Tribal members saw pinyon-juniper woodlands declining, new study confirms
Phys.orgby Mathew Burciaga·7d ago
Tribal members saw pinyon-juniper woodlands declining, new study confirms Pinyon pines and juniper trees spread across the mid-elevation slopes of the American West, including California's Eastern...
Manganese-doped carbon nanodots could rival existing MRI contrast agents
Phys.orgby CIC biomaGUNE·7d ago
Manganese-doped carbon nanodots could rival existing MRI contrast agents Contrast agents are compounds routinely used in clinical analysis to enhance differentiation between tissues or to increase...
Dressed for danger: Venomous snakes are more likely to stand out
Phys.orgby University·7d ago
Dressed for danger: Venomous snakes are more likely to stand out Researchers at the University of Galway in Ireland have found that venomous snakes are significantly more likely than nonvenomous...
Misophonia: When everyday sounds become unbearable
Phys.orgby Mercedeh Erfanian·7d ago
Misophonia: When everyday sounds become unbearable Most people find some sounds unpleasant, such as a baby crying or a siren, because of features such as their pitch, frequency or loudness.
Making the most of city life for older people: 3 debunked mobility myths
Phys.orgby Sébastien Lord·7d ago
Making the most of city life for older people: 3 debunked mobility myths Old age is often associated with reliance on others, loss of independence and inactivity.
LGBTQ+ Australians report higher rates of psychological distress, national survey finds
Phys.orgby Monash University·7d ago
LGBTQ+ Australians report higher rates of psychological distress, national survey finds A Monash University study analyzed data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics' 2020–2022 National Study of...
Scientists uncover recurrent patterns within chaotic quantum behavior
Phys.orgby Ingrid Fadelli·7d ago
Scientists uncover recurrent patterns within chaotic quantum behavior Ingrid Fadelli Author Many complex quantum systems rapidly lose the recognizable patterns of their initial states as their...
US-German trio wins medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics
Phys.orgby Pia OHLIN·7d ago
US-German trio wins medicine Nobel for work on optogenetics The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to U.S.
Electrical technique could help identify signs of life in space
Phys.orgby University·7d ago
Electrical technique could help identify signs of life in space The truth is out there—but identifying signs of life in space involves an intense search for biosignatures within our solar system...
Research into weight-loss drugs tipped for Nobel as award week opens
Phys.orgby Pia OHLIN·7d ago
Research into weight-loss drugs tipped for Nobel as award week opens Research into hormones that regulate appetite is on everybody's lips for the Nobel medicine prize, to be announced on Monday...
Sunken Silk Road city reveals Central Asia's lost history
Phys.orgby Alexander Pol·7d ago
Sunken Silk Road city reveals Central Asia's lost history The sun had barely risen, but diving volunteer Elizaveta Bodrova was already raring to plunge into the cold waters of Lake Issyk-Kul, where...
Modern forensics reveals human sacrifice in ancient Egypt's royal burials
Phys.orgby Frontiers·7d ago
Modern forensics reveals human sacrifice in ancient Egypt's royal burials Over 500 years before the building of the Great Pyramid in Egypt, First Dynasty kings were buried in a tomb surrounded by...
Nature-strip gardens are a paradise for pollinators in your street
Phys.orgby Philippa Bell; Kirsten Parris·8d ago
Nature-strip gardens are a paradise for pollinators in your street In front of most Australian houses, between the sidewalk and the road, runs a strip of land most people never really think about.
A climate threat may lurk beneath Antarctica's last great unknown
Phys.orgby University·8d ago
A climate threat may lurk beneath Antarctica's last great unknown A region of Antarctica with some of the greatest potential to reshape the natural world and human society is also the least...
Nanoneedle arrays map RNA in fresh tissue without sequencing or amplification
Phys.orgby City University·8d ago
Nanoneedle arrays map RNA in fresh tissue without sequencing or amplification Recently, spatial omics has become a powerful tool, enabling researchers to see not only what molecules are present in...
Gamma-ray search sets new limits on dark matter annihilation in the inner Milky Way
Phys.orgby Ingrid Fadelli·8d ago
Gamma-ray search sets new limits on dark matter annihilation in the inner Milky Way Ingrid Fadelli Author Dark matter could be a type of matter in the universe that does not emit, absorb or reflect...
Taste shapes support for climate-friendly school meals
Phys.orgby Erik André·8d ago
Taste shapes support for climate-friendly school meals Students in a new study were neither clearly positive nor negative about more climate-friendly school meals.
One giant clam contains a month‑by‑month diary of the Great Barrier Reef's climate 200 years ago
Phys.orgby Bohao Dong; Amy Prendergast; Sean Ulm·8d ago
One giant clam contains a month‑by‑month diary of the Great Barrier Reef's climate 200 years ago When you swim through the azure waters of the Great Barrier Reef, there is one creature on the...
Hidden X-ray phase revealed in likely neutron star merger
Phys.orgby The University·8d ago
Hidden X-ray phase revealed in likely neutron star merger An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the Department of Physics and the Hong Kong Institute for Astronomy and...
Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet
Phys.orgby Seth Borenstein·8d ago
Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet As Ted Schuur stepped along the edges of Smith Lake, a bubble surfaced from the muck underfoot.
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