Plants & Animals
Are returning Pumas putting Patagonian Penguins at risk? New study reveals the likelihood
Should we protect an emblematic species if it may come at the cost of another one—particularly in ecosystems that are still recovering from human impacts? This is the conservation dilemma facing Monte Leon National Park, ...
56 minutes ago
0
0
Evolution
Exposure to burn injuries played key role in shaping human evolution, study suggests
Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping how our bodies heal, fight infection, and sometimes fail under extreme injury, according to new ...
46 minutes ago
0
0
Why snakes can go months between meals: A genetic explanation
Snakes may well be one of nature's greatest predators, capable of eating whole deer or even crocodiles, but just as impressive is that they can go months, or even a whole year, without a single meal. And now an international ...
When continents try, and fail, to break apart
Great things can come from failure when it comes to geology. The Midcontinent rift formed about 1.1 billion years ago and runs smack in the middle of the United States at the Great Lakes. The rift failed to completely rupture, ...
Earth Sciences
2 hours ago
0
1
Platinum nanostructure sensor can differentiate mirror-image volatile scent compounds
Terpenes are volatile organic compounds that are responsible for, among other things, the typical scents of plants, resins or citrus fruits. These compounds occur naturally in the environment and influence chemical processes ...
Analytical Chemistry
3 hours ago
0
0
Graphene sealing enables first atomic images of monolayer transition metal diiodides
Two-dimensional (2D) materials promise revolutionary advances in electronics and photonics, but many of the most interesting candidates degrade within seconds of air exposure, making them nearly impossible to study or integrate ...
Nanomaterials
2 hours ago
0
1
How lipid nanoparticles carrying vaccines release their cargo
A study from FAU has shown that lipid nanoparticles restructure their membrane significantly after being absorbed into a cell and ending up in an acidic environment. Vaccines and other medicines are often packed in little ...
Bio & Medicine
3 hours ago
0
0
Honest or deceptive? What a new signaling model means for animal displays and human claims
For decades, scientists have tried to answer a simple question: why be honest when deception is possible? Whether it is a peacock's tail, a stag's roar, or a human's résumé, signals are means to influence others by transmitting ...
Evolution
2 hours ago
0
1
Rates of autism in girls and boys may be more equal than previously thought
Autism has long been viewed as a condition that predominantly affects male individuals, but a study from Sweden published by The BMJ shows that autism may actually occur at comparable rates among male and female individuals. ...
Medical Xpress
1 hour ago
0
0
Self-regulating living implant could end daily insulin injections
A pioneering study marks a major step toward eliminating the need for daily insulin injections for people with diabetes. The study was led by Assistant Professor Shady Farah of the Faculty of Chemical Engineering at the Technion—Israel ...
Medical Xpress
3 hours ago
0
0
The Future is Interdisciplinary
Find out how ACS can accelerate your research to keep up with the discoveries that are pushing us into science’s next frontier
Medical Xpress
Infusion of clot-buster medication after clot removal may improve stroke recovery
Hereditary disease CADASIL linked to changes in brain energy and blood vessels
Rates of autism in girls and boys may be more equal than previously thought
Cap-like OLED wearable could prevent hair loss, replacing bulky helmet devices
Testing menstrual blood for HPV could be 'robust alternative' to cervical screening
Mental health and heart attacks: What a 22-million-person review suggests
High-dose antioxidants linked to offspring birth defects
Neuroticism may be linked with more frequent sexual fantasies
DNA marker in malaria mosquitoes may be pivotal in tackling insecticide resistance
Agent Orange exposure identified as a risk factor for rare skin cancer
Hair oxytocin levels may reflect parent–child emotional bond
Nine-gene biomarker paves way for tailored psoriasis treatments
Tech Xplore
Fungi turn shredded mattress foam into lightweight building insulation
Extending optical fiber's ultralow loss performance to photonic chips
Why reinforcement learning breaks at scale, and how a new method fixes it
Texas Instruments to buy chip designer Silicon Labs in $7.5 bn deal
Q&A: Changing our society through AI smart air conditioning technology
Neptunium study yields plutonium insights for space exploration
MoSi₂ shows transverse thermoelectric effect, converting waste heat to electricity
Does AI understand word impressions like humans do?
OpenClaw's AI agent does everything, even social media
Oxygen-modified graphene filters boost natural gas purification
AI is coming to Olympic judging: What makes it a game changer?
Data centers told to pitch in as storms and cold weather boost power demand
Study ties particle pollution from wildfire smoke to 24,100 US deaths per year
Chronic exposure to pollution from wildfires has been linked to tens of thousands of deaths annually in the United States, according to a new study.
Environment
3 hours ago
0
0
Forest soils increasingly extract methane from the atmosphere, long-term study reveals
Forest soils have an important role in protecting our climate: They remove large quantities of methane—a powerful greenhouse gas—from our atmosphere. Researchers from the University of Göttingen and the Baden-Württemberg ...
Earth Sciences
4 hours ago
0
1
Addiction and appetite along the gut-brain axis: Vagus nerve may play a crucial role in the dopamine reward pathway
Dopamine—a neurotransmitter responsible for influencing motivation, pleasure, mood and learning in the brain—has experienced a bit of fame in recent years, acting as a sort of buzzword to describe a fleeting satisfaction ...
Quick test can curb antimicrobial resistance, identifying bacteria and antibiotic susceptibility in under 40 minutes
McGill researchers have developed a diagnostic system capable of identifying bacteria—and determining which antibiotics can stop them—in just 36 minutes, a major advance in the global effort to curb antimicrobial resistance ...
Bio & Medicine
3 hours ago
0
0
New design tool 3D-prints woven metamaterials that stretch and fail predictably
Metamaterials—materials whose properties are primarily dictated by their internal microstructure, and not their chemical makeup—have been redefining the engineering materials space for the last decade. To date, however, ...
Engineering
2 hours ago
0
0
Cap-like OLED wearable could prevent hair loss, replacing bulky helmet devices
A new solution that could overcome the limitations of conventional hair-loss treatments is emerging. Heavy and rigid helmet-type phototherapy devices may soon become a thing of the past. A joint research team has developed ...
Medical Xpress
3 hours ago
0
0
Terahertz microscope reveals the motion of superconducting electrons
You can tell a lot about a material based on the type of light shining at it: Optical light illuminates a material's surface, while X-rays reveal its internal structures and infrared captures a material's radiating heat. ...
Optics & Photonics
8 hours ago
0
29
From cryogenic to red-hot: Optical temperature sensing from 77 K to 873 K
An international collaboration involving researchers from the University of Innsbruck has developed a novel luminescent material that enables particularly robust and precise optical temperature sensing across an exceptionally ...
Condensed Matter
4 hours ago
0
10
DIVE multi-agent workflow streamlines hydrogen storage materials discovery
Developing new materials can involve a dizzying amount of trial and error for different configurations and elements. Artificial intelligence (AI) has seen a surge of popularity in energy materials research for its potential ...
Analytical Chemistry
4 hours ago
0
0
Oysters play unexpected role in protecting blue crabs from disease
Oysters famously filter their surrounding water, but it turns out they are removing more than algae and excess nutrients. New research from William & Mary's Batten School of Coastal & Marine Sciences & VIMS shows they can ...
Plants & Animals
4 hours ago
0
0
Little blue penguin chick reared by its parents at aquarium
Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is celebrating another milestone in their little blue penguin breeding program. For the first time, a penguin chick has been raised and reared by its penguin ...
Catalina Island's deer to be culled to restore its ecosystem
California wildlife officials have approved a plan to eradicate Catalina Island's entire deer population as part of a broader effort to restore the island ecosystem, sparking fierce opposition from an unusual coalition of ...
Red giant stars can't destroy all gas giants—some are hardy survivors
Aging stars can completely destroy their planets. When a star reaches the end of its life on the main sequence, it goes through dramatic changes. And those changes don't just dictate the star's fate; they can also dictate ...
New AI model enables native speakers and foreign learners to read undiacritized Arabic texts with greater fluency
Reading an Arabic newspaper, a book, or academic prose fluently, whether digital or in print, remains challenging for many native speakers, let alone learners of Arabic as a foreign language.
Mindful choice or locked in? Study probes feelings about written consent
People who sign consent forms feel more trapped—not more empowered—than those who give consent verbally, according to new research by Vanessa Bohns, the Braunstein Family Professor in the ILR School, and co-author Roseanna ...
Workplace gamification erodes employee moral agency, finds study
What is lost when a worker completes actions—such as helping a client or ensuring safety—in exchange for incentives like digital badges, placement on a leaderboard, or in-office rankings? A study by Carnegie Mellon University ...
Lack of information hinders regulation of 'green' nanopesticides
New formulations of nanopesticides with natural ingredients have appeared in specialized literature using terms such as "green pesticide," "ecological," "based on natural elements," and "with natural nanoparticles," among ...
Dual-atom platinum–ruthenium catalyst achieves efficient low-temperature carbon monoxide oxidation
A research team from the Institute of Metal Research (IMR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed an efficient, stable, atomic-scale catalyst for carbon monoxide (CO) oxidation. This advancement offers promising ...
How high temperatures disrupt anthocyanin metabolism in red kiwifruit
Red-fleshed kiwifruit, valued for its high anthocyanin content and associated health benefits, is increasingly threatened by rising temperatures. Global warming severely inhibits anthocyanin accumulation, leading to flesh ...
Where are Europe's oldest people living? What geography tells us about a fragmenting continent
For over a century and a half, life expectancy has steadily increased in the wealthiest countries. Spectacular climbs in longevity have been noted in the 20th century, correlating with the slump in infectious illnesses and ...
Hudson Valley initiative puts food sovereignty into practice
A study by researchers from the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute gauges how an initiative in New York's Hudson Valley is helping farmers and community organizations build more equitable regional food systems and advance food ...
Schools are increasingly telling students they must put their phones away. Ohio's example shows mixed results
Cellphones are everywhere—including, until recently, in schools.
Simulations and supercomputing calculate one million cislunar orbits
Satellites and spacecraft in the vast region between Earth and the moon and just beyond—called cislunar space—are crucial for space exploration, scientific advancement and national security. But figuring out where exactly ...
Reclaiming water from contaminated brine can increase water supply and reduce environmental harm
The world is looking for more clean water. Intense storms and warmer weather have worsened droughts and reduced the amount of clean water underground and in rivers and lakes on the surface.
Women have been mapping the world for centuries, and now they're speaking up for the people left out of those maps
Although women have always been part of the mapping landscape, their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked.
How to ensure affordable, safe and culturally grounded housing for Indigenous older adults
A good home, or Minosin Kikiwa in Cree, is the foundation of dignity in later life, according to the Indigenous seniors who spoke to us. Yet "every year the rent goes sky-high and it's tough to be homeless," an anonymous ...
Zambia's farmers are working in dangerous heat: How they can protect themselves
Farming is central to life in Zambia, with about 60% of the country's labor force relying on rain-fed agriculture for their livelihood or income. Seasonal rains shape planting and harvesting, and temperatures can rise to ...
'Inoculation' helps people spot political deepfakes, study finds
Informing people about political deepfakes through text-based information and interactive games both improve people's ability to spot AI-generated video and audio that falsely depict politicians, according to a study my colleagues ...
Grazing and digging put some herbivores at greater risk from toxic elements in soil: New research
If you've watched a giraffe browsing in the tree canopy, a white rhino meandering across open grassland, or a warthog shuffling around on its knees in South Africa's Kalahari desert, you know what they eat: leaves, grass, ...
Lüften sounds simple, but 'house-burping' is more complicated in Pittsburgh
Recently, the German term "lüften" has been circulating on social media and trending on Google. The term refers to the practice of opening windows and doors to replace stale indoor air with outdoor air, a longtime practice ...
