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General Physics 13 hours ago

Scientists release plans for an even bigger atom smasher to address the mysteries of physics

Top minds at the world's largest atom smasher have released a blueprint for a much bigger successor that could vastly improve research into the remaining enigmas of physics.

Other 13 hours ago

Saturday Citations: Leaky continental plates, talking monkeys and a spectacular Einstein ring

This week, researchers reported on nine rivers and lakes in the Americas that defy hydrologic expectations. Geologists report that Earth's first crust probably had chemical features similar to today's continental crust. And ...

Environment 18 hours ago

Balancing biodiversity and wood-based bioeconomy in the EU

The European Union's Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to halt biodiversity loss and restore ecosystems, but what does this mean for Europe's wood supply? In a new study, researchers examine how different modes of implementing ...

Environment 18 hours ago

Nearly half of National Weather Service offices have 20% vacancy rates, and experts say it's a risk

After Trump administration job cuts, nearly half of National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates—twice that of just a decade ago—as severe weather chugs across the nation's heartland, according to ...

Space Exploration Apr 4, 2025

Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles

Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Pacific to end their privately funded polar tour.

General Physics Apr 4, 2025

Enhancing heat transfer using the turbulent flow of viscoelastic fluids

Fluids play a crucial role in industrial processes like cooling, heating, and mixing. Traditionally, most industries would utilize Newtonian fluids—which have a constant viscosity—for such processes. However, many are ...

Planetary Sciences Apr 4, 2025

Here's how we could quickly raise temperatures on Mars

Multiple plans exist to explore Mars in the coming decades using robotic and crewed missions. The ultimate goal of these missions is to determine whether human beings could actually live there someday. This requires access ...

Polymers Apr 4, 2025

Polymers with flawed fillers boost heat transfer in plastics, study reveals

In the quest to design the next generation of materials for modern devices—ones that are lightweight, flexible and excellent at dissipating heat—a team of researchers led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst made ...

General Physics Apr 4, 2025

An exception to the laws of thermodynamics: Shape-recovering liquid defies textbooks

A team of researchers led by a physics graduate student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst made the surprising discovery of what they call a "shape-recovering liquid," which defies some long-held expectations derived ...

Bio & Medicine Apr 3, 2025

Dialysis device that uses nanoelectrokinetic technology could be used as portable artificial kidney

A research team has developed a compact peritoneal dialysis device that can be utilized as a portable artificial kidney. This research was published on March 29 in the journal Journal of Nanobiotechnology.

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