Environment
Tiny chip can sort and count nanoplastics for better pollution monitoring
A first-of-its-kind method that's cheap, portable and powerful in detecting harmful nanoplastics particles has been developed by an international consortium of researchers, with far-reaching implications for global health ...
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Plants & Animals
Plants that dominate at home often thrive as invasive species abroad, study suggests
The spread of species beyond their native habitat is a human-made environmental change on a global scale. Among vascular plants, over 16,000 species have now permanently settled in foreign countries. The majority of these ...
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Â鶹ÒùÔºicists devise an idea for lasers that shoot beams of neutrinos
At any given moment, trillions of particles called neutrinos are streaming through our bodies and every material in our surroundings, without noticeable effect. Smaller than electrons and lighter than photons, these ghostly ...
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University of Florence–led investigators report that estrogen-regulated renal progenitor cells shape pregnancy adaptation in mice with failure of estrogen receptor alpha signaling precipitating preeclampsia, maternal kidney ...
The constant scaling of AI applications and other digital technologies across industries is beginning to tax the energy grid due to its intensive energy consumption. Digital computing's energy and latency demands will likely ...
Researchers at the University of Bath have discovered how DNA damage caused by a faulty DNA protection and repair system can lead to neurodegenerative disorders such as motor neuron disease (MND).
Genetics
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Scientists in the laboratory of Weiguo Cui, Ph.D., professor of Pathology in the Division of Experimental Pathology, have identified novel molecular mechanisms that help specialized T-cells maintain long-term immunity in ...
Genetics
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In a new study, an international team of researchers created phase diagrams for organic solar cells based on a composite of a polymeric semiconductor and a "small molecule acceptor" (SMA).
Electronics & Semiconductors
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Just as a computer's operating system can be rewritten after a major update, dengue infection can "re-program" the body's immune system, leaving a long-lasting genetic imprint that influences how people respond to future ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Suicide is a leading cause of death in postpartum women—and it is a preventable one. It is estimated that nearly half of mothers experiencing perinatal depression are undiagnosed and are not receiving treatment. But when ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Shedding light on insulators: How light pulses unfreeze electrons
Metal oxides are abundant in nature and central to technologies such as photocatalysis and photovoltaics. Yet, many suffer from poor electrical conduction, caused by strong repulsion between electrons in neighboring metal ...
Condensed Matter
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Strong tides speed melting of Antarctic ice shelves
Antarctic ice is melting. But exactly which forces are causing it to melt and how melting will influence sea level rise are areas of active research. Understanding the decay of ice shelves, which extend off the edges of the ...
Earth Sciences
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AI and climate change: How to reliably record greenhouse gas emissions
Large companies in the EU are legally required to report their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Yet pulling this information manually from long PDF sustainability reports is slow and error-prone. Many teams try to speed up ...
Environment
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The science of spaghetti: Neutron scattering explains why gluten-free pasta falls apart
Using small angle neutron and X-ray scattering, researchers from the European Spallation Source and RWTH Aachen University have compared the nanostructure of gluten-free and normal spaghetti, finding that the kind with gluten ...
Nanophysics
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Skoltech scientists have devised a mathematical model of memory. By analyzing its new model, the team came to surprising conclusions that could prove useful for robot design, artificial intelligence, and for better understanding ...
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Why the East Antarctic interior is warming faster and earlier than its coastal areas
Scientists have confirmed that East Antarctica's interior is warming faster than its coastal areas and identified the cause. A 30-year study, published in Nature Communications and led by Nagoya University's Naoyuki Kurita, ...
Earth Sciences
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When it comes to their survival, cancer cells have a host of backup plans. This is especially true of the nutrients that cancers use to grow and spread. In addition to relying on sugars like glucose to power their proliferation, ...
Oncology & Cancer
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As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds
Global warming in the United States is amping up the country's sweet tooth, a new study found.
Environment
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The Hofstadter butterfly: Twisted bilayer graphene reveals two distinct strongly interacting topological phases
Magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene (MATBG) is a material created by stacking two sheets of graphene onto each other, with a small twist angle of about 1.1°. At this "magic angle," electrons move very slowly, which can ...
Corporate reports miss the mark on ocean health, according to new analysis
New research led by Stanford University and co-authored by Lancaster University explores the industrial impacts on the ocean and compares them with what leading companies in the ocean economy disclose, underscoring the need ...
Environment
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The world's most famous greater gliders are parents again
On National Threatened Species Day (7 September), some news we can all celebrate—the world's most famous endangered greater gliders are parents again, with a new joey seen for the first time just three days ago.
Suite of models shows some positive effects of climate-smart ag practices
A study using multiple agronomic models to examine two long-term agricultural research stations in North America shows that so-called climate-smart agricultural practices—like no-till treatments, cover-crop utilization ...
'Optical sieve' detects the smallest pieces of plastic in the environment more easily than ever before
Plastic pollution is everywhere: in rivers and oceans, in the air and the mountains, even in our blood and vital organs. Most of the public attention has focused on the dangers of microplastics. These are fragments smaller ...
Students in England and Australia are supposedly poor at learning languages. Our research shows this isn't true
Australia and England are both multicultural countries where hundreds of languages are spoken. However, in both, levels of language learning at school are worryingly low.
Arctic communities face rapid changes in technology and transportation
For the Sami people of northern Norway, the post-World War II era marked the beginning of significant technological change.
Research reveals hidden damage caused by heat
Heat affects not only our well-being, but also the performance and lifespan of systems and devices. However, it is often difficult to measure these effects accurately.
Helping teens navigate online racism—study shows which parenting strategy works best
Parents struggle to help teens deal with online racism. Online racism is different from in-person racism because the people behaving that way usually hide behind fake names, making it hard to stop them. Studies found that ...
Our understanding of lightning has been driven by fear and shaped by curiosity
Playwright Tom Stoppard, in "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," provides one of the best definitions of science: "The scientific approach to the examination of phenomena is a defense against the pure emotion of fear."
AI tool built for learners supports learning better than ChatGPT
Artificial intelligence is here to stay. Most people probably recognize that by now. But there is still skepticism about the use of AI in many areas. One of them is education.
Report shows top 400 richest Americans now taxed less than general population
Total effective tax rates for the 400 wealthiest Americans have declined sharply in recent years, and they now pay a smaller percentage of their true income in taxes than the average American, according to new economic research ...
Emotions expressed in real-time barrage comments relate to purchasing intentions and imitative behavior
The rapid rise of social media has enabled real-time interaction among users, accelerating and complicating the ways emotions influence human behavior. Yet the specific mechanisms through which emotions are transmitted and ...
Boosting timber harvesting in national forests while cutting public oversight won't solve America's wildfire problem
The western United States is facing another destructive wildfire season, with more acres burned in Colorado alone in 2025 than in the past four years combined. If global warming continues on its current trajectory, the amount ...
Why building nature-centric housing involves a mindset shift
How do you build 1.5 million new homes in five years without destroying nature? Housing is unaffordable for most people, so the UK government plans to build as many homes as possible, as soon as possible. Assuming this brings ...
50 years ago, NASA sent two spacecraft to search for life on Mars. The missions' findings are still discussed today
Finding life beyond Earth would be a major scientific discovery with significant implications for all areas of science and human thought. Yet, only one direct search for extraterrestrial life has ever been conducted.
As world gets hotter, Americans are turning to more sugar, study finds
Global warming in the United States is amping up the country's sweet tooth, a new study found.
France's racial blind spot exposed in new study
A groundbreaking new study from The University of Manchester has challenged traditional ideas of race and national identity in France, revealing how French citizens of Indian descent are navigating their identities in a society ...
Cities need trees, but sometimes they have to be cut down. Here's why, and how to do it properly
Like all living things, trees have a limited life cycle, with phases of youth, maturity, and old age. In their prime, trees provide shade, coolness and environmental quality—as well as an undeniable aesthetic value—to ...
Genetic fingerprint approach enhances detection of gene-edited organisms
Researchers from the Belgian Federal Institute Sciensano, as part of the DARWIN project, have developed a proof-of-concept for next generation detection methods of genome-edited organisms.
Baby turtles vanish into the Indian Ocean for years: Now a model shows where they might go
All sea turtle species are threatened worldwide. They migrate long distances in the oceans—often thousands of kilometers—and so fall under multiple countries' laws and conservation targets. They also have a complex life ...
Young children are not the main drivers of language change, theoretical study suggests
For more than a century, scholars have repeated a powerful idea: that the mistakes children make when learning to speak are the seeds of language change.
