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Information technology
Smart grids play an important role in addressing the energy challenges of modern society and creating a sustainable future. Unlike traditional power grids, smart grids use informat
Design
Isotype is a method of showing statistics with rows of identical picture symbols, created in 1920s Vienna by Otto Neurath and his team. This article covers the Social and Economic
Library & information science
Berrypicking, named by Marcia J. Bates in 1989, is a model of search in which queries and interests evolve and useful information is gathered bit by bit—unlike classical retrieval
Statistics
In many naturally occurring sets of numbers, smaller leading digits appear far more often: about 30.1% start with 1, and only about 4.6% with 9. This article explains the definitio
Psychology
The IKEA effect is the cognitive bias that leads people to value things they made or assembled themselves far more than they are actually worth. This article covers how the effect
Physics
Rayleigh scattering, worked out by Lord Rayleigh in 1871, is the scattering of light by particles much smaller than its wavelength, such as air molecules, and it is far stronger fo
Food & nutrition
Sous vide is a cooking method in which food is vacuum-sealed in a plastic bag and cooked slowly for a long time in water held at a precise temperature. This article covers how it c
Social welfare
The growth of the older population is a prominent phenomenon worldwide, resulting from various factors such as improvements in quality of life, increased life expectancy, and advan
Logistics
If you have ever bought something directly from overseas, you are probably familiar with the term “customs clearance.” It is the process by which the goods you ordered pass through
Design
You have probably tried to tap a small close button on your phone screen and ended up tapping an unintended ad. By contrast, the large payment button at the bottom of the screen is
Logistics
When you step into a logistics warehouse, the first thing that catches your eye is not the countless stacks of boxes. It is the rectangular platform firmly supporting those boxes,
Physics
Why does a drop of water skate across a very hot pan and last longer than on a merely warm one? This article explains the Leidenfrost effect, from the vapor cushion that lifts the
