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The air in your home can be five times more polluted than outdoor air. Energy-efficient homes are designed to be more sealed, too, so they trap more pollutants inside. From cooking emissions and cleaning chemicals to fragrances and pets, a lot of everyday things can make the air inside your home less than ideal. The … Read more
A freedom of information (FOI) request submitted by Parliament Street, a Conservative Party aligned think tank, has found HMRC has spent over £80 million on hybrid working technology over the last three years. In a breakdown of its spending, HMRC disclosed that 175,250 devices were purchased for its staff in order to allow 95% of … Read more
In hindsight, it seems prophetic that the title of a Nature paper published on 1 March 1974 ended with a question mark: “Black hole explosions?” Stephen Hawking’s landmark idea about what is now known as Hawking radiation1 has just turned 50. The more physicists have tried to test his theory over the past half-century, the … Read more
A bill that could force a sale or outright ban on TikTok passed the House of Representatives just days after it was first introduced. It now goes to the senate. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (no, we’re not calling it PAFACAA) is the latest attempt by the government to constrain TikTok. … Read more
Alongside the developments in digitisation and smart technologies, having reliable hardware tools such as an office printer is still an essential component to any small business office or home workspace. With recent figures from the ONS claiming 1 in 4 workers now have some kind of hybrid working model, providing the flexibility to print whatever … Read more
Musician Prince on stage in Detroit, Michigan, during his 1984 Purple Rain tour.Credit: Ross Marino/Getty Working scientist profiles This article is part of an occasional Nature series in which we profile scientists with unusual career histories or outside interests. In 1983, Susan Rogers got a call that would change her life. She was working as … Read more
In the market for a top broadband deal with ultrafast speeds? Look no further than this great broadband package from BT. BT is currently offering its mighty Full Fibre 500 broadband package for just £34.99 a month when you sign a 24-month contract. This is down from the original price of £47.99 a month. What’s … Read more
Trapped atomic ions are among the most advanced technologies for realizing quantum computation and quantum simulation, based on a combination of high-fidelity quantum gates1,2,3 and long coherence times7. These have been used to realize small-scale quantum algorithms and quantum error correction protocols. However, scaling the system size to support orders-of-magnitude more qubits8,9 seems highly challenging10,11,12,13. … Read more
If you’ve owned your iPhone or iPad for a long time, there’s a good chance it has files, photos, apps and other digital clutter on it that’s taking up more space than necessary. Maybe you’ve even gotten to the point where you’re getting warnings about the scant bit of free space you have left on … Read more
‘Sleep banking’ is the process of sleeping more in the days leading up to a period where you know you’ll be sleeping less. By accumulating this excess rest, you can (partly) counteract the effects of sleep debt, helping you feel better and more alert even after a bad night. Although this isn’t a quick-fix for … Read more