Superfluid qubit could help scale up quantum computers
Phys.orgby University·8 Sept 2026
Superfluid qubit could help scale up quantum computers Superfluid helium could offer a new way to tackle one of the biggest challenges in scaling up quantum computers, say researchers from the...
First national map reveals where Ireland's coast is most exposed to erosion and flooding
Phys.orgby University College Cork·8 Sept 2026
First national map reveals where Ireland's coast is most exposed to erosion and flooding The first national map of Ireland's exposure to climate hazards, including rising sea levels and storm...
Plateau pikas, long considered pests, can help livestock eat well
Phys.orgby Elife·8 Sept 2026
Plateau pikas, long considered pests, can help livestock eat well Small mammals called plateau pikas are often treated as pests because they compete with livestock for food, but research from China...
A photon that challenges Einstein: According to current physics, it should never have reached Earth
Phys.orgby National Institute·8 Sept 2026
A photon that challenges Einstein: According to current physics, it should never have reached Earth How did a photon survive a journey of more than 2 billion light-years when, according to known...
Big supernova dataset challenges dark energy theory
Phys.orgby University·8 Sept 2026
Big supernova dataset challenges dark energy theory The most comprehensive catalog of exploding white dwarf stars ever assembled has revealed new clues about dark energy, the mysterious force...
Distracted dog walkers may be putting wildlife and livestock at risk, study finds
Phys.orgby University·8 Sept 2026
Distracted dog walkers may be putting wildlife and livestock at risk, study finds Dog walkers distracted by their phones, conversations or other demands can fail to notice their pets defecating...
New screening system flags food-packaging chemicals linked to serious health risks
Phys.orgby Sanjukta Mondal·8 Sept 2026
New screening system flags food-packaging chemicals linked to serious health risks Sanjukta Mondal Author Packaged food usually sits in plastic-lined bags designed to keep air, moisture and...
New research: We're not protecting our oceans as well as we think
Phys.orgby Ella Clausius·8 Sept 2026
New research: We're not protecting our oceans as well as we think Not so long ago, we thought the ocean was an inexhaustible resource. There would always be plenty more fish in the sea.
Super-resolution imaging reveals details inside living cells
Phys.orgby Celia Luterbacher·8 Sept 2026
Super-resolution imaging reveals details inside living cells A new fluorescence microscopy technique that generates super-resolution images from a single camera exposure could help researchers...
Working with anglers to save England's sharks
Phys.orgby Matthew Witt·8 Sept 2026
Working with anglers to save England's sharks I spent six days on a small fishing boat in the middle of the English Channel in July trying to catch a thresher shark.
What students gain and lose as AI chatbots take over parts of university teaching
Phys.orgby Thomas Corbin·8 Sept 2026
What students gain and lose as AI chatbots take over parts of university teaching Universities are increasingly introducing artificial intelligence (AI) teaching tools into classrooms.
JWST finds extreme star-forming galaxies masquerading as faint quasars
Phys.orgby Shreejaya Karantha·8 Sept 2026
JWST finds extreme star-forming galaxies masquerading as faint quasars Shreejaya Karantha Author A new study finds that two early-universe objects thought to be faint quasars are actually...
Vaccinating dogs, not people, holds key to ending rabies deaths in Kerala, India
Phys.orgby University·8 Sept 2026
Vaccinating dogs, not people, holds key to ending rabies deaths in Kerala, India A new study has found that expanding dog vaccination, rather than introducing routine pre-exposure vaccination for...
More than $1 million in elephant ivory advertised online in Australia
Phys.orgby University·8 Sept 2026
More than $1 million in elephant ivory advertised online in Australia While most Australians assume the ivory trade ended decades ago, Adelaide University research has found an active collectors'...
Kauai on tornado watch as Hurricane Lowell nears Hawaiian Islands
Phys.orgby Andrew Zinin·8 Sept 2026
Kauai on tornado watch as Hurricane Lowell nears Hawaiian Islands Residents of Kauai were warned to watch for tornadoes late Monday as Hurricane Lowell edged toward the westernmost Hawaiian Islands...
Melting Svalbard glaciers may flush ancient methane from rocks beneath the ice
Phys.orgby Ic·8 Sept 2026
Melting Svalbard glaciers may flush ancient methane from rocks beneath the ice Meltwater rivers flowing from Svalbard glaciers are carrying ancient methane from rocks beneath the ice into the open...
Super-resolution imaging reveals that cohesin prevents local mixing of compact, active genome domains
Phys.orgby Research Organization; Systems·8 Sept 2026
Super-resolution imaging reveals that cohesin prevents local mixing of compact, active genome domains The human genome is about two meters (6.6 feet) long, yet it is folded inside a cell nucleus...
Praying for rain as fires, haze plague Indonesian Borneo
Phys.orgby Mariëtte le Roux; Satya Adhi·8 Sept 2026
Praying for rain as fires, haze plague Indonesian Borneo Wildfires ravaging the Indonesian part of Borneo are choking communities as far away as Malaysia with putrid haze, testing the resources and...
Worm's radical transformation shows metamorphosis can change the functions of cells
Phys.orgby Stanford University·8 Sept 2026
Worm's radical transformation shows metamorphosis can change the functions of cells A squishy worm that starts its life as something of a floating head in the Pacific Ocean is changing what...
AI model decodes cell signaling fingerprints across diverse cell types
Phys.orgby Whitehead Institute·8 Sept 2026
AI model decodes cell signaling fingerprints across diverse cell types As an embryo develops from a small cluster of stem cells, those once "blank slate" cells begin to take on more specialized...
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