Mapping accessibility to transform cities

2025-01-15 16:43:00 phys.org Photographs and test results of the pellet injection fueling system. Credit: HOU Jilei A joint research team...

How we might finally find black holes from the cosmic dawn

Kim Heatley 2025-01-13 11:21:00 physics.mit.edu An undiscovered population of ancient black holes may be lurking throughout the universe. These bottomless...

Earth’s temporary moon might have come from the moon

2025-01-15 17:00:00 phys.org An artist’s impression of a lunar explosion, caused by the impact of a meteorite on the surface...

Copper radical mimics enzyme for highly efficient C-H oxidation

2025-01-15 15:13:00 phys.org Highly selective sp3 C–H oxidation. Credit: Nature Catalysis (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41929-024-01276-4 Optically pure alcohols are prevalent motifs...

Microplastics contaminate organic waste, raising environmental concerns

2025-01-15 13:07:00 phys.org Credit: Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics (2025). DOI: 10.20517/wecn.2024.65 A groundbreaking study by Te Whare Wānanga o...

Synthesizing polymers with an unprecedented structure

2025-01-15 10:53:00 phys.org While the product of vinyl polymerization of alkyl acrylate has the substituent on every other main chain...

Astronomers detect new eclipsing binary system

2025-01-15 08:30:00 phys.org TESS transit light curve of NGTS-EB-7 AB. Credit: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2024). DOI:...

Octopus arms have segmented nervous systems to power extraordinary movements

2025-01-15 05:00:00 phys.org Octopus bimaculoides. Credit: Cassady Olson Octopus arms move with incredible dexterity, bending, twisting, and curling with nearly...

SpaceX set for seventh test of Starship megarocket

2025-01-15 03:33:00 phys.org Space enthusiasts will be eager to see if SpaceX can replicate the feat of catching the first-stage...

US, Japanese lunar landers set to launch on single rocket

2025-01-14 16:11:00 phys.org In this handout image provided by ispace, the RESILIENCE Lunar Lander is seen integrated into the SpaceX...

Image: Earth in far-ultraviolet

2025-01-14 16:30:00 phys.org Credit: NASA On April 21, 1972, NASA astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 mission,...

Neutron star measurements place limits on color superconductivity in dense quark matter

2025-01-14 16:34:00 phys.org Ground-based radio telescopes, gravitational wave detectors, and a space-based X-ray telescope (right) all measure neutron stars (top...

Fast control methods enable record-setting fidelity in superconducting qubit

2025-01-14 17:17:00 phys.org In an artist’s impression of a recent MIT experiment, a central sphere represents a qubit, which is...

Research supports safe, sustainable suds

2025-01-14 16:36:00 phys.org Procter & Gamble scientists used ORNL’s Summit supercomputer to create a digital model of the corneal epithelium,...

Exploring how cultural tightness and looseness shape global entrepreneurship

2025-01-14 14:25:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study by researchers Valentina A. Assenova and Raphael Amit from The...

Why fast wildfires and those started by human activities are more destructive and harder to contain

2025-01-14 12:19:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Investigators are trying to determine what caused several wind-driven wildfires that have destroyed...

Team develops plan for 3D-printed microscope, including lens, that costs less than $60

2025-01-14 10:15:00 phys.org An exploded view of a fully 3D printed microscope. Credit: Biophysics (2024). DOI: 10.1101/2024.12.16.628684 A team of...

SpaceX completes 3 rocket launches, 1 Dragon landing in 22 hours

SpaceX sends up 5th Space Coast launch of the year

2025-01-14 07:47:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain SpaceX knocked out another launch on Monday sending up the fifth Space Coast...

New properties discovered in diamond semiconductors

2025-01-14 05:00:00 phys.org Metal nanoparticles in glass create the colors in stained glass when light hits them and generates plasmons....

Tennis is facing an existential crisis over doping. How will it respond?

2025-01-13 15:40:00 phys.org Credit: CC0 Public Domain As the Australian Open gets under way in Melbourne, the sport is facing...

Amplification trick makes water toxin detection 10 times more sensitive

2025-01-13 16:15:00 phys.org The latest iteration of sensing platform ROSALIND is 10 times more sensitive than its predecessor, opening the...

Planets can form in even the harshest conditions

2025-01-13 16:28:00 phys.org Artist concept of planet formation occurring in harsh stellar environments. Credit: AUI/NSF NRAO/S.Dagnello According to the most...

Expanding the light spectrum at the smallest scale

2025-01-13 17:04:00 phys.org by Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS Coherent Broadband Supercontinuum (CBS)...

Odds point to a shift in the gender appeal of sports betting

2025-01-13 17:08:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Sports betting has historically been considered an overwhelmingly male pursuit—but those odds could...

New Superconductive Materials Have Just Been Discovered