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Phys.org / Sloshing liquefied natural gas in cargo tanks causes higher impact forces than expected

What happens if liquefied natural gas (LNG) hits the wall of the cargo tanks in a ship? New research from the team of physicist Devaraj van der Meer from the University of Twente, published in the Proceedings of the National ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / In polar regions, microbes are influencing climate change as frozen ecosystems thaw

Microbes across Earth's coldest regions are becoming more active as glaciers, permafrost and sea ice thaw, accelerating carbon release and potentially amplifying climate change, according to a new international review from ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Software allows scientists to simulate nanodevices on a supercomputer

From computers to smartphones, from smart appliances to the internet itself, the technology we use every day only exists thanks to decades of improvements in the semiconductor industry, that have allowed engineers to keep ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Using AI to keep CRISPR technology in-check

Last year, a ten-month-old baby in the US was the first person in the world to have their rare genetic disease effectively cured through the use of CRISPR gene editing technology. But the rollout of CRISPR across a wide range ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / The shape of things to come: How spheroid geometry guides multicellular orbiting and invasion

As organisms develop from embryos, groups of cells migrate and reshape themselves to form all manner of complex tissues. There are no anatomical molds shaped like lungs, livers or other tissues for cells to grow into. Rather, ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / From fleeting to stable: Scientists uncover recipe for new carbon dioxide-based energetic materials

When materials are compressed, their atoms are forced into unusual arrangements that do not normally exist under everyday conditions. These configurations are often fleeting: when the pressure is released, the atoms typically ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Chemistry
Phys.org / Arctic seas are getting louder as ice melts, posing risks: Study shows how to better measure noise

The Arctic is experiencing a steady rise in human-generated underwater noise as melting ice and increasing activity open the region to greater vessel traffic, with major implications for wildlife and local communities. New ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Tapping into risk in America's drinking water

When you turn on the tap, you can typically expect clean, safe water to flow out. But behind that simple action lies a complex system of pipes, pumps, governance, and financials that, for millions of Americans, is at risk ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Watching atoms roam before they decay

Together with an international team, researchers from the Molecular Physics Department at the Fritz Haber Institute have revealed how atoms rearrange themselves before releasing low-energy electrons in a decay process initiated ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / Molecular arrangement strategy targets multiple Alzheimer's disease factors at once

Conventional treatments of Alzheimer's disease, one of the most common forms of dementia, have been largely focused on targeting individual pathological features. However, Alzheimer's disease is a multifactorial disorder ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Chemistry
Phys.org / Cryo-EM structures reveal conformational dynamics behind AP-4 membrane trafficking

Adaptor protein (AP) complexes play central roles in intracellular vesicular trafficking by coupling cargo selection to vesicle formation. AP-4, an important member of the AP family, plays a key role in this process. AP-4 ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Stealth and manipulation: Strategies of bacterial plasmids investigated

The problem of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has many health experts worried. As disease-causing bacteria adapt to some of our ways to reduce them, especially with antibiotics, it presents an arms race which we appear to ...

Jan 26, 2026 in Biology