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Phys.org / Climate action saves lives. So why do climate models ignore well-being?

Climate change is already shaping our well-being. It affects mental health, spreads infectious diseases, disrupts work, damages food supplies and forces families to leave their homes because of conflict, hunger or flooding.

Nov 30, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Physicists create 'quantum wire' where mass and energy flow without friction or loss

In physical systems, transport takes many forms, such as electric current through a wire, heat through metal, or even water through a pipe. Each of these flows can be described by how easily the underlying quantity—charge, ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / The case for an antimatter Manhattan project

Chemical rockets have taken us to the moon and back, but traveling to the stars demands something more powerful. Space X's Starship can lift extraordinary masses to orbit and send payloads throughout the solar system using ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Bird flu viruses are resistant to fever, making them a major threat to humans

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, one of the body's ways of stopping viruses in their tracks, according to new research led by the universities ...

Nov 27, 2025 in Medical research
Phys.org / Dynamic duo of bacteria could change Mars dust into versatile building material for first human colonists

Since humanity's first steps on the moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central objective of international space agencies, targeting long-term extraterrestrial habitation. Among the celestial ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Electric vehicle owners face new pay-per-mile tax. What could be the environmental costs?

Modern electric vehicles are transforming the roads with low noise, rapid acceleration and zero exhaust emissions. However, drivers of electric vehicles in the UK will now face a new 3p per mile charge and drivers of hybrid ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Probing the quantum nature of black holes through entropy

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, physicists have demonstrated that black holes satisfy the third law of thermodynamics, which states that entropy remains positive and vanishes at extremely low temperatures, ...

Nov 29, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Humans first entered Australia 60,000 years ago via two routes, DNA analysis suggests

Debate has long surrounded when humans first traveled into Sahul, the ancient landmass that is now Australia, New Guinea and Tasmania. Now, a study published in Science Advances, lends credence to the theory that the first ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Close brush with two hot stars millions of years ago left a mark just beyond our solar system

Nearly 4.5 million years ago, two large, hot stars brushed tantalizingly close to Earth's sun. They left behind a trace in the clouds of gas and dust that swirl just beyond our solar system—almost like the scent of perfume ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Rare high-resolution observations of a flare-prolific solar active region

Scientists have captured an exceptionally rare, high-resolution view of an active region that produced two powerful X-class solar flares—an achievement rarely possible from Earth. Using the GREGOR solar telescope in Tenerife, ...

Nov 28, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / New digital state of matter could help build stable quantum computers

Scientists have taken another major step toward creating stable quantum computers. Using a specialized quantum computer chip (an essential component of a quantum computer) as a kind of tiny laboratory, a team led by Pan Jianwei ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Monkeys have rhythm and can tap along to the beat (with a little help from the Backstreet Boys)

They may not yet be kings of the swingers, but macaque monkeys can keep time to music and move to the beat. Well, at least two adult macaques can, who were trained by researchers to tap along to different kinds of music. ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Biology