Physics
Physicists have worked out a universal law for how objects shatter
How many pieces will a fallen vase break into? Imaginechina Limited / Alamy A dropped plate, a broken sugar cube, ...
We may need a fourth law of thermodynamics for living systems
A HeLa cell is in telophase, the stage of chromosome separation. DR MATTHEW DANIELS/SCIENTIFIC PHOTO LIBRARY The physics of thermodynamics, ...
Liminal review: Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe discuss their new spacebound album, Liminal
Beatie Wolf (left) and Brian Eno prepare to release their new album Cecily Eno LiminalBrian Eno and Beatie Wolf, Verve ...
Why quasicrystals shouldn’t exist but are turning up in strange places
In autumn 1945, Lincoln LaPaz crouched over a patch of scorched ground in the Jornada del Muerto desert of New ...
Interpretable AI reveals key atomic traits for efficient hydrogen storage in metal hydrides
Workflow for descriptor modeling and design of metal hydrides for hydrogen storage. Credit: Chemical Science (2025). DOI: 10.1039/d5sc07296d Hydrogen fuel ...
Critically endangered penguins are directly competing with fishing boats
Large chick. Credit: Jacqui Glencross A new study from the University of St Andrews has found that endangered African penguins ...
Ukraine’s farms once fed billions, but now its soil is starving
Average excess or deficiency of nitrogen (N) as a percentage of total nitrogen input for wheat, corn and sunflower in ...
Cosmic ray puzzle resolved as scientists link ‘knee’ formation to black holes
LHAASO experiment. Photo: LHAASO collaboration The results, published by the Large High Altitude Airstream Observatory (LHAASO) on November 16, resolved ...
Dogs 10,000 years ago roamed with bands of humans and came in all shapes and sizes
From country dogs to toy poodles and mastiffs, dogs come in an amazing variety of shapes, colors and sizes. Today ...
A Chinese AI model taught itself basic physics — what discoveries could it make?
The researchers provided the AI ​​with data from physics experiments involving systems using pendulum motion to see if it could ...
