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Environment Oct 23, 2026

Study maps the human side of flood risk

When heavy rain hits a city, knowing where water will accumulate is only part of the picture. Who lives in the affected buildings? How might flooding disrupt their lives? And where could additional support make the greatest ...

Optics & Photonics Oct 23, 2026

Counting magnetic flux quanta offers new way to measure photon numbers

Researchers at AIST have directly observed magnetic flux quanta generated in a superconductor by photon absorption and demonstrated a new principle of photon detection that identifies the number of photons based on the number ...

Analytical Chemistry Oct 23, 2026

Scientists demonstrate AI-designed enzyme for drug synthesis

The new RFD4-Proteina unified generative model for protein design—created by the Institute for Protein Design (IPD) in collaboration with NVIDIA—uses advanced AI to generate entirely new protein sequences and structures, ...

Nanomaterials Oct 23, 2026

Chemically modified sugars enable direct nanostructure formation

Researchers at AIST have demonstrated the synthesis of nanoporous carbonaceous materials and carbonaceous materials with layered nanostructures through a simple process involving the chemical modification of common sugars ...

Political science Oct 23, 2026

Elections are more predictable than they look

As politics in America become more polarized and each voting cycle seems more fraught than the last, a common narrative in the media is that each election is unique and increasingly unpredictable. But new research shows that ...

Materials Science Oct 23, 2026

Potatoes could be the secret to better plant-based meat, say food scientists

Potatoes could hold the key to making better gluten-free plant-based meat, according to a new study.

Economics & Business Oct 23, 2026

Chaos makes sense of market movements in a crisis

Research shows that crises do more than cause financial market volatility and falling share prices—they lead to markets becoming far more interconnected.

Cell & Microbiology Oct 23, 2026

Scientists uncover the molecular pillars that shape our cells' powerpacks

Mitochondria are the tiny powerpacks that supply most of the energy our cells need. Their ability to generate this energy relies on a distinctive architecture: two membranes, one tucked inside the other, separated by a narrow ...

Paleontology & Fossils Oct 23, 2026

Rare fossils reveal what ancient Denisovans may have looked like

Whenever anything is written about the Denisovans, the word "mysterious" is almost guaranteed to appear. That is because we just don't know a lot about this extinct human group that may have lived in East Asia from at least ...

Cell & Microbiology Oct 23, 2026

From sea anemone to human fertility: A new research organism for understanding meiosis

Every egg cell and sperm cell depends on meiosis, a tightly choreographed process in which chromosomes find their partners, exchange genetic material and then divide. When meiosis goes awry in humans, the consequences can ...

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