High performing esports professionals may require the same mental stamina it takes to be a top Olympian, according to latest QUT research. A new study, published in Frontiers in Psychology, indicated an overlap between the mental toughness and stress-coping processes in traditional sports and competitive esports athletes. Competitive esports athletes appear to cope with stressors…
Scientists have developed a new test that can help identify people who are likely to develop hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common form of liver cancer. The approach uses a simple blood test to check for the patient’s previous exposure to certain viruses. A study of the new approach was led by researchers at the…
WASHINGTON, DC–Resources for the Future (RFF) announced today the winners of three grants, totaling $300,000, to quantify the benefits of using satellite data in decisions that improve socioeconomic outcomes for people and the environment. These awards advance the work of the Consortium for the Valuation of Applications Benefits Linked to Earth Science (VALUABLES), a partnership…
The development of renewable energies such as wind energy and solar energy is limited by their inherently random and intermittent nature. However, the vanadium flow battery (VFB) offers a cost- and energy-efficient, long-life energy storage technology that can store and smoothly output power from renewable energies. The VFB energy storage system mainly comprises the stack,…
Men who regularly used a free web resource made significantly more health changes than men who did not, finds a new study from the University of British Columbia and Intensions Consulting. The researchers compared differences in behaviour among 863 men who accessed DontChangeMuch.ca and a benchmark sample of 2,000 Canadian men who had not. They…
Ten days in May. Twenty-four churches around New York City. Nearly 20,000 coronavirus tests. Over the past few weeks, churches serving communities of color have been transformed overnight into mini-clinics offering free coronavirus tests to all comers. The initiative, a partnership of the churches, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s office and Northwell Health, is an effort…
As protests over police brutality swept the country in recent weeks and major retailers posted messages of solidarity with black Americans on social media, Aurora James, a creative director in Brooklyn, asked herself if she actually felt that those brands were standing with her as a black woman and business owner. “The answer was I…
Here’s what you need to know: ImageLuke Phillips, an employee at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach hotel on Sunday. The resort reopened this month, even as Florida saw persistent growth in coronavirus cases.Credit…Josh Ritchie for The New York Times KEY DATA OF THE DAY Cases surpass 2 million in the U.S., with new hot spots emerging.…
OAKLAND, Calif. — Just Eat Takeaway, a European food delivery service, said on Wednesday that it was in advanced talks to buy Grubhub, a deal that would give it a foothold in the United States. The proposed deal would be an all-stock transaction, Just Eat Takeaway said in a statement. Its stock fell about 13…
It’s hot outside. Which means summer is coming. Which means sweet corn is ripening somewhere not too far from Brooklyn, and in a few weeks, I’ll get to buy some. So I finally forced myself to use up the last of my summer 2019 corn kernels, the ones I carefully sliced off the cob last…