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. An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 hit the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 35 people, injuring more than 200 others mostly in ruined buildings and sending a 1-meter (3-foot) tsunami into nearby coasts. https://phys.org/news/2026-06-magnitude-quake-philippines-fells-tsunami.html Environment Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:50:03 EDT news700114545 The astronauts circling Earth on the Artemis mission sent back beautiful clear photos of the continents, clouds, and oceans. But we might be the exception. Many planets in the universe may be hazed in clouds of soot, according to a new study by University of Chicago scientists. Their analysis explains a curious trend seen by astronomers training telescopes on distant planets beyond our own solar system. Many of these worlds had atmospheres that returned strangely featureless readings. https://phys.org/news/2026-06-mini-neptune-exoplanets-smoggy-atmospheres.html Planetary Sciences Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:20:04 EDT news699615422 Energy engineers worldwide are working on various new technologies that could help to limit greenhouse gas emissions on Earth and address climate change. One proposed alternative to polluting fossil fuels, such as petrol, diesel and natural gas, is hydrogen. https://phys.org/news/2026-05-nanoengineered-materials-hydrogen-room-temperature.html Nanomaterials Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:00:05 EDT news699274199 The gleaming skyscrapers and bright lights of the United Arab Emirates draw the eyes of all who travel there, a sign of the Arabian Peninsula nation's rapid, oil-fueled development over the last decades into a major hub for commerce and tourism. https://phys.org/news/2026-05-arab-emirates-darkest-reveals-rare.html Astronomy Sat, 30 May 2026 05:45:14 EDT news699338687 You might not know it, but the hot water and rocks deep within Earth are teeming with undiscovered life. Dr. Tanvi Govil is one of the biologists studying this new frontier of microbial life that thrives in extreme places. https://phys.org/news/2026-05-microbes-underground-laboratory.html Environment Tue, 26 May 2026 16:40:06 EDT news699010568 Mining critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt fuels the "green" energy and digital transitions essential to meeting climate goals. But building the technologies that enable a sustainable future is generating severe, hidden environmental and health crises that the world is failing to track or address, warns a new report by the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), known as the UN's Think Tank on Water. https://phys.org/news/2026-04-critical-minerals-echoes-oil-injustice.html Environment Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:10:02 EDT news696607081 Natural rubber, tapped from trees as latex, is the world's most widely used bio-elastomer. Comprising long molecular chains that make it pliable and stretchy yet highly resistant to cracking and strain, natural rubber is foundational to countless products, including the heavy-duty tires in trucks, buses, and airplanes. https://phys.org/news/2026-04-natural-rubber-boosts-toughness-tenfold.html Polymers Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:20:03 EDT news696613201 Cities are hotter than the surrounding countryside. Paved surfaces such as asphalt and concrete trap heat and release it at night. But as climate change worsens, this is becoming a real risk for residents. https://phys.org/news/2026-04-green-tram-tracks-beautify-cities.html Environment Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:20:01 EDT news696059701 With 104 matches in 16 stadiums across Canada, the United States and Mexico, the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be soccer's biggest event ever. https://phys.org/news/2026-04-turf-world-cup-playing-countries.html Plants & Animals Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:00:10 EDT news695907662 A new type of radiofrequency trap can capture particles with extremely different requirements and could theoretically hold both types of particles at the same time. Researchers in the group of Professor Dmitry Budker from the PRISMA++ Cluster of Excellence and the Helmholtz Institute at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) were able to trap calcium ions or electrons in the same apparatus. https://phys.org/news/2026-04-dual-frequency-paul-potential-antihydrogen.html General Physics Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:10:01 EDT news695044661 It hadn't been a successful morning for the Great Lakes Eagle Health team. Traveling by boat, truck, and foot, the team was searching for active eagle nests along the Wisconsin River in Nekoosa, Wisconsin. Tree one was a dud, and tree two, a heartbreaker. Dan Goltz, one of the team's climbers and a wildlife biologist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, scaled a 70-foot tree only to be met with a gentle breeze blowing through an empty nest. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-blood-young-bald-eagles-track.html Plants & Animals Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:40:02 EST news689607654 Travel misery was set to continue Sunday as a powerful snowstorm blasted southern US states, bringing subzero temperatures to regions not accustomed to the deadly winter conditions. https://phys.org/news/2026-02-snowstorm-disrupts-southern-blast-icy.html Environment Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:20:01 EST news689162305 With another wave of dangerous cold heading for the U.S. South on Friday, experts say the risk of hypothermia heightens for people in parts of Mississippi and Tennessee who are entering their sixth day trapped at home without power in subfreezing temperatures. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-hypothermia-mississippi-tennessee-frigid-temperatures.html Environment Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:47:45 EST news688963639 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's effort to roll back federal particulate matter pollution standards will harm Michigan residents, particularly those who live near emitters such as manufacturing plants and refineries in Wayne County, health and environmental advocates warn. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-health-advocates-alarm-epa-loosen.html Environment Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:25:46 EST news688803787 In lush South Florida, trees and bushes grow all year round. And that means yard waste and dead trees never stop piling up. But leaving them in a landfill is a climate-warming issue. Two South Florida governments think they have a new solution—light it on fire, but in a planet-friendly way. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-trees-planet-south-florida-climate.html Earth Sciences Mon, 26 Jan 2026 20:20:01 EST news688642252 In November 2025, Lahore, the second-largest city in Pakistan, registered a "hazardous" air quality index of 509, according to IQAir, a global air quality monitoring organization. The number speaks for itself. Eyes sting, throats burn and headlights blur into halos. In winter, the city feels as though it has slipped beneath a toxic sea. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-lahore-toxic-winters-smog-reshaping.html Environment Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:21:32 EST news684678061 California's $1 billion tomato processing industry is highly efficient and likely will be able to withstand higher temperatures and traffic congestion with minimal postharvest losses, according to research conducted at the University of California, Davis. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-minimal-losses-california-tomatoes.html Ecology Tue, 02 Dec 2025 17:40:01 EST news683904712 Tens of thousands of people in Thailand and neighboring Malaysia were displaced by widespread flooding, with streets submerged, homes inundated and at least 34 dead, officials said Wednesday. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-thailand-malaysia-displace-thousands.html Environment Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:19:50 EST news683378360 By now, Americans know the strange math of minting: Each penny costs about 4 cents to make. Chances are you have some in a jar, or scattered among pockets, purses and car ashtrays. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-penny.html Economics & Business Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:52:04 EST news682865521 Typhoon Kalmaegi churned across Vietnam Friday, claiming five more lives after its devastating passage through the Philippines where the death toll rose to 188. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-deadly-typhoon-kalmaegi-ravages-vietnam.html Environment Fri, 07 Nov 2025 07:16:00 EST news681722154 People across the Gaza Strip have been returning to towns and cities badly damaged by the war after a fragile ceasefire took effect in October. Eventually, their lives will be restored and their homes will be built back. But the climate consequences of the war will remain for years to come. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-wars-ravage-environment-international-law.html Environment Wed, 05 Nov 2025 21:40:01 EST news681557496 India's efforts to combat air pollution by using cloud seeding in its sprawling capital New Delhi appear to have fallen flat, with scientists and activists questioning the effectiveness of the move. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-delhi-cloud-seeding-effort-ease.html Environment Sun, 02 Nov 2025 04:03:48 EST news681278620 We have all been in that situation: The moving boxes are large and heavy, but we are determined to carry them all in one trip, even if that means we can't see where we're going. In the tropics, some leafcutter ants face a similar challenge: carrying a load that is several times their body weight. To make matters even more difficult, carrying oversized weights may create "blind spots" when leafcutter ants transport material on a trail. https://phys.org/news/2025-10-leafcutter-ants-truck-drivers.html Plants & Animals Tue, 07 Oct 2025 14:27:04 EDT news679066022 Australia has a new climate target: cutting emissions by 62%–70% below 2005 levels by 2035. Meeting even the lower end means halving emissions in a decade. https://phys.org/news/2025-09-australia-climate.html Environment Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:20:01 EDT news678369200 Members of an Indigenous tribe who live deep in Peru's Amazon rainforest and avoid contact with outsiders have been reported entering a neighboring village in what activists consider an alarming sign that the group is under stress from development. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-isolated-amazon-tribe-bridge-site.html Environment Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:57:25 EDT news675662237 Air quality scientists have detected elevated levels of hexavalent chromium and silver in air samples collected from the debris cleanup zones for the Eaton and Palisades wildfires, which occurred January 2025 in Los Angeles County. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-chromium-nanosilver-la-cleanup-zones.html Environment Thu, 28 Aug 2025 11:10:11 EDT news675597059 Plan a route, grab some snacks, and fuel up. Engineers and scientists have been sending massive magnets from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national labs on cross-country road trips. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-massive-magnets-repurposing-electromagnets.html General Physics Tue, 12 Aug 2025 14:03:59 EDT news674226234 Climate change is not new: temperatures have been rising for decades as a result of global warming. In South Africa's city of Pietermaritzburg, four low-income urban communities have experienced drought, heat waves, severe hailstorms, devastating flooding events that killed hundreds of people and displaced thousands, and wildfires as a result of climate change. Environmental scientist Sithabile Hlahla interviewed people in 378 homes there and found that they were not coping well with climate disasters. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-south-african-income-communities-cope.html Social Sciences Tue, 05 Aug 2025 12:27:05 EDT news673615619 Bulldozer activity involving coal at an open-air facility at the Port of Baltimore is closely linked to air pollutants in the adjacent neighborhood of Curtis Bay, according to a community-driven study co-led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and South Baltimore community members. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-air-pollution-baltimore-curtis-bay.html Environment Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:10:01 EDT news672320640 Over just two hours, the Guadalupe River at Comfort, Texas, rose from hip-height to three stories tall, sending water weighing as much as the Empire State building downstream roughly every minute it remained at its crest. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-texas.html Environment Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:10:49 EDT news671425844