Discovering that many of the large moons in the outer solar system may host significant subsurface oceans of liquid water has been a key advance in planetary science. These moons represent some of the most promising habitats ...
Planetary Sciences
May 9, 2022
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We have known for a longtime now that the COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2 is a mostly airborne disease. Ventilation of indoor spaces is therefore one of the most useful ways in which we can keep people safe. Research in the International ...
Soft Matter
May 5, 2022
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Water waves can be used to visualize fundamental concepts, such as spin angular momentum, that arise in relativistic field theory, RIKEN physicists have shown. This will help to provide new insights into very different wave ...
Soft Matter
Apr 18, 2022
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A scientist at Osaka City University has discovered skyrmions with half-integer topological numbers in a ferromagnetic superfluid.
Soft Matter
Feb 16, 2022
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In a landmark discovery, University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers have realized the non-contact manipulation of liquid metal.
Condensed Matter
Feb 2, 2022
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When a solid object hits a liquid, the impact produces shock waves: a process that has long occupied engineers due to its implications for design of hydraulic systems or motors. KAUST researchers now show that impacts at ...
General Physics
Jan 31, 2022
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Knowing how life worked on Earth 550 million years ago can give perspective on how life could evolve on other planets. And geobiologist and assistant professor of Earth and environmental sciences Simon Darroch and postdoctoral ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 7, 2022
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The invisibility cloak is an artifact that can make the wearer transparent, rendering it undetectable to observers outside. Perhaps, one of the most well-known examples is the invisibility cloak possessed by Harry Potter ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 7, 2022
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Living organisms, viruses, and technological devices, have water layers between their cells or parts and can die or stop working when dehydrated. But why water and not any other fluid? What makes water unique under such conditions ...
Nanophysics
Dec 20, 2021
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Research published in the journal Anatomical Record finds that humans have more in common with endangered crocodiles than we think—namely, a deviated septum.
Paleontology & Fossils
Dec 3, 2021
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