https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. When quantum particles work together, they can produce signals far stronger than any one particle could generate alone. This collective phenomenon, called superradiance, is a powerful example of cooperation at the quantum level. Until now, superradiance was mostly known for making quantum systems lose their energy too quickly, posing challenges for quantum technologies. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-quantum-team-stable-microwave.html General Physics Fri, 02 Jan 2026 05:00:01 EST news686378841 Tropical cyclones represent a danger to life, property, and the economies of communities. Researchers who study tropical cyclones have focused on remote observations, using space-based platforms to image these storms, inform forecasts, better predict landfall, and improve understanding of storm dynamics and precipitation evolution (see fig. 1). https://phys.org/news/2025-06-nasa-tropics-mission-images-analysis.html Earth Sciences Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:00:01 EDT news668773581 Researchers are using a new AI tool to detect icebergs in the Southern Ocean. This is the first step in being able to track the complete life cycle of most icebergs across Antarctica from satellite data. The study, "Unsupervised machine learning detection of iceberg populations within sea ice from dual-polarisation SAR imagery," is published in the journal Remote Sensing of the Environment. https://phys.org/news/2023-11-ai-track-icebergs.html Earth Sciences Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:32:07 EST news620055123 Research testing new technology to more effectively locate polar bear dens across the Arctic is showing promising results. Researchers from Simon Fraser University and Brigham Young University (BYU), collaborating with Polar Bears International, hope that improving detection tools to locate dens—which are nearly invisible and buried under snow—will help efforts to protect mother polar bears and their cubs. https://phys.org/news/2023-10-polar-aim-radar-technology.html Ecology Wed, 18 Oct 2023 14:20:04 EDT news616857602 Mung bean (Vigna radiata (L.)) is a widely grown legume crop that serves as a sustainable and valuable source of dietary protein, which is rich in essential amino acids, fats, carbohydrates, and a variety of bioactive substances. https://phys.org/news/2023-09-explores-microwave-hot-air-drying.html Biotechnology Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:34:03 EDT news613049642 Japan's XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, pronounced "crism") observatory, expected to launch Aug. 25 (Aug. 26 Japan local time), will provide an unprecedented view into some of the hottest places in the universe. And it will do so using an instrument that's actually colder than the frostiest cosmic location now known. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-xrism-mission-ready-explore-universe.html Astronomy Fri, 04 Aug 2023 06:46:56 EDT news610350404 Ultrasound imaging is one of the workhorses in a modern hospital. It hits the trifecta of being relatively cheap, portable and non-invasive. Causing future parents to get a bit emotional over fetus images is also an appreciated perk. https://phys.org/news/2020-06-hot-microwave-powered-ultrasound-pulses-wirelessly.html Optics & Photonics Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:04:55 EDT news511779889 Researchers have developed a new microwave imager chip that could one day enable low-cost handheld microwave imagers, or cameras. Because microwaves can travel through certain opaque objects, the new imagers could be useful for imaging through walls or detecting tumors through tissue in the body. https://phys.org/news/2019-09-chip-poised-enable-hand-held-microwave.html Optics & Photonics Thu, 26 Sep 2019 10:00:01 EDT news488697562 Tropical Storm 14W formed as a depression a couple of days ago in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean and strengthened into a tropical storm on Sept. 2. Infrared data from NASA's Aqua satellite shows some powerful thunderstorms fueling further intensification. https://phys.org/news/2019-09-nasa-tropical-storm-14w.html Environment Wed, 04 Sep 2019 02:53:27 EDT news486784402 NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and captured a visible image of what appeared to be a more organized Tropical Cyclone Lorna. https://phys.org/news/2019-04-nasa-circular-tropical-cyclone-lorna.html Environment Thu, 25 Apr 2019 17:50:33 EDT news475433429 Tropical Cyclone Wutip has strengthened into a powerful super typhoon and NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite snapped a visible image of the storm that revealed a clear eye. https://phys.org/news/2019-02-super-typhoon-wutip-mile-wide-eye.html Environment Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:23:49 EST news470330623 A trio of researchers with McMaster, Concordia and Trent Universities has solved the mystery of why pairs of grapes ignite into fireballs when cooked together in a microwave oven. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Hamza Khattak, Pablo Bianucci and Aaron Slepkov claim that the fireball is not the result of heat from the outside of the grapes making its way in, but instead comes about due to hotspots that form in both grapes. https://phys.org/news/2019-02-physicists-fireballs-erupting-grapes-microwave.html General Physics Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:00:03 EST news469786994 Once a typhoon, Man-yi has weakened to a tropical storm as it continues to track through the Northwestern Pacific Ocean, far to the east of Taiwan. The GPM core satellite provided a look at the rain rates throughout the storm and found heaviest rain displaced to the northeast of the center. https://phys.org/news/2018-11-nasa-gpm-small-area-heavy.html Environment Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:06:15 EST news462474368 Research at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering has revealed new evidence for the occurrence of ground ice on the protoplanet Vesta. https://phys.org/news/2017-09-evidence-ground-ice-asteroids.html Space Exploration Wed, 13 Sep 2017 10:14:18 EDT news424516442 Hurricane Harvey continues to churn toward the Texas coast, and is expected to make landfall as a major hurricane sometime late Aug. 25 or early Aug. 26, according to the National Hurricane Center. It would be the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2005. https://phys.org/news/2017-08-nasa-satellite-images-evolution-hurricane.html Earth Sciences Thu, 31 Aug 2017 07:04:29 EDT news423381853 Tropical Storm Merbok formed in the South China Sea west of the Philippines on June 11 and made landfall east of Hong Kong, China on June 12. NASA measured the rainfall rates within the tropical storm early in its short two day lifetime. https://phys.org/news/2017-06-nasa-eyed-rainfall-tropical-storm.html Earth Sciences Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:05:43 EDT news416570735 NASA has estimated rainfall from the Pineapple Express over the coastal regions southwestern Oregon and northern California from the series of storms in February, 2017. https://phys.org/news/2017-02-nasa-eyes-pineapple-california.html Earth Sciences Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:26:36 EST news407082391 NASA found that the area of heavy rainfall had increased in size as Tropical Cyclone Yvette continued to intensify in the Southern Indian Ocean. https://phys.org/news/2016-12-nasa-heavy-rainfall-area-tropical.html Earth Sciences Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:03:20 EST news401626993 Tropical storm Koppu was approaching the Philippines when the GPM core observatory satellite passed above on October 15, 2015 at 1436 UTC (10:36 a.m. EDT) and analyzed the intensifying storm's rainfall. By October 16, the storm intensified into a typhoon as it neared Luzon. https://phys.org/news/2015-10-nasa-gpm-koppu-menacing-philippines.html Earth Sciences Fri, 16 Oct 2015 11:11:03 EDT news364212655 The National Institutes of Natural Sciences National Institute for Fusion Science has developed a high-speed two-dimensional microwave camera for performing diagnostics of high-temperature plasma. By using microwaves to penetrate through fog, clothing, walls, and soil, application of this camera is anticipated for safe passage through dense fog, underground exploration, non-destructive investigation, and other industrial fields. https://phys.org/news/2015-10-d-microwave-camera.html Engineering Mon, 05 Oct 2015 10:20:37 EDT news363259216 NASA's fleet of satellites and instruments in space have covered Super Typhoon Maysak's rainfall, winds, clouds and an astronaut about the International Space Station captured a close-up photo of the storm's eye. https://phys.org/news/2015-04-nasa-super-typhoon-maysak-rainfall.html Earth Sciences Wed, 01 Apr 2015 13:34:49 EDT news347114082 The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite and the Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM core satellites can calculate rainfall rates occurring in a storm from their orbits in space. TRMM and GPM both saw moderate rainfall occurring in Typhoon Higos as it moved over open waters of the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. https://phys.org/news/2015-02-trmm-gpm-satellites-rainfall-typhoon.html Earth Sciences Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:05:01 EST news342799494 Tropical Depression Mekkhala strengthened and organized on Jan. 14 and overnight into Jan. 15 when it reached tropical storm status. As the storm was consolidating, NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission core satellite captured rainfall data of the storm. https://phys.org/news/2015-01-gpm-satellite-tropical-storm-mekkhala.html Earth Sciences Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:10:22 EST news340546216 Although currently available diagnostic screening systems for breast cancer like X-ray computed tomography (CT) and mammography are effective at detecting early signs of tumors, they are far from perfect, subjecting patients to ionizing radiation and sometimes inflicting discomfort on women who are undergoing screening because of the compression of the breast that is required to produce diagnostically useful images. https://phys.org/news/2014-12-microwave-imaging-cheaper-breast-images.html General Physics Tue, 16 Dec 2014 11:00:01 EST news337946923 Tropical Storm Sinlaku made landfall in east-central Vietnam bringing some moderate to heavy rainfall with it. NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's TRMM and GPM satellites analyzed the rainfall rates occurring in Sinlaku before it made landfall while NASA's Terra satellite spotted the storm as it came ashore in Vietnam. https://phys.org/news/2014-12-nasa-satellites-triple-coverage-tropical.html Earth Sciences Mon, 01 Dec 2014 12:25:20 EST news336659112 Moderate rainfall was occurring around the center of Tropical Storm Adjali before it dissipated, according to data from NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Global Precipitation Measurement or GPM satellites. https://phys.org/news/2014-11-gpm-tropical-storm-adjali-rainfall.html Earth Sciences Thu, 20 Nov 2014 13:34:51 EST news335712884 Typhoon Nuri continued moving in a northeasterly direction passing the island of Iwo To, Japan when NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead. https://phys.org/news/2014-11-nasa-typhoon-nuri-iwo-japan.html Earth Sciences Wed, 05 Nov 2014 14:24:31 EST news334419858 After 17 years of groundbreaking 3-D images of rain and storms, the joint NASA and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) will come to an end next year. NASA predicts that science operations will cease in or about April 2015, based on the most recent analysis by mission operations at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. https://phys.org/news/2014-10-goodbye-rainy-days-japan-radar.html Earth Sciences Fri, 31 Oct 2014 19:31:15 EDT news334002667 Two NASA satellites captured data on Typhoon Phanfone as it continues to strengthen as it moves through the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. https://phys.org/news/2014-10-nasa-satellites-typhoon-phanfone-large.html Earth Sciences Fri, 03 Oct 2014 19:58:15 EDT news331585089 NASA's TRMM satellite measured up Super Typhoon Rammasun's rainfall rates, rainfall totals and cloud heights providing a look at the inner workings and aftermath of the storm. https://phys.org/news/2014-07-trmm-satellite-super-typhoon-rammasun.html Earth Sciences Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:50:51 EDT news325255819