Cracking the code for materials that can learn

December 8, 2024

2024-12-08 16:50:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Our planet's future hangs in the balance due to the unabated greenhouse gas...

Geneticists have finally solved the mystery of Garfield’s orange coat

2024-12-07 12:40:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Garfield, star of the eponymous comic strip created by Jim Davis in 1978,...

Climate patterns from cave mineral deposits linked to Chinese dynasty collapses

2024-12-07 09:00:00 phys.org Changes in temperature and precipitation patterns, linked to Asian monsoons, alongside estimates of grain harvest and economic...

Precision mass measurements of atomic nuclei reveal proton halo structure

2024-12-06 12:54:00 phys.org A schematic diagram of proton and neutron distributions for mirror nuclei argon-31 and aluminum-31. Left side is the weakly bound...

In at least one leading company, foreign-born talents are paid less

2024-12-06 13:15:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the national debate over legal immigration, the H-1B visa program has acquired...

Unlike other insects, desert ants may use polarity of geomagnetic field for navigation

2024-12-06 13:45:00 phys.org Desert ants can sense the North-South direction of the magnetic field to determine the direction of their...

Experiment verifies a connection between quantum theory and information theory

2024-12-06 14:00:00 phys.org With the help of a new experiment, researchers at Linköping University, among others, have succeeded in confirming...

Computer modeling shows close encounters between distant DNA regions cause bursts of gene activity

2024-12-06 14:00:00 phys.org When the Nanog gene (green region) is inactive, one of the three enhancer regions is spatially far...

Interdisciplinary research reveals impressive adaptation mechanisms of microscopic algae

2024-12-06 14:00:00 phys.org A spatially structured three-dimensional environment (S3-D) causes severe changes in the subcellular structures of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii regarding...

Election results show potential of prediction markets and blockchain, economist says

2024-12-06 16:07:00 phys.org Michael Jones speaks to a visitor in the Cryptoeconomics Lab at UC Digital Futures. Credit: Andrew Higley/UC...

Plankton study investigates how marine food webs respond to increasing alkalinity

2024-12-06 14:35:00 phys.org For their experiment, the scientists used so-called KOSMOS mesocosms (Kiel Off-Shore Mesocosms for Ocean Simulations)—large containers that...

A microRNA solves an evolutionary mystery of butterfly and moth wing coloration

2024-12-06 13:17:00 phys.org A mating pair of wild-type (left) and mir-193 mutant (right) B. anynana butterflies. Credit: Shen Tian Lepidopterans...

Climate change is making Canada’s ice roads hard to navigate

2024-12-06 11:15:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Walking on the ice of the Great Bear Lake in the N.W.T. is...

SpaceX satellite launch from Kennedy Space Center tops off three launches in 30 hours

2024-12-06 07:11:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain SpaceX sent up a commercial satellite late Thursday morning from Kennedy Space Center,...

Europe’s Vega-C rocket launches satellite into orbit after delays

2024-12-06 05:40:00 phys.org Europe's Vega C light carrier rocket. Europe's new Vega-C rocket launched Thursday from French Guiana and put...

Mangroves save $855 billion in flood protection globally, report finds

2024-12-05 16:44:00 phys.org Mangroves in Alice Town, Bahamas. Credit: Jessica Kendall-Bar, UC San Diego Mangroves have been shown to provide...

Scientists call for urgent action

2024-12-05 16:49:00 phys.org Credit: CC0 Public Domain As climate change accelerates, scientists are sounding the alarm about its potentially devastating...

3D scans of giant hailstones reveal surprising discoveries that could help predict future storms

2024-12-06 00:00:00 phys.org 3D representation of the three samples analyzed by CTS. Credit: Farnell Barqué et al., 2024. Hailstones are...

Global study points to a clear solution for the massive decline in sharks and rays

2024-12-05 17:05:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new global study blames overfishing for a more than 50% decline in...

Citizen scientist data help uncover the mysteries of a blue low-latitude aurora

2024-12-05 17:23:00 phys.org One of the two photographs that captured blue-dominant aurora and were analyzed in this study. Credit: Takuya...

Experiments provide evidence that interaction of light with a hydrocarbon molecule produces strained molecular rings

2024-12-05 17:11:00 phys.org A gas-phase X-ray scattering experiment captures cyclopentadiene rapidly transforming into the strained bicyclopentene. This structure change is...

Scientists reveal superconductivity secrets of an iron-based material

2024-12-05 14:55:00 phys.org Interface structure and vibrational spectra of superconducting 1 uc FeSe/STO. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08118-0 Scientists at...

Europe’s troubled Vega-C rocket to launch after delays

2024-12-05 12:40:00 phys.org The Vega-C rocket was grounded for two years while the nozzle of the Zefiro 40 rocket motor...

Could we use an asteroid to shield astronauts on their way to Mars?