Physical Sciences Archives

Ocean Floor Warming Affects Antarctic Seabed Life

Recent research shows that even a little ocean floor warming can change species composition, affecting entire ecosystems.

The Planet Factory is a guide to real-life Tatooines, planets made of diamonds, and possible Earth twins. It’s a story…

Rescue a Reef is a coral restoration project by UM Rosenstiel School scientists. Rescuing coral reefs restores underwater habitats.

By Jeff Goldberg @jeffagoldberg For a while, I was conflicted about the effort to see the solar eclipse either in…

The shortfin mako shark is disappearing 10 times faster than previously thought. How are researchers trying to change this process?

Since the 1980s, Staghorn corals have suffered massive declines (up to 98 percent). How can we restore them? With coral restoration programs.

With the help of high school students, scientists at The American Museum of Natural History are creating an online catalog…

The federal government has a critical role to play in ensuring a smooth transition to a secure and modernized electrical grid.

A group of scientists think they can build such a “consciousness meter” using complex mathematics: the geometry of consciousness.

Physics

New desalination tech, a graphene sieve, has the potential to be smaller, faster, and more easily adjustable than existing methods.