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Economics & Business Oct 6, 2026

News you can use: Holiday travel does not have to break the bank

The holiday season is a time for getting together to celebrate, but if that get-together involves traveling by air, ticket prices may become a major barrier to holiday cheer.

Polymers Sep 14, 2026

Novel solvent recipe boosts efficiency of organic solar cells

In a study recently published in the Chemical Engineering Journal, a research team from National Taiwan University and international collaborators have developed a straightforward solvent-mixing strategy to significantly ...

Ecology Aug 6, 2026

Smart trap study points to more precise codling moth management

Researchers from Michigan State University's Department of Entomology found that automated camera traps often detected codling moth activity in orchards several days earlier than standard monitoring methods, potentially helping ...

Bio & Medicine Jul 28, 2026

Self-cleaning nanoscale sensor could transform personalized medicine

Imagine a smart bandage that could continuously monitor an infected wound, alerting doctors when bacteria spread or when treatment begins to work. That vision is one step closer to reality with new research from Virginia ...

General Physics Jul 23, 2026

Machine learning narrows search for additional particles in the Higgs boson family

What if the Higgs boson found in 2012 is not alone but is the only sibling we have encountered so far? Scientists at CERN discovered the particle that year, and it was a major discovery because it explained how other particles ...

Mathematics Jun 10, 2026

Parents helping kids enjoy math may boost achievement as much as content support

How do children learn math? It's shaped by what they know as well as their motivation and engagement. Historically, research on children's math learning has been focused on parents' cognitive practices (such as math talk—informal ...

Earth Sciences May 22, 2026

Rice feeds billions of people—but its role in fueling climate change is growing

Rice feeds more than half the world. From terraced paddies in Southeast Asia to irrigated fields in China and India, it underpins daily meals for billions of people.

Soft Matter May 15, 2026

A hidden threshold enables tunable control of liquid crystal helices for energy-efficient technologies

Liquid crystals are an integral part of modern technology, ranging from displays to advanced sensory systems. In a study published in Scientific Reports, researchers from the Institute of Experimental Physics of the Slovak ...

Earth Sciences May 5, 2026

Identifying severe weather hazards further in the future with AI

An artificial intelligence (AI) tool built by the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research (NSF NCAR) can help forecasters look further into the future as they work to identify the potential ...

Environment Apr 8, 2026

Satellites capture the volatile human–luminescence relationship

From space, Earth's populated areas glow on the otherwise "black marble" of the planet at night. For decades, scientists assumed this glow was steadily increasing as the world developed. However, a new study published in ...

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