent in scientific presentations, despite its potential to engage audiences.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
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Briefing: Electric current stabilizes spins at unstable points for new types of computing
Strategic angle: A research team has discovered a new way to control tiny magnetic properties inside materials using electric current, potentially paving the way for innovative computing technologies.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: How soil microbes may control the future of our planet
Strategic angle: The soil beneath our feet is a huge carbon bank storing up to approximately three times more carbon than the entire atmosphere.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: 'Space archaeology' reveals first dynamic history of a giant spiral galaxy
Strategic angle: Astronomers use galactic archaeology to trace the history of a distant galaxy.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Scientists discover Alzheimer’s hidden “death switch” in the brain
Strategic angle: A toxic pairing of proteins may drive Alzheimer’s disease, but researchers have found a way to turn it off in mice.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: A Fault Line in Full Bloom
Strategic angle: Plains around the San Andreas Fault and across Carrizo Plain National Monument are awash with yellow as wildflowers bloom.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Swissto12 to build small optical relay GEO satellite for Space Compass
Strategic angle: Swissto12 signs contract to develop the first optical relay spacecraft using its HummingSat platform.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Neutrality can speed up and stabilize collective decisions, new study shows
Strategic angle: A new study from the University of Bath reveals that neutrality in discussions can enhance decision-making efficiency.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: World’s first quantum battery could enable ultra fast charging
Strategic angle: Scientists in Australia have demonstrated a prototype quantum battery that could revolutionize energy storage.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: This floating time crystal breaks Newton’s third law of motion
Strategic angle: Scientists have created a new kind of time crystal using sound waves to levitate tiny beads in mid-air.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Measuring Irreversibility in Gene Transcription
Strategic angle: Understanding the irreversible processes in living cells that drive gene transcription.
Editorial Staff Mar 22
Briefing: Two-thirds of workers are burned out—here's what science says about how to tackle it
Strategic angle: Burnout is at an all-time high, with studies indicating that two-thirds of employees cite it as a major challenge.
Editorial Staff Mar 22
Briefing: How conversation works—and why people with hearing loss rely more on their powers of prediction
Strategic angle: "Ultimately, the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or friendship, is conversation," wrote Oscar Wilde.
Editorial Staff Mar 22
Briefing: Sea turtle shells reveal hidden records of ocean change
Strategic angle: Techniques developed to study the distant past are now being repurposed to help us better understand the lives of modern sea turtles.
Editorial Staff Mar 22
Briefing: Fiber-optic sensors reveal how farming destroys soil's natural structure
Strategic angle: Soil is a dynamic, living system, but agricultural practices threaten its integrity.
Editorial Staff Mar 22
Briefing: Study Maps Particulate Thiols Across Western North Pacific
Strategic angle: Research reveals the primary source of particulate thiols in the ocean is marine phytoplankton.
Editorial Staff Mar 22
Briefing: Palm oil, cocoa, coffee… Who's going to tend to tomorrow's large tropical plantations?
Strategic angle: Palm oil plantations are struggling with declining attractiveness, echoing issues from the colonial era.
Editorial Staff Mar 22
Briefing: A lysosome switch could reshape research on cancer and neurodegenerative disease
Strategic angle: An international research team has uncovered a previously unknown regulatory mechanism in human cells that could impact cancer and neurodegenerative disease research.
Editorial Staff Mar 22
Briefing: Transformational Tools and Technologies Resources
Strategic angle: Explore Vision Studies, Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) Studies, and White Papers from NASA.
Editorial Staff Mar 22
Blue Origin joins the orbital data center race
Blue Origin proposes a constellation of up to 51,600 satellites for an orbital data center system.
Editorial Staff Mar 22