Algorithms reveal how propane becomes propylene for everyday products

Countless everyday products, from plastic squeeze bottles to outdoor furniture, are derived by first turning propane into ...
University of Nevada, Reno

Ask the Professor: Why do we use a sideways 8 to represent infinity?

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.
Edutopia

A 5-Stage Strategy Students Can Use to Tackle Word Problems

Stage 5: Justify thinking. A vital habit that many students need to solidify is recontextualizing after they solve ...

How to create documents (and more) with Gemini Canvas

You don’t need a Google Workspace subscription to get AI-generated documents. Try this highly useful tool built into Google’s ...
techUK

Simulation and photonics: How Dewret supports the next generation of engineering

Dewret was originally developed to support a real client open source need in photonics, and is spreading across our work in ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I've only kept these 6 VS Code extensions after deep-cleaning the code editor

Besides its lightweight design and compatibility with all major operating systems, a massive collection of extensions is one ...

How Android widgets quietly took over my phone and what I'm doing about it

Back then, nothing captured Android's charm better than HTC. The company was at its creative peak, building some of the ...

4 clever Google Sheets tricks I use to boost my organization

I haven't always been the best with spreadsheets, but I've found them incredibly useful for certain areas of my life. These ...
eLife

Rhythmic sampling and competition of target and distractor in a motion detection task

Spatially and temporally overlapping target and distractor are both rhythmically sampled at ~1 Hz, and the phase relationship between target sampling and distractor sampling predicts behavior.