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27 Apr 2021

Long-term care infrastructure must be re-imagined in a post-pandemic world

"New large-scale long-term care home developments should be strongly discouraged," claims research Hong Kong is a good model country for studying quality assurance measures against pandemic

16 Dec 2016

Researchers can detect 10 black holes per year using new method

The researchers came up with the method that has implications for the emerging field of gravitational wave astronomy and the way in which we search for black holes and other dark objects in space.

Self-driving cars

28 Nov 2016

Self-driving cars coming to public roads of Ontario, Canada

Automated vehicles from the University of Waterloo and the Erwin Hymer Group auto manufacturer have also been approved for testing, Ontario said in a statement.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

13 Apr 2016

STIs, peer pressure drove ancient humans to monogamy

According to a recent study, the root of marriage can be traced back to nothing romantic, rather it may have been started just to avoid sexually transmitted diseases (STIs).

22 Jan 2016

Experiencing mixed emotions shows emotional depth not indecision

People in various parts of Asia and Russia showed considerably more complexity in their emotions, the research indicated.

22 Jan 2016

Type slowly to enhance your writing skills

The researchers are not forcing students to write their term papers with one hand but the results show that going fast can have its drawbacks.

19 Dec 2015

Ageing warps our perception of time: Study

Older adults may have difficulty combining the stimuli they see and hear, much like trying to watch a video with the audio out of sync, and it could have implications for rapid decision-making tasks such as driving, a new study has found.

21 Nov 2015

A whiff from blue-green algae gave oxygen to Earth

Oxygen on Earth emerged in whiffs from a kind of blue-green algae in shallow oceans around 2.5 billion years ago, helping the origin of life with enough oxygen around to inhale, shows significant research from Canadian and US scientists.

Moral philosophy of ought to and can

07 Nov 2015

Ought 'doesn't' imply 'can'

People routinely attribute moral obligations to people who cannot fulfill them.

27 Oct 2015

New tech produces lighter, long-lasting batteries from silicon

The new silicon battery technology promises a 40 to 60 per cent increase in energy density, which is important for consumers with smartphones, smart homes and smart wearables.

27 Oct 2015

New tech produces lighter, long-lasting batteries from silicon

Researchers have developed a new silicon-based anode that could pave the way for lighter and long-lasting lithium-ion batteries which could be used for everything from electronic devices to electric cars.

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