Natural gas drilling could raise salt levels, in turn boosting radium in water
Phys.orgby Ty Tkacik·24 Aug 2026
Natural gas drilling could raise salt levels, in turn boosting radium in water Pennsylvania ranks second in U.S. natural gas production, accounting for about one-fifth of U.S.
NASA starshade would enable astronomers to directly image rocky exoworlds
Phys.orgby Bruce Dorminey·24 Aug 2026
NASA starshade would enable astronomers to directly image rocky exoworlds A NASA-led team hopes to take a shortcut to direct imaging of extrasolar Earth-like planets.
How fusion reactions can survive flaws—up to a point
Phys.orgby Paul Rhien·24 Aug 2026
How fusion reactions can survive flaws—up to a point Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have found that implosions designed for inertial fusion energy (IFE) can tolerate...
Why marine heat waves and acidification strike together
Phys.orgby Rebecca Dzombak·24 Aug 2026
Why marine heat waves and acidification strike together Marine heat waves and extreme ocean acidification events are each damaging on their own.
Supersized quantum sensors make faint photons easier to catch
Phys.orgby Rebecca Jacobson·24 Aug 2026
Supersized quantum sensors make faint photons easier to catch Our everyday life is flooded with photons, the quantum building blocks of light.
Catching cow burps in real time: Methane sensor matches industry monitor in early field test
Phys.orgby Nicholas Lee·24 Aug 2026
Catching cow burps in real time: Methane sensor matches industry monitor in early field test Methane is a short-lived but powerful greenhouse gas; cutting methane emissions can slow near-term...
Molecular trick opens the door to a new generation of glass
Phys.orgby Paderborn University·24 Aug 2026
Molecular trick opens the door to a new generation of glass Researchers at TU Dortmund University, Paderborn University, the University of Duisburg-Essen, and the University of Oxford have...
Wildlife trafficking spreads across social media, putting thousands of species at risk
Phys.orgby Juha Merimaa·24 Aug 2026
Wildlife trafficking spreads across social media, putting thousands of species at risk Researchers monitoring online activity for six weeks in mid-2025 found primates, birds, snakes, frogs, orchids...
Human rights rankings reveal surprising over- and underperformers
Phys.orgby Jennifer Micale·24 Aug 2026
Human rights rankings reveal surprising over- and underperformers When it comes to human rights, it probably won't surprise you that Scandinavian countries perform well by statistical measures...
Temperature-tunable micropillars enable programmable sorting of particles and cells
Phys.orgby Institute·24 Aug 2026
Temperature-tunable micropillars enable programmable sorting of particles and cells A programmable microfluidic device developed at the Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan, combines deterministic...
A bird's eye view of illegal logging and its consequences in the Peruvian Amazon
Phys.orgby Nico Arcilla·24 Aug 2026
A bird's eye view of illegal logging and its consequences in the Peruvian Amazon When I first arrived in Peru's Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve in 2005, a local youth surprised me with an offer...
AI finds six ways to print rocket-grade alloy on commercial 3D printers
Phys.orgby Washington State University·24 Aug 2026
AI finds six ways to print rocket-grade alloy on commercial 3D printers Washington State University researchers used artificial intelligence to find a more efficient, less expensive way to 3D-print...
Deuterium enables chip waveguides to generate broadband light from infrared pulses
Phys.orgby Singapore University; Design·24 Aug 2026
Deuterium enables chip waveguides to generate broadband light from infrared pulses A research team from Singapore, led by Associate Professor Dawn Tan of the Singapore University of Technology and...
Bacteria from ancestral wheat microbiomes help protect plants against root rot fungus
Phys.orgby André Julião·24 Aug 2026
Bacteria from ancestral wheat microbiomes help protect plants against root rot fungus In the journal npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, researchers from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation...
Metal ceramics under AI control: A new approach for calculating the mechanical properties of materials
Phys.orgby Oleg Shcherbakov·24 Aug 2026
Metal ceramics under AI control: A new approach for calculating the mechanical properties of materials Researchers from the Skoltech Materials Center have proposed a new approach to modeling the...
How atmospheric dryness limits increases in typhoon rainfall
Phys.orgby The University·24 Aug 2026
How atmospheric dryness limits increases in typhoon rainfall Under global warming, scientists have widely expected tropical cyclones (including typhoons and hurricanes) to bring more intense and...
Woodlands and other natural spaces could help cities cope with extreme heat
Phys.orgby University·24 Aug 2026
Woodlands and other natural spaces could help cities cope with extreme heat Green and blue spaces, such as woodlands and riversides, could provide a vital line of defense for cities facing...
New study reveals how space rocks become meteorites
Phys.orgby SETI Institute·24 Aug 2026
New study reveals how space rocks become meteorites What happens to a space rock as it falls through Earth's atmosphere and becomes a meteorite?
Vacuum-fluctuation-enhanced superconductivity demonstrated for the first time
Phys.orgby Liu Jia·24 Aug 2026
Vacuum-fluctuation-enhanced superconductivity demonstrated for the first time In a study published in Nature on Aug.
Chemicals banned in the 1970s still widely detected across Europe, new study finds
Phys.orgby Leon Barkho·24 Aug 2026
Chemicals banned in the 1970s still widely detected across Europe, new study finds A new study has found that regulatory restrictions introduced more than half a century ago have failed to...
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