How to brainstorm brilliant ideas in teams without sliding into 'groupthink'
Creativity is among the most in-demand skills in the workplace.
Social Sciences
May 13, 2022
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Cilia on coral reef polyps found to generate horizontal currents
A large international team of researchers has found that cilia on coral reef polyps generate horizontal currents that are used to carry mucus across the surface of a reef. In their paper published in the journal Current Biology, ...
A shrinking fraction of the world's major crops goes to feed the hungry, with more used for nonfood purposes
Rising competition for many of the world's important crops is sending increasing amounts toward uses other than directly feeding people. These competing uses include making biofuels; converting crops into processing ingredients, ...
Agriculture
May 13, 2022
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How dragonflies right themselves when dropped upside down
A trio of researchers, two with Cornell University, the other with Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has discovered the means by which dragonflies are able to right themselves so quickly from an upside-down orientation. In ...
Mercury removal made easy in toxic environments
Mercury pollution is a global problem in water, air and soil near goldmines, cement and some metal production, and other heavy industries burning fossil fuels—with removal too expensive or difficult in some of the poorest ...
Materials Science
May 13, 2022
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Astronomers spot quadruple stars that may spark supernova explosions
A quadruple star system discovered in 2017 and recently observed at the University of Canterbury Mt. John Observatory could represent a new channel by which thermonuclear supernova explosions can occur in the universe, according ...
Astronomy
May 13, 2022
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More efficient optical quantum gates
Future quantum computers are expected not only to solve particularly tricky computing tasks, but also to be connected to a network for the secure exchange of data. In principle, quantum gates could be used for these purposes. ...
Quantum Physics
May 13, 2022
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Chemists synthesize psychotropic compound from rainforest tree
The bark of the Galbulimima belgraveana tree, found only in remote rainforests of Papua New Guinea and northern Australia, has long been used by indigenous people for both healing and ceremony. A tea brewed from the bark ...
Biochemistry
May 13, 2022
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Satellite images reveal dramatic loss of global wetlands over past two decades
An analysis of more than a million satellite images has revealed that 4,000 square kilometers of tidal wetlands have been lost globally over twenty years.
Earth Sciences
May 13, 2022
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No sea serpents, mobsters but Tahoe trash divers strike gold
They found no trace of a mythical sea monster, no sign of mobsters in concrete shoes or long-lost treasure chests.
Environment
May 13, 2022
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