Tag: Physics

2024-12-20 12:57:00 phys.org The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released report Thursday evaluating prevalence of misinformation about science. ...

Cyanobacteria research unlocks potential for renewable plastics from carbon dioxide

2024-12-20 13:00:00 phys.org Credit: University of Manchester Scientists at The University of Manchester have achieved a significant breakthrough in using ...

NASA cameras to capture interaction between Blue Ghost lander, moon’s surface

2024-12-21 15:10:00 phys.org One of the SCALPSS cameras is visible here mounted to the Blue Ghost lander. Credit: Firefly Say ...

Report analyzes long history of NASA support for commercial space

2024-12-20 13:01:00 phys.org The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov approaches the ...

New electron microscopy technique reveals complex spin structures at femtosecond timescales

2024-12-20 13:09:00 phys.org Spin vectors of a meron pair. Unlike the rapidly oscillating electric and magnetic fields of the surface ...

Scientists observe ‘negative time’ in quantum experiments

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2024-12-21 07:23:00 phys.org Experimental physicist Daniela Angulo poses with an apparatus in the physics lab at the University of Toronto. ...

Lab work digs into gullies seen on giant asteroid Vesta by NASA’s Dawn

2024-12-21 05:30:00 phys.org To explore potential explanations for deep channels, or gullies, seen on Vesta, scientists used JPL’s Dirty Under-vacuum ...

New opportunities for metasurfaces in optoelectronics

2024-12-20 13:20:00 phys.org Optoelectronic metadevices. The effective integration of metasurfaces into electronic devices demands a careful codesign approach that addresses ...

Heterogeneous host populations drive evolution of more virulent pathogens, modeling study shows

2024-12-20 13:37:00 phys.org Contrast between idealized homogeneous and realistic heterogeneous metapopulations. Credit: SOKENDAI, AIST, OIST The evolution of pathogens has ...

Structural analysis reveals how human eyelashes promote water drainage

2024-12-20 14:00:00 phys.org Water droplet slides off eyelash. Credit: Prof. Jiang's group Throughout human evolution, body and facial hair have ...

Advanced algorithm reduces errors in land cover classification for landslide analysis

2024-12-20 14:08:00 phys.org Land cover changes in hilltop areas. Credit: Renata Pacheco Quevedo/ INPE Land use and land cover (LULC) ...

Inequality weakens local governance and public satisfaction, study finds

2024-12-20 14:23:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Local governments in developing countries are crucial for providing public services that promote ...

‘Living’ ceramics utilize bacteria for gas sensing and carbon capture

2024-12-20 15:10:00 phys.org Living porous ceramic for carbon capture and gas sensing. Credit: Advanced Materials (2024). DOI: 10.1002/adma.202412555 A team ...

Neutrality has played a pivotal, but under-examined, role in international relations, new research shows

2024-12-20 14:29:00 phys.org Dr. David Dekker is a Research Fellow at Edinburgh Business School, part of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, ...

Mitigating animal-vehicle collisions with field sensors, AI and ecological modeling

2024-12-20 12:17:00 phys.org Example of a map showing the estimated relative abundance of a species along a railway section. The ...

Sea snakes regain advanced color vision, recovering a complex trait once lost to evolutionary time

2024-12-20 09:43:00 phys.org SWS1 site 86 genotype ratios in sea snake populations. Credit: Genome Biology and Evolution (2024). DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evae150 ...

Active particles reorganize 3D gels into denser porous structures, study shows

2024-12-20 07:20:00 phys.org Self-propelled particles (red and blue particles with arrows), mimicking bacterial motion, reshape gel particles into a compact, ...

Hungry people in distant nations

2024-12-20 05:00:00 phys.org Credit: CC0 Public Domain The war in Ukraine is causing hunger thousands of miles from the battlefields, ...

Scientists achieve collective quantum behavior in macroscopic oscillators

2024-12-19 15:02:00 phys.org A hexamer of macroscopic mechanical oscillators for studying quantum collective phenomena. Credit: Mahdi Chegnizadeh (EPFL) Quantum technologies ...

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

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