Search results for monopoles

Social Sciences Aug 31, 2022

When work becomes your religion, nothing else matters

In a country that has seen a steep decline in religious practice, what do we consider as sacred? How do we express our spiritual beliefs? And what is replacing traditional places of worship?

Environment Jul 19, 2022

What L.A.'s notorious 'water wars' say about the city's history, and its future

In Los Angeles, the historians know the truth: The water here is anything but clean.

Quantum Physics Jul 5, 2022

Novel atomic device to search for exotic physical interactions at submillimeter range

A research group led by Prof. Sheng Dong and Prof. Lu Zhengtian from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a high-precision xenon co-magnetometer.

Plasma Physics Jun 21, 2022

Researchers infer the transition strength between different nuclear configurations in calcium-40

Scientists from the Research Center for Nuclear Physics at Osaka University, in collaboration with the Australian National University, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, the University of Tokyo, and GIT AM University, used measurements ...

Plants & Animals Jun 15, 2022

How people, food and water affect large herbivore distribution in East African savannas

To survive, animals must find nutritious food and drinking water—sometimes during long dry seasons or cold periods—and at the same time avoid being eaten. Plant-eating mammals with hooves are an extraordinarily diverse group ...

General Physics May 26, 2022

Hunting for one-pole magnets by combining cosmic rays and particle accelerators

Some of the world's most powerful particle accelerators have helped researchers draw new leading limits on the existence of long theorized magnetic monopoles from the collisions of energetic cosmic rays bombarding the Earth's ...

Space Exploration May 11, 2022

Wealthy nations are carving up space and its riches, and leaving other countries behind

Satellites help run the internet and television and are central to the Global Positioning System. They enable modern weather forecasting, help scientists track environmental degradation and play a huge role in modern military ...

Quantum Physics May 10, 2022

Computational sleuthing confirms first 3D quantum spin liquid

Computational detective work by U.S. and German physicists has confirmed that cerium zirconium pyrochlore is a 3D quantum spin liquid.

Plants & Animals May 4, 2022

Distribution of females influences the evolution of testes size in Australian rodents

A new study has found the distribution of females in 33 species of Australian rodents affects the evolution of testes size of males in these social species.

Environment Apr 4, 2022

Rockefeller's $105M plan to produce climate-friendly food

The pandemic sent global hunger soaring, but now the war in Ukraine is making the problem far worse. Since Russia and Ukraine together supply 30% of global wheat exports, a big chunk of the world is losing access to food.

page 9 from 36