https://phys.org/ en-us Latest news from Georgetown University A new study published in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics reveals a 17-year delay in the projected recovery of the ozone layer since 2006, underscoring the need for enhanced global environmental policies and enforcement. https://phys.org/news/2024-12-ozone-recovery-delayed-years-feedstock.html Environment Tue, 10 Dec 2024 13:14:31 EST news653058865 Recently-published research from an international team of physicists reveals how the three-dimensional shape of rigid microscopic filaments determines their dynamics when suspended in water, and how control of that shape can be used to engineer solid-like behavior even when the suspension is more than 99% water. https://phys.org/news/2023-04-international-team-physicists-explore-microscopic.html General Physics Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:36:03 EDT news601288557 The traditional tests and grades that educators have long used may measure learning less accurately than scans of the brain, according to a new study published in Science Advances. The paper, authored by a team of researchers from seven universities and led by Georgetown neuroscientists, could not only upend how educators craft curricula, but reveals a hidden link in the human mind. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-08-brain-scans-reveal-hidden-students.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 10 Aug 2022 14:00:04 EDT news579332640 An international research team led by scientists at Georgetown University has found that city wildlife might pose less of a threat for future pandemics than once thought. https://phys.org/news/2022-05-exonerates-urban-pests-rats-one-of-a-kind.html Ecology Mon, 02 May 2022 11:00:01 EDT news570686384