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Phys.org / Athens hit with several months of rain in one day: Expert
A deadly storm this week dumped nearly six months of rain on the Greek capital Athens in less than a day, one of the country's top weather experts told AFP on Thursday.
Phys.org / Unified framework sorts spacetime fluctuations for quantum-gravity experiments
A team of researchers led by the University of Warwick has developed the first unified framework for detecting "spacetime fluctuations"—tiny, random distortions in the fabric of spacetime that appear in many attempts to ...
Phys.org / Are your memories illusions? New study disentangles the Boltzmann brain paradox
In a recent paper, SFI Professor David Wolpert, SFI Fractal Faculty member Carlo Rovelli, and physicist Jordan Scharnhorst examine a longstanding, paradoxical thought experiment in statistical physics and cosmology known ...
Medical Xpress / Q&A: How AI can revolutionize point-of-care ultrasound
During a night shift when she was a resident at Yale New Haven Hospital, Cristiana Baloescu was taking care of a patient with a complex presentation of symptoms. The patient was experiencing some back and leg pain. But they ...
Phys.org / Massive black hole mystery unlocked by researchers
It's one of astronomy's great mysteries: how did black holes get so big, so massive, so quickly. An answer to this cosmic conundrum has now been provided by researchers at Ireland's Maynooth University (MU) and reported today ...
Phys.org / Vast cluster of ancient galaxies could rewrite the history of star formation
Astronomers have discovered a vast, dense cluster of massive galaxies just 1 billion years after the Big Bang, each forming stars at an intense rate from collapsing clouds of dust. Reported in Astronomy & Astrophysics by ...
Phys.org / Bionic LiDAR system achieves beyond-retinal resolution through adaptive focusing
In a recent study, researchers from China have developed a chip-scale LiDAR system that mimics the human eye's foveation by dynamically concentrating high-resolution sensing on regions of interest (ROIs) while maintaining ...
Medical Xpress / Researcher identifies biomarkers that could improve early detection of pancreatic cancer
A researcher at the IU Indianapolis Fairbanks School of Public Health has identified a set of novel biomarkers that could significantly improve early detection of pancreatic cancer, a disease with a five-year survival rate ...
Phys.org / Full value added tax on meat: A first step towards pricing the environmental damages caused by diets
A study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Nature Food analyzes the ecological "footprint" from diets—and policy options to counteract through price signals. EU-wide, 23% of greenhouse gas emissions ...
Phys.org / New class of strong magnets uses earth-abundant elements, avoids rare-earth metals
Georgetown University researchers have discovered a new class of strong magnets that do not rely on rare-earth or precious metals—a breakthrough that could significantly advance clean energy technologies and consumer electronics ...
Phys.org / Q&A: An ice core library in Antarctica may save humanity's climate memory
On Wednesday, January 14, 2026, the coolest library on Earth was inaugurated at the Concordia station, Antarctica. Samples from glaciers rescued worldwide are now beginning to be stored there for safekeeping. This will allow, ...
Phys.org / Wildfires trigger massive soil loss for decades, new global map shows
Wildfires are devastating events that destroy forests, burn homes and force people to leave their communities. They also have a profound impact on local ecosystems. But there is another problem that has been largely overlooked ...