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Polymers Sep 10, 2026

Fully recyclable hydrogel begins healing itself within minutes

Imagine this. You pick up a contact lens from its container and—yikes!—it falls on the bathroom floor. Before you know it, your cat pounces, claws out. By the time you wrestle it back, the lens looks like a tiny chew toy. ...

Bio & Medicine Sep 10, 2026

Injectable nanodevices could provide effective treatment for drug-resistant glioblastoma

Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive and treatment-resistant brain cancers known to medicine, carrying a median survival of just 12–15 months, even with the best available care.

Environment Sep 10, 2026

Disposable vapes pose hidden environmental threat, researchers warn

Vaping isn't just annoying to passersby who have to walk through clouds of vapor but may be actively harmful to the environment, a new study says. Discarded nicotine vapes contain extremely high levels of lead and other heavy ...

Social Sciences Sep 10, 2026

How to support children during home relocation

As cost-of-living pressures increase and the rental crisis worsens, many families are moving more often.

Education Sep 10, 2026

Australia's reading and math results are at an 'all‑time low'—but there's more to the story

Results from the latest international test of 15-year-olds have prompted another round of headlines suggesting there are serious problems with Australia's academic results.

Environment Sep 10, 2026

Unaccounted climate feedback loops may amplify warming by 20–30% this century, but cutting emissions will reduce risks

New research shows that warming-induced emissions—greenhouse gas emissions from natural sources driven by rising temperatures—could amplify global warming by approximately 20%–30% and add an estimated 0.2°C–0.4°C of warming ...

Plants & Animals Sep 9, 2026

The trapdoor spiders giving a leg up to science

WA's trapdoor spiders are endangered. Jackson Rendall is here to help—because he thinks they're "just really cool."

Analytical Chemistry Sep 9, 2026

Electrochemical system extracts pure hydrogen from ammonia at substantially lower temperatures

As a liquid that is easily stored and transported, ammonia (NH3) is an attractive carrier for hydrogen, which is used in fuel cells, semiconductor manufacturing, chemical processing and other applications. However, breaking ...

Space Exploration Sep 9, 2026

What to know about Europe's push to compete in space

Key figures from Europe's space industry and other international players have converged on Paris to discuss how to advance the continent's ambitions in a global market dominated by the United States.

Social Sciences Sep 9, 2026

You can't shield kids from scary news—here's what 'Sesame Street' and other children's shows did after 9/11

On back-to-school night in 2005, I eagerly entered my youngest child's first-grade classroom. The walls were festooned with brightly colored responses to the prompt: "Draw something you remember."

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