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Investigating the role of ‘random walks’ in particle diffusion

Several recent experiments identify unusual patterns in particle diffusion, hinting at some underlying complexity in the process which physicists have yet to discover. Through new analysis published in The European Physical Journal B, Adrian Pacheco-Pozo and Igor Sokolov at Humboldt University of Berlin show how this behavior emerges through strong correlations between the positions of diffusing particles traveling along similar trajectories. …read more […]

A Mother Civilization predates all ancient civilizations on Earth

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How can we explain so many cultural and architectural similarities among ancient civilizations such as the Aztecs, Ancient Egyptians, Incas, and many others? If these ancient civilizations weren’t interconnected in some way or another, how is it possible that even though they were separated by great distances, their lifestyle and culture developed in extremely similar manners?

How is it possible that the Ancient Egyptians and Ancient Pre-Inca cultures developed on opposite sides on the globe yet mysteriously share so many similarities? Not only am I referring to architecture and symbolism, we can easily include religion and science into the list of …read more […]

7-Foot Tall Hellhound Skeleton Unearthed Near Ancient Monastery in UK

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Known according to ancient texts as Black Shuck, a name believed to originate from an old English word which means ‘black demon’, the 7-foot tall beast appeared as a bringer of death in many ancient tales over 500 years ago. During the 16th century, ‘Black Shuck’ was feared by the inhabitants of modern-day UK, due to the number of brutal deaths committed by a ‘giant hellhound with reddish burning eyes’.

Now over 500 years after legends talked about the hellhound, archaeologists seem to have discovered the remains of the Black Shuck in the ruins of Leiston Abbey in Suffolk, in a …read more […]

Mars Express finds evidence of large water deposit at the Medusae Fossae Formation

Windswept piles of dust, or layers of ice? ESA’s Mars Express has revisited one of Mars’s most mysterious features to clarify its composition. Its findings suggest layers of water ice stretching several kilometers below ground—the most water ever found in this part of the planet. …read more […]

A means for tuning friction on a flat surface without the use of math

A team of microsystems engineers at Université de Lyon, École Centrale de Lyon has developed a method to create a desired amount of friction between two flat surfaces without resorting to math. Their project is reported in the journal Science. Viacheslav Slesarenko and Lars Pastewka, both with the University of Freiburg, have published a Perspective piece in the same journal issue, outlining the work done by the team in France. …read more […]

Japan’s first moon lander is aiming for a very small target

As Japan’s space agency prepares for its first moon landing early Saturday, it’s aiming to hit a very small target. …read more […]

Scientists compute with light inside hair-thin optical fiber

Scientists at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, have found a powerful new way to program optical circuits that are critical to the delivery of future technologies such as unhackable communications networks and ultrafast quantum computers. …read more […]

US spaceship lost over S. Pacific following failed Moon mission

A crippled American spaceship has been lost over a remote region of the South Pacific, probably burning up in the atmosphere in a fiery end to its failed mission to land on the Moon. …read more […]

Study shows how adding impurities to thermoelectric materials impacts their mechanical properties

According to scientists, waste heat, which enters the environment and remains unused, accounts for more than 70% of global energy consumption losses. With the help of thermoelectric materials—special semiconductors—the dissipated heat can be converted into electricity. Thermoelectric materials can also be used to design cooling devices, which reduce energy consumption in domestic and industrial applications. …read more […]

Image: An aurora in another light

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite sensor on the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured this image of the aurora borealis, or northern lights, over western Canada at 3:23 a.m. MST (5:23 a.m. EST) on November 5, 2023. …read more […]

New method for integrating electro-optic heterointerfaces in MIS structures for plasmonic waveguide modulation

Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by Dr. Amr S. Helmy, have developed a new method for integrating electro-optic SiO2/ITO heterointerfaces into metal–insulator–semiconductor (MIS) structures. This breakthrough is expected to lead to the development of more efficient and compact photonic devices. …read more […]

Astrophysicist proposes a new theory of gravity without a conservation law

The general theory of relativity is based on the concept of curved space–time. To describe how the energy and momentum of fields are distributed in space–time, as well as how they interact with the gravitational field, a special mathematical construct is used—the energy–momentum tensor. This is a kind of analog of energy and momentum in ordinary mechanics. …read more […]

To the Moon and back: modern lunar exploration

Japan, whose unmanned “sniper” probe will attempt a lunar landing on Saturday, is one of many countries and private companies launching new missions to the moon. …read more […]

Lightest black hole or heaviest neutron star? MeerKAT uncovers a mysterious object in Milky Way

An international team of astronomers have found a new and unknown object in the Milky Way that is heavier than the heaviest neutron stars known and yet simultaneously lighter than the lightest black holes known. …read more […]

Crippled spaceship set for fiery reentry into Earth’s atmosphere

A crippled American spaceship is set to burn up in the atmosphere over a remote region of the South Pacific on Thursday, bringing a fiery end to its failed mission to land on the moon. …read more […]