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Nanophysics Oct 22, 2026

Shrinking iron films strengthens laser-driven demagnetization

From photos and videos to documents, vast amounts of data are stored on hard drives in large data centers. These devices use tiny magnetic regions whose orientation determines the information stored. But how could data be ...

Economics & Business Oct 22, 2026

Researcher tackles impact of a CMO's life events on businesses' bottom line

When a major company's CEO goes through a messy divorce or is arrested for drunk driving, investors often get nervous, worried that the executive's personal struggles will dent their returns. But most people hardly notice ...

Biochemistry Oct 22, 2026

Global database provides a fuller picture of the elements that make up plant life

What, exactly, is a plant made of? Scientists have a good understanding of the essential nutrients plants need to grow. But what plants need and what they contain are not necessarily the same.

Environment Oct 22, 2026

Brazil's presidential elections linked to decades of fluctuating environmental destruction—study

A University of Cambridge–led analysis of maps made from satellite imagery covering over three decades and seven presidents shows how the winner of Brazil's national elections since 1990 directly affected the preservation ...

Nanophysics Oct 22, 2026

Supramolecular assembly opens a new route to building quantum materials

A joint research team fabricated a two-dimensional structure that exhibits properties of both the honeycomb and Kagome lattices using organic molecules. They discovered that edge states specific to topological materials (states ...

Earth Sciences Oct 22, 2026

How farming helped cause two medieval tsunamis in an Italian lake—and why the danger has returned

On Jan. 3, 1117, a strong earthquake shook northern Italy. A manuscript of the 12th century, kept today in the Vatican Library, recorded what came next: "The lakes also rose so much that very few of those living in the villages ...

Agriculture Oct 22, 2026

Helping microgreens pack even more of a nutritional punch

Microgreens are nutritional powerhouses. A team of plant scientists at Penn State conducting research on multiple aspects of microgreens recently published three studies reporting progress on multiple fronts, including iron ...

Nanophysics Oct 22, 2026

Amino acid stabilizes material's quantum state above room temperature

New research started with a special material that behaves unusually when it's extremely cold—135 degrees below zero Fahrenheit (minus 93 degrees Celsius), close to the most frigid temperature ever recorded in Antarctica—and ...

Political science Oct 22, 2026

Most AI chatbots stay in the political middle ground, with Grok being an exception

The 2026 election was the first parliamentary election in Sweden since AI chatbots became a serious part of everyday life—not least for young people and first-time voters. Today, it is possible to turn to a number of services, ...

Plants & Animals Oct 22, 2026

DNA and underwater footage reveal two new species of deep-sea siphonophores

New research is shedding light on the diversity of deep-sea siphonophores. A team of scientists from MBARI, the University of Gdańsk, New York University and Yale University conducted a comprehensive examination of Bargmannia ...

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