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Economists solve a mystery involving international trade and competition from China

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Wed, 20 May 2026 00:19:11 +0530

Economists have identified—and resolved—a seeming paradox regarding how competition from China affects the price and volume of products that are exported from other countries into the United States. The findings shed new light on the complex dynamics of international trade and how the effects of trade competition vary drastically for poor nations compared to their wealthy counterparts.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-economists-mystery-involving-international-competition.html

Smarter spending, not bigger budgets, drives premier league success, study finds

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Tue, 19 May 2026 00:19:27 +0530

Higher spending does not automatically lead to greater overall efficiency or consistent on-pitch success, according to new research that examined Premier League clubs over a 10-season period. The study, led by the University of Bristol, is published in Socio-Economic Planning Sciences.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-smarter-bigger-premier-league-success.html

'We're Living In Horror': Family Of Noida Woman Found Dead In Bhopal To NDTV

noreply@blogger.com (LiveStream) — Mon, 18 May 2026 01:43:34 +0530

Twisha Sharma's father Navnidhi Sharma and cousin brother Ashish Sharma told NDTV that they have been struggling for justice and running from pillar to post in Bhopal

source https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/were-living-in-horror-family-of-noida-woman-twisha-sharma-found-dead-in-bhopal-to-ndtv-11509228

Surrounded by stardust: Antarctic ice cores confirm Earth is accumulating iron-60 from local interstellar cloud

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Mon, 18 May 2026 01:19:38 +0530

Our solar system is currently passing through the Local Interstellar Cloud, a region of highly diluted gas and dust between the stars. On its path, Earth continuously accumulates iron-60, a rare radioactive isotope of iron produced in stellar explosions. This has now been confirmed by an international research team led by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) through the analysis of Antarctic ice tens of thousands of years old. From the steady but time-varying influx, the researchers conclude that the radioactive isotope has been stored within the cloud since a long-past stellar explosion. The results have been published in the journal Physical Review Letters.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-stardust-antarctic-ice-cores-earth.html

How short-form videos may aid the teaching of small-engine maintenance

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Mon, 18 May 2026 00:19:11 +0530

The 1974 novel "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" offered a simple but enduring idea: Working on machines should not be about just fixing them, but slowing down, paying attention, and reflecting on both the work and oneself in the pursuit of quality.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-short-videos-aid-small-maintenance.html

'Joyous Moment': In PM Modi's Presence, Netherlands Returns Chola-Era Copper Plates

noreply@blogger.com (LiveStream) — Sun, 17 May 2026 00:43:11 +0530

The Prime Minister extended his gratitude to the Dutch government and specifically to Leiden University, where the copper plates had been housed since the mid-19th century, for facilitating their...

source https://www.ndtvprofit.com/india/039-joyous-moment-for-every-indian-039-pm-modi-as-netherlands-returns-chola-era-copper-plates-11505625

Plasma treatment keeps cut flowers fresher for two weeks without chemicals

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Sun, 17 May 2026 00:19:13 +0530

From long‑distance transport to chemical preservatives, most cut flowers come with a hidden environmental cost—something a new Griffith University experiment aims to rethink.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-plasma-treatment-fresher-weeks-chemicals.html

Exploiting interfacial ionic mobility to make heat-moldable nanoparticle aggregates

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Sat, 16 May 2026 00:19:27 +0530

If you have ever warped a cheap plastic cup by pouring coffee into it, then you have witnessed thermoplasticity in action. Thermoplasticity is the ability of a material to become pliable under heating. In industry, thermoplasticity is exploited to form materials into complex shapes using heat. However, some materials, such as aggregates of nanoparticles, are not thermoplastic and cannot be easily processed without affecting their particle morphology and properties.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-exploiting-interfacial-ionic-mobility-moldable.html

Fair matching systems can still produce unequal outcomes, new research finds

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Sat, 16 May 2026 00:19:26 +0530

A computerized matching system can be designed to be fair and still produce unequal outcomes if the people using it do not understand how it works, according to new research published in Organization Science that shows that disparities can emerge even when a matching system is designed to reduce bias, discourage gaming and reward honest decision-making.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-fair-unequal-outcomes.html

Tropical rivers emerge as biggest oxygen-loss hotspots in a warming world

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Sat, 16 May 2026 00:19:25 +0530

According to a study published in Science Advances on May 15, global rivers are undergoing widespread and sustained deoxygenation driven by climate warming, among which tropical rivers are the most vulnerable ecosystems, with an urgent need to combat oxygen loss.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-tropical-rivers-emerge-biggest-oxygen.html

Maintain Law And Order: High Court To Bengal On Post-Poll Violence Claims

noreply@blogger.com (LiveStream) — Fri, 15 May 2026 00:43:25 +0530

The court also directed the police to ensure the safety of those who fled their homes, apprehending post-poll retribution violence, and arrange for their safe return to their properties.

source https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/maintain-law-and-order-high-court-to-bengal-on-post-poll-violence-claims-11497108

Mathematical analysis reveals a hidden 'golden rule' in abstract art

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Fri, 15 May 2026 00:19:23 +0530

A mathematical method borrowed from topology can reveal structural properties of visual art that correspond to how people perceive and respond to them, according to a new study published in PLOS Computational Biology by Jacek Rogala of the University of Warsaw, Poland, Shabnam Kadir of the University of Hertfordshire, UK, and colleagues.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-mathematical-analysis-reveals-hidden-golden.html

Prehistoric Danish people continued to eat fish and hunt even after the rise of agriculture, study indicates

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Thu, 14 May 2026 00:19:10 +0530

Agriculture reached the coast of southern Denmark around 4000 BCE, but these prehistoric Scandinavians continued to fish and hunt too, according to a study published in PLOS One by Daniel Groß from the Museum Lolland-Falster, Denmark, Sofie Folsach Hellerøe from Aarhus University, Denmark, and colleagues.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-prehistoric-danish-people-fish-agriculture.html

How invading cancer cells grip and rip their way into new tissues

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Wed, 13 May 2026 00:19:48 +0530

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered that cancer cells do not simply push through surrounding tissues to spread, but instead actively grip onto protective tissue barriers and pull them apart, revealing a fundamentally new mechanism of cancer invasion that could open fresh avenues for therapeutic intervention.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-invading-cancer-cells-rip-tissues.html

No more 'just say no'—Canadian schools will soon have a roadmap to address student substance use

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Tue, 12 May 2026 00:19:41 +0530

The message to students used to be simple: "Just say no." But in today's schools, that message is not only outdated, it may be part of the problem.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-canadian-schools-roadmap-student-substance.html

Trisha Shares Joy Over Vijay Becoming Tamil Nadu Chief Minister: "Very Happy"

noreply@blogger.com (LiveStream) — Mon, 11 May 2026 00:43:17 +0530

Trisha Krishnan attended Vijay's oath ceremony on Sunday

source https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/trisha-krishnan-speaks-to-ndtv-shares-joy-over-vijay-becoming-tamil-nadu-chief-minister-very-happy-11475784

Radio telescopes confirm 3.3-million-light-year halo in unusually quiet galaxy cluster

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Mon, 11 May 2026 00:19:43 +0530

Astronomers have employed the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) and the MeerKAT radio telescope to observe a galaxy cluster known as RXCJ0232–4420. Results of the new observations, published April 29 on the arXiv pre-print server, deliver important insights into the nature of this cluster.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-radio-telescopes-million-year-halo.html

GHV Infra Projects Bags Rs 7,000 Crore Deal For Tyre Manufacturing Unit Construction

noreply@blogger.com (LiveStream) — Sun, 10 May 2026 01:43:27 +0530

GHV Infra Projects secured a Rs 7,000 crore EPC contract for a greenfield tyre manufacturing plant in Cameroon with a 7.6 million annual capacity.

source https://www.ndtvprofit.com/business/ghv-infra-projects-bags-rs-7-000-crore-deal-for-epc-works-regarding-tyre-manufacturing-unit-11472779

Heavy Atlantic rain can block African aerosols from fertilizing Amazon, study finds

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Sun, 10 May 2026 01:19:27 +0530

How are cold air masses advancing in the United States connected to fertilizers carried by "flying rivers" from Africa that nourish the soils of the Brazilian Amazon? An article published in Geophysical Research Letters reveals an atmospheric connection between these distant regions.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-heavy-atlantic-block-african-aerosols.html

Scientists trace latest interstellar comet's home to a cold, isolated corner of the Milky Way

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Sun, 10 May 2026 00:19:38 +0530

The comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated in a cold, isolated corner of the galaxy that had yet to gel into its own solar system, astronomers reported Thursday.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-04-scientists-latest-interstellar-comet-home.html