Physics
As a glacier retreats, a gold mine advances. Why are some locals angry?
Along the Tulseca River, the abandoned Tulsequa Chief Mine is leaking acidic drainage water into salmon habitat. Photo: Photo: Chris ...
How a genetic split helped plants conquer polluted soils
Credit: Horticulture Research (2024). DOI: 10.1093/hour/uhae334 Phytochelatin synthases (PCS) produce phytochelatins, tiny cysteine-rich peptides that bind and neutralize toxic metal ...
Extreme blazes drive rise in COâ‚‚ fire emissions
Forest fires caused by climate change have increased global greenhouse gas emissions. Rampant wildfires in the Americas led to a ...
Time-delay snapshots enable scientists to identify dynamics in chaotic systems
An example of an invariant measure for a simplified mathematical model of atmospheric convection known as the Lorentz-63 system, using ...
New insights into how salt gathers at common solvent surfaces
Credit: Journal of Colloidal and Interface Science (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2025.139019 New research from Flinders University has shed light on one ...
Mathematicians have found a hidden ‘reset button’ for undoing rotation
Is it possible to unfasten the top? Shutterstock Imagine spinning a top and then letting it stop. Is there a ...
Surprising bacteria discovery links HawaiÊ»i’s groundwater to the ocean
Microscopic images of the newly discovered bacterium Caulobacter inopinatus. (A) One cell with a tail-like flagellum used for swimming. (B, ...
‘Footprint of death’ gives new clues to cell life and disease spread
Dead cells after the process of self-destruction and fragmentation. The large green areas are “eat me” signals that alert immune ...
Ants alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics, study finds
MicroCT of an ant colony. Credit: University of Bristol. Research from the University of Bristol has found that ants make ...
North Atlantic dolphins are dying younger, study shows
The common dolphin is the most numerous cetacean in the world. Photo: Pelagie Observatory, France. Common dolphins are among the ...
