The results image from DFSPD. The last row showcases the attention area under the DFL framework. Credit: Xie Chengjun A team of researchers led by Professor Xie Chengjun and Associate Professor Zhang Jie at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have developed an innovative Decoupled Feature Learning (DFL) framework … Read more
Schematic view of the experimental setup. The electron gun and Faraday cup (FC) were fixed in position, while the electron spectrometer was mounted on a turntable. The scattering (emission) angle θ of electrons to be detected was adjusted by rotating the turntable. Credit: The European Physical Journal D (2024). DOI: 10.1140/epjd/s10053-024-00880-0 Man-made emissions of nitrous … Read more
CFICA and its technical principles. Credit: Wang Shu A research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences, developed a novel competitive dual-channel color-tone change fluorescent immunochromatographic assay (CFICA). “This new invention enables ultrasensitive detection of pesticide and veterinary drug residues,” said Assistant Prof. Wang Shu, a member of the … Read more
Measuring emission lines in the sun’s corona. Credit: The European Physical Journal D (2024). DOI: 10.1140/epjd/s10053-024-00891-x When studying the solar spectrum, researchers often search for specific emission lines: prominent wavelengths emitted by ions as their electrons transition from higher to lower energy levels. Emission spectra of two iron ions, Fe IX and Fe X, are … Read more
Biologist Pubudu Handakumbura leads the charge in exploring how plants may behave differently in a microgravity environment. Credit: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory An experiment aimed at learning more about how plants grow in space will be aboard a National Aeronautics and Space Administration launch in early August from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study by the UPV/EHU’s Research Group on Circular Economy, Business Performance and Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals reveals that energy companies conceal 47% of the damage wrought on biodiversity as a result of their activity. The study is published in the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance. A total of … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Aerosol particles are tiny. Swirling suspended in the air around us, most are smaller than the smallest bug, thinner than the thinnest hair on your head, gossamer specks practically invisible to the naked eye. Newly formed ones are nano-sized. Yet their influence is gargantuan. They determine the color of sunsets. They … Read more
Tourists walk by the “Great Jaguar” Mayan temple at the Tikal archaeological site in the Maya Biosphere in Peten, Guatemala, July 24, 2024. In the lush jungle of northern Guatemala—in the largest protected area in Central America—30 leaders from Colombia’s Amazon basin region are swapping strategies with local ethnic Maya farmers on how to live … Read more
A handout image made available by the National Oceanography Centre shows a carnivorous sponge, Axoniderma mexicana, photographed during a recent expedition to the NE Pacific abyss and found in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). Opponents of deep sea mining suffered a serious setback Friday when they failed to take a first step toward an international moratorium … Read more
Credit: Mile Ribeiro from Pexels There are more than 500 species of sharks in the world’s oceans, from the 7-inch dwarf lantern shark to whale sharks that can grow to over 35 feet long. They’re found from polar waters to the equator, at the water’s surface and miles deep, in the open ocean, along coasts … Read more
