Mammalian genes can combine to make previously unknown mRNAs and proteins
Phys.orgby Harvard Medical School·2 Sept 2026
Mammalian genes can combine to make previously unknown mRNAs and proteins For decades, scientists have understood that each of the roughly 20,000 genes in the human body carries instructions for a...
Why lower-class workers are less likely to negotiate for higher pay—and how it could cost some nearly $800,000
Phys.orgby Stanford University·2 Sept 2026
Why lower-class workers are less likely to negotiate for higher pay—and how it could cost some nearly $800,000 Michele Gelfand has studied and taught negotiation for years.
Wind damage can trigger years of forest vulnerability
Phys.orgby University·2 Sept 2026
Wind damage can trigger years of forest vulnerability Windstorms are among the most important natural disturbances in Northern Europe, where they cause extensive tree mortality, timber losses and...
Young people often try to help in gun-related crises—but they need better tools
Phys.orgby Carla Cantor·2 Sept 2026
Young people often try to help in gun-related crises—but they need better tools Nearly three-quarters of young people who witnessed or became aware of a firearm-related danger tried to help in some...
Chemists design extra-sticky adhesives that degrade on command
Phys.orgby Kelly Izlar; Syd Morgan·2 Sept 2026
Chemists design extra-sticky adhesives that degrade on command A good adhesive is unequivocally sticky.
Hawai'i high school students name image of glittering galaxy pair
Phys.orgby NSF NOIRLab·2 Sept 2026
Hawai'i high school students name image of glittering galaxy pair Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola is the Hawaiian name given to NGC 7253—a pair of spiral galaxies caught in each other's gravity.
Bio-based plastic turns into fertilizer after use
Phys.orgby Tohoku University·2 Sept 2026
Bio-based plastic turns into fertilizer after use Plastic waste is one of the world's fastest-growing environmental problems.
DNA testing shows what's really in Western Australian fish and chip shop 'shark' filets
Phys.orgby Murdoch University·2 Sept 2026
DNA testing shows what's really in Western Australian fish and chip shop 'shark' filets Shark products sold at Western Australian fish-and-chips shops are often labeled too ambiguously or, in some...
A 13-meter rocket hit the Moon: Tasmanian researchers helped track it there
Phys.orgby University·2 Sept 2026
A 13-meter rocket hit the Moon: Tasmanian researchers helped track it there A 13-meter (43-foot) Falcon 9 rocket stage struck the moon last month, leaving a crater about 20 meters (66 feet) wide.
Physicists test the weak equivalence principle in an orbiting space station
Phys.orgby Sam Jarman·2 Sept 2026
Physicists test the weak equivalence principle in an orbiting space station Sam Jarman Author The weak equivalence principle (WEP) is central to Einstein's general relativity.
A summer odyssey: Female dotterels seek multiple mates across Northern Europe
Phys.orgby Sabine Spehn·2 Sept 2026
A summer odyssey: Female dotterels seek multiple mates across Northern Europe On a high Norwegian plateau in late May, patches of bare ground begin to appear through the snow, and with them arrive...
Floridians become more cautious as economic outlook weakens in August
Phys.orgby Oriana Diaz·2 Sept 2026
Floridians become more cautious as economic outlook weakens in August Consumer sentiment in Florida continued its downward trend in August, declining for the sixth consecutive month to 67.4, down...
Despite years of rain, Blue Mountains forests still haven't recovered from the Black Summer megafires
Phys.orgby Emily Simpson; Aaron Greenville; Chris Dickman; Glenda Wardle·2 Sept 2026
Despite years of rain, Blue Mountains forests still haven't recovered from the Black Summer megafires For three years before the Black Summer megafires of 2019–20, cool-season rainfall in...
Beneficial bacteria support tomato growth and suppress disease
Phys.orgby American Society·2 Sept 2026
Beneficial bacteria support tomato growth and suppress disease Bacterial canker, a vascular infection, can wreak havoc on tomato plants, with symptoms ranging from wilted leaves to the collapse of...
Seven new species show 250-million-year-old marine group is still evolving
Phys.orgby University·2 Sept 2026
Seven new species show 250-million-year-old marine group is still evolving Scientists believed there were only two species of hornerid bryozoans in Aotearoa New Zealand, but new research shows...
New research: Google's AI Overviews reinforce some conspiracy theories
Phys.orgby Kateryna Kasianenko; Ashwin Nagappa; Caroline Gardam·2 Sept 2026
New research: Google's AI Overviews reinforce some conspiracy theories Imagine overhearing on a bus that the city council plans to implement new restrictions under an urban planning program called...
More than 120 molecular species found in giant cloud near Milky Way's center
Phys.orgby Shreejaya Karantha·2 Sept 2026
More than 120 molecular species found in giant cloud near Milky Way's center Shreejaya Karantha Author Astronomers have discovered a second interstellar cloud near the center of the Milky Way that...
Human-like AI not always the answer in customer service
Phys.orgby Felix Septianto·2 Sept 2026
Human-like AI not always the answer in customer service The next time something goes wrong with your bank account, package delivery or a bill, there's a good chance you'll be directed to AI for...
Temperature emerges as a control for topological properties of materials
Phys.orgby Chinese Academy·2 Sept 2026
Temperature emerges as a control for topological properties of materials Spin-orbit coupling (SOC), an interaction between an electron's spin and its motion, plays a key role in creating...
New research could improve detection of chiral molecules in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
Phys.orgby Ohio University·2 Sept 2026
New research could improve detection of chiral molecules in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology Ohio University Distinguished Professor Alexander Govorov of the Department of Physics and Astronomy...
Your filters hide everything on this page. Adjust them in preferences.