Evolution
Tomatoes in the Galápagos are quietly de-evolving
On the younger, black-rock islands of the Galápagos archipelago, wild-growing tomatoes are doing something peculiar. They're shedding millions of years of evolution, reverting to a more primitive genetic state that resurrects ...
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Archaeology
Ancient temple ruins discovered in Andes shed light on lost society
An ancient society near the southern shores of Lake Titicaca in modern-day Bolivia was once one of the continent's most powerful civilizations. Known as Tiwanaku, the ancient society is widely considered by archaeologists ...
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Artificial heterostructure shows tunable photovoltaic effect for next-generation solar cells
As we witness the detrimental effects of climate change, the need for a rapid shift to renewable energy is only becoming more urgent. One of the most efficient forms of renewable energy, solar power, is generated by solar ...
Condensed Matter
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Two-step system makes plastic from carbon dioxide, water and electricity
What if a machine could suck up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, run it through a series of chemical reactions, and essentially spit out industrially useful plastic?
Polymers
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Metal-organic frameworks with metallic conductivity pave new paths for electronics and energy storage
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are characterized by high porosity and structural versatility. They have enormous potential, for example, for applications in electronics. However, their low electrical conductivity has so ...
Nanophysics
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Surviving breast cancer tied to lower Alzheimer's risk: Radiation therapy may offer short-term protection
Research led by Samsung Medical Center finds breast cancer survivors exhibit an 8% lower risk of Alzheimer's dementia (AD) compared with cancer-free individuals, with radiation therapy potentially contributing to the reduced ...
Life-saving childhood vaccination coverage has stalled in recent decades, leaving millions of children at risk
The world has made unprecedented progress in vaccinating children against life-threatening diseases since WHO established the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in 1974. Despite the progress of the past 50 years, the ...
Pediatrics
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A critical link exists among high temps, aging and disease risk
As we age, extreme heat causes many heat-related illnesses that can lead to serious health issues. A new study from the University of California, Irvine's Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health adds to that list.
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Turning captured carbon into natural gas could provide cost-competitive energy storage
Solar and wind energy are highly variable, dependent on the day, weather and location of the facilities. At times, they can generate more electricity than is needed, but they can also fall short when demand is at its peak. ...
Energy & Green Tech
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US judge backs using copyrighted books to train AI
A US federal judge has sided with Anthropic regarding training its artificial intelligence models on copyrighted books without authors' permission, a decision with the potential to set a major legal precedent in AI deployment.
Business
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Simulation Belongs Where Decisions Are Made
Custom apps bring the benefits of simulation to those who need it, when they need it, in a format that makes sense for them.
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
A critical link exists among high temps, aging and disease risk
Can monoclonal antibodies effectively treat malaria? Scientists say the answer is a resounding 'yes'
Habits supported by two different aspects of action control could resolve past discrepancies
Systemic inflammation may explain link between autoimmune disease and mental health issues
'ALS on a chip' model reveals altered motor neuron signaling
Comprehensive COVID-19 database shows promise for future pandemics
Two proteins that could lead to less toxic cancer treatments identified
Intravenous rehydration study challenges treatment guidelines for severely malnourished kids
Cancer immunotherapy shows promise for transplant patients
Dual-function proteins provide new clues to how immune cells fight—and are fooled by—malaria
Tech Xplore
Compute-in-memory chip shows promise for enhanced efficiency and privacy in federated learning systems
AI and humans see objects differently: Meaning versus visual features
Modified perovskite solar cells harvest energy from indoor fluorescent lighting
New study reveals bias in AI text detection tools impacts academic publishing fairness
AI model shortens the development time of new materials
France's Versailles unveils AI-powered talking statues
New laser power converters can transmit power to further, remote destinations
Warmer spots within fields have more blooms and more bees, researchers discover
Climate can vary across large areas of land, but it can also vary within much smaller areas such as farms. A new study by researchers at Penn State has examined whether these microclimates—the climate of a very small or ...
Plants & Animals
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More pathways that previously thought can lead to optical topological insulators
The candidate pool for engineered materials that can help enable tomorrow's cutting-edge optical technologies—such as lasers, detectors and imaging devices—is much deeper than previously believed.
Optics & Photonics
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World's soft coral diversity retains signature of an ancient, vanished sea
On occasion, it is of vital importance to consider how little we know about the spinning rock we all live on. Take coral reefs, for example. Given how much they've been studied, you'd think we've learned just about everything ...
Plants & Animals
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Compute-in-memory chip shows promise for enhanced efficiency and privacy in federated learning systems
In recent decades, computer scientists have been developing increasingly advanced machine learning techniques that can learn to predict specific patterns or effectively complete tasks by analyzing large amounts of data. Yet ...
Fusion superkine and focused ultrasound could enable targeted, noninvasive therapy for glioblastoma
Researchers at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM) have discovered a new and potentially revolutionary way to treat glioblastoma (GBM), the most aggressive type of brain ...
Oncology & Cancer
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Creature culture: What animal behavior can teach us about saving nature
Animal conservationists often move elephants between herds to improve biodiversity and group health, but what if the elephants don't speak the same language?
Plants & Animals
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High explosives in slow motion: Freezing molecules in place shows chemical reactions
Safe and effective high explosives are critical to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) mission of stockpile stewardship. It is relatively simple to study the composition of such material before a detonation or ...
Analytical Chemistry
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Impact-resistant material mimics mantis shrimp exoskeleton for improved protection
Some of the most innovative and useful inventions have been inspired by nature. Take the Shinkansen bullet train in Japan, whose aerodynamic design is modeled after the kingfisher bird. Or Velcro, which a Swiss engineer invented ...
Nanomaterials
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Can monoclonal antibodies effectively treat malaria? Scientists say the answer is a resounding 'yes'
Monoclonal antibodies provide protection against a wide range of infectious microbes, and now, in a series of elegant laboratory experiments, scientists have uncovered how a pair of these lab-engineered molecules fight malaria.
Surprising versatility of boron nitride nanotubes displayed in fusion of art and science
In an elegant fusion of art and science, researchers at Rice University have achieved a major milestone in nanomaterials engineering by uncovering how boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs)—touted for their strength, thermal stability ...
Nanophysics
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Pulsars could have tiny mountains
Imagine a star so dense that a teaspoon of its material would weigh as much as Mount Everest, spinning hundreds of times per second while beaming radio waves across the universe. These are pulsars, the collapsed cores of ...
Better heating method makes legumes easier to digest
While they have been part of our human diet for centuries, legumes like peas and beans are ultimately seeds for the next generation of plants. To protect themselves from being eaten by animals and insects, they contain "antinutrients" ...
Engineered composite materials offer broad-spectrum synergistic radiation shielding
In a recent breakthrough, Dr. Huo Zhipeng and his student Chen Zuoyang from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new class of PbWO4 filler-reinforced B4C/HDPE composites ...
Drought investments could save 10 times more than predicted 35% cost increase by 2035
The economic costs of drought could rise by more than one-third in the next 10 years without urgent reforms to water policies and irrigation systems, especially in resource-limited countries, according to new analysis.
3D-printed model of a 500-year-old prosthetic hand hints at life of a Renaissance amputee
To think about an artificial limb is to think about a person. It's an object of touch and motion made to be used, one that attaches to the body and interacts with its user's world.
Women and young people most likely to experience climate anxiety, study finds
Psychologists at Leipzig University and TU Dortmund University have, for the first time, brought together international research findings on the phenomenon of climate anxiety. They found that certain groups are more prone ...
What's changed—and what hasn't—Since the EPA's endangerment finding
In 2003, several states and environmental groups sued the U.S. EPA for violating the Clean Air Act by not regulating emissions from new vehicles.
Families play a key role in passing on religion—especially mothers
According to an international study by the University of Münster, the question of whether people become religious or non-religious at a time of religious decline in society depends very much on the family.
Sunflower flour emerges as promising new base for plant-based meat alternatives
Researchers from the Institute of Food Technology (ITAL) and the University of Campinas (UNICAMP), both in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, in collaboration with scientists from the Fraunhofer IVV Institute in Germany, have ...
Rethinking the demographic race: What is the future economic potential of India and China?
The demographic dynamics in India and China have major impacts on global economic development. Seeking to reassess the demographic race between the two countries with a focus on human capital and labor force quality instead ...
Image: A Martian volcano in the mist
Arsia Mons, one of the Red Planet's largest volcanoes, peeks through a blanket of water ice clouds in this image captured by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter on May 2, 2025.
In the farmers' video game, expansion trumps sustainability
A popular video game about farming celebrates productivity and scale over sustainability and environmental care—and this is quietly shaping the idea of what a "good farmer" is. The new study from the University of Gothenburg ...
Strategic choices behind accounting standards unveiled in new study
A new study by Dr. Heylel-li Biton of the Hebrew University Business School sheds light on a long-standing question in global finance: Why do foreign firms listed in the United States choose one accounting regime over another?
Boulder's winds aren't what they used to be
Peak wind gusts in Boulder and possibly other locations along the Front Range don't pack the same punch they used to, according to a new analysis led by scientists at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for ...
India, Poland, Hungary make spaceflight comeback with ISS mission
India, Poland and Hungary are set to send people to space for the first time in decades on an American commercial mission to the International Space Station that blasts off Wednesday.
Research recommends several legal reforms to preserve groundwater in Southwest
If you live in the Southwest, you've likely heard the grim warning: water is in short supply. Due to rising temperatures, increased water demand, and relaxed regulations, the Western United States is facing a critical situation. ...
Norway spruce trees produce a mixture of substances as protection against insects and fungal infestation
In the Thuringian Forest or the Harz Mountains, dead spruce trees (Picea abies) dot the landscape like skeletons. Many have already fallen or been cut down. These dead trees serve as memorials to the effects of global warming.
A century of seasonal forecast improvement for Western Pacific Subtropical High driven by Indo-Pacific ocean
The Western Pacific Subtropical High (WPSH) functions like Earth's atmospheric traffic controller, directing summer monsoon flows that regulate rainfall and temperatures across East Asia. When this high-pressure system misbehaves, ...
'Baths, wine, and sex make life worth living': How ancient Romans used public baths to relax, work out and socialize
Standing in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago. Today, the bare shell of what was one of Rome's largest bath complexes mostly ...
When scientists share their failures, the public trusts them more
In an age where trust in science often feels like it's teetering on a fault line, new research from the University of Michigan offers a simple but powerful insight: When scientists share their struggles—especially their ...
