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“#Network fuels burning desire to understand wildfire” Western is one of five nodes in the Wildland Fire Research Network, a joint effort between the federal government and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to help understand and predict wildfire risk. Credit: University of Western Ontario Each year since 1990, about 2.4…
“#160 turtles caught in plastic waste rescued from Bangladesh beach” The Olive Ridley turtles floated to shore at Cox’s Bazar with a huge mass of plastic bottles, fishing nets, buoys and other debris About 160 sea turtles, many of them injured after getting entangled in plastic waste, have been rescued after washing up on one…
“#1 in 5 PhD students could drop out. Here are some tips for how to keep going” Credit: Shutterstock Doctoral students show high levels of stress in comparison to other students, and ongoing uncertainty in terms of graduate career outcomes can make matters worse. Before the pandemic, one in five research students were expected to disengage from their Ph.D….
“#Variability of blazar 3C 273 examined by astronomers” Spectra of 3C 273 at different activity states. The red spectrum corresponds to the date of the highest continuum flux observed, the blue spectrum corresponds to the lowest continuum flux observed, and the green spectrum corresponds to a medium point in continuum flux between the red and…
“#Spray-drying to produce new materials in industrial applications” Diagram of the different materials that can be obtained with spray-drying. Credit: ICN2 Spray drying is an industrial technique based on the atomization of a solution into aerosol droplets that in turn are evaporated to produce a powder (dried particles). This technique is well known in the…
“#Online tutoring improves disadvantaged school pupils performance and wellbeing in lockdown” Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Eliana La Ferrara (Bocconi University’s LEAP, Laboratory for Effective Anti-poverty Policies) and Michela Carlana (Harvard Kennedy School) have demonstrated the improvement of the academic performance, aspirations, well-being, and socio-emotional skills of disadvantaged Italian high-school students during the COVID-19 lockdown through…
“#Sensor for non-spoofable biometric identification easily integrated in smart phones” Credit: Holst Centre Holst Center has demonstrated the world’s first organic near-infrared large-area image sensor capable of detecting the unique pattern of veins in a person’s hand via reflected light. The sensor opens the door to highly secure, non-spoofable biometric identification for security-critical applications such…
“#’Celestial sleuth’ sheds new light on Vermeer’s masterpiece ‘View of Delft’” View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675). Credit: Mauritshuis, The Hague Johannes Vermeer is one of the most celebrated artists of the 17th century’s Dutch Golden Age period. Widely known today for his “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” he was famed for his mastery…
“#10 cool things we learned about Pluto from New Horizons” Enhanced color global view of Pluto, taken when NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft was 280,000 miles (450,000 kilometers) away. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI Five years ago today, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history. After a voyage of nearly 10 years and more than 3 billion miles, the intrepid…
“#Tracking quokkas through fires” PhD candidate Leticia Povh tracks mainland quokkas using VHF collars and GPS collars. Credit: Adam Brice. Dubbed the world’s “happiest animal,” there’s still a lot we don’t know about quokkas that is needed to secure the survival of the species. This is especially true for how we manage quokka habitat for…