Arts and crafts seem to boost well-being more than employment
We already know that having a job can improve mental health, but findings suggest that creative hobbies can make life…
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Laser helps turn an electron into a coil of mass and charge
Researchers have reshaped single electrons into spiralling matter waves with distinct handedness that could be used to study and control…
Cheap salty solution cools computers and boosts performance by a third
Water containing a cheap lithium bromide salt can deliver longer-lasting cooling for computers while improving their performance
Being vegetarian may be partly determined by your genes
Two genes involved in fat metabolism have been linked with vegetarian diets, suggesting that genetic variants may affect people's ability…
India set to launch probe to investigate mysteries of the sun
The Aditya-L1 satellite will sit between the sun and Earth and provide constant observation data to scientists around the world
NASA has regained contact with Voyager 2 after losing it for a week
After accidentally turning the Voyager 2 spacecraft away from Earth and losing contact with it, NASA engineers have now heard…
There’s a huge radioactive slab of volcanic granite buried on the moon
A block of granite on the far side of the moon used to be the inside of a volcano –…
Cancer-killing virus becomes more effective when shielded by bacteria
Virus-based treatments are already approved to treat several types of cancer, and combining them with bacteria could make them even…
Fertiliser can be made from human urine in just a few simple steps
Urine is rich in nitrogen, which is important for plant growth, and now scientists have found an efficient way of…