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. Research from Adelaide University and the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI) has shown for the first time that Australian sea lion pups can learn foraging behavior from their mothers. Social information transition exists in some mammals, such as sea otters, bottlenose dolphins and chimpanzees—the latter of which teaches their young to fish for termites using a stick. However, this type of behavior was not previously known in otariids, or "eared seals," the family of pinnipeds that comprises fur seals and sea lions. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-australian-sea-lion-pups-foraging.html Plants & Animals Sat, 21 Feb 2026 13:00:03 EST news690716191 What lies deep beneath ocean surfaces is often a mystery. In Australia, many underwater habitats have not been mapped, and researchers know little about them. Now, scientists are working to change that by employing sea lions as videographers. https://phys.org/news/2024-08-scientists-equip-australian-sea-lions.html Plants & Animals Wed, 07 Aug 2024 00:00:01 EDT news642154527 Quantum simulators, which are special-purpose quantum computers, will help researchers identify materials with new and useful properties. This enticing future has just taken a step forward thanks to a collaboration between Google and researchers at universities in California, Singapore and Greece. https://phys.org/news/2017-11-butterfly-emerges-quantum-simulation.html Quantum Physics Thu, 30 Nov 2017 14:00:08 EST news431258389 (Phys.org) —Where in powerful jets of distant active galaxies—the mightiest and most energetic objects known—are the violent outbursts of high energy gamma-ray emission produced? Very close to the central supermassive black hole and accretion disk powering these systems, or at larger distances from the "central engine," i.e. further downstream in the jet? New insights into this long-standing question became possible recently, thanks to intensive, multi-frequency radio observations of powerful active galaxies. https://phys.org/news/2014-05-violent-gamma-ray-outbursts-supermassive-black.html Astronomy Fri, 23 May 2014 09:44:34 EDT news320057013 (PhysOrg.com) -- In science, one of the issues of great interest is that of quantum computing, and creating a way to make it possible on a scalable level. This could be achieved by taking advantage of the strong interaction between light and matter, the so-called strong-coupling regime that can be found in ultra small optical cavities defined by photonic crystals. https://phys.org/news/2010-10-coupling-quantum.html Quantum Physics Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:10:09 EDT news206011053