Having staff physically in the workplace benefits companies and employees through stronger team collaboration and informal mentorship. But as organizations continue to corral employees back into the office, they should recognize that women pay a price through increased exposure to gender discrimination,

Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, have developed a mathematical framework explaining how rational individuals adopt social-distancing behavior during epidemics to balance infection risk and cost. Their study identifies simple rules that govern rational distancing, providing key insights for policymakers. The findings identified a simple law by which humans naturally self-organize to reduce harm when infection costs and prevalence are high.

How can the shrinkage of the interconnection interface resulting from the surface tension at heterogeneous nanomaterials be suppressed? Hui Wan and coworkers from Wuhan University demonstrated a laser-induced thermocompression bonding strategy in IJEM and successfully bonded Cu nanowires with a diameter of 200 nm to Au pads. Their work represents an important step towards interconnect packaging and integration of nanodevices.