Superconductivity
Broken time-reversal symmetry phase in kagome metals may establish conditions for superconductivity
Physicists have long suspected that a peculiar quantum state lurks inside a class of materials known as kagome metals, but proving its existence has been elusive. Now, a team led by Yeongkwan Kim at the Korea Advanced Institute ...
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Planetary Sciences
Titan and Pluto exhibit the same mysterious spectral feature—and researchers can't figure out its origin
Researchers are constantly sifting through new spectral data gathered by powerful telescopes, like the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Most of the time, when they identify spectral features—specific absorption or emission ...
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Newly described Australian ballista spider builds a spring-loaded snare to catch a single ant species
An international team of researchers has discovered a remarkable new spider species in the rainforest of North Queensland that spins an ingenious and powerful spring-actuated snare to catch a single species of ant—one ant ...
Plants & Animals
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Poo emoji, earthworm castings and pasta all obey the same coiling theory, physicists find
Ask a child to draw some poo, and the shape will invariably be the same: a coil, broad at the base and pointy at the top, similar to a spiral swirl of soft-serve ice cream. In fact, the often-used poo emoji has this exact ...
General Physics
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Marmoset monkeys adapt their voices to sound more like their social partners, study finds
Many animal species that live in groups are known to adjust their behavior to strengthen their social bonds or increase their coordination with others around them. For instance, humans and some other animals exhibit vocal ...
Modeling nuclear fusion at lightning speed
As we scour and scorch the Earth for deeper wells of energy, investors and government agencies are pouring billions into nuclear fusion research. The hope is that fusion may ultimately provide a virtually limitless source ...
Plasma Physics
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A minimal model for how a cell takes shape from the inside
Researchers at the University of Twente and Utrecht University have packed rigid, rod-shaped particles into soft lipid containers the size of a living cell and watched the container and its contents reshape each other. The ...
Soft Matter
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Two patients with severe autoimmune disease remain relapse-free for over 15 years after stem cell transplant
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a rare autoimmune condition in which the body's own defenses turn against the optic nerves and spinal cord. This confusion leads to inflammation that can rob people of their ...
Coordinated brainstem slow waves may determine when it's time for REM sleep
Sleep is one of the most widely studied states of consciousness, known to play a role in physical recovery, the processing of memories and the regulation of immune functions. During sleep, the brain transitions between light ...
Targeted IL-15 drug in patient testing revives exhausted T cells without triggering severe inflammation
For some people, cancer immunotherapies are life-changing. These treatments can turn the body's own immune system against a tumor, either eliminating it or shrinking it enough to make surgery possible. But these therapies ...
Medical Xpress
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Tech Xplore
Next-generation battery potential unlocked with a novel electrolyte design
Food waste can become jet fuel through simpler refining and 50-50 blending
Examining what makes AI trustworthy as its adoption accelerates
New research reveals AI is boosting productivity at home—but not equally
Where ChatGPT already works in online shopping—and where it does not
Scientists invent 'transient thermal barcodes' to improve plastic recycling
Mosquito-borne viruses avoid killing hosts by limiting protein output, study reveals
The increase in mosquito-borne virus infections is a growing public health concern. Diseases traditionally confined to tropical or subtropical regions, like dengue or West Nile virus, are expanding their geographic scope. ...
Ecology
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Microscopic image changes can bypass AI guardrails, nearly doubling unsafe responses
It may look like a picture of a panda bear to you, but to your business's AI agent, it can act like a skeleton key, bypassing safety safeguards and potentially causing the model to generate harmful, misleading or policy-violating ...
Security
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New findings challenge idea that human bodies simply got bigger and bigger over time in a steady line
The biggest jump in body size among our ancestors happened around 2–2.5 million years ago, with the appearance of Homo rudolfensis or Homo erectus/ergaster, rather than gradually across the whole human family tree.
Evolution
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Using less, living better: Demand-side climate action wins public support
Climate strategies are still judged largely across two dimensions: how much they cost and how many tons of CO2 they save. A new study published in Communications Sustainability argues that this narrow lens overlooks much ...
Environment
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Erucamide molecule strengthens the eye's response to damage in retinal disease
Many conditions that cause vision loss share a common feature: the gradual breakdown of the retina, the light-sensing tissue at the back of the eye. Although scientists know some of the structural changes that ensue as this ...
Medical Xpress
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Leaf-based fluorescence test speeds search for plant gene-editing targets
Gene editing of plant DNA has the potential to produce crops with increased performance and resilience, but it can take a long time to achieve these gains. To shorten this process, scientists often use screening tools to ...
Biotechnology
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Astronomers map a magnetic 'skeleton' funneling gas into a stellar nursery
Stars form when vast clouds of cold gas in space collapse under their own gravity. But not all gas collapses, and not all clouds form stars equally efficiently. A longstanding puzzle in astrophysics is what controls this ...
Astronomy
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How AI-generated cartoons reshaped Taiwan's 2024 protests
In spring 2024, more than 100,000 people protested in Taiwan's streets. On Threads, a parallel fight was underway.
Political science
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Arctic shipping alters cloud formation, study finds
A study led by the EPFL suggests that shipping emissions influence climate-relevant cloud formation and may affect regional climate processes far beyond the polar region.
Earth Sciences
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What made prehistoric communities resilient? Ancient social networks may hold the answer
A new study led by Dr. Ariel Malinsky-Buller of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem challenges long-held assumptions about how prehistoric hunter-gatherers survived in the Southern Caucasus between 57,000 and 27,000 years ...
Archaeology
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Childhood experiences of LGBTQ+ stigma can harm romantic relationships decades later
Childhood rejection, discrimination and bullying can affect your well-being as an adult. If your friends, family or community pushed you away because of your sexuality or gender, these childhood experiences of prejudice can ...
AI tools may reshape higher education by automating marking and personalizing feedback
The evolution of higher education in the digital era has attracted global attention, and Prof. S. Joe Qin, president and Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science at Lingnan University, published a paper titled "AI for ...
Estonian-Swedish grammar challenges established theories
A new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg shows that a unique grammatical construction found in Estonia-Swedish dialects contradicts established assumptions about what is possible in Germanic languages.
First quantum biosensor can detect rapid, invisible changes in cells
In the development of diseases such as muscular dystrophy, cancer, Ebola and dengue, numerous chemical reactions take place within and between cells that contribute to disease progression. These changes can occur in less ...
Social inequality can harm the foundations of society
Can economic inequality threaten liberal societies? This question lies at the heart of the POLAR project led by Markus Gangl, a sociologist at Goethe University Frankfurt. Several publications examining different aspects ...
What shapes young lives most? Everyday wins, relationships and school outrank crises
Which major life events matter to young people? A study by the University of Zurich (UZH) shows that adolescents and young adults primarily cite positive, everyday developmental steps as formative events, for example, school ...
Making sense of Mars' tiny moon Phobos
Mars' innermost moon, Phobos, has long puzzled planetary scientists, who have continually debated whether it's a captured asteroid or formed from debris after a giant impactor struck the Martian surface. The key to solving ...
EU risks a crisis if it fails to halt pollinator loss, researchers warn
A new white paper from eight major EU-funded pollinator projects warns that the resilience of Europe's vital societal functions and food security are at stake if the EU fails to halt and reverse wild pollinator declines and ...
The climate crisis threatens river microbial biodiversity, study shows
Aquatic fungi are microorganisms that play a key role in the ecological balance of rivers. They help decompose organic matter, degrade contaminants and are part of the nutrient and energy cycle in freshwater ecosystems. Despite ...
Podcasts move stocks but fail to beat market, analysis of 25,000 episodes shows
Investment podcasts can prompt investors to take action. However, they do not provide a reliable return advantage. This is shown in a new working paper by Prof. Dr. Marten Laudi of Kühne Logistics University (KLU) and Janik ...
Both rich and poor buy more counterfeits than the middle class, study finds
Conventional wisdom suggests that counterfeit luxury goods are primarily purchased by consumers who cannot afford authentic products. But recent research published in Marketing Science challenges that assumption, finding ...
Understanding what drives students to attack their peers
Identifying risk factors is crucial to designing effective prevention strategies against bullying and cyberbullying. A study conducted by the Laboratory for Studies on Coexistence and Violence Prevention (LAECOVI) at the ...
Are asteroid-mass black holes hiding in the cosmic gamma-ray glow?
There are multiple ways to form black holes. The one most commonly taught in high school physics classes is that they are created from the collapse of a dying star. But there is another class of black holes, known as primordial ...
Behavioral flexibility in foraging habits may help animals survive
Habits are often seen as automatic and inflexible behaviors. But a new study, published in Evolution Letters, suggests that habits may have evolved as a way for animals to handle several tasks at once. By shifting to habitual ...
Funding boosts postgraduate student success—study measures how
Postgraduate education is good for a country. Thriving economies need people with advanced academic degrees to enhance research productivity. Research and innovation capability have a positive impact on the competitiveness ...
Anyone can fake a scientific image with AI, tricking even academic journals, and undermining trust in science
A photograph of Earth glowing in deep space, the moon's cratered horizon stretching across its foreground, caught many people's eyes in April 2026. Astronauts captured the image while aboard NASA's Artemis II mission, and ...
Analyzing wildfire behavior can help detect risk zones earlier and support fire‑smart strategies
Fire-smart risk assessment is needed to tackle the scale of wildfire destruction, which is a growing reality across the globe. Hazardous fires are more intense and more frequent, fueled both by climate change and by the no ...
Astronomers want to build a swarm of telescopes to find life
Current plans for flagship telescopes in the 2040s are focused on answering a simple question: Are we alone? Our best telescopes to date, such as the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), have given us only tantalizing glimpses ...
Underwater expedition charts seaweed forests in the remote waters of southern Patagonia
At the icy, wind-swept tip of South America lies Inútil Bay, a remote marine environment in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago that has long guarded its underwater secrets because of severe logistical and meteorological challenges. ...
Why do cats groom each other? Research found that it is not always friendly
Cats are the most popular companion animals worldwide, and many people have multiple cats at home. In these multicat households, not all the cats get along equally well. Until recently, it was thought that if a cat licks ...
