How Switzerland’s Birch glacier collapsed
2025-05-31 04:58:00 phys.org The Birch Glacier collapsed into the Lotschental valley, destroying the village of Blatten. A cascade of events ...
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Virtual model of a Venusian pancake dome shows it likely formed due to elastic lithosphere and dense lava
2025-05-30 13:34:00 phys.org A pancake dome acts as a heavy load on Venus' lithosphere and causes flexure, which can be ...
China launches space probe seeking asteroid samples
2025-05-28 16:27:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain China on Thursday launched a space probe on the country's first mission to ...
Ancient DNA uncovers unknown group near Americas’ land bridge 6,000 years ago
2025-05-28 16:31:00 phys.org This image provided by William Usaquen and Andrea Casas-Vargas shows the high plains in Bogota, Colombia where ...
The importance of gravitational waves
2025-05-28 15:36:00 phys.org An artists impression of two black holes spiraling towards each other, creating ripples in the fabric of ...
Kazakhstan to allow hunting once endangered antelopes
2025-05-28 10:40:00 phys.org Saiga antelopes graze on a prairie outside Almaty. Kazakhstan said Wednesday it will authorize the hunting of ...
Superconducting diode bridge efficiently converts AC to DC for quantum circuits
2025-05-28 06:30:00 phys.org Left panel, superconducting rectifier circuit used to convert AC currents into DC using four superconducting diodes (blue) ...
Starship megarocket blows up over Indian Ocean in latest bumpy test
2025-05-28 04:41:00 phys.org The SpaceX Starship rocket launches from Starbase, Texas, as seen from South Padre Island on May 27, ...
Occupations can shape personality, and vice versa
2025-05-27 16:40:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Anyone wondering why "the same type of person" often works in certain occupations ...
Highly oxidized products from isoprene—atmospheric chemistry pathways could drive global aerosol formation
2025-05-26 11:42:00 phys.org by Tilo Arnhold, Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung e. V. According to the recently published study, deciduous trees such ...
SpaceX set for next Starship launch after fiery failures
2025-05-27 04:05:00 phys.org The previous two launch tests of SpaceX's Starship ended with the upper stage erupting into fiery cascades ...
Invasive species inflict $2.2 trillion in global damages since 1960, study finds
2025-05-26 14:30:00 phys.org Mosquitoes have expanding ranges due to global warming. From river-clogging plants to disease-carrying insects, the direct economic ...
Friction variation creates Tête de Moine’s signature cheese flowers
2025-05-26 10:00:00 phys.org Tête de Moine cheese flowers are created by scraping the cheese surface with the rotating blade of ...
Strauss’ ‘Blue Danube’ waltz is launching into space to mark his 200th birthday
2025-05-26 04:34:00 phys.org This undated photo released by the European Space Agency shows the 35 meter-diameter deep-space dish antenna, DSA-2, ...
Intuitive geometric method simplifies inverse design of kirigami
2025-05-25 09:00:00 phys.org Image showing how the team applied their method to map the internal trajectories of the rotating units ...
UAE hits record May temperature of 51.6C
2025-05-25 05:58:00 phys.org Dubai residents attempt to cool off at night at the Umm Suqeim beach as temperatures sizzle above ...
Sea level rise expected to accelerate even if warming is limited to 1.5C: Study
2025-05-24 09:40:00 phys.org The Greenland ice sheet holds enough frozen water to lift global oceans by five meters. Rising seas ...
After two setbacks, SpaceX could try to launch massive Starship next week
2025-05-24 03:40:00 phys.org SpaceX's Starship spacecraft. SpaceX said Friday it will make another launch attempt next week of the massive ...
Plankton adapt cell membrane chemistry to temperature, nutrients, and light in global oceans
2025-05-23 15:36:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Plankton may be tiny, but they play an important role in the ocean. ...
Binary star system with millisecond pulsar and a helium star companion discovered
2025-05-23 13:50:00 phys.org Optical and infrared images around PSR J1928+1815. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.ado0769 A large team of astronomers ...
Wind-related hurricane losses for homeowners in the southeastern US could be nearly 76% higher by 2060
2025-05-21 15:17:00 phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Hurricane winds are a major contributor to storm-related losses for people living in ...
Study finds sand lizards feel at home on railway tracks
2025-05-21 15:17:00 phys.org by Gesine Steiner, Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung Location of the study site ...
Chip-scale soliton microcombs reach femtosecond precision
2025-05-21 15:40:00 phys.org A new platform based on dispersion-managed silicon nitride microresonators operates at an 89 GHz repetition rate. Schematic ...
Extreme weather cycles change underwater light at Tahoe
2025-05-21 16:40:00 phys.org Brant Allen of UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center dives in Lake Tahoe. Credit: Brandon Berry/UC Davis ...
Tattoos of rare shape and composition found on 800-year-old Andean mummy
2025-05-20 15:50:00 phys.org Right cheek of the mummy and magnification (in the boxes) of the three-line tattoos: a) visible light; ...
Expert content juries preferred for social media moderation, survey finds
2025-05-20 12:44:00 phys.org Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Americans perceive small juries of content experts as the most legitimate moderators of ...