Light without electricity? Glowing algae could make it possible(colorado.edu)

94 points by geox 5 months ago | 30 comments

Melatonin use soars among children, with unknown risks(colorado.edu)

7 points by belter 2 years ago | 1 comments

Researchers design wearable tech that can sense glucose levels more accurately(uwaterloo.ca)

358 points by ndrwnaguib 1 year ago | 145 comments

University of Waterloo news release about researchers developing a needle-free wrist-worn device that tracks blood glucose levels more accurately.

Over 70% of US household Covid spread started with a child(cidrap.umn.edu)

144 points by nico 3 years ago | 116 comments

3D display could soon bring touch to the digital world(colorado.edu)

32 points by curiousObject 3 years ago | 6 comments

Research shows that people who BS are more likely to fall for BS (2021)(uwaterloo.ca)

118 points by mgh2 2 years ago | 75 comments

Remote work doesn't seem to affect productivity, Fed study finds(bloomberg.com)

706 points by simula67 2 years ago | 467 comments

Bloomberg article reporting a San Francisco Fed study finding no evidence that remote work affects productivity, with about 30% of paid workdays remote at end of 2023.

More disabled Americans are employed, thanks to remote work(bloomberg.com)

367 points by petethomas 2 years ago | 199 comments

Bloomberg Businessweek article reporting that employment among disabled Americans has risen thanks to remote work, flexible hours, and other pandemic-era accommodations.

Working from home is powering productivity(imf.org)

513 points by rwmj 2 years ago | 366 comments

IMF Finance & Development magazine article by Nicholas Bloom (September 2024) arguing that working from home is boosting productivity.

1 in 5 online job postings are either fake or never filled, study finds(gizmodo.com)

358 points by belter 1 year ago | 305 comments

Gizmodo news article reporting a study finding that about one in five online job postings are fake or never filled, so-called ghost jobs.

LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees(npr.org)

341 points by cebert 3 years ago | 285 comments

NPR business article from October 16, 2023 reporting that LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees.

Americans Have Never Been So Unwilling to Relocate for a New Job(bloomberg.com)

343 points by JumpCrisscross 3 years ago | 652 comments

Bloomberg Work Shift article reporting that Americans are less willing than ever to relocate for a new job; the page showed a bot-check captcha.