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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel> <title>Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories</title> <link>https://phys.org/</link> <language>en-us</language> <description>Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.</description> <item> <title>First mother-daughter burial from Roman times in Austria discovered</title> <description>When a grave was discovered in Wels 20 years ago, the find was thought to be an early medieval double burial of a married couple and a horse due to its unusual features. Only now could the biological gender and family relationships of those buried be clarified using the most modern archaeological technologies.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-mother-daughter-burial-roman-austria.html</link> <category>Archaeology </category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 09:28:55 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633947330</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/first-mother-daughter-1.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>New Nevada experiments aim to improve monitoring of nuclear explosions</title> <description>On an October morning in 2023, a chemical explosion detonated in a tunnel under the Nevada desert was the launch of the next set of experiments by the National Nuclear Security Administration, with the goal to improve detection of low-yield nuclear explosions around the world.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-nevada-aim-nuclear-explosions.html</link> <category>Earth Sciences Environment </category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 09:28:35 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633947312</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/new-nevada-experiments.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Lake tsunamis pose significant threat under warming climate</title> <description>Cowee Creek, Brabazon Range, Upper Pederson Lagoon—they mark the sites of recent lake tsunamis, a phenomenon that is increasingly common in Alaska, British Columbia and other regions with mountain glaciers.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-lake-tsunamis-pose-significant-threat.html</link> <category>Earth Sciences Environment </category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 09:28:30 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633947307</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/lake-tsunamis-pose-sig.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>'Degree of Kevin Bacon' gene provides possible basis for central players in group connectedness</title> <description>A team of biologists and geneticists at the University of Toronto at Mississauga has found a possible genetic basis for a central player in group connectedness. In their study, published in the journal Nature Communications, the group conducted genetic experiments with fruit flies.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-degree-kevin-bacon-gene-basis.html</link> <category>Ecology Molecular & Computational biology </category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 09:28:22 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633947297</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/possible-genetic-basis-1.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Physicists pioneer new quantum sensing platform</title> <description>Quantum sensors detect the smallest of environmental changes—for example, an atom reacting to a magnetic field. As these sensors "read" the unique behaviors of subatomic particles, they also dramatically improve scientists' ability to measure and detect changes in our wider environment.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-physicists-quantum-platform.html</link> <category>Condensed Matter Quantum Physics </category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 09:27:11 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633947226</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/physicists-pioneer-new.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Cold sintering may rescue plastic, ceramics, battery components from landfills</title> <description>Recycling does not necessarily prevent an item from eventually ending up in a landfill, according to Enrique Gomez, interim associate dean for equity and inclusion and professor of chemical engineering in the Penn State College of Engineering. Instead, recycling simply delays its end of life. Plastic bottles that are recycled and then turned into carpet, for example, eventually end up in the landfill when the carpet gets worn out and is thrown away.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-cold-sintering-plastic-ceramics-battery.html</link> <category>Analytical Chemistry Materials Science </category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 09:25:04 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633947101</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/cold-sintering-may-res.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>New mirror that can be flexibly shaped improves X-ray microscopes</title> <description>A team of researchers in Japan has engineered a mirror for X-rays that can be flexibly shaped, resulting in remarkable precision at the atomic level and increased stability.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-mirror-flexibly-ray-microscopes.html</link> <category>Optics & Photonics </category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 09:17:04 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633946622</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/new-mirror-that-can-be.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Astronomers inspect population of young stellar objects in open cluster NGC 346</title> <description>Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has explored young stellar objects (YSOs) in an open cluster known as NGC 346. The study, published April 24 on the preprint server arXiv, yields crucial information about the properties of YSO population in this cluster.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-astronomers-population-young-stellar-cluster.html</link> <category>Astronomy </category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 08:00:01 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633885725</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/astronomers-inspect-th.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>The BREAD Collaboration is searching for dark photons using a coaxial dish antenna</title> <description>Approximately 80% of the matter in the universe is predicted to be so-called "dark matter," which does not emit, reflect, or absorb light and thus cannot be directly detected using conventional experimental techniques.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-bread-collaboration-dark-photons-coaxial.html</link> <category>General Physics Quantum Physics </category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 06:50:01 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633860556</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/the-bread-collaboratio.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Research quantifies 'gap' in carbon removal for first time—shows countries need more awareness, ambition and action</title> <description>New research involving the University of East Anglia (UEA) suggests that countries' current plans to remove CO2 from the atmosphere will not be enough to comply with the 1.5ºC warming limit set out under the Paris Agreement.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-quantifies-gap-carbon-countries-awareness.html</link> <category>Environment </category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 05:00:01 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633867301</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/paris-agreement.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>China sends a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon</title> <description>China on Friday launched a lunar probe to land on the far side of the moon and return with samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-china-probe-samples-explored-side.html</link> <category>Space Exploration </category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 03:54:15 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633927246</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/china-sends-a-probe-to-1.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Research shows bumblebee nests are overheating due to climate change, threatening future populations</title> <description>As a result of the climate crisis, global warming is driving up temperatures around the world—and bumblebees, like humans, are struggling to cope with homes that can't beat the heat.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-bumblebee-overheating-due-climate-threatening.html</link> <category>Plants & Animals Ecology </category> <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 00:00:01 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633871389</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/bumblebee.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Study finds human noise negatively impacts cricket survival and reproduction</title> <description>As the sun sets and the sweltering heat gives way to a balmy evening, there's one sound that fills the air, both beloved and bothersome: the rhythmic symphony of chirping crickets. However, human-generated noise can mask the harmony of the cricket song, prompting researchers to question whether it is also drowning out the melody.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-human-noise-negatively-impacts-cricket.html</link> <category>Plants & Animals Ecology </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 17:02:02 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633888121</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/human-noise-negatively-1.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>New eco-friendly lubricant additives protect turbine equipment, waterways</title> <description>Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed lubricant additives that protect both water turbine equipment and the surrounding environment.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-eco-friendly-lubricant-additives-turbine.html</link> <category>Analytical Chemistry Materials Science </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 16:22:40 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633885754</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/new-eco-friendly-lubri-1.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Nanotubes, nanoparticles and antibodies detect tiny amounts of fentanyl</title> <description>A research team at the University of Pittsburgh led by Alexander Star, a chemistry professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has developed a fentanyl sensor that is six orders of magnitude more sensitive than any electrochemical sensor for the drug reported in the past five years. The portable sensor can also tell the difference between fentanyl and other opioids.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-nanotubes-nanoparticles-antibodies-tiny-amounts.html</link> <category>Bio & Medicine </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 16:22:01 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633885716</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/nanotubes-nanoparticle.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Bigger brains allow cliff-nesting seagull species to survive and thrive in urban environments</title> <description>Seagull species that have bigger brains are more likely to nest on coastal cliffs and may also be better adapted to breed in urban environments such as on the roofs of buildings.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-bigger-brains-cliff-seagull-species.html</link> <category>Plants & Animals Ecology </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 16:18:03 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633885481</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/seagulls.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Oil palm plantations are driving massive downstream impact to watershed</title> <description>The global demand for palm oil—the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet, in everything from instant noodles to lipstick—is driving worldwide tropical deforestation. While many studies have shown the loss of biodiversity when rainforests are converted to oil palm plantations, researchers at the University of Massachusetts of Amherst are the first to show far-reaching and wide-ranging disturbances to the watersheds in which such plantations occur.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-oil-palm-plantations-massive-downstream.html</link> <category>Environment </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 15:54:04 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633884042</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/oil-palm-plantations-a.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Centipedes used in traditional Chinese medicine offer leads for kidney treatment</title> <description>A venomous, 8-inch centipede may be the stuff of nightmares, but it could save the life of those affected by kidney disease. Researchers report in the Journal of Natural Products that the many-legged critter—used in traditional Chinese medicine—contains alkaloids that in cell cultures reduced inflammation and renal fibrosis, which both contribute to kidney disease.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-centipedes-traditional-chinese-medicine-kidney.html</link> <category>Biochemistry Analytical Chemistry </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 15:51:02 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633883861</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/centipede-1.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Physicists arrange atoms in close proximity, paving way for exploring exotic states of matter</title> <description>Proximity is key for many quantum phenomena, as interactions between atoms are stronger when the particles are close. In many quantum simulators, scientists arrange atoms as close together as possible to explore exotic states of matter and build new quantum materials.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-physicists-atoms-proximity-paving-exploring.html</link> <category>Condensed Matter Quantum Physics </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 15:41:04 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633883261</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/physicists-arrange-ato.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>For microscopic organisms, ocean currents act as 'expressway' to deeper depths, study finds</title> <description>Some of the ocean's tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny surface to deeper, darker depths where they play a huge role in affecting the ocean's chemistry and ecosystem, according to new research.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-microscopic-ocean-currents-expressway-deeper.html</link> <category>Ecology Cell & Microbiology </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 15:37:04 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633883021</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/deep-sea.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Targeting friends to induce social contagion can benefit the world, says new research</title> <description>A new study co-authored by Yale sociologist Nicholas A. Christakis demonstrates that tapping into the dynamics of friendship significantly improves the possibility that a community will adopt public health and other interventions aimed at improved human well-being.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-friends-social-contagion-benefit-world.html</link> <category>Social Sciences </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 15:29:33 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633882567</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/targeting-friends-to-i.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Mice navigating a virtual reality environment reveal that walls, not floors, define space</title> <description>New research published in Current Biology sheds light on how animals create and maintain internal spatial maps based on their surroundings.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-mice-virtual-reality-environment-reveal.html</link> <category>Plants & Animals Molecular & Computational biology </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 15:29:24 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633882558</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/advance-in-understandi.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Human activity is causing toxic thallium to enter the Baltic Sea, finds new study</title> <description>Human activities account for a substantial amount—anywhere from 20% to more than 60%—of toxic thallium that has entered the Baltic Sea over the past 80 years, according to new research by scientists affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and other institutions.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-human-toxic-thallium-baltic-sea.html</link> <category>Environment </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 15:14:04 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633881642</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/human-activity-is-caus-1.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Nano-drugs hitching a ride on bacteria could help treat pancreatic cancer</title> <description>Many pancreatic tumors are like malignant fortresses, surrounded by a dense matrix of collagen and other tissue that shields them from immune cells and immunotherapies that have been effective in treating other cancers. Employing bacteria to infiltrate that cancerous fortification and deliver these drugs could aid treatment for pancreatic cancer, according to newly published findings from a team of University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-nano-drugs-hitching-bacteria-pancreatic.html</link> <category>Bio & Medicine </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 15:03:04 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633880982</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/nano-drugs-hitching-a.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Coastal hurricanes around the world are intensifying faster, new study finds</title> <description>Hurricanes are among the world's most destructive natural hazards. Their ability to cause damage is shaped by their environment; conditions like warm ocean waters, guiding winds, and atmospheric moisture can all dictate storm strength.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-coastal-hurricanes-world-faster.html</link> <category>Earth Sciences Environment </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 14:57:05 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633880621</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/new-study-finds-coasta.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Wildfires in wet African forests have doubled in recent decades, large-scale analysis finds</title> <description>A new study presents the first large-scale analysis of fire patterns in West and Central Africa's wet, tropical forests. The number of active fires there typically doubled over 18 years, particularly in the Congo Basin. The increases are primarily due to increasingly hot, dry conditions and humans' impact on the forests, including deforestation. The increase in forest fires is likely to continue given current climate projections, according to the study.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-wildfires-african-forests-decades-large.html</link> <category>Earth Sciences Environment </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 14:45:04 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633879902</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/wildfires-in-wet-afric.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Deeper understanding of malaria parasite sexual development unlocks opportunities to block disease spread</title> <description>For the first time, the developmental stages of the deadliest human malaria parasite have been mapped in high resolution, allowing researchers to understand this ever-adapting adversary in more detail than previously possible.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-deeper-malaria-parasite-sexual-opportunities.html</link> <category>Molecular & Computational biology </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 14:00:01 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633862938</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2021/monoclonal-antibody-pr.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Investigation reveals varied impact of preschool programs on long-term school success</title> <description>Early education programs are widely believed to be effective public investments for helping children succeed in school and for reducing income- and race-based achievement gaps. However, a new study conducted by a team of investigators from Teachers College, Columbia University, University of Virginia, University of California-Irvine, and the University of Delaware finds mixed evidence on the long-term effectiveness of today's preschool programs for helping children succeed in school.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-reveals-varied-impact-preschool-term.html</link> <category>Education </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 14:00:01 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633857882</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2023/preschool-1.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>New sugar-based catalyst could offer a potential solution for using captured carbon</title> <description>A new catalyst made from an inexpensive, abundant metal and common table sugar has the power to destroy carbon dioxide (CO2) gas.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-05-sugar-based-catalyst-potential-solution.html</link> <category>Analytical Chemistry Materials Science </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 14:00:01 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633857761</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/sugar-based-catalyst-u.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> <item> <title>Twisting and binding matter waves with photons in a cavity</title> <description>Precisely measuring the energy states of individual atoms has been a historical challenge for physicists due to atomic recoil. When an atom interacts with a photon, the atom "recoils" in the opposite direction, making it difficult to measure the position and momentum of the atom precisely. This recoil can have big implications for quantum sensing, which detects minute changes in parameters, for example, using changes in gravitational waves to determine the shape of the Earth or even detect dark matter.</description> <link>https://phys.org/news/2024-04-photons-cavity.html</link> <category>Quantum Physics </category> <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 13:50:02 EDT</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">news633599401</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://scx1.b-cdn.net/csz/news/tmb/2024/twisting-and-binding-m.jpg" width="90" height="90" /> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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