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Phys.org / Short-lived optical flare AT2022zod is an unusual tidal disruption event, astronomers find
An international team of astronomers has investigated a short-lived optical flare designated AT2022zod. As a result, they found evidence indicating that this flare is an unusual tidal disruption event. The findings were presented ...
Phys.org / Humans rank between meerkats and beavers in monogamy 'league table'
Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, according to a new University of Cambridge study that includes a table ranking monogamy rates in various ...
Phys.org / Adult female bark spiders produce superior and tougher silk than males do
Dragline silk or major ampullate (MA) silk, the part of a spider's web that forms the main frame and spokes, is one of the toughest materials known to science. That is, it can absorb massive amounts of energy from a sudden ...
Phys.org / 'Light-bending' material that controls blue and ultraviolet light could transform advanced chipmaking
Researchers from TU Delft and Radboud University (The Netherlands) have discovered that the two-dimensional ferroelectric material CuInP₂S₆ (CIPS) can be used to control the pathway and properties of blue and ultraviolet ...
Phys.org / Antarctica's only native insect is already eating microplastics
A global research team led by researchers from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment has found that Antarctica's only native insect is already ingesting microplastics, even ...
Phys.org / Electron-phonon interactions in crystals found to be quantized by a fundamental constant
A researcher at the Department of Physics at Tohoku University has uncovered a surprising quantum phenomenon hidden inside ordinary crystals: the strength of interactions between electrons and lattice vibrations—known as ...
Phys.org / Artificial photosynthesis catalyst converts carbon dioxide into fuel using sunlight
A joint research team has developed a highly efficient photocatalyst that can convert carbon dioxide into the high-value-added fuel, methane, using sunlight, while explaining its operating principles. The work is published ...
Phys.org / 'Monster Stars' from the cosmic dawn: Astronomers find first direct evidence
Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of international researchers have discovered chemical fingerprints of gigantic primordial stars that were among the first to form after the Big Bang.
Phys.org / First human DNA-cutting enzyme that senses physical tension discovered
An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals capable of detecting and responding to physical tension in DNA. This "tension-sensing" mechanism ...
Phys.org / Fast-tracking a natural climate solution by compressing millennia of carbon capture into hours
What if it were possible to take a very slow geological process, one that takes thousands of years in nature, and speed it up so that it happens within hours, in order to slow the rate of global warming?
Phys.org / World's rarest marsupial: What new research reveals about its survival needs
Researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) along with the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) have been working together to help protect the world's rarest marsupial by better understanding ...
Phys.org / Black hole ejects matter at 20% light speed in sun-like magnetic event
An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, has observed a sudden outburst of matter near the supermassive black hole NGC 3783 at speeds reaching up to 20% of the speed of light. During a 10-day observation, mainly ...
