Advanced algorithm reduces errors in land cover classification for landslide analysis

2024-12-20 14:23:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Local governments in developing countries are crucial for providing public services that promote...

‘Living’ ceramics utilize bacteria for gas sensing and carbon capture

2024-12-20 15:10:00 phys.org Living porous ceramic for carbon capture and gas sensing. Credit: Advanced Materials (2024). DOI: 10.1002/adma.202412555 A team...

Neutrality has played a pivotal, but under-examined, role in international relations, new research shows

2024-12-20 14:29:00 phys.org Dr. David Dekker is a Research Fellow at Edinburgh Business School, part of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh,...

Mitigating animal-vehicle collisions with field sensors, AI and ecological modeling

2024-12-20 12:17:00 phys.org Example of a map showing the estimated relative abundance of a species along a railway section. The...

Sea snakes regain advanced color vision, recovering a complex trait once lost to evolutionary time

2024-12-20 09:43:00 phys.org SWS1 site 86 genotype ratios in sea snake populations. Credit: Genome Biology and Evolution (2024). DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evae150...

Active particles reorganize 3D gels into denser porous structures, study shows

2024-12-20 07:20:00 phys.org Self-propelled particles (red and blue particles with arrows), mimicking bacterial motion, reshape gel particles into a compact,...

Hungry people in distant nations

2024-12-20 05:00:00 phys.org Credit: CC0 Public Domain The war in Ukraine is causing hunger thousands of miles from the battlefields,...

Scientists achieve collective quantum behavior in macroscopic oscillators

2024-12-19 15:02:00 phys.org A hexamer of macroscopic mechanical oscillators for studying quantum collective phenomena. Credit: Mahdi Chegnizadeh (EPFL) Quantum technologies...

Eco-friendly reactor mimics lightning to produce ammonia from air and water

2024-12-19 15:51:00 phys.org A plasma-electrochemical reactor developed by the team of Chris Li can convert nitrogren in the air into...

Most precise measurement of electrically neutral beauty meson lifetime achieved

2024-12-19 16:29:00 phys.org A comparison of the new ATLAS result for the B0 lifetime with the previous ATLAS result, as...

By looking at individual atoms in tooth enamel, researchers are learning what happens to our teeth as we age

2024-12-19 16:29:00 phys.org Shown here, Jack Grimm, UW doctoral student in materials science and engineering and a doctoral intern at...

Environmental groups challenge update to California’s low-carbon transportation rules

2024-12-19 16:29:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A coalition of environmental groups challenged California's leading climate regulator on Wednesday, alleging...

Denali Fault found to have torn apart ancient joining of two landmasses

2024-12-19 15:53:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research shows that three sites spread along an approximately 620-mile portion of...

SpaceX to launch more private astronaut missions to ISS

2024-12-19 13:50:00 phys.org This handout image released by Nasa on September 19, 2024 shows the International Space Station pictured from...

Valencia floods showed why coastal cities should restore their wetlands

2024-12-19 11:36:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Valencia, a city and province in south-east Spain, became synonymous with disaster in...

In-plane magnetic fields reveal new Hall effect behaviors in advanced materials

2024-12-19 08:38:00 phys.org Large iAHE is observed in EuCd2Sb2 films, providing new insights for manipulating Hall efffects in magnetic materials....

To environmentalists, it’s ‘a giant loophole’