Research team demonstrates a new ‘primary standard’ for measuring ultralow pressures

To verify the accuracy of their new approach for measuring ultra-low vacuum pressures, NIST researchers built a high-performance version of a traditional pressure metrology setup, known as a dynamic expansion…

Muon g-2 experiment announces updated result that’s twice as precise

Newswise — The Muon g-2 collaboration announced their much-anticipated updated measurement today. The new result aligns with the collaboration’s first result, announced in 2021 — and it’s twice as precise.…

Muon g-2 doubles down with latest measurement, explores uncharted territory in search of new physics

Newswise — Batavia, Illinois, Aug. 10, 2023 – Physicists now have a brand-new measurement of a property of the muon called the anomalous magnetic moment that improves the precision of their…

Amazon Nations Unite in Criticism of EU Deforestation Rules

The Belem Declaration echoes growing discontent with a new law prohibiting firms from importing goods linked to deforestation Amazon nations have attacked in a joint declaration the “proliferation” of environmental…

Tactile imagery used to improve rehabilitation of patients with motor disorders

Brain MRI projection. Credit: Skoltech Skoltech researchers in collaboration with Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Lomonosov Moscow State University, and Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian…

Generative artificial intelligence in the hospitality and tourism industry

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Between the boundless potential and the grim peril of artificial intelligence is an ocean of possibilities so vast that its enormity alone can douse research. In…

Researchers Reveal Method To Squelch Malicious Robocalls

Researchers at North Carolina State University on Wednesday revealed a novel method for foiling malicious robocalls. Called SnorCall, the method uses artificial intelligence to analyze the content in robocalls and,…

Calculations predict surprising quark diffusion in hot nuclear matter

When an energetic quark travels through a “soup” of “free” quarks and gluons—the quark-gluon plasma (QGP)—non-local quantum effects should cause it to scatter faster and at wider angles than expected…

Does an apple a day really keep the doctor away? A nutritionist explains the science behind ‘functional’ foods

We’ve all heard that an apple a day keeps the doctor away, but how true is that? Apples are not high in vitamin A, nor are they beneficial for vision…

Could The Universe be Twice as Old as Current Estimates Suggest?

How do we know how old the universe actually is? Balasubramanian: The universe is often reported to be 13.8 billion years old, but, truth be told, this is an amalgamation…