Ecology
Newly identified 'saprotropism' helps roots avoid decaying plant matter—but not animal decay
Decaying matter shapes life in soil, but it can also create hostile zones for growing roots. Professor Jiří Friml of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) and international collaborators have now identified ...
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High-throughput search tests 200 catalysts, revealing hidden routes for methane chemistry
Catalysts are the hidden engines of modern manufacturing, directly involved in more than 80% of chemical processes. However, catalyst development is highly complex because performance is governed by the interplay of the catalyst, ...
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Sensors detect California cliff collapses hours to days before failure, report says
Following a four-year study, scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography released a new report to determine whether an early warning system could detect a landslide before it happens. The "California ...
Earth Sciences
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Volcanoes and wildfires are adding water vapor to the stratosphere, raising climate concerns
Moderate volcanic eruptions and extreme wildfires since 2005 have led to an increase in the amount of water vapor in the stratosphere, a layer of Earth's atmosphere above the weather-filled troposphere. That's potentially ...
Ancient 100-kilometer Himalayan glacier once reached lower than many of India's famous hill stations
A new study published in Quaternary Science Reviews dates the dramatic collapse of one of the largest glaciers ever documented in the Himalayas. The findings overturn a long-held assumption about what sustains wet-climate ...
Earth Sciences
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Birdlike robot swims underwater, then flaps into flight without paddling
Loons, gulls, puffins and petrels are some of the 100 species of birds that can both fly and swim. These diving birds can plunge into water to swim after prey, and leap back into the air to fly away.
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News outlets urge a judge to sanction OpenAI in a high-stakes AI copyright fight
The New York Times, the Daily News and other media outlets are asking a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI, escalating a fight over artificial intelligence and copyright that could shape the future of a struggling ...
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New study highlights potential challenges for using automated AI tools in health care
In experiments in which physicians made decisions about treating hypothetical patients, the physicians tended to trust incorrect advice presented as being generated by artificial intelligence (AI), even after being given ...
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Yeast dietary supplement may offer a safe nutritional strategy to boost cancer immunity
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and University College Dublin (UCD) have shown for the first time that a food supplement made from yeast helps the body make stronger immune cells that can fight cancer. The research ...
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Meet Biomni—an AI-powered biomedical co-scientist
In creating a comprehensive, AI-enabled research agent for the biomedical sciences, Stanford University researchers hope to speed innovation by eliminating the tedium of scientific legwork. Biomni, an AI-powered, multiskilled ...
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AI notetakers promise easy meeting recaps, but some professionals question their use
AI agent tests whether machines can speak for patients at life's end
Perovskite triple-junction solar cells reach 27.3% efficiency with record 770-hour stability
Is recursive self‑improvement the dawning of AI superintelligence?
New federated learning algorithm enables private, robust, and fast AI development
Researchers develop a new way to build molecular 'ladders' for organic electronics
Automated 2D semiconductor screening could speed low-power AI chip development
US crackdown on top AI fuels open-source surge
Almost half of Australian adults have used generative AI
Researchers use Geoguessr champion to test geolocation accuracy in VLMs
AI memory bottleneck may ease as ultrathin chip stacks quadruple high-bandwidth memory density
Light-powered chip harvests energy, computes and senses chemicals in one stack
Rust-to-iron cycle may unlock long-term storage for renewable energy
Small transistor sharpens low-cost thermal cameras without extreme cooling
OpenAI to launch new model after US freeze
Elastic layer lets sulfide solid-state batteries run longer with less pressure
New mechanism explains how nerve cells form one long output branch
DZNE researchers have uncovered a mechanism that determines why a neuron usually forms a single, long extension called an "axon"—a phenomenon that is fundamental to how our brain functions. Contrary to the common view that ...
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Low-oxygen treatment helped diseased mice live three times longer. Could humans benefit?
Oxygen isn't always a good thing. Of course, people—and most organisms—cannot live without it. But oxygen can also be quite toxic and lead to profound health consequences.
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Seagrass meadows could help nourish millions, new study finds
Seagrass meadows play a largely overlooked role in providing nutrition for coastal communities, a new study published in Cell Reports Sustainability has found. The research, led by scientists at Project Seagrass and Stockholm ...
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New technique takes the heat out of 3D printing process
Researchers have developed a new 3D printing technique that allows the printing of whole objects while controlling the temperature of the chemical reaction to stabilize the process. Academics in the University of Nottingham's ...
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Evidence reveals that the language of thought is not natural language
Some people find it useful to talk through their problems—but language isn't necessary for logical reasoning, cognitive neuroscientists at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research say.
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Next‑generation membranes can refine crude oil using under half the energy of distillation
Oil refining is necessary for transforming raw, unusable crude oil into valuable goods like gasoline, diesel, jet fuel and petrochemical feedstocks. However, the usual distillation process is energy-intensive, spurring researchers ...
Medical AI may look less biased on paper but not in practice, new study finds
Large language models (LLMs) are only as good as the data they learn from. If their training data contains social biases, the models may unintentionally repeat those biases in their responses. As their use increases with ...
The ghost in Orion's shell: Hydrogen maps show repeated stellar feedback sculpted around Orion Nebula
An international team led by Juan Diego Soler at the University of Vienna used two of the world's most powerful radio telescopes to uncover previously hidden structures within the Orion Nebula. The project produced the sharpest ...
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New experimental approach may help overcome drug resistance in deadly brain cancer
Scientists have identified a promising new strategy to tackle one of the biggest obstacles in treating glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer: resistance to chemotherapy. The study shows that an experimental ...
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Softening aging ovaries could help extend fertility as women get older
Fertility declines as women get older for many reasons, such as a drop in egg quality, decreased follicle numbers and hardening of ovarian tissues. That's a problem for would-be mothers in many countries who prefer to have ...
The secret life of roots: How plants fight back against salty soils
To people, salt is a kitchen staple. But to crops, too much of it can be devastating. Across coastal regions and irrigated agricultural land, salt is accumulating in soils, making it harder for plants to absorb water and ...
Strengthening El Nino likely to 'rank among largest' on record
The El Nino weather pattern picked up strength over the past month and is highly likely to "rank among the largest" ever recorded when it peaks between October and December, U.S. forecasters said Thursday.
Heat waves: Why British trees are shedding branches and dying
If you visit the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, on the edge of London, you will see a brightly painted skeleton of a dead oak tree. The tree, known as the climate-changed oak, succumbed in the heat wave of 2022. Instead of ...
UK sets record for number of days over 34°C
The UK on Thursday experienced its eighth day in 2026 with the mercury climbing above 34°C (94°F), the Met Office said, breaking the previous record by one day.
The hidden benefits of privacy regulation
The digital era is characterized by near-frictionless conversion of data into dollars—absent regulatory intervention, that is. Privacy laws such as the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) restrict corporations' ...
Why India stopped mourning its dead daughters: Research reveals hidden structures behind dowry's deadly silence
New research from King's College London published in Public Culture has found that the uneven unfolding of a post-independence law designed to free Indian women from the constraints of Hindu kinship inadvertently created ...
Study questions growing international trade in critically endangered sand tiger sharks
In a new study led by University of Delaware researchers Aaron Carlisle and Ed Hale, researchers point to concerns in the international trade of sand tiger sharks, a critically endangered shark species globally, for display ...
One in four managers withholds feedback from those they supervise, even when the news is positive
Performance feedback is critical for supporting career and education decisions, but in a new study published in Management Science, a research team from the University of Portsmouth, the University of Exeter and York University ...
Mild enzymatic method gently refines algae oil for nutrition products
Algae oil is increasingly used as a sustainable source of important nutrients, including polyunsaturated fatty acids that support human health and development. One important example is arachidonic acid, or ARA, which is used ...
Honesty may be more efficient than incentives in organizations, new research finds
For decades, economic theory has often treated people as if they will do the right thing in organizations only when incentives, such as performance pay, force them to. But does this miss the fact that many people also care ...
Pregnant women may avoid child protection out of fear and mistrust
Pregnant women who become involved with child protection services often experience fear, mistrust and stigma, leading some to avoid health and support services altogether, new Griffith University research has found. Ph.D. ...
El Nino powers up as forecasters predict historic strength and a rainier winter for the US South
An intensifying El Niño, nature's heat-releasing thermostat that spikes global temperatures, is heading to historically strong levels, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday.
Sustainability reporting no longer shields companies from criticism
In the past few years, new rules from governments across Europe have required companies to increase their reporting on their sustainability efforts. Since then, stakeholders such as NGOs and journalists have been able to ...
Harmful ozone may have reached two-thirds of EU residents during record June heat wave
Two-thirds of the European Union's population may have been exposed to harmful levels of ozone pollution during last month's record-breaking heat wave, a report exclusively shared with AFP warned Thursday.
Camera traps reveal Chornobyl wildlife changed routines during Russian occupation
An international research team has for the first time investigated how an unfolding armed conflict influenced the behavior of wild animals. Using camera traps, the scientists documented how the Russian occupation of the Chornobyl ...
What if our homes could move?
Imagine living in a home that you could simply pick up and move when extreme weather strikes. Instead of bricks and mortar, it's made from materials sourced from the local environment and, if weather conditions change, you ...
STING protein: Study finds new ways for the body to activate and possibly control inflammation
Understanding inflammation—and, above all, how to regulate it—is one of the great medical challenges of modern medicine. Its role as the first line of defense is crucial. It occurs when the presence of infectious agents triggers ...
The untapped potential of bowel cancer samples to boost understanding of other diseases
About half a million samples are collected from over-50s in Scotland each year in a highly successful NHS program that significantly boosts early cancer detection. But only a tiny amount of the sent-in poo—mixed with fluid—is ...
Researchers develop low-cost AI tool to help cities map urban tree canopy
As a heat dome drives dangerous temperatures across much of the United States and renews concerns about extreme heat, USC researchers have developed a new, freely available AI tool that could help cities better understand ...
China's pollution declines came at a cost
More than 20 years ago, the Chinese government instituted the Scientific Outlook on Development (SOD) program, tying local leaders' job performance evaluations to environmental quality improvements. More than 350 river monitoring ...
