Overnight SpaceX launch to use booster for record 26th flight

February 17, 2025

2025-02-17 08:10:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An overnight SpaceX launch planned for early Saturday will use a booster that's...

Tunisian startup takes on e-waste challenge

February 15, 2025

2025-02-15 04:05:00 phys.org Sabri Cheriha, a Tunisian engineer turned social entrepreneur, works at the depot that hosts Wefix. Engineer turned...

Man from uncontacted Indigenous tribe emerges in Amazon, and villagers demonstrate a lighter

February 14, 2025

2025-02-14 04:57:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a rare encounter, a young man from an isolated Indigenous tribe approached...

Why asteroid 2024 YR4 is unlikely to hit Earth in 2032 and how scientists keep track

February 13, 2025

2025-02-13 15:51:00 phys.org This May 18, 1969 photo provided by NASA shows Earth from 36,000 nautical miles away as photographed...

Divorce can be predicted by interactions between cultural and personal values, study finds

February 13, 2025

2025-02-13 15:53:00 phys.org The dark blue line represents a regression line and the shade represents the 95% confidence interval for...

Florida power company has a deadline to clean up salty pollution under Turkey Point

February 13, 2025

2025-02-13 09:40:00 phys.org Credit: CC0 Public Domain A giant plume of super salty water has been lurking underneath the Turkey...

Astrophysicists suggest shaded outer disk regions formed Jupiter’s largest moons

2025-02-12 11:10:00 phys.org Diagram illustrating the structure of the CPD model, and delimited into two distinct zones. Credit: The Planetary...

First ultra-high-energy neutrino detected in deep-sea telescope

2025-02-12 11:00:00 phys.org Credit: CC0 Public Domain An extraordinary event consistent with a neutrino with an estimated energy of about...

Money may have originated through long distance trade, new theory suggests

2025-02-12 07:30:00 phys.org Shell bead money strung on a string Credit: Altered States of Monetary Consciousness Two of the most...

SpaceX keeps pace with 14th Space Coast launch of the year

2025-02-11 15:52:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain SpaceX lined up and knocked out the 14th launch from Florida's Space Coast...

How a breeding network could build a genetic pathway to more productive and climate-smart livestock in Africa

2025-02-11 16:13:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Through strategic investment and collaboration, African livestock systems can harness tools such as...

Scientists call for greater policy relevance of IPCC reports

2025-02-11 16:22:00 phys.org by Bianca Schröder, Forschungsinstitut für Nachhaltigkeit Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam References to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) increased between the...

The dynamics of fluid flow on (and off) inclined fibers

2025-02-11 17:04:00 phys.org Oil droplets forming on and dropping off a fiber, showing two distinct mechanisms. Credit: Benoit Scheid /...

Researchers provide mathematical solutions to study 2D light interaction in photonic crystal lasers

2025-02-11 14:50:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Laser diodes are semiconductors that generate light and amplify it using repeated reflection...

Honey hunters in Mozambique use honeyguide birds to locate 75% of their harvest, study finds

2025-02-11 12:40:00 phys.org Credit: Ecosystem Services (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101696 A team of ornithologists from the University of Cape Town, in...

Greenland ice sheet could fully melt after reaching specific tipping point, study finds

2025-02-11 07:10:00 phys.org Greenland ice sheet retreat across temperature thresholds, with ice loss beyond the 3.4°C tipping point. Grey shading...

A promising technique to steer laser-produced THz radiation in air

2025-02-11 08:00:00 phys.org Illustration of the generation of THz radiation using flying focus controlled laser filaments. Credit: Physical Review Letters...

Ancient tree rings uncover climate’s impact on Chinese dynastic history

2025-02-11 05:46:00 phys.org Geographical overview of proxy and meteorological data locations in High Asia used in this study. Credit: Nature...

Satellite data study pinpoints areas sinking and rising along California coast

February 10, 2025

2025-02-10 14:08:00 phys.org Cliffs slope into the ocean in San Simeon, California. All along the state’s dynamic coastline, land is...

Pair of rare black wolves caught on camera in Polish forest by wildlife researchers

February 10, 2025

2025-02-10 04:18:00 phys.org This image made from video provided by SAVE Wildlife Conservation Fund Poland shows a rare black wolf...

First detection of viral pathogens in chickpea in Germany

February 8, 2025

2025-02-07 12:50:00 phys.org by Manuela Schüngel, Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH A healthy chickpea plant (a116, left)...

Robot grippers could be used to remove space debris

2025-02-07 12:54:00 phys.org Credit: NASA/Suni Williams Blue tentacle-like arms attached to an Astrobee free-flying robot grab onto a "capture cube"...

Soft tissue of a plesiosaur reveals it had scales similar to those of sea turtles

2025-02-07 13:26:00 phys.org Plesiosaur specimen MH 7 with comparisons. Credit: Current Biology (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2025.01.001 A small team of archaeologists,...

Initiative calls for global collaboration to reconstruct climate of past 100 million years

2025-02-07 13:58:00 phys.org Schematic overview of techniques to create and improve age models for geological records and their use in...

Simulating particle creation in an expanding universe using quantum computers

2025-02-07 06:50:00 phys.org The complete circuit for measuring the number of particles created in an expanding universe. Credit: Scientific Reports...

Australian team claims first IVF kangaroo embryo

February 6, 2025