Archaeology
Archaeologists uncover possible 19th-century castaway camp on island 'at the end of the world'
On a desolate island at the end of the world, battered by freezing winds, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a possible 19th-century castaway camp that may have belonged to a renowned Argentine sailor and his shipwrecked ...
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Evolution
A 70-million-year-old genetic rescue allowed codfishes to escape extinction and shape the North Atlantic
A new study has revealed how the repurposing of an ancestral gene saved the embryos of cod's ancestors from extinction, enabling them to form the large populations that, millions of years later, would change the course of ...
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A self-charging toothbrush that generates electricity to kill bacteria while you brush
A lot of time and effort goes into toothbrush technology, whether changing bristle angles or tweaking and improving electric models. No matter the developments, they all essentially still do the same thing to a greater or ...
Microglia drive excessive iron transfer in Parkinson's disease models
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition associated with worsening tremors, slowed movements, changes in walking and speech, muscle rigidity and postural instability. Many of its symptoms are associated with ...
Scientists use AI to develop bird flu vaccine that outperforms current stockpiled shot
A University of Cambridge team has had a third success with its AI-guided technique for designing vaccines against highly infectious viruses that threaten animal and human health. Its new broad-spectrum bird flu vaccine gave ...
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AI learns to predict the world without ever seeing it
Almost every artificial intelligence system we know begins in the same way: it is exposed to vast amounts of information from the real world—books, websites, images and recordings—and trained to identify patterns within it. ...
Computer Sciences
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Researchers establish best methods to measure genetic variation within the body
WashU Medicine researchers have verified the accuracy of genetics tools to correctly identify all the rare DNA changes that make up an individual's genomic mosaic, paving the way to understanding these variants' impact on ...
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3D-printed chain mail and more: New method combines thick inks and patterned light for faster, finer structures
For decades, people using 3D printers have faced a tough decision: print quickly, print parts with fine features or print materials that meet performance requirements. Light-based 3D printers are fast and precise but limited ...
Engineering
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One gene, two paths: Opposite synaptic defects linked to same intellectual disability
A research team led by Dr. Sheng Nengyin of the Kunming Institute of Zoology (KIZ) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has reframed ZC4H2-associated rare disorder (ZARD)—a disorder marked by intellectual disability, developmental ...
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Some AI agents use personal information to upsell wealthier individuals
Increasingly, people are asking personal artificial intelligence (AI) agents powered by models from companies like OpenAI, Anthropic and Google to recommend goods and services to purchase, such as flights and health insurance. ...
Business
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Find out how ACS can accelerate your research to keep up with the discoveries that are pushing us into science’s next frontier
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Tech Xplore
AI learns to predict the world without ever seeing it
Generative AI uses more energy on non-English text
New tool shows how humans can learn with AI
Model shows factories and employees can profit from idle car batteries at work
Study reveals path to carbon-negative hydrogen production
Community colleges rush to expand semiconductor training as labor shortage looms over US chip industry
Some AI bots work harder to defy stereotypes, study finds
Chatbots with personality? How AI describes itself and judges us
Low-voltage capacitor combines rapid switching with a trillion cycles without breakdown
Threaded ultrasound lens reveals chip defects previously hidden by internal noise
Stronger cholesterol treatment shrinks more plaque in heart arteries, new clinical trial finds
Atherosclerosis is a condition in which cholesterol and fat gradually accumulate inside the walls of medium and large arteries, forming a sticky deposit called plaque. As these deposits grow, they narrow the arteries, restricting ...
Microbial growth in simulated Mars conditions could guide search for life
A new experiment reveals that Earth's microbes can grow in harsh conditions similar to what may exist just below the surface of Mars, suggesting new directions in the search for potential cellular life on the red planet.
Astrobiology
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Chimney or squirrel? Clearing up a robot's fuzzy memory by comparing images from different angles
In an emergency, a human might someday ask a robotic assistant to fetch a wall-mounted defibrillator located down the hall. But if the robot has incorrectly labeled the defibrillator as a fire extinguisher in its stored memory, ...
Robotics
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Swiss Army knife of the Hawaiian Islands—how an endangered bird drills into trees to find food
There are no woodpeckers on the Hawaiian Islands, but a little yellow bird called the 'akiapōlāʻau (Ah-key-ah-pole-ah-ow) has evolved an unusual beak to drill into branches to find food.
Evolution
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Our ears reveal our feelings: A step toward machines with super-emotional intelligence?
The muscles of the human ear reveal what and how we feel. This is the finding of Dr. Farah Corona-Strauss and Sophie Bonnaire, researchers at the Systems Neuroscience & Neurotechnology Unit in Saarbrücken and Homburg. Their ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
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Coordinated activity gives large pedestrian crowds a distinctive seismic signature
Large pedestrian crowds generate distinctive seismic signals depending on their collective behavior, according to a new study that includes data from Tokyo schools and outdoor gatherings in the United States and Israel. These ...
Earth Sciences
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Nail salon air monitoring reveals chemical spikes that traditional assessments may miss
Nail salon workers in New York City face greater health risks on the job than previously understood, according to a new study published in the journal Risk Analysis. Researchers found that chemical concentrations spiked repeatedly ...
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Graphene networks help lithium-ion batteries store more energy and deliver more power
Making more efficient, longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries has been a challenge for researchers because adding more mass to the batteries restricts how fast electricity and lithium ions can move. To overcome this challenge, ...
Energy & Green Tech
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Which infinity is bigger? Under alternative mathematical rules, a 2D map emerges
It is one of the great questions of mathematics: What does "infinity" actually mean? Which infinities are larger than others? Can infinities be arranged in a sequence, like the rungs of an endless ladder, so that for any ...
Mathematics
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Fractal patterns reveal hidden limits to AI predictability
Researchers at the University of Sydney have identified a fundamental mathematical reason why artificial intelligence systems can learn different behaviors even when trained under almost identical conditions, a discovery ...
Mathematics
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Research supports communitywide efforts to fight bedbug infestations, expert explains
Rather than being a poverty problem, bedbugs are actually everyone's problem.
Too many e-scooters? Blame competition
In 2018, something strange happened on sidewalks across America. In 65 cities, thousands of electric scooters appeared seemingly overnight, often with little or no advance notice to local governments. Cease-and-desist orders ...
Plagiarism is a kind of theft, but it is also a question of honor
Any concept that has a history, philosopher Michel Foucault tells us, cannot have a fixed definition.
Climate change is undermining our health, and the burden falls heaviest on women
As sea levels creep higher in the Pacific, salt leaches into the soil and reduces the land available to grow food. Ocean warming is damaging coral reefs, reducing fish stocks, and salinity has tainted freshwater supplies.
NASA's Swift telescope has burned up, months after a robot sent to save it failed
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory took its last look at the sky on Oct. 20, 2026, while orbiting about 171 miles (275 kilometers) above Earth. NASA ended the telescope's mission three days later, because Swift had sunk ...
Australian classrooms are getting a 'digital detox'—what does this mean for schools and students?
The federal government is pushing for a "digital detox" in schools.
From doctors and teachers to lawyers, every profession has a duty to align with climate goals
A Dutch family doctor named Tibor Poelmann posted a petition on an online forum for general practitioners (GPs) in 2021. He wanted their pension fund to stop investing in oil and gas. It quickly gathered 1,200 signatures.
Young children like sharks, but fear grows with age
Most young children like sharks, with almost seven in 10 describing them in a positive light, but a new study has found that associations between sharks and fear become more common as children get older.
New statistical method eliminates AI estimation bias in econometrics
A new research paper describes a statistical framework that resolves significant calculation biases caused by artificial intelligence in econometric models. The method, two-step extraction, removes estimation bias when researchers ...
What sorts of nudges win wallet share in the attention economy?
Nudges—the subtle interventions that encourage people to make beneficial decisions without forcing them into these choices—are a popular marketing tool widely used for a variety of social causes and business purposes. But ...
Researchers highlight ferroptosis's dual roles in plant immunity
When plants encounter pathogens, they can defend themselves by rapidly killing infected cells to restrict pathogen spread. This immune response, known as the hypersensitive response (HR), was first described in 1915. However, ...
A phenanthrene co-guest helps crystalline sponges reveal 3D structures of small, low-polarity molecules
Adding phenanthrene as a co-guest let the second-generation crystalline sponge (2G-CS) method determine X-ray structures for 24 of 30 small, low-polarity C₁₅ molecules, mostly sesquiterpenoids. Under standard conditions, ...
Where U.S. states rank on new housing supply pipeline
In order to know where you're going, you must know where you've been, says an old adage. And a new UNLV housing supply rankings report is putting that proverb into practice by providing policymakers and the public with the ...
Historic duck DNA traces wild mallard genetic changes to more than a century of releases
Researchers have long known that releasing domesticated ducks can alter wild populations. Now, a study led by a doctoral student at The University of Texas at El Paso has documented, for the first time in North America, when ...
Ultrasound reveals hidden tongue movements behind centuries-old language change
Scientists at Lancaster University have observed the hidden tongue movements accompanying a centuries-old change in English speech—offering a rare glimpse of language transforming in real time. Linguists have used ultrasound ...
New research fills critical gaps in Central America's freshwater biodiversity knowledge
Three new peer-reviewed publications help to fill critical gaps in knowledge about Central America's freshwater ecosystems, which support extraordinary biodiversity but remain among the least-studied ecosystems in the world.
Google turns off AI for schoolchildren by default
Google has said it will switch off its AI tools for schoolchildren by default, after drawing criticism for pushing artificial intelligence features to students while schools are still debating how the technology should be ...
Australia approves seabed site where a Japanese company will store carbon pollution
Australia has designated a seabed storage site near its northern coast where a Japanese company plans to store massive amounts of carbon pollution using a technology that has divided climate scientists.
Why so many British pubs are closing down
British pubs are disappearing at an alarming rate. Last year, around eight closed down every week.
Japan's ALS community is ready to become research partners, nationwide survey suggests
People living with ALS and their families in Japan are eager to help shape research on the disease, even though most have never heard of patient and public involvement (PPI), according to a study published on Oct. 30, 2026, ...
