Even protected Florida wetlands can't escape microplastic pollution
Phys.orgby Florida Atlantic University·26 Aug 2026
Even protected Florida wetlands can't escape microplastic pollution Microplastics are turning up almost everywhere—from oceans and rivers to soils and sediments—yet far less is known about what...
How high scores in an online brain teaser made mathematicians lie for three years
Phys.orgby University·26 Aug 2026
How high scores in an online brain teaser made mathematicians lie for three years It might not yet be the phenomenon that is Wordle, but for hundreds of thousands of players, Digit Party has...
Congo Basin study reveals nuanced relationship between people and flooding
Phys.orgby Kevin Dennehy·26 Aug 2026
Congo Basin study reveals nuanced relationship between people and flooding In the Lac Télé Community Reserve, a vast tropical peatland in Africa's Congo Basin that is home to about 20,000 people...
Reconstructed Jurassic insect calls evoke a 165-million-year-old forest soundscape
Phys.orgby Paul Arnold·26 Aug 2026
Reconstructed Jurassic insect calls evoke a 165-million-year-old forest soundscape Paul Arnold Author The sights and sounds of the Jurassic era are long gone, and we will never know for sure what...
Looking into the eyes of gibbons: New noninvasive eye-tracking study features these little-studied apes
Phys.orgby Kyoto University·26 Aug 2026
Looking into the eyes of gibbons: New noninvasive eye-tracking study features these little-studied apes When you look at someone, you usually look at their face.
Gambling branding dominates Premier League YouTube highlights, new study finds
Phys.orgby University·26 Aug 2026
Gambling branding dominates Premier League YouTube highlights, new study finds New research from the University of Nottingham has found that gambling brands were visible in 32% of Premier League...
Human activity is pushing lakes beyond their natural carbon limits
Phys.orgby Catherine Couturier·26 Aug 2026
Human activity is pushing lakes beyond their natural carbon limits Lakes play an important role in capturing and storing carbon, which accumulates in their sediments.
Narrow ultrasonic beam enables stable 3D levitation six times farther than before
Phys.orgby University·26 Aug 2026
Narrow ultrasonic beam enables stable 3D levitation six times farther than before Scientists have developed a new acoustic levitation technique using an ultrasonic beam capable of levitating and...
CanopyFit maps urban tree sites with greatest cooling potential
Phys.orgby Lou Bosshart·26 Aug 2026
CanopyFit maps urban tree sites with greatest cooling potential UBC researchers and municipal partners have developed a modeling tool to help cities adapt to rising temperatures by mapping where...
Tax break 'megadeals' spurred innovation in local communities
Phys.orgby David Danelski·26 Aug 2026
Tax break 'megadeals' spurred innovation in local communities When cities, counties or states provide corporations with big tax breaks to lure factories, corporate headquarters and other...
Why some lava-covered exoplanets retain atmospheres for billions of years
Phys.orgby Adam Hadhazy·26 Aug 2026
Why some lava-covered exoplanets retain atmospheres for billions of years Stanford researchers have offered an explanation for why some sizzling, lava-covered worlds nestled tightly around their...
Tangled plastic and fishing gear found in pilot whales stranded in Hawaii
Phys.orgby University·26 Aug 2026
Tangled plastic and fishing gear found in pilot whales stranded in Hawaii A new study by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researchers shows that nearly 23% of short-finned pilot whales that stranded...
No sick days? How remote work is changing the way we work when ill
Phys.orgby Joe Stafford·26 Aug 2026
No sick days? How remote work is changing the way we work when ill Working from home and digital technology may be making it easier for employees to work while ill and blurring the boundaries...
Nanoparticles induce neuroregeneration in Alzheimer's disease models
Phys.orgby Cell Press·26 Aug 2026
Nanoparticles induce neuroregeneration in Alzheimer's disease models The adult human brain has limited capacity to repair or regenerate neurons lost to Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of...
One molecule, one photon: Entanglement makes an imperceptible recoil measurable
Phys.orgby University·26 Aug 2026
One molecule, one photon: Entanglement makes an imperceptible recoil measurable For decades, light has been used to understand the molecular structures of matter.
Bat DNA adaptations may connect virus defense, longevity and cancer resistance
Phys.orgby University·26 Aug 2026
Bat DNA adaptations may connect virus defense, longevity and cancer resistance Bats are anomalies in the mammalian world—they fly, have long lifespans and rarely get cancer.
AI robot trains teachers to handle heated issues
Phys.orgby La Trobe University·26 Aug 2026
AI robot trains teachers to handle heated issues Researchers at La Trobe University are using a robot driven by artificial intelligence (AI) to better prepare teachers to deal with challenging...
High magnetic fields revive superconductivity in nickelates
Phys.orgby National University·26 Aug 2026
High magnetic fields revive superconductivity in nickelates Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States...
Comet 220P McNaught puts on an encore performance
Phys.orgby David Dickinson·26 Aug 2026
Comet 220P McNaught puts on an encore performance It has been a busy month for astronomy. In the midst of an eclipse season bookended by the total solar eclipse on Aug.
LLM-based platform for generating new materials synthesis recipes dramatically cuts trial and error
Phys.orgby Sungkyunkwan University·26 Aug 2026
LLM-based platform for generating new materials synthesis recipes dramatically cuts trial and error A research team led by Professor Sung Beom Cho of the School of Advanced Materials Science and...
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