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Phys.org / Eclipse research finds turbulent times in the sun's corona
Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi have uncovered new clues about how energy moves through the sun's outer atmosphere, using one of nature's rarest events as their window: total solar eclipses. Drawing on more than ...
Phys.org / Homes in the fire zone: Why wildland-urban blazes create significantly more air pollution
A research team led by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) has published a foundational inventory of emissions produced by structures destroyed by fires in the wildland-urban ...
Tech Xplore / 3D vision technology powers factory automation
One night in 2010, Mohit Gupta decided to try something before leaving the lab. Then a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University, Gupta was in the final days of an internship at a manufacturing company in Boston. He'd spent ...
Medical Xpress / Smartphone-linked catheter sensor could spot UTIs sooner than lab cultures
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common bacterial infections, with catheter-associated UTIs accounting for more than half of infections contracted in hospitals. When detected early and accurately, UTIs are ...
Phys.org / Nitrogen pollution is rising: What a new global map means for forest carbon
On a cool spring morning in a northern forest, the ground feels soft underfoot. Mist hangs between the trunks, and the air smells of wet leaves and old humus; the slow alchemy that keeps a forest alive. Beneath the surface, ...
Tech Xplore / Safer batteries for storing energy at massive scale: A new electrolyte with proton-hopping conductivity
Among the enduring challenges of storing energy—for wind or solar farms, or backup storage for the energy grid or data centers—is batteries that can hold large amounts of electricity for a long time. In addition to having ...
Phys.org / The making of doting dads may involve a specific gene
Male caregiving is rare. Of the nearly 6,000 mammalian species, fewer than 5% of fathers stick around to raise their own young. Most are even instinctively hostile. Even among the mammals that pitch in with caregiving duties, ...
Medical Xpress / Worsening of overactive bladder seen in patients undergoing gender-affirming vaginoplasty
Patients undergoing gender-affirming vaginoplasty experience worsening of overactive bladder (OAB) with respect to their health-related quality of life (HRQoL), according to a study published online Feb. 6 in Urology.
Phys.org / Map suggests up to 30% of western bird hotspots face severe wildfire risk
Up to 30% of bird diversity hotspots, places where large numbers of different bird species occur, in the western United States face threats from high-severity wildfires in the future that could eliminate critical forest habitats, ...
Phys.org / World's smallest QR code, read via electron microscope, earns Guinness recognition
Just how small can a QR code be? Small enough that it can only be recognized with an electron microscope. A research team at TU Wien, working together with the data storage technology company Cerabyte, has now demonstrated ...
Tech Xplore / Nvidia nears deal for scaled-down investment in OpenAI: Report
Nvidia is on the cusp of investing $30 billion in OpenAI, scaling back a plan to pump $100 billion into the ChatGPT maker, the Financial Times reported Thursday.
Phys.org / Ten new insights in climate science
Each year, the world's leading climate scientists evaluate the most critical evidence on how our planet is changing. Their assessments draw heavily on data from Earth-observing satellites—and the latest report delivers ...
