Europe's buildings are designed for a climate that no longer exists—new open dataset offers a fix
Phys.orgby Norwegian University·24 Aug 2026
Europe's buildings are designed for a climate that no longer exists—new open dataset offers a fix The weather files engineers use to design buildings are built from decades of historical...
Mapping thorium's preferred sites could pave the way for nuclear clocks
Phys.orgby Sam Jarman·24 Aug 2026
Mapping thorium's preferred sites could pave the way for nuclear clocks Sam Jarman Author For decades, physicists have used a technique called Mössbauer spectroscopy to peer inside solid materials...
Mule helps scientists build the clearest horse and donkey genomes yet
Phys.orgby Jordan Strickler·24 Aug 2026
Mule helps scientists build the clearest horse and donkey genomes yet A mule has helped researchers build the most complete reference genomes to date for horses and donkeys, giving scientists...
A single lever could ease India's twin agricultural pressures of fertilizer pollution and groundwater stress
Phys.orgby Manasasri Muralidharan·24 Aug 2026
A single lever could ease India's twin agricultural pressures of fertilizer pollution and groundwater stress A new study from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) and the...
A 2-degree twist creates a nanoscale grid that traps light energy at room temperature
Phys.orgby K W Wesselink-Schram·24 Aug 2026
A 2-degree twist creates a nanoscale grid that traps light energy at room temperature You may have once tried taking a close-up picture of a computer screen and noticed a wavy, rippling effect.
Five ways Europe's heat-wave summer is hot, hot, hot
Phys.orgby Andrew Zinin·24 Aug 2026
Five ways Europe's heat-wave summer is hot, hot, hot Temperatures have been off the charts this year in Europe, the continent warming faster than any other continent.
One step closer to the ideal glass—simulations reveal hidden order at absolute zero
Phys.orgby University·24 Aug 2026
One step closer to the ideal glass—simulations reveal hidden order at absolute zero In the physical sense, glass is not limited to familiar window glass; it forms whenever a liquid is cooled so...
Cowpea plants create underground defense system for the next generation after insect attacks
Phys.orgby Krystal Kasal·24 Aug 2026
Cowpea plants create underground defense system for the next generation after insect attacks Krystal Kasal Author Plants might seem helpless when it comes to insect attacks, but they are known to...
South Africa produces enough food, yet millions face hunger. Better cold storage could help change that
Phys.orgby Ikechukwu Opara; Frederic Isingizwe·24 Aug 2026
South Africa produces enough food, yet millions face hunger. Better cold storage could help change that South Africa can produce enough food for its population, according to official statistics.
Mechanical memory helps explain how cells adapt their movement to changing environments
Phys.orgby National University·24 Aug 2026
Mechanical memory helps explain how cells adapt their movement to changing environments Cells in our bodies squeeze through dense tissue channels, thread past neighboring cells and navigate every...
Corners in focus: Metasurface enables motion tracking without digital image processing
Phys.orgby City University·24 Aug 2026
Corners in focus: Metasurface enables motion tracking without digital image processing A research team at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) has developed a new optical corner-detection imaging...
What live sewage spill data does (and doesn't) tell us about water pollution
Phys.orgby Ria Devereux·24 Aug 2026
What live sewage spill data does (and doesn't) tell us about water pollution During periods of heavy rainfall, pipes known as storm overflows aim to prevent excess water from overflowing into the...
Can satellites detect when forests lose resilience?
Phys.orgby Anna Zarra Aldrich·24 Aug 2026
Can satellites detect when forests lose resilience? For years, scientists have been using a method called "temporal autocorrelation (TAC)" to measure forest resilience using satellite data.
Soil bacteria share amino acids, helping nearly half survive nutrient gaps
Phys.orgby Vivienne Vent·24 Aug 2026
Soil bacteria share amino acids, helping nearly half survive nutrient gaps Bacteria, too, depend on good neighborly relations: A new study by the Osnabrück University, in collaboration with...
Floating wetlands slash wastewater greenhouse gas emissions, according to study
Phys.orgby RMIT University·24 Aug 2026
Floating wetlands slash wastewater greenhouse gas emissions, according to study A world-first trial of floating wetland pods in wastewater lagoons shows they cut greenhouse gas emissions by more...
Tiny root hairs, big impact: How bacteria help plants survive drought
Phys.orgby Manon Boot·24 Aug 2026
Tiny root hairs, big impact: How bacteria help plants survive drought What helps plants cope better with drought?
As California embraces universal transitional kindergarten, the state's other child-care workers are struggling
Phys.orgby Lila Thulin·24 Aug 2026
As California embraces universal transitional kindergarten, the state's other child-care workers are struggling Last spring, UC Berkeley researcher Anna Powell sat in on a Zoom call as a number of...
Antarctic bacteria share 'life‑support' genes to survive extreme conditions
Phys.orgby Yongyi Peng; Ry Holland·24 Aug 2026
Antarctic bacteria share 'life‑support' genes to survive extreme conditions Antarctica is one of the driest, coldest places on Earth. Very little life survives its extremes.
A forecast is not a decision: Design engineering for drought preparedness
Phys.orgby Mitul Iyengar; Luke Fiorante·24 Aug 2026
A forecast is not a decision: Design engineering for drought preparedness More than 80 countries face chronic drought, yet only a third have systems in place to act before a drought arrives rather...
Climate scientists solve monsoon puzzle and warn of risks to fisheries
Phys.orgby Vicky Welstead·24 Aug 2026
Climate scientists solve monsoon puzzle and warn of risks to fisheries A new study has reconciled a long-standing paradox in the South Asian summer monsoon cycle.
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