Does the astonishing biodiversity in the Philippines result in part from rising and falling seas during the ice ages? Scientists have long thought the unique geography of the Philippinescoupled with… [+8212 chars]
The prints are also helping us to distinguish different types of substructures. For instance, if youre looking at a filament in two spatial dimensions, it might actually be a two-dimensional sheet th… [+4292 chars]
NASA is sharing its stargazing. It released shots of the Carina Nebula, 7,600 light-years from Earth, home to the Milky Way’s hottest stars, as well as the Southern Ring Nebula and Stephen’s Quinte… [+111 chars]
Mass spectrometry imaging (MS imaging) provides highly precise information on the spatial distribution of substances in many areas. Researchers at the University of Bayreuth now present exemplary new… [+7095 chars]
Beneath the Andes mountains in South America, Earth's crust is dripping into the planet's interior. Moreover, this has been occurring for millions of years a long geological process that has produce… [+5122 chars]
NASA is considering sending "hyper-specialized" scientists to the International Space Station to work alongside career astronauts. The idea is by no means new, as NASA used to fly payload specialist… [+5560 chars]
Before Earth existed, there were minerals. Some stood witness as the solar nebula stashed stardust and meteorites coalesced to form our rocky abode. But the centuries-old system for classifying miner… [+6190 chars]
Solar winds from the snapping of a gigantic "canyon of fire" filament on the Sun are set to slam into the Earth today (20 July) or tomorrow (21 July), triggering a weak G1 geomagnetic storm. Sun wat… [+4688 chars]
Though it's been more than a week since NASA revealed its first exquisite set of James Webb Space Telescope images, exhilaration following that July 12 broadcast hasn't died down. And at the rate the… [+5087 chars]
Researchers are discovering that an uncommon disease epidemic in Antarctic fish may be caused by climate change. John Postlethwait and Thomas Desvignes, two scientists from the University of Oregon, … [+2889 chars]
WASHINGTON, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will provide live coverage of a spacewalk on Thursday, July 21, by a Russian cosmonaut and an ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut to continue outfitti… [+1697 chars]
Taken from the July 2022 issue of Physics World. Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app. Jim Grozier reviews The Importance of Being Interested: Adven… [+6881 chars]
