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The 'Little red dots' observed by Webb were direct-collapse black holes
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was designed to look back in time and study galaxies that existed shortly after the Big Bang. In so doing, scientists hope...
Ancient Yangtze floods linked to Shijiahe decline, new 1,000-year rainfall record shows
A new study involving researchers from Oxford's Department of Earth Sciences has finally solved the mystery of what caused the collapse of an Ancient Chinese ci...
Seattle's new minimum pay for app deliveries raised base pay, but tips fell
On-demand delivery services facilitated through online platforms have grown significantly in the past decade, generating work opportunities for independent driv...
Skull fragments expand the frontiers of Iberian severed head ritual
The study of skull fragments from the Olèrdola (Olèrdola, Barcelona) and Molí d'Espígol (Tornabous, Lleida) sites has provided new evidence that would allow the...
Research reveals cost-effective food waste treatment through sewage systems
A research team at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed an innovative urban food waste management framework by analyzing foo...
Chemistry isn't always essential for order: How simple geometry gives rise to complex materials
Utrecht University researchers Rodolfo Subert and Marjolein Dijkstra show in their latest study that complex three-dimensional networks in materials can emerge...
Why supermarkets may sell more by putting fresh meals in front
Why did the rotisserie chicken cross the aisle—and end up in your shopping cart? Maybe you grabbed the container that was closest to you, or maybe you examined...
Water molecules actively reshape chiral catalyst structure, research shows
Researchers have analyzed the stepwise hydration of prolinol, a molecule widely used as a catalyst and as a building block in chemical synthesis. The study show...
ChatGPT is in classrooms. How should educators now assess student learning?
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is now a reality in higher education, with students and professors integrating chatbots into teaching, learning and a...
How to entice water guzzlers to conserve: Using the right incentives outperforms years of public messaging
When Kristina Brecko arrived at Stanford University in the fall of 2012 to start her Ph.D., she was already scanning the weather forecast—not for rainfall, but...
How emotionally intelligent leadership can drive organizational wellness
A recent paper examines how emotional intelligence functions as a critical skill in education settings and as a leadership capability in modern organizations, p...
How reproductive injustice in early modern Europe could mirror that of today
"There was no such thing as reproductive freedom for poor women in early modern Catholic Europe," states a recent article in the Journal of Modern History. The...