Search:

Does mask-wearing affect behavior?

Oct 11, 2022

Overall, they estimate, mask-wearing accounts for about 4 percent of the variance in deviant behavior they observed, when comparing those wearing masks to those not wearing them. In conducting the...

“Whoever you are, this is your place.” Reimagined MIT Museum encourages visitors to join MIT’s community

Oct 7, 2022

“We’re taking MIT’s great mission and making it more accessible to the wider community,” MIT Museum Director John Durant says. “What MIT does and stands for is too important to...

MIT events illuminate critical need for menstruation science

Oct 7, 2022

An estimated 20-25 percent of MIT women — about 2,000-2,500 total — are affected by one or more menstrual disorders in ways that impair their abilities to work and participate...

Making each vote count

Oct 7, 2022

Whether investigating the probability of miscounts in voting, or the possibility of changing a voter’s mode of voting, Jaffe intends to strengthen the scaffolding that supports representative government. Another significant...

A new route to evolution: how DNA from our mitochondria works its way into our genomes

Oct 7, 2022

Each mitochondrion has its own DNA – mitochondrial DNA – that is distinct to the rest of the human genome, which is comprised of nuclear DNA. Mitochondrial DNA is passed...

Predicting the next volcanic eruption

Oct 6, 2022

But climbing into a pulsing, breathing volcano to monitor the carbon dioxide content can be dangerous. The McGill Volcanology Research Group has teamed up with researchers in Costa Rica to...

Game on mum and dad – researchers call on parents to discuss their video game use

Oct 6, 2022

06 October 2022UniSA researchers are undertaking a major study to better understand how and why parents play video games, and they’re calling on Australian mums and dads to share their...

UniSA’s global space accelerator program invites applications for 2023

Oct 6, 2022

06 October 20222022 Venture Catalyst Space participant, Jill Dewey from ESpy OceanThe University of South Australia’s Innovation & Collaboration Centre (ICC) is now accepting applications for its 2023 Venture Catalyst...

Artificial intelligence may improve suicide prevention in the future

Oct 6, 2022

Traditional suicide risk assessment modelsIdentifying individuals at risk of suicide is essential for preventing and managing suicidal behaviours. Previous research examining the past 50 years of quantitative suicide risk prediction...

Labor's plan to save threatened species is an improvement – but it's still well short of what we need

Oct 6, 2022

Yes, the new threatened species plan is better. Even species that have survived so far are at risk, as the sad list of threatened species and ecological communities continues to...