Electric sparks are used for welding, powering electronics, killing germs or for igniting the fuel in some car engines. Despite their usefulness, they are hard to control in open space—they split into chaotic branches that ...
Plasma Physics
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Researchers at Tohoku University have achieved a significant advancement in opto-magnetic technology, observing an opto-magnetic torque approximately five times more efficient than in conventional magnets. This breakthrough, ...
Condensed Matter
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A new method pioneered to optimally cook both the yolk and white (or albumen) of a boiled chicken egg has been published in Communications Engineering. The approach, which the authors call periodic cooking, yields an evenly-cooked ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 6, 2025
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From decades of astronomical observations, scientists know that most galaxies contain massive black holes at their centers. The gas and dust falling into these black holes liberates an enormous amount of energy as a result ...
Astronomy
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How does cold milk disperse when it is dripped into hot coffee? Even the fastest supercomputers are unable to perform the necessary calculations with high precision because the underlying quantum physical processes are extremely ...
Quantum Physics
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The domestication of maize is one of the greatest examples of humankind's impact on evolution. Early farmers' pre-industrial plant breeding choices turned corn from a nearly inedible crop into the major global food source ...
Evolution
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Marketers promoting circular luxury products should discard words like "recycled," "sustainable" and even "eco-friendly," say QUT researchers, who found consumers prefer a combination of "sustainable" and "progress-focused" ...
Economics & Business
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A study at The University of Western Australia has found that if an employee who has more skills or knowledge than a job requires is given favorable work conditions, they are more likely to have a balanced family life, according ...
Social Sciences
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A new study has found that nearly half the coral trout caught on the Great Barrier Reef come from marine reserves—where protected fish grow larger and produce far more offspring.
Plants & Animals
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New Zealand and Flinders University experts have deployed artificial intelligence and 3D laser scanning to accurately map planted pine (radiata) forests for most of NZ's North Island.
Biotechnology
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