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Phys.org / Light-driven reaction leads to advanced hybrid nanomaterial
Scientists are exploring many ways to use light rather than heat to drive chemical reactions more efficiently, which could significantly reduce waste, energy consumption, and reliance on nonrenewable resources.
Phys.org / Understanding volcanoes better: Scientists find exact locations of magma movement
How do volcanoes work? What happens beneath their surface? What causes the vibrations—known as tremor—that occur when magma or gases move upward through a volcano's conduits? Professor Dr. Miriam Christina Reiss, a volcano ...
Phys.org / Unusual red rocks in Australia are rewriting the rules on exceptional fossil sites
Hidden beneath farmland in the central tablelands of New South Wales lies one of Australia's most extraordinary fossil sites—McGraths Flat. It dates back between 11 million and 16 million years into the Miocene epoch, a ...
Phys.org / Mechanical method uses collisions to break down plastic for sustainable recycling
While plastics help enable modern standards of living, their accumulation in landfills and the overall environment continues to grow as a global concern.
Phys.org / Cosmic dust could have sparked life on Earth
New research has found that amino acids, the building blocks of life, may have traveled to Earth on interstellar dust grains, potentially helping kickstart biology as we know it.
Phys.org / Chemists reveal new insights into protein linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Using advanced techniques in biophysical chemistry, a team led by Meredith Jackrel, an associate professor of chemistry, has achieved unprecedented views of a protein that may play a pivotal role in some cases of amyotrophic ...
Phys.org / Uncertainty-aware Fourier ptychography enhances imaging stability in real-world conditions
Professor Edmund Lam, Dr. Ni Chen and their research team from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering under the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have developed a novel uncertainty-aware ...
Phys.org / 3-legged lizards can thrive against all odds, challenging assumptions about how evolution works in the wild
We are lizard biologists, and to do our work we need to catch lizards—never an easy task with such fast, agile creatures.
Phys.org / Greedy black hole feeds via two spiral arms
The supermassive black hole at the center of the Circinus galaxy is being fed with gaseous material by two spiral arms, according to an international team of researchers led by Wout Goesaert (Leiden University, the Netherlands). ...
Phys.org / Global lead exposure still costs trillions and endangers children, study finds
Lead poisoning was once thought to largely be a problem of the past, as the globe gradually weaned itself off leaded gasoline in road vehicles in 2021. But has global lead pollution truly been resolved?
Phys.org / 'Doughnut Economics' shows how global growth is out of balance—and how we can fix it
A new update to an influential economic theory called "Doughnut Economics" shows a global economy on a collision course with nature.
Phys.org / Flipping the switch on sperm motility offers new hope for male infertility
Infertility affects about one in six couples, and male factors account for roughly half of all cases—often because sperm don't swim well. Researchers from the University of Osaka have uncovered a key component of the "switch" ...
