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Social Sciences 8 hours ago

Disaster recovery work temporarily boosted short-term physical and mental benefits for men

New Northwestern University research aims to shed light on what drives inequalities among men in the aftermath of megadisasters. In such situations, men are often depicted as heroic leaders, and this study finds that many ...

Plants & Animals 8 hours ago

Marine heat waves suppress nutrient use, reproductive flexibility in humpback whales

A new study led by University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa researchers reveals how extreme ocean warming disrupts whale metabolism, nutrition and reproductive success and what the developing 2026–2027 El Niño could mean next. ...

Political science 8 hours ago

Fear‑based campaign ads can grab attention, but whether they win votes is less clear

On a Monday night in September 1964, television viewers watched a little girl counting petals on a flower. Her voice gave way to a man counting down, and then a nuclear blast filled the screen.

Earth Sciences 8 hours ago

Strategic new protections could link 13 Pacific deep-sea reserves into connected network

Protected areas have been set up to shield deep-sea life from the impacts of seabed mining in the Pacific Ocean. However, new research led by scientists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) and published in Nature Ecology ...

Astronomy 8 hours ago

ALMA spots 'dragon egg' that may represent the earliest stages of massive star formation

Astronomers identified an exceptionally tiny core that may represent an early stage in the formation of a massive star. Located in an infrared-dark area called Dragon Cloud, the core is nicknamed the "dragon egg." The paper, ...

Nanophysics 9 hours ago

Gold nanoparticles unexpectedly alter process that controls electrical conductivity in organic devices

Researchers at Umea university thought gold particles would make electronic components emit more light. Instead, they discovered an unexpected effect that could be important for the future of organic electronics.

Nanophysics 9 hours ago

Archimedes screw inspires single-molecule motor powered by electric current

Molecular machines are regarded as the next step in miniaturization. Their models can be found in living cells, where molecular motors convert energy and generate movement. Scientists have been working for decades to artificially ...

Biotechnology 9 hours ago

Open-source workflow makes spatial proteomics easier to use

Fabian Coscia and his team have published in Nature Methods an open-source workflow that makes Deep Visual Proteomics easier to use, adapt and scale. OpenDVP enables scientists to spatially map thousands of proteins inside ...

Environment 9 hours ago

Summer 2026 heat toll exceeded 50,000 deaths in European cities, analysis estimates

More than 50,000 heat-related deaths are estimated to have occurred in urban areas across Europe during summer 2026, with around two-thirds attributed to human-induced climate change, according to new research led by the ...

Analytical Chemistry 9 hours ago

Elusive uranium 'sandwich' molecule isolated after more than 50 years

In a study published in Nature Communications, researchers from The University of Manchester and Lancaster University have isolated and characterized uranocenium, the positively charged form of a landmark uranium compound ...

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