How fruit flies achieve accurate visual behavior despite changing light conditions

2024-10-31 16:37:00 phys.org Dr. Malgorzata Rogalska studying cell cultures at the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona. Credit: Centro de...

Ecologist uses deep learning to help protect chimpanzees

2024-10-31 16:43:00 phys.org Mahale Mountains National Park. Credit: Adrienne Chitayat The future of chimpanzees depends on smart conservation strategies, and...

New doubt over production cuts in plastic pollution treaty

2024-10-31 09:41:00 phys.org Nations hope to agree the world's first treaty to end plastic pollution later this year. A global...

Virginia’s bat population is shrinking: Why it matters

2024-10-31 08:16:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Bats are one of Halloween's most famous symbols, but their real job is...

No ‘island of garbage’ here, Puerto Rico’s new marine reserve

2024-10-31 04:10:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The Caribbean US territory of Puerto Rico, likened to a "floating island of...

Auditor’s expertise in climate risks affects the quality of the client’s climate risk disclosures

2024-10-30 16:27:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In recent years, climate risk disclosures have become widely shaped on a global...

New broadband UV frequency combs offer unprecedented spectral resolution

2024-10-31 00:00:00 phys.org The new approach produces extremely accurate and stable frequencies and could significantly enhance precision timekeeping and high-resolution...

Researchers observe stick-slip phenomenon in carbon nanotube fibers

2024-10-30 16:37:00 phys.org CNT slipping tests under nearly impurity-free conditions. Credit: Carbon (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2024.119693 The shapes of simple polyatomic...

Accelerating 3D nanofabrication using a sensitive cationic photoresist

2024-10-30 16:59:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Two-photon laser direct writing lithography or TPL is a cutting-edge technique used for...

Astrophysics study explores turbulence in molecular clouds

2024-10-30 16:42:00 phys.org This image shows the distribution of density in a simulation of a turbulent molecular cloud. Credit: NASA/E....

Archaeologists suggest the ‘urban revolution’ was slow in Bronze Age Arabia

2024-10-30 14:00:00 phys.org 3D virtual reconstruction of the Bronze Age site of al-Natah. Reprinted under a CC BY license, with...

Endoplasmic reticulum model brings new insight to cell organelle’s structure and function

2024-10-30 12:04:00 phys.org The dynamic structure of the endoplasmic reticulum is represented by a liquid network model. Credit: Proceedings of...

The discovery that stuck — 20 years of graphene

Kim Heatley 2024-10-23 10:31:00 physics.mit.edu In 2004, physicists reported something remarkable: they had isolated ultrathin films of carbon atoms using...

Changing climate could increase mobility of toxic metals in soils, experimental study shows

2024-10-30 09:51:00 phys.org Soils naturally contain small amounts of metals such as cadmium. These could be mobilized to a greater...

‘New wave’ as start-up sweeps up Thai ocean plastic

2024-10-30 06:03:00 phys.org Plastic waste collected by Tide must be certified as 'ocean bound' by an NGO auditor. As a...

How a solid waste landfill transformed into a concerning elevated temperature landfill

2024-10-29 16:57:00 phys.org Diagram of (Left) daytime behavior of the Earth’s planetary boundary layer (PBL) allowing mixing of emitted air...

Self-donations boost crowdfunding success, study finds

2024-10-29 19:10:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Giving small donations to bright ideas and charitable causes is becoming a big...

Study finds key protein aids nutrient transport within plant cells

2024-10-29 21:00:00 phys.org The KNS3-KNSTH1-KNSTH2 complex acts as a cargo receptor for the transport of boric acid channels from the...

Visualizing the nucleus » MIT Physics

Kim Heatley 2024-10-24 10:52:00 physics.mit.edu Physicists Rolf Ent from Jefferson Lab, and Richard Milner from MIT, together with animator James...

Room temperature electrical control could heat up future technology development » MIT Physics

Kim Heatley 2024-10-24 11:53:00 physics.mit.edu UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An old physical phenomenon, known as the Hall effect, has revealed...

How a classical computer beat a quantum computer at its own game

2024-10-29 15:53:00 phys.org An illustration of a quantum system that was simulated by both classical and quantum computers. The highlighted...

What FEMA is doing to get hurricane victims back into their homes

2024-10-29 13:11:00 phys.org Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a pattern all too familiar to people affected by disasters, hurricanes Helene...

New image recognition technique for counting particles provides diffusion information

2024-10-29 11:20:00 phys.org (a) an illustration of the environment where the countoscope operates, (b) an imaginary two-dimensional box with 54...

Report focuses on the critical role the ocean plays in Earth’s interconnected systems

2024-10-28 16:43:00 phys.org A biodiverse Ocean that continues to provide ecosystem services. Credit: EMB_graphics, Martijn van Overbruggen, WIM Ontwerpers Written...

Research team explores potential of MXenes for nanotech applications