The Gamespot Phenomenon
I expect we’ll be exploring, unscrambling, pontificating, and dealing with what is happening with Gamespot (GME) for a while. If you are reading this in the future and want some historical context for the rest of this post, this chart from the.....»»
Model with an extraordinary glass-forming ability expected to approach the ideal glass state, if it exists
Humans have been entranced by the unique beauty and physical properties of glass, producing jewelry, containers, and tools from the material for millennia. However, the physics underlying the phenomenon of glass formation remains surprisingly complex.....»»
Scientists observe first evidence of "quantum superchemistry" in the laboratory
A team from the University of Chicago has announced the first evidence for "quantum superchemistry"—a phenomenon where particles in the same quantum state undergo collective accelerated reactions. The effect had been predicted, but never observed i.....»»
Florida corals in hotter water than first thought. Scientists blame "weird phenomenon"
Entire reefs in the Florida Keys are ghost towns, victims of an unseasonably early and severe marine heat wave that likely won't end anytime soon that's already bleached and killed thousands of corals......»»
Improving wildfire predictions with Earth-scale climate models
Wildfires have shaped the environment for millennia, but they are increasing in frequency, range and intensity in response to a hotter climate. The phenomenon is being incorporated into high-resolution simulations of the Earth's climate by scientists.....»»
Study reveals how delayed Antarctic melt season reduces albedo feedback
The ice-covered continent of Antarctica is not free from climate change. On the contrary, a rise in temperatures at high latitudes is much stronger than that in global mean temperatures, a phenomenon known as the polar amplification effect......»»
Some alloys don"t change size when heated, and we now know why
Nearly every material, whether it is solid, liquid, or gas, expands when its temperature goes up and contracts when its temperature goes down. This property, called thermal expansion, makes a hot air balloon float, and the phenomenon has been harness.....»»
How 2023 became the year of the half-movie
With Fast X, Across the Spider-Verse, and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, 2023 is shaping up to be the year of the half-movie. DT explains the phenomenon......»»
It’s Barbenheimer time: The best double feature movies like Barbie and Oppenheimer
The pop culture phenomenon known as Barbenheimer is here. To celebrate, DT has compiled a list of wildly different movies that were released on the same day......»»
Team forecasts a surge in extreme El Niño events despite carbon dioxide reductions: A call to refine climate policy
El Niño is a term derived from Spanish to describe a natural phenomenon marked by higher-than-average sea surface temperatures in the tropical Eastern Pacific. The convective Extreme El Niño denotes events with daily rainfall exceeding five millime.....»»
Something in space has been lighting up every 20 minutes since 1988
We have no explanations for this sort of slow repeat. Enlarge / Most of the explanations for this phenomenon involve a neutron star, depicted above. These explanations are uniformly terrible. (credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO L.....»»
Researchers investigate "lipid raft" phenomenon on nanocarbon surfaces
A research team from the Department of Applied Chemistry and Life Science at the Toyohashi University of Technology has discovered a phenomenon in which specific lipids were concentrated on graphene oxide in a multicomponent lipid bilayer membrane se.....»»
"Stunning" discovery: Metals can heal themselves
Scientists for the first time have witnessed pieces of metal crack, then fuse back together without any human intervention, overturning fundamental scientific theories in the process. If the newly discovered phenomenon can be harnessed, it could ushe.....»»
Time Flowed Five Times Slower Shortly after the Big Bang
Voracious black holes feeding on matter in the early universe display the curious spacetime phenomenon known as time dilation.....»»
Using new tech to identify the cause of an old phenomenon in meat tenderness
When you bite into a juicy steak, tough isn't what you're looking for. There's a lot of science behind the spectrum from tough to tender......»»
Researchers want to use gravitational waves to learn about dark matter
A team of astronomers has come up with a method for using gravitational waves to study the mysterious phenomenon of dark matter......»»
Doom-and-gloom climate news may scare but also encourage audiences
A team of Penn State researchers investigated how seeing frightening news about climate change day after day may shape the way people feel about the phenomenon and how willing they are to take action to address it......»»
Stressed rattlesnakes found to calm down in the company of a nearby "friend"
When a creature's stress levels decrease because of the presence of a companion, it is known as social buffering. In highly social animals, such as mammals and birds, this phenomenon is well studied. Now, researchers have examined social buffering in.....»»
New study reveals abrupt shift in tropical Pacific climate during Little Ice Age
An El Niño event has officially begun. The climate phenomenon, which originates in the tropical Pacific and occurs in intervals of a few years, will shape weather across the planet for the next year or more and give rise to various climatic extremes.....»»
First direct visualization of a zero-field pair density wave
In the field of superconductivity—the phenomenon in which electrons can flow through a material with essentially zero resistance—the "holy grail" of discovery is a superconductor that can perform under everyday temperatures and pressures. Such a.....»»
3D pattern generation via chemical vapor deposition of ceramic eutectic system for novel solid-state phosphors
The eutectic structure of metals and ceramics occurs when multiple solid phases solidify from a liquid phase, forming a three-dimensional (3D) pattern through a self-organizing phenomenon. Traditionally, it was believed that eutectic structures could.....»»