Science
Scientific discoveries and research
Extreme risk protection orders are designed to prevent gun violence. But how do they impact the people subject to them?
About 125 people die from gun violence through homicide or suicide in the United States every day. Many more are injured by firearms. Extreme risk protection or...
Potential antimalarial compound discovered in institute's microbe collection
Scientists hunting for a new malaria treatment may have found a solution within a historical natural compound collection housed at The Herbert Wertheim UF Scrip...
Light-controlled brake makes random molecular motion 300,000 times slower
Molecules are never still. Driven by thermal energy, they are constantly moving through space, while their individual parts also rotate relative to one another....
People are influenced by unreliable information yet remain aware of its influence on their decisions
Every day, people make decisions based on information obtained from social media, news outlets, online reviews and interpersonal communication, all of which var...
Museum visits are generally not perceived as boring, study finds
Museums are regarded as places of inspiration and cultural experience—boredom is not the first thing that springs to mind. However, an international team of res...
A brief-ish history of METI. Part I: Early ideas and experiments
Long before modern astronomy, humans looked to the stars and were astounded by what they saw. Even by the most ancient reckoning, the night sky offered enough t...
Tiny droplets use pressure to unlock new routes to degradable plastics
Using a new technique, a research group led by Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) has substantially increased the range of plastics that can be degraded natura...
The beacon effect: Rethinking what it means to make an impression
When people think about making a good impression at work, the focus usually turns inward. How do I present myself? How do I demonstrate my value? How do I make...
A new survey of Canadian English shows what has changed in 50 years
Over the past 50 years, Canadian English has become more uniform across regions and has adopted many American terms and pronunciations, while the use of Canadia...
How we rewrite memories of fallen artists—but not their art
What happens to our memories when we learn disturbing news about a beloved artist? New research from the University of South Florida finds that after a scandal,...
Urban infrastructure grows more slowly than population, global analysis finds
As cities grow in population, they grow proportionally in terms of infrastructure—new buildings, paved streets and parking lots. Or so says conventional wisdom....
Antarctic rocks reveal a missing chapter of glacier history
Antarctica's glaciers were changing long before satellites, weather stations or cameras captured their transformations, and they left behind clues. Along Margue...