Sunken Silk Road city reveals Central Asia's lost history
Phys.orgby Alexander Pol·4d ago
Sunken Silk Road city reveals Central Asia's lost history The sun had barely risen, but diving volunteer Elizaveta Bodrova was already raring to plunge into the cold waters of Lake Issyk-Kul, where...
Modern forensics reveals human sacrifice in ancient Egypt's royal burials
Phys.orgby Frontiers·4d ago
Modern forensics reveals human sacrifice in ancient Egypt's royal burials Over 500 years before the building of the Great Pyramid in Egypt, First Dynasty kings were buried in a tomb surrounded by...
Nature-strip gardens are a paradise for pollinators in your street
Phys.orgby Philippa Bell; Kirsten Parris·4d ago
Nature-strip gardens are a paradise for pollinators in your street In front of most Australian houses, between the sidewalk and the road, runs a strip of land most people never really think about.
A climate threat may lurk beneath Antarctica's last great unknown
Phys.orgby University·4d ago
A climate threat may lurk beneath Antarctica's last great unknown A region of Antarctica with some of the greatest potential to reshape the natural world and human society is also the least...
Nanoneedle arrays map RNA in fresh tissue without sequencing or amplification
Phys.orgby City University·4d ago
Nanoneedle arrays map RNA in fresh tissue without sequencing or amplification Recently, spatial omics has become a powerful tool, enabling researchers to see not only what molecules are present in...
Gamma-ray search sets new limits on dark matter annihilation in the inner Milky Way
Phys.orgby Ingrid Fadelli·4d ago
Gamma-ray search sets new limits on dark matter annihilation in the inner Milky Way Ingrid Fadelli Author Dark matter could be a type of matter in the universe that does not emit, absorb or reflect...
Taste shapes support for climate-friendly school meals
Phys.orgby Erik André·4d ago
Taste shapes support for climate-friendly school meals Students in a new study were neither clearly positive nor negative about more climate-friendly school meals.
One giant clam contains a month‑by‑month diary of the Great Barrier Reef's climate 200 years ago
Phys.orgby Bohao Dong; Amy Prendergast; Sean Ulm·4d ago
One giant clam contains a month‑by‑month diary of the Great Barrier Reef's climate 200 years ago When you swim through the azure waters of the Great Barrier Reef, there is one creature on the...
Hidden X-ray phase revealed in likely neutron star merger
Phys.orgby The University·4d ago
Hidden X-ray phase revealed in likely neutron star merger An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the Department of Physics and the Hong Kong Institute for Astronomy and...
Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet
Phys.orgby Seth Borenstein·4d ago
Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet As Ted Schuur stepped along the edges of Smith Lake, a bubble surfaced from the muck underfoot.
How Enceladus' ocean spray becomes chemically diverse ice grains
Phys.orgby Institute·4d ago
How Enceladus' ocean spray becomes chemically diverse ice grains Saturn's icy moon Enceladus hides a global ocean beneath its frozen surface.
New research shows steep and continuing decline in prison population in the US
Phys.orgby Indiana Nash·4d ago
New research shows steep and continuing decline in prison population in the US The U.S. prison population is declining at an accelerating rate, and prison admission rates are predicted to fall an...
Inka scattered sacred coca leaves over sacrificed llamas, excavation suggests
Phys.orgby Sandee Oster·4d ago
Inka scattered sacred coca leaves over sacrificed llamas, excavation suggests Sandee Oster Author Deep in Peru's Acarí Valley lie the ruins of Tambo Viejo, an Inka provincial center where...
Giant fluctuations of focused light reveal hidden correlations in opaque materials
Phys.orgby Saint Louis University·4d ago
Giant fluctuations of focused light reveal hidden correlations in opaque materials When light travels through a strongly scattering material, such as biological tissue or other disordered opaque...
Hungary's dwindling paprika producers battle to save signature spice
Phys.orgby Andras ROSTOVANYI·4d ago
Hungary's dwindling paprika producers battle to save signature spice Working from before dawn until midnight, farmers Nikoletta Pajsan Nagy and Laszlo Pajsan fought Europe's driest summer ever to...
Cry for help as French-Swiss lake dries up
Phys.orgby Elodie LE MAOU·4d ago
Cry for help as French-Swiss lake dries up The picturesque Lac des Brenets between France and Switzerland has dried up after a record-breaking hot summer, leaving locals crying out for help to save...
Feeling secure in a group may help dissenters make stronger arguments
Phys.orgby The Korea Advanced Institute; Technology·5d ago
Feeling secure in a group may help dissenters make stronger arguments When everyone in a meeting voices the same opinion, an organization can miss important warning signs and new ideas.
Today's emissions choices could limit Antarctic ice loss and sea-level rise for coastal communities
Phys.orgby Rutgers University·5d ago
Today's emissions choices could limit Antarctic ice loss and sea-level rise for coastal communities Cutting greenhouse gas emissions now may limit how much ice Antarctica loses this century and...
New reactor design improves plastic feedstock synthesis using oxygen and electricity
Phys.orgby Seoul National University·5d ago
New reactor design improves plastic feedstock synthesis using oxygen and electricity A "hidden variable" that can determine the success or failure of a chemical reaction has been found in the...
Recovery after intimate partner violence: New study reveals what works
Phys.orgby Judith Zijp·5d ago
Recovery after intimate partner violence: New study reveals what works Violence in the home can range from intimidation to physical abuse. When it occurs there, we refer to it as domestic violence.
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