physics

Representative μCT slices from chips of the Winchcombe meteorite and contoured orientation data on the long and short shape axes of chondrules plotted on a lower hemisphere stereographic projections and n denotes the number of chondrules measured for each plot. Credit: Meteoritics & Planetary Science (2024). DOI: 10.1111/maps.14164 Intensive new nano-analysis of the Winchcombe meteorite … Read more

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In a speech to a group of religious broadcasters in February, Donald Trump promised to create a task force to counter “anti-Christian bias,” which he said would investigate the “discrimination, harassment and persecution against Christians in America.” It’s not the first time Trump has claimed that Christians are being persecuted, and … Read more

Dr. Shellie Habel of the University of Hawai’i measures the salt concentration of emerging groundwater in a basement in Waikiki. Credit: Chloe Obara, University of Hawai’i As sea levels rise, coastal groundwater is lifted closer to the ground surface while also becoming saltier and more corrosive. A recent study by Earth scientists at the University … Read more

By adjusting the volumes of maleic acid solution, the scientists constructed a maleic acid-treated bacterial cellulose (MA-BC)-gelatin (GEL) gel with good printable performance and promoting bone repair ability. Credit: Co-Innovation Center for Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, China, [email protected] The field of bone tissue engineering (BTE) … Read more

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Colleen Harmeling, a Florida State University College of Business researcher, points to photo filters, overly edited photos and other distortions of user-generated content as impediments to consumer trust. In turn, they are potential barriers to the performance of products that users present and discuss online. Harmeling, FSU’s Dr. Persis E. Rockwood … Read more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Private equity (PE) is known as a “high-risk, high-return” asset class. But as risk-averse institutional investors continue to up their stake in PE, private fund managers are expected to provide metrics that characterize the riskiness of their portfolios. Yet the lack of observable prices makes traditional measures of risk (such as … Read more

Ibn al-Haytham (“Alhasen”) on the left pedestal of reason [while Galileo is on the right pedestal of the senses] as shown on the frontispiece of the Selenographia (Science of the Moon; 1647) of Johannes Hevelius. Credit: Public domain provided by the author Scientists from the University of Sharjah and the Warburg Institute are poring over … Read more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Climate change has an effect on forests and trees. They suffer from heat waves and periods of drought. But although we see tree mortality increase as a result, much is still unknown about the underlying mechanisms. A new study on conifers shows that not damage to the trees’ water transport system … Read more

Archival Chandra image of ACT-CL J0329. Credit: Sikhosana et al., 2024. An international team of astronomers has performed radio observations of a massive galaxy cluster known as ACT-CL J0329.2-2330, which resulted in the detection of a new radio halo in this cluster. The finding was reported in a research paper published April 5 on the … Read more

The Big Thompson River in Rocky Mountain National Park. Credit: The Big Thompson River in Rocky Mountain National Park / Colorado State University. University researchers have shown that a transition to green wastewater-treatment approaches in the U.S. that leverages the potential of carbon-financing could save a staggering $15.6 billion and just under 30 million metric … Read more