Physics
Evidence of water vapor detected in the atmosphere of Smertrios
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Artist’s concept of Smertrios. Credit: NASA. Using the CARMENES spectrograph, astronomers have found evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of a ...
A concentrated beam of particles and photons could push us to Proxima Centauri
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Depiction of the diffraction issues with particle a photon beams, and how a “self-guided” combined beam keeps providing pushing power even to ...
Permaculture found to be a sustainable alternative to conventional agriculture
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by Kerstin Theilmann, Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau For a stable agricultural system with functioning cycles, the individual components (animal species, crops, trees, ...
Using copper to convert CO₂ to methane could be game changer in mitigating climate change
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Credit: Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2024.124061 Carbon in the atmosphere is a major driver of climate change. Now ...
Social media is a likely cause of confusion in modern mate selection
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Diagram explaining the cascading effects of social media on confusion in relationships. Credit: Chayan Munshi A recent sociological study finds that most ...
Scientists discover way to ‘grow’ sub-nanometer sized transistors
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This figure depicts the synthesis of metallic 1D mirror twin boundaries through Van der Waals epitaxial growth (top) and the large-area 2D ...
Cosmic simulation reveals how black holes grow and evolve
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This still from the simulation shows a supermassive black hole, or quasar, surrounded by a swirling disk of material called an accretion ...
New study shows mysterious solar particle blasts can devastate the ozone layer, bathing Earth in radiation for years
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Credit: Harrison Haines from Pexels The remarkable aurora in early May this year demonstrated the power that solar storms can emit as ...
CERN’s ATLAS experiment releases 65 TB of open data for research
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Open Data at the ATLAS Experiment. Credit: ATLAS Collaboration/CERN The ATLAS Experiment at CERN has made two years’ worth of scientific data ...
‘Motion-picture’ method reveals shape of the Milky Way’s dark matter halo
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In this artist’s impression, the galactic disk warp “dances gracefully” under the torque of the dark matter halo. Credit: Hou Kaiyuan and ...
