#After coronavirus, universities must collaborate with communities to support social transition

“#After coronavirus, universities must collaborate with communities to support social transition” Credit: Shutterstock COVID-19 comes with a set of pressing social challenges. These include environmental catastrophes such as the Australian droughts and bushfires, and the impending crisis of global warming. Social and health issues—include debilitating poverty, racial and income inequality, and chronic diseases—also loom large….

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#Astronomers make composition drawing of elusive wandering black holes

“#Astronomers make composition drawing of elusive wandering black holes” Rendition of a hypercompact stellar cluster made for the NISP instrument on board the forthcoming Euclid telescope. The color bar represents photon count. Credit: SRON/RU When two galaxies collide, their central black holes merge, emitting gravitational waves. Astronomers theorize that a recoil effect sometimes kicks the…

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#Toward ultra-sensitive diagnostic chips

“#Toward ultra-sensitive diagnostic chips” An illustration of a 3-D metasurface trapping light with extremely strong near-field enhancement at the tips of pillars through dark modes. Credit: Swinburne University of Technology An international team, led by Swinburne researchers, has developed an ultra-thin nanostructure gold film—or metasurface—with the potential to revolutionize next-generation bio-sensing chips. The new metasurface…

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#How school systems make criminals of Black youth

“#How school systems make criminals of Black youth” Subini Ancy Annamma. Credit: Trina Baker Photography As support for the Black Lives Matter movement has surged in recent weeks and anti-Black racism reading lists have flooded the internet, education scholar Subini Ancy Annamma noticed a particular issue missing from many of them: the role school systems…

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#’Like having a truck idling in your living room’: the toxic cost of wood-fired heaters

“#’Like having a truck idling in your living room’: the toxic cost of wood-fired heaters” Credit: www.shutterstock.com Australians are accustomed to having fresh air, and our clean atmosphere is a source of pride for many. Last summer’s bushfires, however, brought air quality to the public’s attention, as millions of Australians breathed some of the world’s…

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#Study reveals dual impact of technology on worker’s mental health

“#Study reveals dual impact of technology on worker’s mental health” Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Led by researchers from the University of Sydney Business School, the peer-reviewed research synthesizes existing studies on how technology-driven changes at work will impact workplace mental health and employee wellbeing. “While technology can streamline many aspects of work, its continued use…

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