Astronomers discover an ultra-massive grand-design spiral galaxy

2024-12-28 11:50:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain South Florida water managers approved a breeding program for an endangered Everglades sparrow...

Do black holes really evaporate — and how do we know?

December 30, 2024

Kim Heatley 2024-12-21 19:17:00 physics.mit.edu In 1974, Stephen Hawking put forward an intriguing idea: Using the principles of quantum physics,...

Rising temperatures threaten reefs—study pinpoints where conservation efforts are most needed

2024-12-27 08:56:00 phys.org Credit: Ocean Image Bank / Renata Romeo New science from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has mapped...

Cooperation between two intruders moving side-by-side in granular media

2024-12-28 10:40:00 phys.org by D. D. Carvalho, Y. Bertho, A. Seguin, E. M. Franklin, and B. D. Texier Two spheres...

Morphological evidence supporting four giraffe species classifications

2024-12-28 09:00:00 phys.org Map showing the geographical range of the extant giraffe species and subspecies as well as representative male...

Researchers develop high-performance heterojunction pn diodes

2024-12-27 07:45:00 phys.org Credit: Nano Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c05446 A research team has developed high-performance diamond/ε-Ga2O3 heterojunction pn diodes based...

How land use changes could boost China’s carbon sequestration potential

2024-12-27 08:53:00 phys.org Comparison of China’s land use change carbon budget (LULUCF) based on different data sources. Positive values indicate...

Study finds genetic and environmental factors neutralize bacterial growth

2024-12-27 08:54:00 phys.org Relating bacterial growth to the genetic and environmental variations. Credit: Communications Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-07347-3 Researchers at...

Researchers discover role of absorptive aerosols in wintertime haze formation

2024-12-27 08:55:00 phys.org (A) Profile of average BC and POA concentrations with error shadow in FBASE and (B) vertical distribution...

The interactive roles of affective polarization and dyadic political attitudes

2024-12-27 09:20:00 phys.org The predicted probability for respondents, answering "certainly yes" for their migration intentions in 5 years with different...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with the sun’s scorching surface

2024-12-27 10:59:00 phys.org This image made available by NASA shows an artist's rendering of the Parker Solar Probe approaching the...

Scientists uncover insights into neuron function by simultaneously measuring two key signals in living animals

2024-12-27 11:19:00 phys.org When triggered by an odor, rapid changes in membrane voltage and intracellular calcium ion levels occur in...

Light-driven method creates molecular fit that would otherwise be impossible

2024-12-27 11:00:00 phys.org Schematic diagram of the self-assembly of cyclodextrin-azobenzene complexes in the dark and under the action of light....

Study sheds more light on the nature of compact symmetric object DA 362

2024-12-27 08:30:00 phys.org The test statistic map of the gamma-ray sky centered at the optimized gamma-ray position of DA 362....

How monkeys recognize snakes so quickly

2024-12-27 06:12:00 phys.org Monkeys exhibited an immediate response to images of snakes and salamanders with snake skin, but not to...

Australian bushfire burns area the size of Singapore

2024-12-27 04:00:00 phys.org Australian firefighters say they are fighting to control a bushfire racing through a national park that has...

How to preserve the geoheritage of South Africa’s Cape coast

2024-12-26 11:10:00 phys.org Credit: Vladimir Srajber from Pexels I am standing on a dune looking out to sea. It's 2024,...

Study of chimps cracking nuts shows some are much better at it than others

2024-12-26 08:20:00 phys.org An adult female chimpanzee, Fana, cracks an oil palm nut with a stone hammer and anvil. Credit:...

Rural communities urged to flee east Australia bushfire

2024-12-26 04:08:00 phys.org Australian firefighters battle blaze in Grampians National Park west of Melbourne. Australian authorities urged people in dozens...

New method makes oral research non-lethal

2024-12-26 00:00:00 phys.org Fish-friendly dentistry: New method makes oral research non-lethal. Credit: Wibisana et al., 2024 Can we examine the...

Ancient genomes provide final word in Indo-European linguistic origins

2024-12-25 10:00:00 phys.org Distribution of Bell Beaker-derived and Yamnaya-derived ancestry proportions obtained from the IBD admixture model. The proportion of...

NASA’s Terra satellite captures 2015 eclipse shadow

2024-12-25 11:30:00 phys.org Credit: NASA Goddard MODIS Rapid Response Team During the morning of March 20, 2015, a total solar...

Observations detect young and energetic pulsar in a supernova remnant

2024-12-24 08:50:00 phys.org The multi-frequency pulse profiles of the PSR J1631–4722 above 2 GHz. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2412.11345 An...

Thermodynamic model identifies how gold reaches Earth’s surface

2024-12-24 09:43:00 phys.org Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2404731121 A research team including a University...

$Is the universe a fractal?$

Is the universe a fractal?