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 Most seals give birth to a pup around the same time each year, and wean them and send them on their way within 12 months in an annual cycle. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-sea-lion-camera-reveals-mother.html Plants & Animals Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:07:29 EST news689947621 Mice turning tiny steering wheels to move shapes on a screen have helped scientists produce the first brain-wide map of decision-making at single-cell resolution in a mammal. https://phys.org/news/2025-09-brain-wide-decision-mice.html Cell & Microbiology Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:00:02 EDT news676109659 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 Anyone who has tried to lead a group of tourists through a busy city knows the problem. How do you keep the group together when they are constantly jostled, held up and distracted by the hubbub around them? https://phys.org/news/2016-11-archimedes-groups-quantum-particles.html Quantum Physics Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:25:49 EST news398687138 Now that Yahoo Inc. is being sold, what other struggling tech companies might soon find themselves on the auction block? https://phys.org/news/2016-08-yahoo.html Business Thu, 04 Aug 2016 17:30:46 EDT news389550635 Groupon, the daily deals ecommerce operator which has been struggling since a hot public share offering, said Monday it received a $250 million investment from a private investment fund. https://phys.org/news/2016-04-ailing-ecommerce-site-groupon-mn.html Business Mon, 04 Apr 2016 09:35:59 EDT news378981353 (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 (AP)—Comcast's $16.7 billion deal to buy the remaining half of NBCUniversal ahead of schedule represents a resounding vote of confidence in the future of TV, even as the growth of Internet video reshapes the entertainment landscape. https://phys.org/news/2013-02-comcast-tv-167b-nbcu.html Telecom Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:09:53 EST news279950979 The behaviour of some of the most elusive particles in the known universe can be simulated using three atoms in a lab, researchers at the Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) at the National University of Singapore have found. https://phys.org/news/2012-03-neutrino-quantum-scheme-simulate-oscillations.html Quantum Physics Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:37:16 EDT news251548625 The bankers who brought the global economy to its knees two years ago may have enjoyed the sensation of losing hundreds of billions of pounds and plunging the world into recession, according to an academic at Cardiff University. https://phys.org/news/2010-10-bankers-crunch-academic.html Economics & Business Fri, 22 Oct 2010 11:40:01 EDT news206965561 (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