Physics

Powering Its Operations Since 2016: 650 Laptop Batteries Fuel Electricity Accommodation!

For years, the quest for energy autonomy has established itself as a response to environmental and economic issues. If the consumer solutions are often based on expensive equipment, some explore alternative pathways, based on the recovery and optimization of existing resources. In 2016, a man made the daring bet to produce and store his own … Read more

Alarming Discovery: The Baltic Sea as a Graveyard of Military Explosives Polluting Our Oceans

Thousands of tonnes of ammunition rest at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, vestiges of the 20th century wars. Deliberately immersed after the Second World War, they gradually release toxic explosive substances in water. A study by Geomar Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel and Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, published in Chemosphere, reveals … Read more

Our Ears Attempt to Mimic Cats’ as They Listen, According to This Study

Humans can no longer orient their ears towards a specific sound, unlike dogs or cats. However, this capacity has not completely disappeared. Researchers from the University of Saarland in Germany, supported by neuroscientist Steven Hackley of the University of Missouri, have shown that certain human auricular muscles still react when a person is concentrated to … Read more

Science Confirms: Living in a Climate of Insecurity Directly Affects Your Mental Well-Being

War areas, migration journey, intra -family, sexual or physical violence, natural disasters: all these events participate in the climate of insecurity in which billions of people live. [Article issu de The Conversation, écrit par Camille Raysséguier, Doctorante en psychologie spécialisée en psychologie clinique et psychopathologie, Université de Bordeaux] In the world, 70 % of the … Read more