A comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed articles on the topic of global warming and climate change has revealed an overwhelming consensus among scientists that recent warming is human-caused.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 15, 2013 3.8 / 5 (47) 300 |

The large-scale expansion of agriculture in the Amazon through deforestation will be a no-win scenario, according to a new study. Published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, it shows that d ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 09, 2013 4.4 / 5 (7) 2 |

(Phys.org) —A new semiconductor device capable of emitting two distinct colours has been created by a group of researchers in the US, potentially opening up the possibility of using light emitting diodes (LEDs) universally ...

Technology - Semiconductors

May 03, 2013 4.8 / 5 (13) 18 |

(Phys.org) —Universal access to modern energy could be achieved with an investment of between 65 and 86 billion US dollars a year up until 2030, new research has shown.

Space & Earth - Environment

May 03, 2013 3.4 / 5 (9) 32 |

In this month's issue of Physics World, an international group of researchers propose a new technology that could divert vibrations away from load-bearing elements of bridges to avoid catastrophic collap ...

Physics - General Physics

May 01, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —A group of researchers from Sweden have provided further evidence that illegal drugs can be detected in the breath, opening up the possibility of a roadside breathalyzer test to detect substances such as cocaine, ...

Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry

Apr 25, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 2 |

(Phys.org) —For sea turtle hatchlings struggling to reach the ocean, success may depend on having flexible wrists that allow them to move without disturbing too much sand. A similar wrist also helps a robot ...

Electronics - Robotics

Apr 23, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Albert Einstein famously described quantum entanglement as "spooky action at distance"; however, up until now experiments that examine this peculiar aspect of physics have been limited to relatively ...

Physics - Quantum Physics

Apr 09, 2013 4.7 / 5 (27) 24 |

From battlefields to playing fields, worries over traumatic brain injury (TBI) have intensified recently as it has become clear that heavy knocks to the head – whether from bomb detonations or crunching sports tackles – ...

Physics - General Physics

Apr 02, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Living in colder climates in the US is more energy demanding than living in warmer climates. This is according to Dr Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan, who has published new research today, 28 March, ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Mar 27, 2013 3.3 / 5 (11) 20 |

(Phys.org) —The indicators currently being used to guide policy and investments into protected areas in the Amazon may not be having the desired effect.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 26, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

(Phys.org) —Up until now, the invisibility cloaks put forward by scientists have been fairly bulky contraptions – an obvious flaw for those interested in Harry Potter-style applications.

Physics - General Physics

Mar 25, 2013 4.8 / 5 (6) 6 |

(Phys.org) —The precise methodology of Richard Feynman's famous double-slit thought-experiment – a cornerstone of quantum mechanics that showed how electrons behave as both a particle and a wave – has ...

Physics - General Physics

Mar 13, 2013 4.5 / 5 (26) 34 |

Surprising connections between very different areas of physics and unexpected spin-offs from theory were explored by quantum physicist Prof. Sir Michael Berry in a lecture entitled "How quantum physics democratised ...

Physics - Quantum Physics

Mar 07, 2013 4.4 / 5 (7) 2

(Phys.org)—Images have been transformed into pixels and projected onto a headset to help the visually impaired in everyday tasks such as navigation, route-planning and object finding.

Technology - Engineering

Feb 28, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0 |