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Phys.org / The 'blue forest' in figures: First global inventory of carbon stored by seagrass meadows
An international study presents the first global assessment of blue carbon accumulated in the living parts of seagrass plants. According to the results, their leaves, rhizomes and roots store up to 40 million tons of carbon ...
Phys.org / Plasma lens can focus attosecond pulses across different ranges of XUV light
A team of researchers from the Max Born Institute (MBI) in Berlin and DESY in Hamburg has demonstrated a plasma lens capable of focusing attosecond pulses. This breakthrough substantially increases the attosecond power available ...
Phys.org / Helheim Glacier's massive calving events don't behave the way scientists assumed
For nearly a decade, Leigh Stearns and collaborators aimed a laser scanner system at Greenland's Helheim Glacier. Their long-running survey reveals that Helheim's massive calving events don't behave the way scientists once ...
Phys.org / Chasing and splashing molecules create resilient order from apparent chaos, study shows
In nature, ordered structures are essential to maintain both stability and functionality in living systems, as observed in repeating structures or the formation of complex molecules. Yet, the creation of this order is based ...
Phys.org / Scientists reveal it is feasible to send quantum signals from Earth to a satellite
Quantum satellites currently beam entangled particles of light from space down to different ground stations for ultra-secure communications. New research shows it is also possible to send these signals upward, from Earth ...
Phys.org / Paradox of rotating turbulence finally tamed with 'hurricane-in-a-lab'
From stirring milk in your coffee to fearsome typhoon gales, rotating turbulent flows are everywhere. Yet, these spinning currents are as scientifically complex as they are banal. Describing, modeling, and predicting turbulent ...
Phys.org / Those who work together tend to move in sync, trampoline experiment shows
A team of sports scientists and cognitive biologists at the University of Vienna has demonstrated in a new study that solving a task together can promote spontaneous movement synchronization. Such synchronization serves as ...
Phys.org / Simulations show Antarctic meltwater slows warming but drives uneven sea level rise
Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet due to global warming has long-term, irreversible societal impacts with important implications for people around the world. Spatial patterns of sea level change from ice sheet mass loss ...
Phys.org / Aging stars may be destroying their closest planets
Aging stars may be destroying the giant planets orbiting closest to them, according to a new study by astronomers at UCL and the University of Warwick.
Phys.org / Cleaner air may be accelerating warming by making clouds less reflective
Earth is reflecting less sunlight, and absorbing more heat, than it did several decades ago. Global warming is advancing faster than climate models predicted, with observed temperatures exceeding projections in 2023 and 2024. ...
Phys.org / Rabies research unlocks how viruses do so much with so few proteins
New antivirals and vaccines could follow the discovery by Australian researchers of strategies used by viruses to control our cells. Led by Monash University and the University of Melbourne, and published in Nature Communications, ...
Phys.org / Ancient mammoth tooth offers clues about Ice Age life in northeastern Canada
A worn-down mammoth tooth discovered nearly 150 years ago on an island in Nunavut offers new insights into where and how the Ice Age giants lived and died.
