Particle size affects contact electrification – Physics World
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Stressed Crystal Forms Nanoscale Patterns on Chips
HOUSTON – (May 21, 2026) – A new chip-making technique exploits a material’s crystal structure to create nanoscale…
A Powerful El Niño Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard.
Well before it was understood, the El Niño phenomenon was leaving its marks on humanity. El Niño is…
So Those Water Vapors on Europa Might Not Actually Be a Thing
In 2014, a monumental Science paper showed that Hubble data pointed to intermittent plumes of water vapor on…
The Magnetar at the Heart of a Superluminous Supernova
If exploding stars were a fireworks display, then superluminous supernovae (SLSNe) would be the grand finale. They can…
Scientists Shined UV Light on World’s Most Dangerous Bird and Found a Hidden Glow
A northern cassowary shown in visible light at left and ultraviolet light at right reveals the bright green-blue…
Watch Rocket Lab launch private Japanese Earth-observing satellite early on May 22
Rocket Lab will launch an Earth-observing radar satellite for the Japanese company Synspective early Friday morning (May 22),…
Thermodynamic computing: noise as a resource, not an enemy – Physics World
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JWST maps the weather on a hot gas giant 700 light-years away
The team even managed to calculate how the atmosphere keeps the clouds aloft. The equatorial wind is apparently…
Protobiosignatures in the framework of early life detection
Schmidt, F. et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 119, e2112930118 (2022). Article Google Scholar Hsu, H.-W. et…
Platypus doing “little zoomies” is the most adorable thing you’ll see all day
An animal-lover who was lucky enough to spot a platypus near Brisbane, Australia, has shared the clues to look for…
Gaze into the Crystal Ball Nebula and See the Light Emitted by a Dying Star 1500 Years Ago
noirlab2613 — Photo Release The cosmic splendor of NGC 1514 is revealed in this new image from the…