Archaeology
Ancient DNA traces medieval migration from Sweden to Finland
A new study led by the University of Turku provides new insights into the population history of Finland during the Late Iron Age and the Middle Ages. The researchers analyzed the genomes of people who lived in southwestern ...
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Biochemistry
Scientists create 'super ice' that is ten times stronger and far harder to shatter
Ice is cheap, abundant and surprisingly strong. But it has one major weakness: Cracks can race through it, causing it to shatter without warning. Now, scientists have developed a new material that could overcome that problem. ...
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A famous galaxy's black hole has been hiding its most violent behavior
Astronomers have found that a nearby galaxy's black hole is blasting out a far more powerful and hidden gas outflow than previously realized. Studying NGC 1068, a well-known galaxy with an actively feeding black hole at its ...
A 5,000-year-old royal mystery: Digital clues point to Meretneith as Egypt's female king
More than 5,000 years ago, a royal woman named Meretneith (also written as Merneith) lived in ancient Egypt. She was possibly the daughter of Djer, the third king of the First Dynasty, a period when the first kings ruled ...
Archaeology
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AI imagines a harsher social world, expecting punishment where people expect inaction
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems, particularly the large language models (LLMs) that underpin ChatGPT and similar platforms, are remarkably skilled at answering queries about a wide range of topics. However, the extent ...
AI can sound empathetic and human—but not at the same time
AI-generated texts are increasingly perceived as human, but people can still recognize human writing as such. However, this distinction becomes much more difficult once AI is explicitly instructed to come across as human. ...
Consumer & Gadgets
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AI helps pathologists find signs of preeclampsia, advancing diagnosis and treatment
Preeclampsia is one of the leading causes of pregnancy-related death. Even after a healthy delivery, mother and baby can go home only to show signs of a postpartum hypertensive disorder days or weeks later.
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Hot, dry weather can make you cough more—salty air might help
UNC School of Medicine researcher Brian Button, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and biophysics, and collaborators have identified how extremely dry air during heat waves can make the airways more sensitive and more likely ...
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Unhealthy Western diet linked to faster cognitive decline in people with genetic risk of Alzheimer's
An unhealthy Western-style diet was associated with faster cognitive decline in people with a genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to new research led by Murdoch University and Alzheimer's Research Australia. The ...
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Experimental cancer vaccine makes its own oxygen and gives T-cells a boost
When it comes to priorities in life, oxygen tops the list. Humans can go weeks without food and days without water. Take away the ability to breathe, however, and the clock starts ticking within minutes as the brain begins ...
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Ion-guiding separator improves lithium-metal battery performance
Material composition of cars mapped to assess resource impact
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A blueprint for keeping humans in control of AI
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Simulated epidemics could lead to more reliable hospitalization forecasts
A mathematical model is a simplified description of reality that can be used to solve practical problems, predict future events or explain how different systems work. During pandemics, mathematical models can be valuable ...
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Novel particle beam could challenge Einstein's theory of gravity
Does gravity act equally on all particles in the universe, or are there differences between ordinary and exotic matter? Physics professor Anna Soter and her team at ETH Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen ...
General Physics
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Chromatin protein DAXX may help preserve brain immune cells during aging
As humans get older, their brains undergo various changes that can affect mental functions. The cells known to be affected by aging include microglia, the primary immune cells in the brain and spinal cord, which help eliminate ...
Bubbles the food-stealing dolphin finds shortcut to easy meal
A dolphin that harasses fish until they regurgitate their food—then swoops in to steal it—has astonished University of the Sunshine Coast researchers who have documented this novel feeding strategy.
Plants & Animals
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Robots and AI uncover unexpected pathway in classic 135-year-old chemical reaction
Chemical reactions are often written as simple equations: Starting materials go in, and a product comes out. In reality, the same substrates can follow many different pathways depending on their concentrations, temperature, ...
Analytical Chemistry
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Rocket experiment tracks how liquid metal solidifies in microgravity
Scientists have used an X-ray detector on a sounding rocket, a type of research rocket that flies to the edge of space, then returns to Earth within minutes, to document metal dendrites—the branching structures that form ...
Engineering
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Indigenous Australian population was much larger than previously thought and decimated after First Fleet's arrival
Australia had a much larger Indigenous population before the arrival of Europeans than previously thought, according to new research. The research also demonstrates much larger population losses resulting from colonization ...
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Responsibilities in close social relationships explain Eastern–Western cultural differences
Do you think that a person who reorganizes their life so that their aging parents can live with them would be likely to push another out of the way on the subway? What about greeting strangers with a smile? The answers to ...
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Scientists pinpoint two brain regions that battle it out when deciding whether to take a risk
Every day, your brain runs the same calculation: Take a risk or play it safe? Your gas tank might be low, but there's just enough to make it to work on time. Do you stop and risk being late? If you're out of money at the ...
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Just 3 minutes with miniature horses and donkeys improves mood of teens
Interacting with animals can make people feel calmer, less lonely and less anxious. A new study from the University of California, Davis, shows that animals play an active role in shaping these interactions and their outcomes.
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Planting trees in the wrong places is not a climate solution
A recent United Nations report has stated that the world will likely overshoot the 1.5°C target set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement by 2030.
Advanced X-ray crystallography determines structure of macromolecule at unprecedented resolution
Proteins are high-performance molecular machines that carry out nearly every biochemical function inside living cells. To understand how they achieve this, scientists often examine their detailed atomic structure, which holds ...
Europe's e‑waste is a valuable resource—let's not throw it away
Throwing something away that is urgently needed, expensive and difficult to source sounds crazy. Yet of the 60 metals contained in old electronic devices such as phones, screens and washing machines, only a few are recycled. ...
Our new research shows humans have maligned bandicoots for decades, making them more vulnerable to extinction
Have you ever found your lawn riddled with holes or heard a little sneeze from your backyard bushes? Those are signs you might have a resident bandicoot. Bandicoots are nocturnal, rabbit-sized marsupials known for their pointy ...
To crack the job market, internships can be just as key for young people as the degree
College students are facing one of the most precarious labor markets in years. A recent New York Federal Reserve study pointed to a sharp increase in unemployment among recent college graduates compared with other workers, ...
Children trust what they hear over what they see, study finds
New research from our Department of Psychology has revealed that children are far more likely than adults to judge a person's emotions by what they hear rather than what they see.
Invasive little fire ants prefer cooked beef, seeds over tuna
If you are trying to detect or bait little fire ants in your backyard, scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa suggest swapping tuna for cooked beef and sunflower seeds. The study, published in the Journal of Applied ...
Young European shags reveal how first winter experiences may guide migration
Should I stay or should I go? What determines whether birds migrate for the winter? This is one of the questions explored in a new doctoral thesis by Cassandra Ugland from NTNU's Department of Biology. The work is published ...
'HyperBird' imaging platform spots grape diseases before they're visible
HyperBird, a cutting-edge imaging platform for observing microscopic traits in plants, can detect grape diseases—such as powdery and downy mildews, which cost vineyard owners billions in annual losses globally—days before ...
Small farming management changes could help protect birds under threat
New research from the University of Aberdeen and Edinburgh Napier University has found that simple changes to the timing of conservation measures on farmland could significantly improve protection for some of the U.K.'s most ...
One in three uni students experience serious financial hardship. Could concession cards for all help?
Last week, the peak body for Australian universities called on the federal government to introduce concession cards and further discounts for all domestic university students.
Poorly fitting sports bras are forcing some women and girls away from sport
Australian sport has a participation problem, especially when it comes to girls and women.
Frontline trauma: Alarming PTSD rates in WA police revealed
More than one-third of Western Australia's police officers report symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), new research led by Edith Cowan University (ECU) and published in the journal Australian Psychologist has ...
Rust prevention coating uses nanotech to self-repair and conquer corrosion
A single application of a "smart" self-repairing coating is being developed to dramatically extend rust protection for buildings, bridges, cars and other steel components.
A new approach to forecasting toxic metals in wildfire smoke
In early July 2026, Stanford postdoctoral researcher Alex Honeyman and graduate student Mark Leone attached a box the size of a briefcase to a fire truck in Colorado that was about to be dispatched to a wildfire 300 miles ...
Global commission launches to rebuild trust in science and protect academic freedom
In an era marked by social, economic, environmental, technological and political tensions, academic institutions can help societies navigate complex health challenges and generate sound, evidence-based solutions. But the ...
Could the clues to ancient alien civilizations be hiding in moon dust?
Most of our experience with the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has focused on capturing radio signals that alien species have sent out, whether intentionally or unintentionally. That creates a huge "synchronicity" ...
Just add fish: Scientists pursue more rice, less disease in Senegal paddies
Half smiling through crinkled eyes, Moussa Ndiaye, in his long tunic and skullcap, watched a combine harvest his northern Senegal rice paddy, where he expects a good haul—not just of grain.
Scientists to probe the source behind a massive 1946 tsunami
Eighty years ago, a massive tsunami devastated parts of Hawaii, Alaska, Washington and Oregon following an earthquake off the coast of Alaska. A Michigan State University team is launching a project to study the underwater ...
Australia must double down to meet our climate targets, new study shows how
Within the next five years, global warming is set to breach the 1.5°C threshold at the heart of the 2015 Paris Agreement. This will have dire consequences, from rapidly melting ice sheets to ghostly white coral reefs.
