Enhancing the spin Hall effect via Berry phase monopole engineering can pave the way for ultrafast spintronic devices at high temperatures. Credit: Tokyo Tech Spintronic devices are electronic devices that utilize the spin of electrons (an intrinsic form of angular momentum possessed by the electron) to achieve high-speed processing and low-cost data storage. In this … Read more
Variations in carbon dioxide absorption in the East Sea due to the southward movement of Arctic air. Credit: POSTECH The recent cold spell has plunged South Korean into a deep freeze, resulting in the closure of 247 national parks, the cancellation of 14 domestic flights, and the scrapping of 107 cruise ship voyages. While the … Read more
(Left) Uncrewed surface vehicle observations depicting depth and nitrate concentrations in Daljeonji Reservoir / (Right) A high-resolution map illustrating the total nitrate, derived from data collected by the vehicle (November 26, 2021). Credit: POSTECH In a recent tragic incident, approximately 100 elephants in Africa perished due to inadequate access to water. The United Nations Environment … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The chemical industry has long been shadowed by unwelcome images of billowing smokestacks and pipes discharging toxic effluent. Modern manufacturing practices have done much to mitigate the industry’s environmental impact, but there remains room for improvement. Making chemistry more environmentally friendly is a passion and major research focus for Caltech’s Karthish … Read more
Credit: CC0 Public Domain It’s the futuristic year 2024! Where is the power loom that natural philosophers have been promising me? What’s that? Edmund Cartwright already made one? In 1785? And it revolutionized industrial weaving? Sorry, it’s been so long since the last Saturday post that I’ve completely lost track of the progress of science. … Read more
Illustration of a quark core in a neutron star. Credit: Jyrki Hokkanen, CSC – IT Center for Science Atoms are made of three things: protons, neutrons, and electrons. Electrons are a type of fundamental particle, but protons and neutrons are composite particles made of up and down quarks. Protons have 2 ups and 1 down, … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In Australia, dog ownership often goes hand-in-hand with a love for the great outdoors. Whether it’s walking on the beach, going camping, or having a barbecue in the park, we tend to keep our canine companions close as we soak up the sun. But many of us forget a key fact … Read more
A photograph captured by John Murillo of the rare gynandromorphic Green Honeycreeper. On the right side of its body, the bird flaunted the typical blue plumage and black head of the male Green Honeycreeper. On the left, it was a beautiful grass green. According to experts, the specimen spotted in Colombia was a rare example … Read more
In 2022 the US Northeast was battered by what authorities called the ‘blizzard of the century’ Forecasters warned on Friday that a deluge of snow and wintery conditions could bring travel chaos to the US northeast this weekend, with some 25 million people subject to a storm warning. Several cities in the eastern United States … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Underwater dump sites off the Los Angeles coast contain World War II-era munitions including anti-submarine weapons and smoke devices, marine researchers announced Friday. A survey of the known offshore sites in April managed to identify munitions by using high-definition video that covered a limited portion of the sites, the Scripps Institution … Read more
