Tag: Physics

2025-01-16 09:19:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The seafood industry is known for its complex global supply chains and diverse ...

Volcanic eruptions linked to Neolithic ‘sun stone’ sacrifices in Denmark

2025-01-16 05:00:00 phys.org Credit: Antiquity. DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2024.217 About 4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed ...

2 private lunar landers head toward the moon in a roundabout journey

2025-01-16 04:30:00 phys.org This photo provided by ispace in January 2025 shows the Resilience lunar lander. Credit: ispace via AP ...

Researchers explore hyperspectral imaging to virtually restore murals

2025-01-15 16:31:00 phys.org The process of color reconstruction by the CIE standard colorimetric system. Credit: Heritage Science (2024). DOI: 10.1186/s40494-024-01501-0 ...

Mapping accessibility to transform cities

2025-01-15 16:42:00 phys.org The CAMMM project aims to influence urban-planning practices and policies by identifying which areas are the most ...

Continuous cryogenic pellet injection system developed for tokamak fueling

2025-01-15 16:43:00 phys.org Photographs and test results of the pellet injection fueling system. Credit: HOU Jilei A joint research team ...

How we might finally find black holes from the cosmic dawn

Kim Heatley 2025-01-13 11:21:00 physics.mit.edu An undiscovered population of ancient black holes may be lurking throughout the universe. These bottomless ...

Earth’s temporary moon might have come from the moon

2025-01-15 17:00:00 phys.org An artist’s impression of a lunar explosion, caused by the impact of a meteorite on the surface ...

Copper radical mimics enzyme for highly efficient C-H oxidation

2025-01-15 15:13:00 phys.org Highly selective sp3 C–H oxidation. Credit: Nature Catalysis (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41929-024-01276-4 Optically pure alcohols are prevalent motifs ...

Microplastics contaminate organic waste, raising environmental concerns

2025-01-15 13:07:00 phys.org Credit: Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics (2025). DOI: 10.20517/wecn.2024.65 A groundbreaking study by Te Whare Wānanga o ...

Synthesizing polymers with an unprecedented structure

2025-01-15 10:53:00 phys.org While the product of vinyl polymerization of alkyl acrylate has the substituent on every other main chain ...

Astronomers detect new eclipsing binary system

2025-01-15 08:30:00 phys.org TESS transit light curve of NGTS-EB-7 AB. Credit: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2024). DOI: ...

Octopus arms have segmented nervous systems to power extraordinary movements

2025-01-15 05:00:00 phys.org Octopus bimaculoides. Credit: Cassady Olson Octopus arms move with incredible dexterity, bending, twisting, and curling with nearly ...

SpaceX set for seventh test of Starship megarocket

2025-01-15 03:33:00 phys.org Space enthusiasts will be eager to see if SpaceX can replicate the feat of catching the first-stage ...

US, Japanese lunar landers set to launch on single rocket

2025-01-14 16:11:00 phys.org In this handout image provided by ispace, the RESILIENCE Lunar Lander is seen integrated into the SpaceX ...

Image: Earth in far-ultraviolet

2025-01-14 16:30:00 phys.org Credit: NASA On April 21, 1972, NASA astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 mission, ...

Neutron star measurements place limits on color superconductivity in dense quark matter

2025-01-14 16:34:00 phys.org Ground-based radio telescopes, gravitational wave detectors, and a space-based X-ray telescope (right) all measure neutron stars (top ...

Fast control methods enable record-setting fidelity in superconducting qubit

2025-01-14 17:17:00 phys.org In an artist’s impression of a recent MIT experiment, a central sphere represents a qubit, which is ...

Research supports safe, sustainable suds

2025-01-14 16:36:00 phys.org Procter & Gamble scientists used ORNL’s Summit supercomputer to create a digital model of the corneal epithelium, ...

Exploring how cultural tightness and looseness shape global entrepreneurship

2025-01-14 14:25:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study by researchers Valentina A. Assenova and Raphael Amit from The ...

Why fast wildfires and those started by human activities are more destructive and harder to contain

2025-01-14 12:19:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Investigators are trying to determine what caused several wind-driven wildfires that have destroyed ...

Team develops plan for 3D-printed microscope, including lens, that costs less than $60