Kenyans have a right to privacy—does the government respect it?
2024-11-29 12:18:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Kenyan government is using technology to improve governance, service delivery and national ...
Tag: Physics
Unprecedented climate extremes are everywhere—baselines for what’s normal will need to change
2024-11-29 12:19:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Extreme temperature and rainfall events are increasing around the world, including Australia. What ...
Fishy fossil find points to possible polar bear ancestry for Scottish bears
2024-11-29 12:15:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New analysis of ancient bones and fossils found in a Highland cave has ...
New hybrid catalyst developed for clean oxygen production
2024-11-29 12:15:00 phys.org Schematic comparison of the (photo)electrocatalytic reaction and stability of single- and mixed-ligand zeolitic imidazolate frameworks. Credit: Nature ...
Our outrage over social media posts helps misinformation spread, study shows
2024-11-29 12:36:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Social media posts containing misinformation evoke more moral outrage than posts with trustworthy ...
Sea anemone study shows how animals restore ‘shape’ following major injury
2024-11-29 13:02:00 phys.org By using four different colors to label specific genes, scientists can visualize where each gene is active ...
Showdown looms on plastic treaty days before deadline
2024-11-29 13:03:00 phys.org Nearly 200 nations are in South Korea's Busan with the goal of reaching a landmark deal by ...
Genetic factors in woodland strawberries promote cold tolerance
2024-11-29 13:21:00 phys.org In order to make cultivated plants such as strawberries more resistant to late frost episodes, researchers from ...
New research reveals insights into gender equality in hunter-gatherer societies
2024-11-29 12:39:00 phys.org Stacked bar chart showing predicted split of household budget of leisure hours, the observed split, and the ...
Observing dark matter at cosmic dawn
2024-11-29 10:00:00 phys.org A simulated dark matter halo from a many-body cosmological simulation. Credit: Wikipedia via CC BY-SA 3.0 After ...
Modified ribosomes could be a possible mechanism of antibiotic resistance
2024-11-29 05:00:00 phys.org Colorized scanning electron micrograph of Escherichia coli, grown in culture and adhered to a cover slip. Credit: ...
A catalyst for global peace and security
2024-11-29 05:00:00 phys.org Credit: CC0 Public Domain Water can be a catalyst for peace and security with a critical role ...
Top UN court to open unprecedented climate hearings
2024-11-29 03:24:00 phys.org The International Court of Justice in The Hague. The world's top court will next week start unprecedented ...
Peru scientists unveil crocodile fossil up to 12 million years old
2024-11-28 05:18:00 phys.org Paleontologists unveil the fossil of a young marine crocodile dating back 10 to 12 million years discovered ...
Himalayas formation may have destroyed at least 30% of continental crust in collision zone
2024-11-28 08:10:00 phys.org Conceptual models of crustal shortening across the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau (A), European Alps (B) and Zagros Mountains (C). ...
Coral adaptation unlikely to keep pace with global warming, warn scientists
2024-11-28 14:00:00 phys.org A healthy reef dominated by Acropora corals in Palau, western Pacific Ocean. Credit: Liam Lachs Coral adaptation ...
Artificial intelligence finds previously undetected historical climate extremes
2024-11-28 10:00:00 phys.org Comparison of the extent of an extreme cold spell in Europe in 1929. Left: previously known temperature ...
Astrophysicists find evidence that Alfvén waves lead to heat generation in the magnetosphere
2024-11-28 06:00:00 phys.org An artist's impression shows the four spacecraft of the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission, which fly in a tetrahedral ...
Astronomers investigate the evolution of a supersoft X-ray source
2024-11-28 08:40:00 phys.org Optical monitoring of RX J0513.9−6951. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2411.14273 Using ESA's XMM-Newton satellite and NASA's Chandra ...
Climate change alone does not cause mass migration, says researcher
2024-11-27 14:42:00 phys.org The Jamuna River in Bangladesh swells more and more during the summer monsoon, flooding the delta and ...
Droplet-based microfluidics with mass spectrometry offers new toolboxes for microproteomics
2024-11-27 14:51:00 phys.org Schematic illustration of three aspects of droplet-based microfluidics with mass spectrometry: including functions, systems, and applications. Credit: ...
New technique allows researchers to look deep within tectonic plates
2024-11-27 15:41:00 phys.org Ophiolites in Newfoundland. Ophiolites are places where the upper mantle of oceanic lithosphere has been uplifted onto ...
Seemingly simple climate adaptation strategy could backfire
2024-11-27 15:43:00 phys.org A climate adaptation strategy that's meant to lower city temperatures could have the opposite effect for people ...
Nanopesticide delivery system made with neem seed extract improves pesticide effectiveness
2024-11-27 15:43:00 phys.org Graphical abstract. Credit: Surfaces and Interfaces (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2024.105190 Pesticides can be made more effective and environmentally ...
New paper provides insight into ‘boycott and buycott’ of Russian goods in China
2024-11-27 15:43:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain More than 10% of Chinese citizens who took part in a survey say ...
Improved spin and density correlation simulations give researchers clearer insights on neutron stars
2024-11-27 15:46:00 phys.org A neutrino moves through a gas of neutrons and is sensitive to correlations in spin and density ...