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

December 20, 2024

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’

2024-12-19 06:51:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Local environmentalists are criticizing San Diego for retreating on a two-year-old policy that...

Researchers explore, sample and interpret lunar volatiles in polar cold traps

2024-12-18 16:15:00 phys.org Polar stereographic map of the south polar region. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024)....

New York man finds mastodon jaw while gardening in his backyard

2024-12-18 16:18:00 phys.org New York State Museum and State University of New York Orange staff unearthed a complete well-preserved mastodon...

UN experts urge three ‘transformations’ for nature

2024-12-18 16:19:00 phys.org The report highlighted the Nashulai Maasai Conservancy in Kenya. Human societies need a radical overhaul to stop...

New method maps hundreds of proteins in cell nuclei simultaneously

2024-12-18 16:27:00 phys.org ChIP-DIP is a highly multiplexed method for mapping proteins to genomic DNA. Credit: Nature Genetics (2024). DOI:...

Violent volcanism may mean the moon is much older than previously thought

2024-12-18 16:41:00 phys.org A few hundred million years after its formation, the Moon was subject to intense volcanic activity. The...

Rocket-inspired reaction yields carbon with record surface area

2024-12-18 15:04:00 phys.org Microscopy of a hypergolic, nanoporous carbon engineered at Cornell to have the highest surface area ever reported....

Russian oil spill contaminates 50km of Black Sea beaches

2024-12-18 10:17:00 phys.org Some 50km of beaches in Crimea are affected by the spill. Russia Wednesday expanded an operation to...

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

2024-12-18 08:19:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a span of less than 22 hours, SpaceX managed three Falcon 9...

Chinese detector to hunt elusive neutrinos deep underground

2024-12-18 04:11:00 phys.org The $300 million detector is seen at the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory located 2297 feet (700 meters)...

Japanese startup’s space rocket launch fails

2024-12-18 03:56:00 phys.org Companies like Space One want to offer cheaper and more frequent space exploration opportunities than governments. A...

Brain cells mature faster in space but stay healthy: ISS study

2024-12-17 16:47:00 phys.org Credit: Stem Cells Translational Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1093/stcltm/szae070 Microgravity is known to alter the muscles, bones, the...

Study claims all observables in nature can be measured with a single constant: The second

2024-12-17 16:48:00 phys.org The figure illustrates three events in Minkowski spacetime. Event 𝐵 is neither in the past nor in...

Low glycemic index rice seen as promising solution to mitigate Asia’s diabetes crisis

2024-12-17 16:50:00 phys.org Credit: Trends in Plant Science (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2024.11.003 A new paper recently published by scientists explores the...

‘An overlooked method of enslaving people’

2024-12-17 16:52:00 phys.org Timo McGregor. Credit: Elif Kırankaya When discussing enslavement, attention often focuses on Africans forcibly shipped to South...

SpaceX aims for 3 rocket launches, 1 Dragon landing in 20 hours

2024-12-17 16:44:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a span of about 20 hours, SpaceX could manage three rocket launches...

XAI benefits to hydrological modeling obscured by hype