Today's News

1 hour ago
Environment
15

Transformative change can save humans and nature

Polymers
11

Researchers discover unique multifibrillar fibres

Plants & Animals
14

The limits of ocean heavyweights: Prey curb whales' gigantic size

Astronomy
80

Scientists map Mars' global wind patterns for the first time

2 hours ago
General Physics
39

New technology improves gravitational wave detectors by cutting quantum noise

Biochemistry
19

Chemists' calculations may advance cancer prediction

Mathematics
36

The mathematics of prey detection in spider orb-webs

Environment
29

Deforestation, erosion exacerbate mercury spikes near Peruvian gold mining

3 hours ago
Cell & Microbiology
48

Novel study underscores microbial individuality

Astronomy
43

NASA's NICER delivers best-ever pulsar measurements, first surface map

Analytical Chemistry
29

Tracking lab-grown tissue with light

Plants & Animals
140

How humans learnt to dance; from the Chimpanzee Conga

Biotechnology
3

Scientists devise 'lifespan clock'

Earth Sciences
19

Team releases high-precision map of Antarctic ice sheet bed topography

Plants & Animals
42

Carolina parakeet extinction was driven by human causes, DNA sequencing reveals

Space Exploration
21

Martian aurora offers climate change clues, research reports

General Physics
59

Does tapping your can of beer really keep it from fizzing all over you?

Materials Science
18

Fundamental discoveries for future nanotools: Chemists distinguish multiple weak forces

Environment
59

Comparison of climate simulations with proxies suggests Arctic sea ice could vanish in summer sooner than expected

Astronomy
196

Research group confirm planet-mass objects in extragalactic systems

Optics & Photonics
16

Ghost imaging speeds up super-resolution microscopy

Other
176

Best of Last Year: The top Phys.org articles of 2019

General Physics
147

Study unveils new nonlinear dynamics of spinning bosonic stars

6 hours ago
Plants & Animals
13

How interacting with females increases aggression in male fruit flies

Space Exploration
91

The return to Venus and what it means for Earth

Analytical Chemistry
211

Scientists find cheaper way to make hydrogen energy out of water

Cell & Microbiology
138

Researchers reprogram T cells to improve cancer immunotherapy

Plants & Animals
259

Examining how primates make vowel sounds pushes timeline for speech evolution back by 27 million years

Analytical Chemistry
77

Forensic chemist proposes sweat testing strip as breathalyzer replacement

9 hours ago
Nanomaterials
596

A more efficient way to turn saltwater into drinking water

General Physics
311

Is there dark matter at the center of the Milky Way?

Archaeology & Fossils
1097

World's oldest artwork uncovered in Indonesian cave: study

18 hours ago
Molecular & Computational biology
81

A way to 'fingerprint' human cells

Space Exploration
322

Revealing the physics of the Sun with Parker Solar Probe

Earth Sciences
1720

Earth was stressed before dinosaur extinction

Plants & Animals
421

Azteca ant colonies move the same way leopards' spots form

Space Exploration
387

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin rocket makes 12th test flight