Forgery of official documents by monks was rife across medieval Europe because of social changes and the growing importance of the written word, a new book shows. (more…)
Studie der Universität Tübingen zeigt Potenzial von Online-Communities und legt Defizite des Digitalisierungsprozesses in Schulen offen
Lehrkräfte haben während der Schulschließungen aufgrund der Corona-Pandemie verstärkt Social-Media-Plattformen wie Twitter als Informationsquelle und zur Fortbildung genutzt. Sie vernetzten sich in der Online Community und tauschten sich über die Herausforderungen bei der Umstellung auf den digitalen Unterricht aus. (more…)
The style and culture of clothing in South Asia have had their significance and relevance for many years. The peoples of South Asia, to a large extent, share a common cultural heritage. Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka work appropriately and distinctively to produce confident consumers of youthful fashion who prove essential to the fashion market. (more…)
Why recycle?
Why do we need to recycle cardboards? Why not just dump them at the landfills and let them rot back to their organic origins? Well, there are a number of reasons why we need and indeed should recycle cardboard boxes and pieces; but probably the easiest answer to that question is simply because we can. However, conserving the environment while preserving our natural resources, cutting down on carbon emissions, saving money through reuse of resources and so on also form good arguments as to why we should recycle. (more…)
Although robotic devices are used in everything from assembly lines to medicine, engineers have a hard time accounting for the friction that occurs when those robots grip objects – particularly in wet environments. Researchers have now discovered a new law of physics that accounts for this type of friction, which should advance a wide range of robotic technologies. (more…)
Forscherin der Universität Freiburg stellt Studien zum Umgang mit digitalen Arbeitskulturen vor
Die Corona-Pandemie hat den Digitalisierungsprozess vieler Unternehmen beschleunigt. Videokonferenzen und die cloudbasierte Dokumentenablage gehören mittlerweile zum Standard im Homeoffice. „Covid-19 wird unsere Arbeit – und damit Arbeitsweisen, Arbeitsverhältnisse, Arbeitskulturen – möglicherweise langfristig und massiv verändern“, sagt Kulturwissenschaftlerin Dr. Sarah May von der Universität Freiburg. (more…)
After years in development, an earthquake early warning system known as ShakeAlert is on the cusp of being released in Oregon and Washington. The system that spans the West Coast was launched in California in late 2019. It launches to the public in Oregon on March 11, the 10th anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, and in Washington in May. (more…)
Worms don’t like the blues. At least not the blue-tinged toxic bacteria that are common in the environments where they live. But how does a bacteria-foraging worm — without eyes, photoreceptors, or the opsin genes that help animals perceive color — know to avoid the toxic, blue-reflecting bacterium known as Pseudomonas aeruginosa? (more…)
