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  • M87* observations catch the black hole's turbulent accretion flow
    22 January 2025
    Using observations from 2017 and 2018, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration has advanced our understanding of the supermassive black hole at the center of Messier 87 (M87*). This study marks a significant step toward multi-year analysis at horizon scales, in order to investigate the black hole's turbulent accretion flow. It utilizes a vastly improved set of simulations that is a factor of three larger than previous ones. The results include major contributions from the MPIfR in Bonn, Germany.
  • Fossil footprints study is the first to track cave bears in the Iberian Peninsula
    22 January 2025
    A set of footprints impressed in clay in the Honseca Cave (Velilla del Río Carrión, Palencia), which were made by cave bears that inhabited this area during the Late Pleistocene, are the subject of a new article featured on the cover of the journal Ichnos.
  • Employee trust in AI linked to performance and adoption rates
    22 January 2025
    Many companies are making substantial investments in artificial intelligence (AI), which can enhance decision-making processes, foster innovation, increase productivity, and have other advantages.
  • Do minimum wage hikes negatively impact students' summer employment?
    22 January 2025
    New research in Contemporary Economic Policy indicates that rising minimum wages in a state are associated with reduced summer employment for college students, the time when students tend to work the most.