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Environment Aug 28, 2026

Galápagos corals show El Niño events are more extreme now than in past 1,000 years

Temperatures have warmed dramatically across the equatorial Pacific Ocean in 2026, signaling the onset of a strong and potentially historic El Niño. These events can affect weather around the world, and the intensity of recent ...

Environment Aug 28, 2026

We've reconstructed Melbourne's 200-year-old forests

Have you ever wondered what your Melbourne suburb looked like before all the streets and houses?

Cell & Microbiology Aug 27, 2026

Mixture of traditional edible plants inhibits fungus growth in corn, study shows

Fungal contamination in stored grain across sub-Saharan Africa causes major post-harvest losses and severe public health risks, costing billions of dollars annually, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the ...

Astronomy Aug 27, 2026

ASTRID traces 13.5 billion years of black hole and galaxy evolution

In dark skies at night, distant starlight twinkles and speaks to vast cosmic histories almost as old as time itself. New data from instruments such as NASA's James Webb Space Telescope are helping astrophysicists probe deep ...

Environment Aug 27, 2026

Social media posts reveal how communities cope with extreme heat

As extreme heat becomes more frequent and intense across California, knowing which communities are struggling and what kind of help they need is increasingly important for protecting public health. A new UC Irvine study suggests ...

Earth Sciences Aug 27, 2026

Tsunami of dirt: What caused Nepal's deadly glacial flood?

More than 150 people are dead and hundreds more are missing after an enormous wave of water, ice, mud and rock cascaded more than 170 kilometers (106 miles) down the Bhote Koshi River valley in Nepal. The valley is the main ...

Nanomaterials Aug 27, 2026

'Like uprooting tree stumps'—pulling nanoscale anchors creates tiny pores that could speed biosensor manufacturing

A new manufacturing method could help move the production of nanoscale sensors from specialized fabrication facilities to conventional semiconductor manufacturing plants.Publishing in Science Advances, researchers from KTH ...

Evolution Aug 27, 2026

Degraded DNA reveals two extinct Galapagos giant tortoise lineages

Using a new combination of computational tools to analyze ancient DNA, Yale researchers have discovered two ancient, extinct giant tortoise lineages that once lived on the Galapagos Islands.

Environment Aug 27, 2026

How a glacier collapse may have caused Nepal-Tibet disaster

A huge piece of ice that fell thousands of meters from a glacier into a river below may have unleashed the disaster in Nepal and Tibet that killed at least 180 people.

Bio & Medicine Aug 27, 2026

Scented cleaners can create nanoparticles that reach deep into the lungs within minutes, tiny-home experiment finds

What does a clean room smell like? Many people say citrus, pine, or flowers because these fragrances are common in cleaning products. A research team led by Brandon Boor found that scent compounds in cleaning products—conventional ...

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