The buzz about pollinators in canola fields
Farmers pay attention to many aspects of their crops. They carefully track how much water they are giving them and the amount of fertilizer they are using. But what about how many bees and butterflies are visiting?.....»»
Political science meets physical science: The shared concept of stability
In a Perspective, a biophysical chemist, Kenneth J. Breslauer, and his brother, a political scientist, George W. Breslauer, explore the parallelisms between the concept of stability as it is used in their respective fields. The Perspective is publish.....»»
Ford"s Doug Field makes biggest nonfamily insider stock buy in decades
The $2 million share purchase by former Apple and Tesla executive Doug Fields is a show of confidence in the automaker's future, a spokesperson said......»»
Predictive models augur that at the end of the century fields will need more water than today
A team from the University of Cordoba has published evapotranspiration projections for Andalusia through 2100, using a machine learning model that allows this data to be obtained based on the air temperature.....»»
Best of Last Year: The top Phys.org articles of 2023
It was a good year for research across multiple fields as a team at the University of Ottawa, working with colleagues Danilo Zia and Fabio Sciarrino, from the Sapienza University of Rome, demonstrated a novel technique to visualize the wave function.....»»
Google Chrome could soon gain a “Help me write” AI tool
Google is expected to bring its “Help me write” AI feature to Chrome for desktop, making it easier for users to fill in text fields if they need a bit of help. The post Google Chrome could soon gain a “Help me write” AI tool appeared first on.....»»
Bottlenose dolphins can sense electric fields, study shows
A small team of bio-scientists from the University of Rostock's Institute for Biosciences and Nuremberg Zoo's Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Lab, both in Germany, has found evidence that bottlenose dolphins can sense electric fields. In their st.....»»
Roar of cicadas was so loud, it was picked up by fiber-optic cables
Brood X made itself known in a way that could change how we monitor insect populations. Enlarge / BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ (credit: astrida via Getty Images) One of the world’s most peculiar test beds stretches above Prince.....»»
New bottlenose dolphin sense discovered: Research suggests they can feel weak electric fields
Born tail first, bottlenose dolphin calves emerge equipped with two slender rows of whiskers along their beak-like snouts—much like the touch-sensitive whiskers of seals. But the whiskers fall out soon after birth, leaving the youngster with a seri.....»»
The first validation of the Lillo Mike Farmer Model on a large financial market dataset
Economics and physics are distinct fields of study, yet some researchers have been bridging the two together to tackle complex economics problems in innovative ways. This resulted in the establishment of an interdisciplinary research field, known as.....»»
Bees are still being harmed despite tightened pesticide regulations, study shows
A new study has confirmed that pesticides, commonly used in farmland, significantly harm bumblebees—one of the most important wild pollinators. In a huge study spanning 106 sites across eight European countries, researchers have shown that despite.....»»
Night study of native plant survival
With land clearance, bushfires, weeds and climate change, small pockets of native vegetation are important for future plant and animal conservation—but do plants in small reserves struggle with reduced habitat for both plants and their pollinators?.....»»
Tapered fiber is a potential candidate for delivering high-energy, ultrafast lasers with high beam quality
Ultrafast lasers have the advantages of high time resolution, high energy density, broadband spectrum, etc. Ultrafast lasers with high-energy and high peak power have been widely applied in industrial fields and frontier science, such as advanced man.....»»
The flat Fens of eastern England once held vast woodlands, study finds
The Fens of eastern England, a low-lying, extremely flat landscape dominated by agricultural fields, was once a vast woodland filled with huge yew trees, according to new research......»»
Bay Area scientist with bees in his bonnet gives Gov. Newsom a buzz in his ear
Among the presidents of nations, high-profile dignitaries, and leaders of household-name companies like Visa, ExxonMobil and Microsoft who descended on San Francisco last week to speak at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation events was a Santa Cruz comp.....»»
From waste to wealth: Transforming biomass into humic acid with two-step hydrothermal process via hydrochar
Humic acid (HA) is a macromolecular organic substance that is widely used in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, chemical industry, building materials, medicine, environmental protection, and a number of other fields. However, the production of.....»»
Corporate growers" carrots are soaking up water in this arid valley. Locals are fighting back
In the Cuyama Valley north of Santa Barbara, lush green fields stretch across the desert. Sprinklers spray thousands of acres to grow a single thirsty crop: carrots......»»
A highly efficient open-shell singlet luminescent diradical with strong magnetoluminescence properties
Open-shell singlet (OS) diradicals are important building blocks for functional molecular materials, with a large number of pioneering works by researchers advancing their development and applications across various fields. Despite this progress, the.....»»
Listen to the seismic sounds as Iceland braces for likely volcanic eruption
"The activity is formidable, exciting, and scary." Enlarge / The Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland is mostly a barren waste of lava fields. (credit: Vincent van Zeijst/CC BY 3.0) Intensifying seismic activity these past fe.....»»
A free algorithm can turn your garden into art for pollinators
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg's 'Pollinator Pathmaker' aims to address the pollinator crisis while offering a solution. Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg's art has long explored the meeting point between nature and technology. Take Resurrecting the Sublime f.....»»
Thriving in Today’s World: The Best Career Choices and Paths for Success
Welcome to an illuminating guide that navigates the most promising and fulfilling career choices tailored to the contemporary era. From burgeoning fields in technology and healthcare to the enduring significance of creative pursuits and entrepreneurs.....»»