Even “modest” action to limit climate change could help prevent the most extreme water-shortage scenarios facing Asia by the year 2050, according to a new study led by MIT researchers. Continue reading “Climate action can limit Asia’s growing water shortages”
When photons spice up the energy levels of quantum particles
Quantum particles behave in mysterious ways. They are governed by laws of physics designed to reflect what is happening at smaller scales through quantum mechanics. Quantum state properties are generally very different to those of classical states. Continue reading “When photons spice up the energy levels of quantum particles”
Shocks to the Brain Improve Mathematical Abilities
The ‘three Rs’ of reading, writing and arithmetic could become four. Random electrical stimulation, a technique that applies a gentle current through the skull, leads to a long-lasting boost in the speed of mental calculations, a small laboratory study of university students has found. Continue reading “Shocks to the Brain Improve Mathematical Abilities”
How Perceptive Are You? Not Everyone Is the Same
Our abilities to see things that appear fleetingly or in cluttered environments or outside our focus of attention are all determined by a single perceptual capacity trait that varies among people, a new study suggests. Researchers say these findings could one day help scientifically predict an individual’s performance in jobs that rely on strong observational skills. Continue reading “How Perceptive Are You? Not Everyone Is the Same”
Pollution hits fungi that nourish trees
Scientists are warning that pollution could be starving Europe’s trees of vital nutrients by damaging essential fungi. Continue reading “Pollution hits fungi that nourish trees”
Antigone’s Laments, Creon’s – Grief Mourning, Membership, and the Politics of Exception
Here we present the ‘Abstract’ of the corresponding paper by Bonnie Honig. Continue reading “Antigone’s Laments, Creon’s – Grief Mourning, Membership, and the Politics of Exception”
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