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Economics & Business Oct 16, 2026

Fraudulent paper mills may be manipulating scientific citations and amplifying unreliable findings

The likely manipulation of citation numbers by research paper mills in high-impact cancer journals has been uncovered by an international team of academic researchers. Their findings point to an organized campaign to inflate ...

Social Sciences Oct 16, 2026

Kids and teens are going to AI chatbots for advice. How can parents make sure this is safe?

Last week, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett warned artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are not a sufficient replacement for human support for children. The comment was in response to a recent Adelaide ...

Economics & Business Oct 16, 2026

Exchange rates react immediately to the threat of tariffs

Exchange rates are more than just abstract numbers. They determine the value of a Mexican peso, the cost of a German car in the U.S. and whether an Argentine farmer can repay his debts. Jantke de Boer, junior professor of ...

Social Sciences Oct 16, 2026

Performance under pressure: A new perspective on why we fail—or rise to the occasion

The decisive penalty kick in a final, match point in tennis or the last attempt in a competition: When a lot is at stake, even a well-practiced performance can suddenly break down. Yet pressure does not necessarily impair ...

Ecology Oct 15, 2026

Endangered species in Canada face extensive delays receiving protection

For more than 20 years, Canada's Species at Risk Act (SARA) has protected wildlife that are at risk of being lost from Canadian lands and waters. Once a species is listed as extirpated, endangered or threatened under the ...

Evolution Oct 15, 2026

Newly discovered viruses reveal an evolutionary missing link

Researchers at the University of Miami have identified a group of previously unknown viruses that bridge an evolutionary gap between viruses and cellular protein compartments, a discovery with implications for both biotechnology ...

Space Exploration Oct 15, 2026

Rigorous analysis confirms NASA's Artemis II heat shield performance

NASA's Artemis II mission sent four astronauts around the moon and brought them safely back to Earth, laying a foundation for crewed flights to the moon's surface.

Social Sciences Oct 15, 2026

African American young adults favor family support when it comes to caring for older adults

A study led by Nekehia Quashie, an assistant professor of public health in the University of Rhode Island's College of Health Sciences, examined how different African American age groups felt about the responsibility of supporting ...

Quantum Physics Oct 15, 2026

Silicon qubits surpass 99.99% gate fidelity while operating three at once

Silicon spin qubits are a promising platform for building scalable quantum computers as they are compatible with the semiconductor manufacturing technologies used to produce today's computer chips. However, they have an important ...

Molecular & Computational biology Oct 15, 2026

Targeting the cell cycle for cancer therapy: From the discovery of CDK9 to precision medicine and beyond

More than 30 years after the direct connection was established between the molecular machinery controlling cell division and cancer, a new paper traces the evolution of cyclin-dependent kinase research and outlines the next ...

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