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Earth Sciences Sep 22, 2026

From deforestation to reclamation, automated satellite tool tracks vegetation shifts around mining sites

To better assess the spatial extent of mining facilities and their environmental impact, a research team at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) has developed a satellite-based remote sensing tool.

Nanophysics Sep 22, 2026

Tiny quantum nanostructures could make AI less of an energy hog

Engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have designed a new type of quantum nanostructure that could enable optical neural networks. This emerging technology has the potential to make artificial intelligence systems, ...

Cell & Microbiology Sep 22, 2026

A single temporary stimulus may redirect cell fate without permanently altering genes

Which genes need to be controlled to guide a stem cell toward a desired cell type or modulate an immune cell's inflammatory response? A Korean research team has developed a general-purpose computational framework that identifies ...

Ecology Sep 22, 2026

How amateur naturalists are helping scientists track what everything eats

An interdisciplinary team of researchers has created an open-source website for learning what different organisms eat and what eats them. The site—called Who Eats Whom—draws on data from a worldwide citizen science platform ...

Mathematics Sep 22, 2026

What billiard balls reveal about computers and the limits of prediction

When is a billiard ball not a billiard ball? When mathematicians get involved and view a popular game as a model computer.

Education Sep 22, 2026

VR boosts English vocabulary scores for students with dyslexia, pilot study finds

Virtual reality (VR) could be a new tool to help students with dyslexia learn English vocabulary more effectively than conventional instruction alone, according to a pilot study involving 30 learners published in the International ...

Evolution Sep 22, 2026

Can a long-lived seabird evolve fast enough to avoid extinction under a changing climate?

As the climate changes, species face a critical question: Can they evolve quickly enough to keep pace with their changing environment?

Social Sciences Sep 22, 2026

Planetary crises deepen global health inequality, paper warns

The global inequality in health opportunities is being further heightened by the triple planetary crisis—climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution. Addressing it is more than a question for health systems; ...

Quantum Physics Sep 22, 2026

Quantum protocol securely verifies a device's position using stations 2 km apart

Reliably verifying the location of a device connected to the internet or other networks is important for various real-world applications. For instance, it could be valuable for authorizing financial transactions, securing ...

Nanophysics Sep 22, 2026

Carbon nanotube foams reveal a new kind of mechanical memory

In their earliest years of development, computers used mechanical gears and levers to store information. Today, researchers are exploring whether a material itself can hold onto information, storing memory in how it bends ...

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