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Astronomy May 10, 2024

Is dark matter's main rival theory dead? The Cassini spacecraft and other recent tests may invalidate MOND

One of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics today is that the forces in galaxies do not seem to add up. Galaxies rotate much faster than predicted by applying Newton's law of gravity to their visible matter, despite those ...

Astronomy May 10, 2024

An abundance of distant gas-rich galaxies found by FAST

Astronomers, using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST) in China's Guizhou Province, have found an abundance of gas-rich galaxies in the distant universe.

General Physics May 9, 2024

New phononics materials may lead to smaller, more powerful wireless devices

What if your earbuds could do everything your smartphone can do already, except better? What sounds a bit like science fiction may actually not be so far off. A new class of synthetic materials could herald the next revolution ...

Social Sciences May 9, 2024

Silent disco: Why dancing in sync brings us closer together

Silent discos started back in the 1970s as a convenient way to get around noise restrictions. In those days that meant everyone bringing their own music loaded onto a Walkman. Later, DJs would set up their own radio channels ...

Astronomy May 8, 2024

Solar max is coming—the sun just released three X-class flares

The sun is increasing its intensity on schedule, continuing its approach to solar maximum. In just over a 24-hour period on May 5 and May 6, 2024, the sun released three X-class solar flares measuring at X1.3, X1.2, and X4.5. ...

Astronomy May 8, 2024

Improving timing precision of millisecond pulsars using polarization

Pulsar timing enables the most stringent tests of fundamental physics. By monitoring the pulse times of arrival (ToAs) of an ensemble of stable millisecond pulsars (MSPs), known as a pulsar timing array (PTA), it is possible ...

Earth Sciences May 8, 2024

Experts propose a long-term strategy for wildfire risk management in the era of climate change

A perspective published in PNAS Nexus explores lessons learned from recent deadly wildfires and proposes a strategy for managing wildfire risk.

Optics & Photonics May 8, 2024

Physicists reach atomic-scale telegraphy with light

In the 1880s Heinrich Hertz discovered that a spark jumping between two pieces of metal emits a flash of light—rapidly oscillating electromagnetic waves—which can be picked up by an antenna. To honor his groundbreaking ...

Plants & Animals May 7, 2024

Study demonstrate improved root growth in radio-cesium contaminated soil

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) have identified a way for plants to gain resistance to cesium, a radioactive toxin that can be found in contaminated soil. After manipulating a specific ...

Plants & Animals May 7, 2024

Grizzlies are returning to Washington's North Cascades. How will that work?

Among the jagged peaks of the North Cascades, lush alpine meadows rich with berries and wildflowers blanket valleys carved by glaciers, some threaded with trickling creeks.

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