Researchers peer into the black box of airline pricing and find some surprises (phys.org)
Political independents found to be more negative than partisans: Study (phys.org)
New method of recycling colored plastics offers possible solution to 'huge environmental challenge' (phys.org)
Saharan dust smothers Switzerland, southeast France (phys.org)
An exceptionally rare haze of Saharan dust cloaked Switzerland and southeastern France on Saturday, sparking health warnings as a yellow hue tinged the sky....
Researchers demonstrate that quantum entanglement and topology are inextricably linked (phys.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10482534...
Scientists: Climate change intensified the rains devastating East Africa (phys.org)
New theory claims to unite Einstein's gravity with quantum mechanics (phys.org)
Seagrass decline poses issues for carbon storage projects (phys.org)
Climate change is an ever-pressing concern, with innovative ways to remove excess carbon from the atmosphere a continued focus of scientists. One such carbon sequestration method turns to an unlikely sink—seagrass—a marine flowering plant (angiosperm) that is found in shallow coastal waters up to 50m depth on all continents...
Gaza conflict: How children's lives are affected on every level (phys.org)
Nanoparticles will change the world, but whether it's for the better depends on decisions made now (phys.org)
New ancient ape from Türkiye challenges the story of human origins (phys.org)
Pets do not significantly benefit the emotional health of owners with severe mental illness, study shows (phys.org)
Paper: www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/…/hai.2023.0027
A global plastic treaty will only work if it caps production, modeling shows (phys.org)
Report finds most Americans do not support partisan violence (phys.org)
NASA faces $80,000 claim after space debris hit family home (phys.org)
An American family is claiming more than $80,000 from NASA after a small piece of debris fell from space and smashed through the roof of their Florida home, a law firm said Friday....
Researchers observe a large anomalous Hall effect triggered by spin-fluctuating devil's staircase (phys.org)
clickbait headline but interesting materials research. ‘a unique magnetic transition phenomenon known as the “spin-fluctuating devil’s staircase.”’
Insect populations flourish in the restored habitats of solar energy facilities (phys.org)
Bumblebees buzz from flower to flower, stopping for a moment under a clear blue Minnesota sky. Birds chirp, and tall grasses blow in the breeze. This isn’t a scene from a pristine nature preserve or national park. It is nestled between photovoltaic (PV) solar arrays on rehabilitated farmland....
Ocean temperatures helped make 2023 the hottest year ever recorded (phys.org)
A multi-national team of scientists (China, U.S., New Zealand, Italy, and France) analyzes the temperature of the Earth annually. These scientists have found a fever that increases every year: For the past decade, each year has been hotter than the prior year in the ocean, and there are other changes in the ocean that also...
Brace for a potentially record-breaking winter after sweltering summer and autumn, say researchers (phys.org)
Tiny sea creatures reveal the ancient origins of neurons (phys.org)
"evidence for modified gravity at low acceleration from Gaia observations of wide binary stars." A potential replacement for dark matter scaling? Any physicists want to try to answer some questions? (phys.org)
My understanding is the researcher took Gaia probe information and looked at “wide binary stars” (not sure what defines wide, but there must be a ton of them), within 650 light years of earth. They found the ones that accelerate the least (relative to each other? Rotationally?) are, and this is where I get confused, moving...
25 years of massive fusion energy experiment data open on the 'cloud' and available to everyone (phys.org)
High-temperature fusion plasma experiments conducted in the Large Helical Device (LHD) of the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), have renewed the world record for an acquired data amount, 0.92 terabytes (TB) per experiment, in February 2022, by using a full range of state-of-the-art plasma diagnostic devices....
Mapping the world's salted soils: A leap forward in combating land degradation (phys.org)
A team of researchers has developed an approach that maps the soil salt content around the world with an exceptional detail of 10 meters. This advance tackles the pressing need for accurate assessments of soil salinity, a formidable challenge that jeopardizes agricultural productivity and soil vitality on a global scale....
US energy industry methane emissions are triple what government thinks, study finds (phys.org)
American oil and natural gas wells, pipelines and compressors are spewing three times the amount of the potent heat-trapping gas methane as the government thinks, causing $9.3 billion in yearly climate damage, a new comprehensive study calculates....
'Old smokers' and 'squalling newborns' among hidden stars spotted for first time (phys.org)
‘Hidden’ stars including a new type of elderly giant nicknamed ‘old smoker’ have been spotted for the first time by astronomers. The mystery objects exist at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy and can sit quietly for decades—fading almost to invisibility—before suddenly puffing out clouds of smoke, according to new...
