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. Phil is in prep for surgery. As the anesthetic is about to be administered, the anesthetist says, "Oh, and by the way, during the procedure the surgical team will be listening to the hard rock classic, You Shook Me All Night Long." https://phys.org/news/2026-02-acdc-surgery-lo-fi-office.html Social Sciences Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:00:01 EST news689503877 English pubs will receive a 15% discount on their business rates from April this year. The government deal, which also applies to music venues, follows a backlash from landlords who were facing a steep increase in their tax bills. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-pubs-valuable-society-tax-pay.html Economics & Business Thu, 29 Jan 2026 12:23:31 EST news688911673 Team members working with NASA's Curiosity Mars rover created this "postcard" by commanding the rover to take images at two times of day on Nov. 18, 2025, spanning periods that occurred on both the 4,722nd and 4,723rd Martian days, or sols, of the mission. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-curiosity-holiday-postcard-mars.html Astronomy Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:24:21 EST news686568242 Loneliness is the pain we feel when our social connections fall short of fulfilling our needs. At its core, it reflects a fundamental human need: to feel close to and connected with others. But it is also often an invisible experience. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-boss-lonely.html Social Sciences Tue, 16 Dec 2025 13:21:17 EST news685113662 A recently published article in the journal BioScience has revealed a surprising opportunity for conserving threatened species: sports teams and their branding. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-global-sports-industry-untapped-potential.html Plants & Animals Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:00:08 EST news683916902 A new study led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) reveals what drives investors to put their money behind business start-ups. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-experts-sweet-crowdfunding-success.html Social Sciences Tue, 11 Nov 2025 19:00:01 EST news682077401 Sports fans all know that rosy feeling of happiness when we hang out with others who support our favorite team. A new study conducted with sport consumers in the U.S. and the United Kingdom suggests that organizations that want to enhance their supporters' health and well-being can achieve that by bolstering their social identification with the group. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-social-identification-team-boosts-fans.html Social Sciences Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:35:04 EST news681662101 A new study has revealed how different types of narcissism can influence the morale and performance of an entire team. Researchers invited over 100 people to complete escape room challenges in small groups, observing their interactions and behaviors throughout the tasks. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-room-person-narcissism-undermine-team.html Social Sciences Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:20:02 EST news681570862 Jamaican officials announced plans Saturday to set up multiple field hospitals as it recovers from Hurricane Melissa, with the death toll numbering at least 50 across the Caribbean—and expected to rise. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-dead-caribbean-hurricane-melissa.html Environment Sun, 02 Nov 2025 04:05:07 EST news681278703 When students move from university course work to real-world applications like internships, practicums or clinical placements, it's not just about what they know, but how they use what they know. https://phys.org/news/2025-10-role-play-neurodivergent-student-practicum.html Social Sciences Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:01 EDT news680439163 Having proactive people with lots of ideas isn't enough to ensure a team's success: Without focus and leadership, their efforts can fizzle out or even create friction, according to a new study from Virginia Commonwealth University. https://phys.org/news/2025-10-proactive-teams-leadership-focus.html Economics & Business Thu, 09 Oct 2025 12:04:03 EDT news679230242 Being from Buffalo means getting to eat some of the best wings in the world. It means scraping snow and ice off your car in frigid mornings. And it means making a lifelong vow to the city's NFL franchise, the Bills—for better or worse, till death do us part. https://phys.org/news/2025-10-wings-booze-heartbreak-hidden-sports.html Social Sciences Tue, 07 Oct 2025 12:19:05 EDT news679058342 Teams featuring at least one "stranger"—someone unknown by the team before its formation—are more than twice as likely to fail as teams of friends, family members or co-workers, a new study has revealed. https://phys.org/news/2025-10-familiarity-success-fledgling-companies.html Social Sciences Wed, 01 Oct 2025 09:12:04 EDT news678528721 Niccolò Machiavelli, the infamous author of "The Prince," wrote in the 1500s that the ideal leader makes and breaks solemn agreements. He creates alliances with weak allies to defeat a powerful enemy and then eliminates them one by one. He blames his next-in-charge for his own mistakes, and he executes opponents in public. https://phys.org/news/2025-09-personal-power-socialized-machiavelli-st.html Economics & Business Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:20:04 EDT news676038001 There's a moment in the American sitcom The Office when Michael Scott, the paper-company branch manager played by Steve Carell, explains how he wants employees to treat him: "I don't want somebody sucking up to me because they think I'm going to help their career. I want them sucking up to me because they genuinely love me." https://phys.org/news/2025-08-benefits-angling-boss-favorite.html Social Sciences Wed, 13 Aug 2025 14:34:03 EDT news674314441 Does the way the team manager listens affect the quality of listening of the entire team? A new study conducted by Dr. Osnat Bouskila-Yam of the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology and the Arison School of Business at Reichman University, together with Prof. Nurit Zaidman of the Department of Business Administration at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, reveals for the first time a direct and significant link: the manager's listening style determines the listening climate in team meetings. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-team-leaders-style-major-impact.html Social Sciences Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:09:03 EDT news674230142 When the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's urban search and rescue team resigned after the deadly July 4, 2025, Texas floods, he told colleagues he was frustrated with bureaucratic hurdles that had delayed the team's response to the disaster, according to media reports. The move highlighted an ongoing challenge at FEMA. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-history-fema-essential-disasters-independent.html Political science Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:48:03 EDT news673717673 Cell membranes cradle, protect, and gatekeep living cells. Membranes can even affect how a cell behaves. https://phys.org/news/2025-08-membrane-flexibility-hinges-tightly-lipids.html Bio & Medicine Fri, 01 Aug 2025 15:26:28 EDT news673280780 Researchers have developed a novel method to detect and study how ice forms in mixed-phase clouds, significantly boosting scientists' ability to forecast weather and model climate change. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-real-imaging-nanoscale-ice-crystals.html Earth Sciences Wed, 23 Jul 2025 16:17:46 EDT news672506261 The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) Collaboration has detected the merger of the most massive black holes ever observed with gravitational waves using the LIGO observatories. The powerful merger produced a final black hole approximately 225 times the mass of our sun. The signal, designated GW231123, was detected during the fourth observing run of the LVK network on November 23, 2023. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-ligo-virgo-kagra-massive-black.html Astronomy Sun, 13 Jul 2025 19:00:01 EDT news671448365 Since World War II, professional baseball, football, basketball and hockey teams in the United States have commonly used public money to help build new venues or to facilitate teams moving to a new city. Onlookers sometimes speculate about why tax dollars are being used to build a stadium for a team that is privately owned, often by billionaires. Questions about the appropriateness of public funding have swirled in public discourse for decades. https://phys.org/news/2025-06-qa-sports-arenas-importance-politics.html Social Sciences Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:02:40 EDT news669301345 Barely feeling the tranquilizer shot, the panic-stricken female rhinoceros ran to take shelter in a wooded area, eluding the low-flying helicopter trying to prevent her escape. https://phys.org/news/2025-06-rhino.html Plants & Animals Sun, 08 Jun 2025 08:00:01 EDT news668586309 From mastodons to ancient rhinos and giant deer, large herbivores have been shaping Earth's landscapes for millions of years. A new study, published in Nature Communications, shows how these giants responded to dramatic environmental shifts—and how their ecosystems found ways to stay together, even as species disappeared. https://phys.org/news/2025-06-herbivore-communities-remarkably-resilient-million.html Ecology Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:41:50 EDT news668335307 Close relationships, work teams and local communities... cooperation is necessary for their proper functioning. It turns out that niceness can be conducive to it, as it strengthens bonds and the sense of satisfaction with teamwork, according to a study conducted in collaboration with researchers from SWPS University. https://phys.org/news/2025-05-kindness-loneliness-cooperation.html Social Sciences Fri, 30 May 2025 12:20:04 EDT news667826401 Every year, around 90,000 young people make the transition from school to work. A large number of them start to participate in sports less during this transition. This is worrying, because those who participate less in sports usually do not pick it up again automatically. https://phys.org/news/2025-05-young-people-play-sports-job.html Social Sciences Wed, 28 May 2025 15:18:03 EDT news667664281 A new study led by the University of Southampton and research institutes in France has uncovered the mystery of how mini sand dunes form on beaches and in deserts. https://phys.org/news/2025-05-uncovers-mystery-mini-sand-dunes.html Earth Sciences Mon, 12 May 2025 15:00:04 EDT news666271501 One by one, the four California sea lions slid out of their crates and into the ocean. As the SeaWorld San Diego rescue boat bobbed nearby, one of the pinnipeds dove deep and then popped his head out of the water, his mouth full of what may have been a squid. https://phys.org/news/2025-05-toxic-algae-bloom-toll-southern.html Plants & Animals Mon, 05 May 2025 08:20:03 EDT news665650681 The COVID-19 pandemic forced an unprecedented shift to remote work. Now, as organizations transition back to in-person operations, hybrid work has emerged as a popular solution. https://phys.org/news/2025-04-qa-hybrid-policies-workplaces.html Social Sciences Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:28:04 EDT news665152081 Perseverance has been busy exploring lower "Witch Hazel Hill," an outcrop exposed on the edge of the Jezero crater rim. The outcrop is composed of alternating light and dark layers, and naturally, the team has been trying to understand the makeup of and relationships between the light and dark layers. https://phys.org/news/2025-04-dark-mars.html Planetary Sciences Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:12:03 EDT news665061122 When interacting with employees, leaders in the business world are often taught to take the Ted Lasso approach. The fictional soccer coach of the eponymous Apple TV+ show stays positive, no matter the circumstance. https://phys.org/news/2025-04-strategic-criticism-boost-members.html Economics & Business Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:50:04 EDT news665049002