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Nonprogrammers are building more of the world’s software – a computer scientist explains ‘no-code’
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2022-05-18 By Tam Nguyen, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Dayton
Zinc is a metal essential to life – scientists have discovered a protein that helps keep cells alive when zinc levels are low
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2022-05-17 By Andy Weiss, Postdoctoral Fellow in Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University
It’s impossible to determine your personal COVID-19 risks and frustrating to try – but you can still take action
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2022-05-17 By Malia Jones, Scientist in Health Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Online data could be used against people seeking abortions if Roe v. Wade falls
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2022-05-16 By Nora McDonald, Assistant Professor of Information Technology, University of Cincinnati
Could people breathe the air on Mars?
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2022-05-16 By Phylindia Gant, Ph.D. Student in Geological Sciences, University of Florida
Say hello to Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2022-05-12 By Chris Impey, University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy, University of Arizona
The idea that power poses boost your confidence fell from favor – but a new review of the research calls for a second look
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2022-05-12 By Astrid Schütz, Professor of Psychology, University of Bamberg
Using ‘science’ to market cookies and other products meant for pleasure backfires with consumers
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2022-05-12 By Rebecca Walker Reczek, Berry Chair of New Technologies in Marketing and Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University
Wealthy nations are carving up space and its riches – and leaving other countries behind
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2022-05-11 By Theodora Ogden, Research Fellow in Emerging Space Countries, Arizona State University
What is fentanyl and why is it behind the deadly surge in US drug overdoses? A medical toxicologist explains
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2022-05-10 By Kavita Babu, Professor of Emergency Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
Electric eels inspired the first battery two centuries ago and now point a way to future battery technologies
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2022-05-09 By Timothy J. Jorgensen, Director of the Health Physics and Radiation Protection Graduate Program and Professor of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University
Elon Musk is wrong: research shows content rules on Twitter help preserve free speech from bots and other manipulation
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2022-05-09 By Filippo Menczer, Professor of Informatics and Computer Science, Indiana University
What does an octopus eat? For a creature with a brain in each arm, whatever’s within reach
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2022-05-09 By Erin Spencer, Ph.D. Student in Biology, Florida International University
COVID-19 official counts can miss mild cases – here’s how serosurveys that analyze blood for signs of past infection can help
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2022-05-06 By Isobel Routledge, Postdoctoral Scholar in Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
In Antarctica, scientists discover a vast, salty groundwater system under the ice sheet – with implications for sea level rise
Source: Science + Technology – The Conversation Published on 2022-05-05 By Matthew Siegfried, Assistant Professor of Hydrologic Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

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