Tag: Physics

November 8, 2024

2024-11-07 16:19:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have introduced an innovative model that ...

Thousands told to flee wildfire near Los Angeles

2024-11-07 16:20:00 phys.org A fast-moving fire near Los Angeles has forced thousands from their homes and destroyed dozens of properties. ...

Battling air pollution may contribute to climate change by impacting soil carbon storage

2024-11-07 16:49:00 phys.org The distribution of study sites in Michigan, USA that span the geographic range of northern hardwood forests. ...

Coral reef fish running out of time to recover at Great Barrier Reef islands, research warns

2024-11-07 17:23:00 phys.org A diver surveying Magnetic Island in Queensland. Credit: Maya Srinivasan A study has found concerning new evidence ...

Indigenous elders and ritual specialists help to unlock the meaning of ancient Amazonian rock art

2024-11-07 16:21:00 phys.org Examples of animal taxa represented at Cerro Azul. (a) armadillo, (b) paca, (c) coati, (d) amphibian, (e) ...

Can the noble metals become superconductors?

2024-11-07 13:30:00 phys.org Predicted dependence of the superconducting critical temperature of gold ultra-thin films as a function of the film ...

Climate change is easier to study when it’s presented as a game, says researcher

Climate change reporting is not connecting with people and their real issues. What needs to be done about it?

2024-11-07 11:40:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The annual United Nations Conference of the Parties global climate change meetings play ...

How climate change will affect the avalanche situation in Switzerland by the end of the century

2024-11-07 09:39:00 phys.org by Jochen Bettzieche, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL Wet snow avalanches like ...

Scientists calculate predictions for meson measurements

2024-11-06 16:38:00 phys.org In an Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) collision, interactions between a virtual photon emitted by the colliding electron can ...

Climate change is contributing to drought in the American West even without rainfall deficits, scientists find

2024-11-06 17:01:00 phys.org The Enterprise Bridge passes over a section of Lake Oroville that was nearly dry on Sept. 30, ...

Public pressure found to influence whether companies reduce their environmental impact

2024-11-06 13:12:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The effectiveness of national voluntary programs asking companies to pledge to lower their ...

Direct synthesis method uses recovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen to produce formic acid

2024-11-06 10:58:00 phys.org Overview of hydrogen storage and production system using formic acid. Credit: Advanced Industrial Science and Technology With ...

Decadal climate patterns reveal new insights into tropical cyclone formation and El Niño-Southern Oscillation link

2024-11-05 16:17:00 phys.org a–c Climatology of observed annual TCGF in the WNP over 1980–2014 derived from the Joint Typhoon Warning ...

MIT Schwarzman College of Computing launches postdoctoral program to advance AI across disciplines » MIT Physics

Kim Heatley 2024-10-29 19:40:00 physics.mit.edu The new Tayebati Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will support leading postdocs to bring cutting-edge AI to ...

Record-high pollution sickens thousands in Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore

2024-11-06 04:41:00 phys.org Students wear mask and heading to their school as smog envelops the areas of Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, ...

Researchers outline strengths and challenges in new monitoring framework

2024-11-06 05:06:00 phys.org Expected functioning of the Monitoring Framework from data collection to monitoring and reporting progress. Credit: Nature Ecology ...

AI models tackle complex particle drag coefficients

2024-11-05 16:03:00 phys.org Flowchart of this work: (A) discrete element method (DEM)–lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) and (B) machine learning. Credit: ...

Sustainable hydrophobic cellulose shows potential for replacing petroleum-related products

2024-11-05 16:27:00 phys.org Schematic illustration of the hybrid network based on CNF and DFNKF, highlighting the residues exploited for functionalization ...

Scientists provide a quantitative measure of variability in music pieces

2024-11-05 16:57:00 phys.org Physicists at the MPI-DS have investigated the variability in music pieces by different composers. They found a ...

Researchers analyze online reading habits from employees across firms worldwide

2024-11-05 19:00:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain By analyzing online reading behavior across millions of firms worldwide, a new study ...

How many additional exoplanets are in known systems?

2024-11-05 16:29:00 phys.org The seven planetary systems considered. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2411.00245 One thing we've learned in recent decades ...

Survey highlights ‘publish or perish’ culture as key factor in research irreproducibility

2024-11-05 14:00:00 phys.org Person holding pencil near laptop computer. Credit: Scott Graham, Unsplash (CC0, creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) An international survey involving over ...

Moon waves goodbye to Hera

2024-11-05 10:04:00 phys.org Hera and its CubeSats connected by inter-satellite links. Credit: ESA-Science Office As ESA's Hera mission for planetary ...

Bio-based fibers could pose greater threat to environment than conventional plastics

2024-11-05 03:59:00 phys.org A new study in the journal Environmental Science and Technology tested the effects of conventional polyester fibers ...

New insights into the structure, interactions and neuronal networking of primary cilia