Plants & Animals
Feb 13, 2024
Study finds polar bears unlikely to adapt to longer summers
More time stranded on land means greater risk of starvation for polar bears, a new study indicates.
Search results for three-body energies
General Physics
Feb 13, 2024
Breakthrough in predicting chaotic outcomes in three-body systems
A new study has unveiled a significant advancement in chaos theory, introducing a flux-based statistical theory that predicts chaotic outcomes in non-hierarchical three-body systems. This breakthrough holds practical implications ...
Astronomy
Jan 30, 2024
It's a fine line between a black hole energy factory and a black hole bomb
Black holes are powerful gravitational engines. So you might imagine that there must be a way to extract energy from them given the chance, and you'd be right. Certainly, we could tap into all the heat and kinetic energy ...
Superconductivity
Jan 24, 2024
Simulation observes three distinct phases of superconducting dynamics
In physics, scientists have been fascinated by the mysterious behavior of superconductors—materials that can conduct electricity with zero resistance when cooled to extremely low temperatures. Within these superconducting ...
Political science
Jan 21, 2024
Military interests are pushing new nuclear power, and the UK government has finally admitted it
The UK government has announced the "biggest expansion of the [nuclear] sector in 70 years." This follows years of extraordinarily expensive support.
Optics & Photonics
Jan 16, 2024
New quantum optics technique sheds light on polariton interactions
An international collaboration, led by Macquarie University scientists, has introduced a new quantum optics technique that can provide unprecedented access to the fundamental properties of light-matter interactions in semiconductors.
Polymers
Jan 15, 2024
Food-grade encapsulated photocatalyst materials for clean, green hydrogen generation
Environmental pollution and affordable clean energy are the two major sustainable development goals set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. All countries set their goals for decarbonization by the year 2050 and ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 8, 2024
Male pregnancy and weird courtship wiggles: How NZ's wide-bodied pipefish confounds expectations
If you've ever watched a natural history program on TV, you've probably seen animals performing a wide variety of behaviors to get the attention of the opposite sex.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 8, 2024
Protein structures signal fresh targets for anticancer drugs
Cell replication in our bodies is triggered by a cascade of molecular signals transmitted between proteins. Compounds that block these signals when they run amok show potential as cancer drugs.
General Physics
Jan 4, 2024
Hunting for elusive tetraneutrons with thermal fission
The possible emission rate of particle-stable tetraneutron, a four-neutron system whose existence has been long debated within the scientific community, has been investigated by researchers from Tokyo Tech. They looked into ...
