powerful
-
Biology
Powerful marine fungi can eat it and break down plastic and condition it to make it faster
A variety of colorful marine bacteria grown in Anthony revised Lab Petri cuisine. Credit: Syrena Whitner at the University of Hawaii Plastics are the most common marine pollutants, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean. Researchers at the University of Hawaii in Manoa (Um) recently discovered that many species of fungi isolated from Hawaii’s near waters…
Read More » -
Nanotechnology
Nano materials have emerged as a powerful tool for purification of coastal oil flow.
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Cleaning after large -scale oil flow is a long and expensive process, and damage to the coastal area is important. This is especially true to the Arctic Circle in the world where the newly opened sea lanes are increasing risk due to an increase in maritime traffic. Currently, even in areas with a large population, it…
Read More » -
Earth
Satellite captures dramatic increase in HFC-125, a powerful greenhouse gas
Atmospheric chemistry experiments use data from the SCISAT satellite. Credit: Canadian Space Agency HFC-125 is a greenhouse gas that is a major cause of global warming, and in the first study to use satellites to measure HFC-125 concentrations in the atmosphere, researchers found that HFC-125 has They found an exponential increase over 20 years. A paper about this research, “First…
Read More » -
Space & Cosmos
Powerful new satellites from US and India track Earth’s changing surface
NISAR’s mission will help researchers study how the Earth’s surface changes over time, including the lead-up to the pictured volcanic eruption at Redoubt Mountain in southern Alaska in April 2009. It will help you understand more deeply. Credit: RG McGimsey/AVO/USGS Data from NISAR improves our understanding of phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, and damage to infrastructure. Although we don’t…
Read More » -
Space & Cosmos
Innovative model offers new way for astronomers to analyze powerful cosmic explosions
The explosion of a massive star leads to the ejection of its outer shell, and this “ejecta” expands outward over time and interacts with the star’s surrounding medium upon its death. This interaction creates two shock waves and a contact discontinuity (collectively known as a “shell”) that dissipates kinetic energy in exchange for producing more light. Eric Coughlin’s new model…
Read More » -
Space & Cosmos
Microquasars near the Earth emerge as powerful radiation sources
Microquasar V4641 A source of high-energy cosmic rays near Sag. The left side has an energy of over tera electron volts, and the right side has an energy of several hundred tera electron volts. The location of the microquasar is marked with a yellow dot. Credit: IFJ PAN / HAWC Modern astronomy has clung to the idea that relativistic outflows…
Read More » -
Science
Researchers develop a laser that produces the most powerful ultrashort laser pulses ever
Overall system overview: A laser appears in the center of the image, and in the foreground are lenses and mirrors that reflect and redirect the laser beam. Credit: Moritz Seidel / ETH Zurich The word laser usually conjures up images of a continuous, intensely focused beam of light. Lasers that produce such light are actually quite common and useful. However,…
Read More »
