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Phys.org / Resolve to network at your employer's next 'offsite'—these retreats actually help forge new connections

What do you do when an announcement about an "offsite" hits your work inbox? Chances are you might sigh and begrudgingly add the event to your calendar.

Dec 29, 2025 in Other Sciences
Dialog / Quantum clues to consciousness: New research suggests the brain may harness the zero-point field

What if your conscious experiences were not just the chatter of neurons, but were connected to the hum of the universe? In a paper published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, I present new evidence indicating that conscious ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Delicately opening a band gap in graphene enables high-performance transistors

(Phys.org)—Electrons can move through graphene with almost no resistance, a property that gives graphene great potential for replacing silicon in next-generation, highly efficient electronic devices. But currently it's ...

Sep 21, 2015 in Nanotechnology
Medical Xpress / How can I get water out of my ear after swimming?

Swimming is one of the best parts of summer. But long after you've cooled down and dried off, you might be left with a niggling feeling—there is still water in your ear.

Dec 29, 2025 in Health
Phys.org / Rare Hall effect reveals design pathways for advanced spintronic materials

Scientists at Ames National Laboratory, in collaboration with Indranil Das's group at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (India), have found a surprising electronic feature in transitional metal-based compounds that could ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / How doubting your doubts may increase your commitment to goals

When it comes to our most important long-term goals in life, it is not uncommon to face obstacles that may lead us to doubt whether we can achieve our ambitions.

Dec 29, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Exploring the occurrence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis-linked deaths

From 2020 to 2023, 1,754 decedents had coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) listed on their death certificates, according to research published in the Dec. 18 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity ...

Phys.org / First observation made of quantum-tunneling diffusion of hydrogen atoms on ice

(Phys.org)—As long as the temperature is above absolute zero, gas molecules are always in constant random motion. They may diffuse—or spread out—through three-dimensional space or, in a process called "surface diffusion," ...

Oct 1, 2015 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Why do we blush? Turning red may have surprising social benefits

We've all had the feeling. You're embarrassed and then there it is: a warm flush creeping up your neck and across your cheeks. The more you think about it, the hotter and redder you get. If someone asks "are you blushing?" ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / AI uncovers double-strangeness: A new double-Lambda hypernucleus

Researchers from the High Energy Nuclear Physics Laboratory at the RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute (PRI) in Japan and their international collaborators have made a discovery that bridges artificial intelligence and nuclear ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Physics
Tech Xplore / For computational devices, talk isn't cheap: Research reveals unavoidable energy costs across all communication channels

Every task we perform on a computer—whether number crunching, watching a video, or typing out an article—requires different components of the machine to interact with one another. "Communication is massively crucial for ...

Dec 24, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / New redback millisecond pulsar discovered with ASKAP

Using the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope, astronomers have discovered a new millisecond pulsar (MSPs) at a distance of some 7,000 light years away. The newfound pulsar, which received designation PSR J1728−4608, ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Astronomy & Space