MOF-coated catalyst converts CO₂ to CO nearly five times faster under ultrasonic vibration
Phys.orgby University·27 Aug 2026
MOF-coated catalyst converts CO₂ to CO nearly five times faster under ultrasonic vibration Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed a catalyst that uses mechanical vibration to convert...
Mixture of traditional edible plants inhibits fungus growth in corn, study shows
Phys.orgby Jeff Mulhollem·27 Aug 2026
Mixture of traditional edible plants inhibits fungus growth in corn, study shows Fungal contamination in stored grain across sub-Saharan Africa causes major post-harvest losses and severe public...
Texas fossil reveals early insects kept aquatic limbs during move onto land
Phys.orgby Zhang Nannan·27 Aug 2026
Texas fossil reveals early insects kept aquatic limbs during move onto land The formation of complex terrestrial ecosystems was a significant innovation in the evolutionary history of life on...
Groundbreaking literacy program triples rate of progress among struggling young readers
Phys.orgby Geoff McMaster·27 Aug 2026
Groundbreaking literacy program triples rate of progress among struggling young readers A University of Alberta literacy expert has completed the largest reading intervention in Canadian history...
ASTRID traces 13.5 billion years of black hole and galaxy evolution
Phys.orgby Jorge Salazar·27 Aug 2026
ASTRID traces 13.5 billion years of black hole and galaxy evolution In dark skies at night, distant starlight twinkles and speaks to vast cosmic histories almost as old as time itself.
Milky Way's own gravity can mimic dark matter clues, stellar stream simulations suggest
Phys.orgby William Poor·27 Aug 2026
Milky Way's own gravity can mimic dark matter clues, stellar stream simulations suggest Most of the stars in our Milky Way galaxy sit neatly on a flat plane.
Fast but error-prone AI assists in solving a decades-old fluid mechanics problem in five weeks
Phys.orgby Susan Glairon·27 Aug 2026
Fast but error-prone AI assists in solving a decades-old fluid mechanics problem in five weeks An AI assistant helped University of Colorado Boulder researchers solve a mathematical problem that...
Social media posts reveal how communities cope with extreme heat
Phys.orgby Carly Murphy·27 Aug 2026
Social media posts reveal how communities cope with extreme heat As extreme heat becomes more frequent and intense across California, knowing which communities are struggling and what kind of help...
A few minutes of freezing can change the fate of iron in nature
Phys.orgby Anna-Lena Lindskog·27 Aug 2026
A few minutes of freezing can change the fate of iron in nature Just a few minutes of freezing and thawing can have a decisive impact on how ferrihydrite, the most reactive iron mineral in cold...
Parental care can influence evolution, beetle experiments show
Phys.orgby Theresa Hübner·27 Aug 2026
Parental care can influence evolution, beetle experiments show How has offspring dependence on parents evolved over the course of evolution?
How bacteria develop resistance to programmable antibiotics
Phys.orgby Jan Grabowski·27 Aug 2026
How bacteria develop resistance to programmable antibiotics Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest challenges facing modern medicine.
Transforming polyamide microplastics into light-emitting carbon quantum dots for UV-blocking food packaging
Phys.orgby Saitama University·27 Aug 2026
Transforming polyamide microplastics into light-emitting carbon quantum dots for UV-blocking food packaging Plastic pollution is one of the most urgent environmental challenges of the 21st century.
Mirror-image molecules steer electron spins and lift perovskite solar cell efficiency
Phys.orgby University·27 Aug 2026
Mirror-image molecules steer electron spins and lift perovskite solar cell efficiency Some molecules come in two "handed" forms.
Study on biodiversity conservation in agriculture and forestry: High motivation, few options
Phys.orgby Melanie Neugart·27 Aug 2026
Study on biodiversity conservation in agriculture and forestry: High motivation, few options Farmers and foresters manage around 80% of Germany's land area.
Beyond the Petri dish: Testing tomorrow's drugs in human blood
Phys.orgby Ingebjørg Hestvik·27 Aug 2026
Beyond the Petri dish: Testing tomorrow's drugs in human blood The COVID vaccine is perhaps the first thing many people think of when they hear about mRNA-based drugs.
Candida fungi can burst immune cells and shape-shift to evade immunity
Phys.orgby Monash University·27 Aug 2026
Candida fungi can burst immune cells and shape-shift to evade immunity Candida auris and Candida albicans are microscopic fungi that cause life-threatening human infections, killing almost a...
Researchers reveal the unique 'tagging' mechanism that guides the sleeping brain in remembering key thoughts
Phys.orgby University·27 Aug 2026
Researchers reveal the unique 'tagging' mechanism that guides the sleeping brain in remembering key thoughts Why do we remember certain moments while forgetting others?
XY or ZW? Gecko chromosomes reveal evolution's hidden playbook
Phys.orgby Zhejiang University·27 Aug 2026
XY or ZW? Gecko chromosomes reveal evolution's hidden playbook Why do humans rely on XY chromosomes to determine sex, while birds use ZW—and many reptiles use neither, letting temperature decide...
El Niños have been more intense over the last 40 years than in the previous 1,000 years, coral records reveal
Phys.orgby University·27 Aug 2026
El Niños have been more intense over the last 40 years than in the previous 1,000 years, coral records reveal As an El Niño of historic proportions is taking shape in the tropical Pacific, a...
Exploring how bumble bee queens coordinate chemical signals
Phys.orgby SUNY Polytechnic Institute·27 Aug 2026
Exploring how bumble bee queens coordinate chemical signals New research by SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) Assistant Professor of Biology Dr.
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