Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef is suffering one of the most severe coral bleaching events on record, leaving scientists fearful for its survival as the impact of climate change worsens.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-australia-great-barrier-reef.html
The Dura-Europos site in modern-day Syria is famous for its exceptional state of preservation. Like Pompeii, this ancient city has yielded many great discoveries, and serves as a window into the ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-forgotten-city-identification-dura-europos.html
What can be done when one threatened animal kills another? Scientists studying critically endangered lemurs in Madagascar confronted this difficult reality when they witnessed attacks on lemurs b...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-lemur-lament-vulnerable-species-stalks.html
While foraging, animals including humans and monkeys are continuously making decisions about where to search for food and when to move among possible sources of sustenance.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-uncovers-neural-mechanisms-underlying-foraging.html
Thanks to drastic and evidence-based solutions, more southern mountain caribou roam Western Canada today than in previous decades; however, herd numbers are too fragile to sustain themselves with...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-paths-bc-caribou-habitat.html
For centuries, farmers used almanacs to try to understand and predict weather patterns.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-harvesting-latin-american-ai-startups.html
More than 2,100 people living near an erupting volcano on Indonesia's Sulawesi Island were evacuated Friday due to the dangers of spreading ash, falling rocks, hot volcanic clouds and the possibi...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-people-evacuated-indonesian-volcano-spews.html
An international team at the world's largest X-ray laser European XFEL at Schenefeld near Hamburg has scrutinized the properties of an important nanogel that is often used in medicine to release ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-european-xfel-elicits-secrets-important.html
Inspired by what human liver enzymes can do, Scripps Research chemists have developed a new set of copper-catalyzed organic synthesis reactions for building and modifying pharmaceuticals and othe...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-chemists-copper-catalyzed-strategy.html
Scientists at the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) and their international collaborators have recently developed a new method for efficiently extracti...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scientists-cosmological-galaxy-surveys.html
The inauguration of the world's most powerful fusion machine brings the dream of clean, safe and abundant power closer.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-fusion-energy-quest-big-advance.html
Pomegranates, known for their rich phenolic content, have been explored for their potential as natural antimicrobials. The research focuses on the peel, which contains a high concentration of the...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-pomegranate-power-sustainable-antimicrobial-solutions.html
An international collaboration of researchers, led by Philip Walther at University of Vienna, have achieved a significant breakthrough in quantum technology, with the successful demonstration of ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-compact-quantum-advances-optical.html
A study published in the journal Potato Research presents results on the response of spring and summer potatoes to climate change in South Korea. The study, conducted by scientists from the Leibn...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-climate-affects-potato-cultivation-south.html
Curiosity continues to make progress along the margin of upper Gediz Vallis ridge, investigating the broken bedrock in our workspace and acquiring images of the ridge deposit as the rover drives ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-mars-rover-upper-gediz-vallis.html
The selective oxidation of aromatic C-H bonds has drawn significant attention in both industrial and fine chemistry due to its crucial role in converting readily- and cheaply-available aromatic h...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-adjusted-reaction-pathway-enables-efficient.html
The US Environmental Protection Agency on Friday classified two so-called "forever chemicals" as hazardous substances, meaning those responsible for releasing them will have to pay to clean up co...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-chemicals-hazardous-polluters-pay.html
Many plant-based meats have seemingly done the impossible by recreating animal products ranging from beef to seafood. But beyond just the taste and texture, how do these products compare to the r...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-based-steaks-cold-lacking-protein.html
For most stars, neutron stars and black holes are their final resting places. When a supergiant star runs out of fuel, it expands and then rapidly collapses on itself. This act creates a neutron ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-merging-nuclear-physics-astronomical-advance.html
While four Ontario school boards recently announced a $4.5-billion lawsuit against the social media giants behind Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok, Brock University experts are calling fo...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-actions-lawsuit-social-media-youth.html
A group-based curriculum called Journey of Life (JoL)—delivered over 12 sessions in the Kiryandongo refugee settlement in Uganda—led to improvements in mental health, social support, parental...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-highlights-importance-caregiver-uganda.html
As extreme weather events increase around the world due to climate change, the need for further research into our warming planet has increased as well. For NASA, climate research involves not onl...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-ai-earth-nasa-artificial-intelligence.html
Two Black Brant IX sounding rockets launched from Poker Flat Research Range in Fairbanks, Alaska, April 17, 2024, during an M-class solar flare for NASA's sounding rocket solar flare campaign.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-nasa-rockets-alaska-solar-flare.html
A new report from Portland State University's Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative (HRAC) indicates that alternative shelters provide better outcomes for people experiencing homelessness ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-alternative-outcomes-people-experiencing-homelessness.html
People are using "they/them" pronouns more often according to a new study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Researchers at Aston University have found differences between experienced Ordnance Survey (OS) mapmakers and novices in the way that they interpret aerial images for mapmaking, which could lead ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-expert-mapmakers-world-differently.html
Using firm-level data from the global supply network, researchers from the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) quantified countries' exposure to production losses caused by firm defaults in other countr...
Tears, shouts and interruptions marked residents' comments Wednesday night over a proposal to exterminate geese in Bristol, Conn., parks.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-mass-geese-conn-city-outpouring.html
Tectonically active mountains play an important role in the natural CO2 regulation of the atmosphere. Competing processes take place here: At Earth's surface, erosion drives weathering processes ...
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-italian-central-apennines-source-co8322.html
Wolves killed several yearling cattle in north-central Colorado this week, bringing the total number of wolf kills of livestock this month to six.
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-reintroduced-wolves-yearling-cattle-latest.html