Satellite Radar Captures Hidden Dynamics of Arctic Eddies | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — The marginal ice zone marks the boundary between open ocean and sea-ice cover and represents one of the most dynamic environments in polar oceans. Ocean eddies generated near ice edges influence sea-ice transport, mixing processes, and energy exchange between the ocean and atmosphere. These rotating structures can redistribute floating sea ice, modify […]
AI Rebuilds Molecules From Exploding Fragments
[ad_1] BYLINE: Ula Chrobak Read this story in the SLAC News Center Newswise — Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and collaborating institutions recently built a generative AI model that can recreate molecular structures from the movement of the molecule’s ions after they are blasted apart by X-rays, a technique […]
Paving Hawaiian Roads with Recycled Plastics and Abandoned Fishing Nets | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — ATLANTA, March 22, 2026 — Hawaii has a plastic problem. The island state faces economic and logistical challenges in recycling plastic waste, including marine debris that lingers in its ocean waters. Researchers in Hawaii are pioneering a method to recycle the islands’ derelict fishing nets and residential plastic trash into asphalt roads. […]
ATLAS: Four Decades of Nuclear Physics Innovation
[ad_1] Newswise — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, “It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun.” If the celebrated poet were alive today, he might admit that, when it comes to vague beginnings, love is not alone. Ask two people when the week begins, and […]
Sulfuric Acid Method Improves Accuracy of Nitrogen Isotope Tracking for Atmospheric Ammonia | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — By comparing sulfuric and boric acid absorption systems, they found sulfuric acid delivers higher recovery rates and reduces isotope fractionation, even at low concentrations. Field applications successfully distinguished emissions from cropland, livestock, orchards, and vegetables, improving the accuracy of ammonia source identification. NH₃ is the most important alkaline gas in the atmosphere […]
Most mass spectrometers can process just a few molecules at once. A reengineered prototype does a billion simultaneously | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — Mass spectrometry is already a powerful tool for determining what kind and how many molecules are present in a given sample. But most instruments still analyze their molecules one or just a few at a time, an approach that is inefficient and costly, and in which rare, but significant molecules can easily […]
Solid, Tough, and Fast: A Composite Electrolyte That Helps Tame Lithium Dendrites | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — Liquid electrolytes enable fast ion transport but can raise safety concerns, and lithium metal anodes—despite their high capacity—can grow dendrites that trigger short circuits and rapid failure. Solid polymer electrolytes are attractive because they are processable and potentially compatible with lithium metal, yet many polymer systems (especially PEO-based) become highly crystalline at […]
Experiment Reaches Critical Temperature to Unlock Search for Dark Matter | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (03/18/2026) — University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers working on the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search (SuperCDMS) experiment are part of a team who successfully cooled the experiment to its base temperature—the temperature required for the superconducting detectors to become operational, which is hundreds of times colder than […]
Gradient Cathode Boosts Sodium Battery Stability | Newswise
[ad_1] Newswise — Lithium-ion batteries currently dominate portable electronics and electric vehicles, but the uneven distribution and high cost of lithium resources have raised concerns about long-term supply. Sodium-ion batteries have emerged as a promising alternative because sodium is abundant, inexpensive, and widely distributed. Among the many cathode materials studied, layered transition-metal oxides have attracted […]
UAH to Host Southeast Aerial Drone Competition Regional Championship April 17–18 for Middle and High School Students | Newswise
[ad_1] BYLINE: Russ Nelson Newswise — The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, will host the Southeast Aerial Drone Competition (ADC) Regional Championship April 17–18 at Spragins Hall on the UAH campus. The event will bring middle and high school students from across the Southeast to Huntsville […]