British Reporter — Researchers at a Scottish university have found a way to use tiny particles of gold to measure the maturity of whisky, which could help distillers with one of the key challenges in the production process.
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For first time astronomers see black hole spewing stellar remains years after consuming star. In October 2018, a small star was ripped to shreds when it wandered too close to a black hole in a galaxy located 665 million light years away from
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British Reporter — The rankings, announced at the THE World Academic Summit in New York, rate more than 1,600 universities from around 100 countries globally. The ratings consider 13 calibrated performance indicators, measuring each institution’s performance in five areas: teaching (learning environment);
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Gas stoves affect air quality inside and outside your home, circulating pollutants that raise risk for asthma and other illnesses. If you have a gas stove, as many people do, understanding the issues and taking a few steps can help protect your household.
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British Reporter — Taking up a musical instrument in childhood and adolescence is associated with improved thinking skills in older age, research shows. People with more experience of playing a musical instrument showed greater lifetime improvement on a test of cognitive ability than those
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New study is the first in the U.S. to link e-cigarette use to physical activity levels in high schoolers. Physically active adolescents may be more likely to use electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes or vapes, than their less active peers, according to
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Parents’ responses to children’s math success, failure linked to motivation, anxiety “You’re so smart!” This encouraging response may actually do more harm than good to children’s math performance, according to a new study by the University of Georgia.
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When the lights go down in UC Irvine’s Sleep Center, things can get a little strange. Although some of the overnight patients simply snore like lawnmowers, others sleepwalk, scream or act out dreams by kicking, pedaling and punching.
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British Reporter — Self-employed workers in the UK were among the hardest hit by the pandemic and their incomes and businesses have still not recovered. These are the central findings of new research from the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School
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British Reporter — Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced that they have figured out how to engineer a biofilm that harvests the energy in evaporation and converts it to electricity. This biofilm, which was announced in Nature Communications, has
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