summer slump

8 Tips to Fight the Summer Productivity Slump – by Wrike

As temperatures rise, work productivity plummets, by 20%, to be precise. It's no secret either: 25% of respondents to a recent survey admit they only work hard one day a week...
this week in science september 2016

Brief: This Week In Science – 10th to 16th September 2016

Energy Scotland unveiled a turbine for the world's first large scale tidal energy farm. Source: The Guardian Neuroscience Brain-Machine interface enables monkeys to type a passage from Shakespeare. Source: Factor Space ESA's Gaia spacecraft tool its first sky...
Scientists Create Renewable Plastic from Christmas Trees

Scientists Create Renewable Plastic from Christmas Trees

The majority of plastics today are created from oil, which is unsustainable. This can change though. Scientists from the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath (UK) have developed...

Something About Vintage LED Bulbs

Vintage LED bulbs are designed to give lamps a retro look, which in the right surroundings offers a unique ambiance, which will complement the decor of a place. The trend to...
light stored as sound

For The First Time Ever: Light Has Been Stored as Sound

For the first time ever, researchers have stored light-based data as sound waves on a computer chip – something the scientists compare to capturing lightning as thunder. While that may sound somewhat...
engineers create glowing plants

Engineers create plants that glow using nanoparticles

Think about that instead of switching on a lamp when it will get dark, you might read by the light of a glowing plant on your table. MIT engineers have taken a...

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