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Phys.org / Checking the quality of materials just got easier with a new AI tool
Manufacturing better batteries, faster electronics, and more effective pharmaceuticals depends on the discovery of new materials and the verification of their quality. Artificial intelligence is helping with the former, with ...
Phys.org / Wetland plant–fungus combo cleans up PFAS in a pilot study
Wetlands act as nature's kidneys: They trap sediments, absorb excess nutrients and turn pollutants into less harmful substances. Now, the list of pollutants wetland plants can remove includes per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...
Phys.org / Tidal forces heat white dwarfs to unexpected temperatures in tight binary orbits
White dwarfs are the compact remnants of stars that have stopped nuclear burning, a fate that will eventually befall our sun. These extremely dense objects are degenerate stars because their structure is counterintuitive: ...
Phys.org / Bacteria confined to droplets form complex but predictable patterns based on oxygen levels
Even in an environment as seemingly simple as a drop of water, bacteria can organize themselves into complex patterns or arrangements. Through experiments, theory, and computational modeling, scientists from Caltech and Princeton ...
Phys.org / How a stretchy protein senses forces in cells
How does skin hold you in? How do heart cells beat together? Researchers at the University of California, Davis, Department of Biomedical Engineering, are exploring how structures called desmosomes, which stick cells together, ...
Phys.org / New crystals could lead to cleaner, cheaper gas purification
A team of researchers has developed a new type of material that could make the process of separating gases cleaner and more energy-efficient.
Phys.org / Chickening out: Why some birds fear novelty
The largest-ever study on neophobia, or fear of novelty, has discovered the key reasons why some bird species are more fearful of new things than others.
Phys.org / Volcanic eruptions may have delivered hidden ice to Mars's equator
Explosive volcanic eruptions on early Mars may have transported water ice to equatorial regions, according to a modeling study published in Nature Communications. The authors suggest that these eruptions could have led to ...
Phys.org / How orogeny and plants shaped Earth's paleoclimate via silicate weathering
Throughout most of Earth's geological history, its paleoclimate has remained hospitable to life—largely thanks to continental silicate weathering, which acts as a long-term planetary thermostat.
Phys.org / Extra silver atom sparks 77-fold increase in Ag nanocluster photoluminescence quantum yield
A team of researchers from Tohoku University, Tokyo University of Science, and the Institute for Molecular Science have uncovered how the precise addition of a single silver (Ag) atom can dramatically transform the light-emitting ...
Phys.org / Paleomagnetic analysis could map the ancient history of Earth's surface
Earth's Ediacaran Period, roughly 630 to 540 million years ago, has always been something of a magnetic minefield for scientists.
Phys.org / CO₂ as a raw material: Catalyst system makes climate gas usable for the chemical industry
Researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT), Ruhr University Bochum and Evonik Oxeno have developed a novel catalyst system that enables the use of the climate gas carbon dioxide (CO₂) as a raw material ...
