https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Fashion lovers are generally associated with bursting wardrobes and chasing the latest trends. But that reputation is beginning to shift. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-ways-enjoy-fashion-hobby-indulging.html Economics & Business Wed, 07 Oct 2026 20:40:01 EDT news710596921 Research published today in Nature by University of Melbourne researchers, in collaboration with Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Corporation, reconstructed the past 1,000 years of vegetation, fire and erosion in Croajingolong National Park in East Gippsland, one of southeastern Australia's most fire-prone forests. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-australia-wildfire-crisis-linked-colonial.html Earth Sciences Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:00:04 EDT news710592002 Poor sleep can cause employees to clash with their supervisors and other higher-ranking colleagues, according to a series of new studies from the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and other institutions. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-poor-employees-clash-superiors.html Economics & Business Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:40:06 EDT news710584381 The European Union is under pressure to ban "forever chemicals," but a battle is heating up in Brussels over the toxic substances known as PFAS, with industry groups seeking as many exemptions as possible. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-fierce-lobbying-eu-chemicals.html Environment Wed, 07 Oct 2026 02:28:50 EDT news710558864 When organizations undergo major shifts, such as restructuring or adopting new working systems, employees often face uncertainty about how to understand and respond to those changes. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-uncover-key-employee-organizational.html Economics & Business Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:00:01 EDT news710517001 A research team has developed a highly sensitive electrochemical biosensor capable of rapidly and accurately diagnosing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks that may occur following head surgery or trauma. The team established a diagnostic platform that uses enzymes to detect subtle differences in sugars attached to protein surfaces and converts these differences into measurable electrical signals. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-highly-sensitive-biosensor-enables-rapid.html Bio & Medicine Tue, 06 Oct 2026 17:20:01 EDT news710516761 In today's digital world, everything from medical images and financial records to personal photos and secure communications depends on encryption systems that can protect sensitive information. But real-world technologies rarely operate under perfect conditions. Measurements can be imprecise, hardware introduces small errors, and communication channels are often affected by noise. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-mathematical-image-encryption-resilient-real.html Mathematics Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:40:07 EDT news710516341 Since Labor won the 2024 general election, policy focused on children in the early years—from birth to school age—and their parents has moved sharply up the political agenda. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-childcare-funding-mothers.html Economics & Business Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:20:01 EDT news710426341 Many medical specialties now require graduating doctors to be skilled in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for diagnosing patients and performing procedures. POCUS uses a portable ultrasound device to help clinicians make fast, accurate medical decisions. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education lists this skill as an official milestone for graduation. Even though training is improving for its potential use in treating head, eye and nerve conditions, POCUS is only moderately used by neurologists dealing with some neurological conditions. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-experts-deem-empowering-neurologists-neurology.html Education Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:20:11 EDT news710423521 If the goal was to silence rapper Macklemore by preventing him from touring with singer Ed Sheeran, it clearly backfired. Macklemore delivered a monolog in support of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and performed his pro-Palestinian protest song "Hind's Hall" during a Sept. 4, 2026, concert at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, where he was an opening act for Sheeran. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-artists-silencing-backfires.html Social Sciences Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:00:10 EDT news710414341 Japan has the lowest measured rate of homelessness of any wealthy nation. Finland is the only country in Europe that has driven homelessness down over decades rather than watched it climb. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-homelessness-wont-pay.html Social Sciences Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:40:01 EDT news710407202 Pinyon pines and juniper trees spread across the mid-elevation slopes of the American West, including California's Eastern Sierra. These hardy, short-statured trees are one of the most widespread vegetation types on federal lands, covering more than 100 million acres (405,000 square kilometers) across 10 Western states. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-tribal-members-pinyon-juniper-woodlands.html Plants & Animals Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:01 EDT news710407082 The sun had barely risen, but diver Elizaveta Bodrova was already raring to plunge into the cold waters of Lake Issyk-Kul, where the ruins of a once-thriving city have lain submerged for centuries. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-sunken-silk-road-city-reveals.html Archaeology Mon, 05 Oct 2026 02:38:24 EDT news710386670 In front of most Australian houses, between the sidewalk and the road, runs a strip of land most people never really think about. In Australia, it's called the nature strip, but it goes by other names in other regions, including a verge, parkway or tree lawn. https://phys.org/news/2026-09-nature-gardens-paradise-pollinators-street.html Ecology Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:30:01 EDT news709888570 When I explain topology to students, I start with a knot in a rope. You can stretch it, twist it or shake it, but the knot stays until you cut the rope. Physicists have found that some materials and devices carry similar "knots" in how waves move through them. These are topological properties, labeled by whole numbers that don't change under small imperfections. That robustness is why topology has become one of the central ideas in modern physics. It promises electronics, photonics and quantum devices that tolerate defects and noise. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-hidden-topology-energy-leaks.html Optics & Photonics Sat, 03 Oct 2026 13:40:01 EDT news710151198 A new interactive tool launched on Tuesday, Sept. 8, offers policymakers, researchers, journalists and the public a state-by-state look at private equity investments in U.S. health care. https://phys.org/news/2026-09-interactive-tool-tracks-private-equity.html Economics & Business Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:40:04 EDT news709998321 Physicists with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's Grainger College of Engineering have identified a new form of superconducting behavior. Experiments on the metal uranium ditelluride reveal that Cooper pairs, the composite electron units responsible for superconductivity, can organize into nonuniform patterns that exist even when the main superconducting phase is absent. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-cooper-pairs-superconducting-critical-temperature.html Superconductivity Sat, 03 Oct 2026 07:00:01 EDT news710216698 On Pakistan's Indus delta coast, a 350,000-hectare (865,000-acre) mangrove project is turning a growing forest into something that can be sold to companies thousands of miles away: carbon credits. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-mangrove-big-business-benefits-dont.html Environment Fri, 02 Oct 2026 13:00:10 EDT news710158928 It was the first day of school, and the kids at the Logan Intergenerational Family Education Center were not going to wait a second longer. Normally, the hordes of elementary schoolers would take turns chattering down the hallway to meet and visit their best friends—the senior-citizen residents of the Logan Manor nursing home—during breakfast. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-bridging-generations-early-spaces-benefit.html Social Sciences Thu, 01 Oct 2026 18:20:06 EDT news710093101 So, you're a people pleaser? A social chameleon? Perhaps you're an introvert or an extrovert. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-true-identity-emerges-hidden-essence.html Social Sciences Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:00:31 EDT news710075582 Recently, a middle-aged woman came to see me in my ophthalmology clinic because her eyes felt gritty and uncomfortable. She had seen another doctor a month earlier who diagnosed her with eyelid inflammation and wrote her a prescription. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-global-health-medical-advances-economic.html Economics & Business Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:01 EDT news710068201 A decade of New York City fire data shows that citywide trends can mask sharply different realities on the ground, with some neighborhoods moving in the opposite direction of the city as a whole. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-city-block.html Environment Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:20:29 EDT news710065562 On average, Australians seem quite happy in their relationships. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-australians-happy-stay.html Social Sciences Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:40:11 EDT news710059442 Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20% of their mass in five years, experts said Thursday, with 2026 registering the second-biggest melt on record. https://phys.org/news/2026-10-catastrophic-swiss-glaciers-mass-years.html Environment Thu, 01 Oct 2026 02:50:01 EDT news710038952 In 1960, Science, one of the world's leading science journals, published an article with an unambiguous title: Doomsday: Friday, 13 November, A.D. 2026. It predicted that on this future date—just over a month from today—the human population would approach infinity and effectively annihilate itself. https://phys.org/news/2026-09-scientists-friday-november-doomsday.html Mathematics Wed, 30 Sep 2026 17:10:01 EDT news710004362 As a deadly fungal disease ravages wild frog populations around the globe, scientists have identified potential locations in Panama where amphibians might persist despite the disease, according to new research from the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) published in the Journal for Nature Conservation. https://phys.org/news/2026-09-climate-refuges-key-imperiled-amphibians.html Plants & Animals Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:00:15 EDT news709899902 People are increasingly turning to AI for advice. A 2026 Pew report found that 10% of Americans use chatbots for emotional support or companionship. Some even find a charismatic leader in AI. https://phys.org/news/2026-09-chatbots-oracles-ai-life-ancient.html Archaeology Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:40:09 EDT news709896842 University of Massachusetts Amherst's Jeff Podos and his former graduate student João C.T. Menezes have identified two contenders for the title of world's loudest bird: the bare-throated bellbird and the red-legged seriema. Their findings also help explain why some birds are so much louder than others. https://phys.org/news/2026-09-biologists-world-loudest-birds.html Plants & Animals Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:00:08 EDT news709804021 To build the ultrafast computers of the future, scientists are looking beyond the electrical charge of electrons to another property: their spin. While conventional hardware relies on the movement of charge to process data, tapping into this intrinsic quantum property could enable researchers to reinvent how information travels through a circuit. https://phys.org/news/2026-09-experimental-evidence-altermagnetism-layered-material.html Condensed Matter Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:10:01 EDT news709834861 At the end of the last ice age, early humans crisscrossed the Americas following seasons, rivers and game, often with a trusty spear in hand. Nearly 13,000 years later, archaeologists are using those spearheads to study how America's first inhabitants understood risk. https://phys.org/news/2026-09-ancient-spearheads-reveal-ice-age.html Archaeology Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:20:05 EDT news709824662