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Scientists use forest color to gauge permafrost depth

Scientists regularly use remote sensing drones and satellites to record how climate change affects permafrost thaw rates—methods that work well in barren tundra landscapes where there's nothing to obstruct the view......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgMar 2nd, 2021

Scientists develop strong yet reusable adhesive from smart materials

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a smart, reusable adhesive more than 10 times stronger than a gecko's feet adhesion, pointing the way for development of reusable superglue and grippers capabl.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

Climate change reveals intricate dynamics of reproductive barriers in marine species

Monash University scientists have uncovered insights into how rising temperatures influence the reproductive interactions and species boundaries of marine organisms......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

NASA scientists gear up for solar storms at Mars

In the months ahead, two of NASA's Mars spacecraft will have an unprecedented opportunity to study how solar flares—giant explosions on the sun's surface—could affect robots and future astronauts on the Red Planet......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

Aggressive wall lizard provides clues to understanding evolution

Body shape, color and behavior often evolve together as species adapt to their environment. Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have studied this phenomenon in a specific type of large, bright green and aggressive common wall lizard found near.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

Scientists construct sophisticated synthetic system using self-replicating nanostructures

A research team led by the late Professor Liang Haojun from the Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale of University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has developed a facile enthalpy-mediated strategy to precisely c.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

Scientists" research on RNA editing illuminates possible lifesaving treatments for genetic diseases

A team at Montana State University published research this month that shows how RNA, the close chemical cousin to DNA, can be edited using CRISPRs. The work reveals a new process in human cells that has potential for treating a wide variety of geneti.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

Researchers achieve electrosynthesis via superwetting organic-solid-water interfaces

Chinese scientists have recently achieved the direct synthesis of high-purity benzaldehyde chemicals from the selective electrooxidation of benzyl alcohol. The organic-solid-water (OSW) three-phase reaction system has shown particular advantages in r.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

Bacteria "nanowires" could help develop green electronics

Engineered protein filaments originally produced by bacteria have been modified by scientists to conduct electricity. In a study published recently in the journal Small, researchers revealed that protein nanowires—which were modified by adding a si.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

Fruit fly helps unlock clues about how organs, tissue and cancer grow

The fruit fly, Drosophila, has been used by scientists for more than 100 years to unravel key features of life on Earth, such as how animals respond to the sun and how the bodies of animals are patterned from head to tail......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

Scientists discover a new type of porous material that can store greenhouse gases

A new type of porous material that can store carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases has been developed by a team of scientists jointly led by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

Reforestation study finds only a few tree species can survive a century of rapid climate change

Europe's forests have already been severely affected by climate change. Thousands of hectares of trees have already died due to drought and bark beetles. Scientists from the University of Vienna and the Technical University of Munich TUM have now inv.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

T. rex not as smart as previously claimed, scientists find

Dinosaurs were as smart as reptiles but not as intelligent as monkeys, as former research suggests. An international team of paleontologists, behavioral scientists and neurologists have re-examined brain size and structure in dinosaurs and concluded.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 29th, 2024

Here"s why we should put a gravitational wave observatory on the moon

Scientists detected the first long-predicted gravitational wave in 2015, and since then, researchers have been hungering for better detectors. But the Earth is warm and seismically noisy, and that will always limit the effectiveness of Earth-based de.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 28th, 2024

This is the best smart accessory you didn’t know you needed

The Nix Mini 2 is a smart, portable color wizard that scans colors in the real world and transposes them to digital formats. It syncs with your mobile devices......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsApr 27th, 2024

Unveiling a new quantum frontier: Frequency-domain entanglement

Scientists have introduced a form of quantum entanglement known as frequency-domain photon number-path entanglement. This advance in quantum physics involves an innovative tool called a frequency beam splitter, which has the unique ability to alter t.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsApr 26th, 2024

Scientists discover safer alternative for an explosive reaction used for more than 100 years

The chemical industry has been using a reaction with explosive chemicals for more than 100 years—now Mülheim scientists have discovered a safer alternative. The Ritter Group of the Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim/Ruhr has publ.....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsApr 26th, 2024

Gigantic Jurassic raptor footprints unearthed in China

Scientists have discovered the tracks of a 5 meter-long raptor dinosaur, challenging what was previously known about the species' size range......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsApr 26th, 2024

Scientists simulate magnetization reversal of Nd-Fe-B magnets using large-scale finite element models

NIMS has succeeded in simulating the magnetization reversal of Nd-Fe-B magnets using large-scale finite element models constructed based on tomographic data obtained by electron microscopy......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsApr 26th, 2024

Amazon drops Apple"s M3 MacBook Air to record low $989

Apple's recently released M3 MacBook Air has dropped to an all-time low of $989 at Amazon while supplies last.The month-end $989 promotion applies to Apple's standard 13-inch MacBook Air with the M3 chip — and every color is eligible for the $110 i.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsApr 26th, 2024

Deer are expanding north, and that"s not good for caribou: Scientists evaluate the reasons why

As the climate changes, animals are doing what they can to adapt. Researchers from UBC Okanagan—which includes partners from Biodiversity Pathways' Wildlife Science Center, the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute, the University of Alberta, a.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsApr 25th, 2024