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Month: March 2026

Math

Crushing soda cans and the mathematics of corrugation formation

March 31, 2026 Phys Org

Many people have likely found themselves watching oddly satisfying videos of random objects being squashed by a powerful hydraulic press, but rarely do people consider why things squash the way they do. One object that […]

Technology

New memory chip survives temperatures hotter than lava

March 31, 2026 Tech Xplore

The electronics inside your phone, your car, and every satellite currently orbiting Earth share one critical weakness: heat. Push them past about 200 degrees Celsius and they start to fail. For decades, that thermal ceiling […]

Education

College students struggle to identify problematic gray zones in academic practice, study finds

March 31, 2026 Phys Org

Students across education levels have a blind spot for identifying situations that might bring their academic integrity into questionable territory, a study finds. When navigating questions on citation, collaboration, and data collection, students in higher […]

Education

AI could undermine meaningful learning unless feedback stays rooted in connection, study recommends

March 31, 2026 Phys Org

The rise of generative AI in higher education is reshaping how feedback is delivered, but meaningful learning could be undermined if its use is not carefully guided by principles of care, trust and connection, according […]

Education

Survival of the wittiest: Expert says linguistic cleverness aids human evolution

March 31, 2026 Phys Org

Is wittiness a kind of fitness? Ljiljana Progovac explores the idea that quick-wittedness—using and combining words in a clever and funny way—has been actively selected for in humans from the dawn of language. The findings […]

Internet

Popular kids’ apps use deceptive tactics to draw users to paid content, study shows

March 31, 2026 Tech Xplore

A QUT study of 20 popular paid and free apps for children aged 5 to 8 years found that most contained deceptive design patterns aimed at attracting children to paid content, increasing their time spent […]

Technology

Vibrations in your skull may be your next password

March 31, 2026 Tech Xplore

A team led by Rutgers University researchers has developed a security system that could change how people log in to virtual and augmented reality platforms by eliminating passwords, personal identification numbers and eye scans and […]

Internet

Meta says testing subscription tier for Instagram

March 31, 2026 Tech Xplore

Instagram is testing a pay tier that offers features including letting subscribers discreetly view “Story” posts that normally vanish after 24 hours, Meta told AFP on Monday, confirming a report by news website TechCrunch.This article […]

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Education

What learning English means to migrants

March 30, 2026 Phys Org

It is widely accepted that learning English is essential for many adult migrants who move to the UK. Yet in the last census, over 1 million residents in England and Wales reported not speaking English […]

Education

Panicking scientists, canceled experiments: Federal funding cuts turn research dean to crisis management specialist

March 30, 2026 Phys Org

Fielding frantic faculty emails and panicked texts was not how I had hoped my 2025 would begin. Little did I imagine that my role as a research dean at a medical school would be taken […]

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