Researchers have found New Zealand’s endangered flightless birds are seeking refuge in the locations where six species of moa last lived before going extinct. Researchers have found New Zealand’s endangered flightless birds are seeking refuge in the locations where six species of moa last lived before going extinct. Plants & Animals Ecology Phys.org – latest science and technology…
An important part of physics research is examining why theoretical calculations and experimental results sometimes don’t match. A recent experiment in Germany studied the helium-4 nucleus, also known as an alpha particle. Helium-4 consists of only two protons and two neutrons, making it relatively easy to describe using theoretical calculations. This makes it useful for…
Who we choose as a partner depends in part on who we find attractive on the outside. Scientists have long wondered whether potential partners can also sense a woman’s fertility, for example through subtle changes in her body odor. Who we choose as a partner depends in part on who we find attractive on the outside….
Vestimentiferan tubeworms, unique deep-sea dwellers lacking a digestive system, rely on a symbiotic partnership with sulfide-oxidizing endosymbiotic bacteria (endosymbionts) for nutrients. Living in chemosynthetic ecosystems like hydrothermal vents and cold-seeps, these worms house the endosymbionts in a specialized organ, facilitating gas exchange to fuel the microbes’ organic matter production, leading to the tubeworms’ remarkable growth…
Mammals that have evolved more developed brains tend to have a smaller size difference between males and females of that species, according to new research led by the University of Bath and published in Nature Communications. Mammals that have evolved more developed brains tend to have a smaller size difference between males and females of that…
Far north of iconic wine regions like Bordeaux and Tuscany, Sweden is seeing a burgeoning industry of vineyards and a first generation of winemakers trying to carve out a niche. Far north of iconic wine regions like Bordeaux and Tuscany, Sweden is seeing a burgeoning industry of vineyards and a first generation of winemakers trying to…
As the Washington State Department of Transportation spends billions of dollars removing concrete and metal pipes that block spawning salmon, another state agency is finally finishing a strategy to fix all the state’s fish migration barriers. As the Washington State Department of Transportation spends billions of dollars removing concrete and metal pipes that block spawning salmon,…
A team of geoscientists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. and Switzerland has more precisely dated an enormous “magmatic event” that occurred on the moon several billion years ago. A team of geoscientists affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. and Switzerland has more precisely dated an enormous “magmatic event” that occurred on the moon…
In a paper in Physical Review Letters scientists from the department Living Matter Physics at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) propose a mechanism on how energy barriers in complex systems can be overcome. These findings can help to engineer molecular machines and to understand the self-organization of active matter. In a paper…
It’s no secret that Californians pay more than the rest of the country for many goods and services—gas, housing, food, you name it. That’s part of the high cost of living in the state. It’s no secret that Californians pay more than the rest of the country for many goods and services—gas, housing, food, you name…