Critically endangered Sumatran rhino pregnant: conservationists
A rare Sumatran rhino in Indonesia is pregnant with her second baby and is expected to give birth in May, raising new hope for the critically endangered species, conservationists said Tuesday.
View ArticleEvidence for solid-liquid critical points of water in carbon nanotubes
Many physicists do not accept the idea that a solid-liquid phase boundary can terminate at a critical point—a unique state where two phases lose their separate identities. Why do they not? The...
View ArticleSpace technology applied to stress testing for safer cars
A spacecraft tool is now improving car safety by stress-testing many of the internal computer systems to be sure they work well when the car is on the road.
View Article'Blind analysis' could reduce bias in social science, biology research
A course on critical thinking at the University of California, Berkeley, co-taught for the past three years by a public policy expert and a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, has generated a new proposal...
View ArticleAssessing the role of negative citations in science
The number of times academic articles are cited by subsequent publications is among the time-honored measures used to assess scholarly standing and evaluate academic productivity. But not all of these...
View ArticleSumatran Rhino begins US-Asia trip to ancestral home
The last Sumatran rhino in the Western Hemisphere began a journey Friday from Ohio to its ancestral southeast Asian homeland on a mission to help preserve the critically endangered species.
View ArticleUS-born Sumatran rhino in Indonesia on mating mission
A U.S.-born Sumatran rhino arrived in his ancestral home of Indonesia on Sunday, making the long journey from Cincinnati, Ohio, on a mission to mate to help save his critically endangered species from...
View ArticleInto how many pieces does a balloon burst?
A moderately inflated rubber balloon pricked with a needle bursts into two large fragments. However, if you inflate it until it bursts spontaneously, you get dozens of shreds.
View ArticleNew special report highlights NSF-funded cybersecurity research and education
Cybersecurity is one of the defining issues of our time. Can we keep our networks, devices and critical systems open, safe and secure, while maintaining personal privacy? How do we develop tomorrow's...
View ArticleApplied potential can reversibly induce a superconducting-insulator...
"Controlling such exotic properties by applying an external field is one of the biggest continuous challenges in condensed matter physics," state Kohei Yoshimatsu and his colleagues in their recent...
View ArticleSuperfluidity in topologically nontrivial flat bands
Researchers at Aalto University have discovered that energy saving superconductors may be possible if the counterintuitive properties of electrons moving in "flat bands" are exploited.
View ArticleGenetics of the African cheetah continues to surprise and excite researchers
Researchers at Nova Southeastern University (NSU's) Genome Bioinformatics Center the announced the release of a reference genome sequence of the African cheetah, (Acinonyx jubatus,) a critically...
View ArticleWireless monitoring of newborns
An Italian SME has developed a wearable monitoring system for babies as they go through the sensitive period of the first two to four hours of life. The technology, whose market potential has been...
View ArticleHeavy fermions get nuclear boost on way to superconductivity
In a surprising find, physicists from the United States, Germany and China have discovered that nuclear effects help bring about superconductivity in ytterbium dirhodium disilicide (YRS), one of the...
View ArticleMedical monitor with eyes and ears
In intensive care Units (ICU), every second counts. In emergencies, doctors and nurses need to make the right decisions quickly. Fraunhofer researchers have developed a smart "proxemic monitor" which...
View ArticleSmart nanogels at the air/water interface: structural studies by neutron...
Gels are materials that are present in many everyday products such as shampoos, sunscreens and food gelatin among many others. They are formed by mixtures in which large amounts of liquid, usually...
View ArticleHow true is conventional wisdom about price volatility of tech metals?
It's often assumed that exotic metals and minerals critical to clean energy technologies are more price volatile than more common commodity metals. They're mined in much smaller quantities and often as...
View ArticleNOAA expands critical habitat for endangered North Atlantic right whales
Using new information not previously available, NOAA Fisheries is expanding critical habitat for endangered North Atlantic right whales to cover its northeast feeding areas in the Gulf of Maine/Georges...
View ArticleHow many holes need to be drilled to collapse a wooden cube?
(Phys.org)—It may sound like a simple riddle, but a team of scientists is intrigued with the answer because it could lead to a better understanding of percolation, the process that occurs when a liquid...
View ArticleQuantum phase transition underpins superconductivity in copper oxides
Physicists have zoomed in on the transition that could explain why copper-oxides have such impressive superconducting powers.
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