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Social Sciences 4 hours ago

New study shows how we distort our beliefs about others for convenience

It is well-established that people hold "self-servingly" biased beliefs about their own personal traits and abilities that help bolster their self-esteem.

Bio & Medicine 7 hours ago

Vortex fluidic device can speed artificial liposome production to aid drug functionality

The expansion of clean chemistry applications for the vortex fluidic device (VFD)—invented by Flinders University's Professor Colin Raston—continues with the successful rapid and simplified production of artificial liposomes ...

Social Sciences May 2, 2024

Aggressive? Homophobic? Stoic? Here's what thousands of Australian men told us about modern masculinity

Most young adult men in Australia reject traditional ideas of masculinity that endorse aggression, stoicism and homophobia. Nonetheless, the ongoing influence of those ideas continues to harm men and the people around them. ...

Plants & Animals May 1, 2024

Marine sharks and rays 'use' urea to delay reproduction, finds study

Urea—the main component of human urine—plays an important role in the timing of maturation of sharks, rays and other cartilaginous fish.

Biotechnology Apr 30, 2024

It may be time to eliminate the best-before date on food packaging, say smart packaging researchers

The inventors of a suite of tests that enable food packages to signal whether their contents are contaminated are working to bring producers and regulators together to get their inventions into commercial products, with the ...

Social Sciences Apr 30, 2024

Teens see social media algorithms as accurate reflections of themselves, study finds

Social media apps regularly present teens with algorithmically selected content often described as "for you," suggesting, by implication, that the curated content is not just "for you" but also "about you"—a mirror reflecting ...

Environment Apr 30, 2024

Believing environmental damage is done by others can cause 'race to the bottom'

Recent research shows that if communities think outsiders are stealing their forest resources, they are more likely to want to increase their own harvest.

Nanomaterials Apr 30, 2024

First high-resolution 3D nanoscale chemical imaging achieved with multi-modal tomography

By exploiting a smart learning algorithm that fuses two microscopy signals, University of Michigan researchers have accomplished high-resolution, efficient 3D chemical imaging for the first time at the one-nanometer scale. ...

General Physics Apr 30, 2024

Robots can't outrun animals. A new study explores why

The question may be the 21st century's version of the fable of the tortoise and the hare: Who would win in a foot race between a robot and an animal?

Biotechnology Apr 29, 2024

Taking the bite out of snake venom

More effective treatments for snakebites that afflict millions of people worldwide every year are emerging from EU research.

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