Women compete just as hard as men for top jobs and can win them more often, auction-style study suggests
Phys.orgby Xi'an jiaotong-Liverpool University·20 Aug 2026
Women compete just as hard as men for top jobs and can win them more often, auction-style study suggests New behavioral economics research on gender and competition, using bidding experiments...
DNA's physical properties may shape which mutations evolution preserves
Phys.orgby Kaunas University·20 Aug 2026
DNA's physical properties may shape which mutations evolution preserves Nearly every cell in the human body contains essentially the same genetic information, yet different cells activate different...
Preschool teachers overwhelmingly support play-based learning, study finds
Phys.orgby Elizabeth Weinstein·20 Aug 2026
Preschool teachers overwhelmingly support play-based learning, study finds Thinkers from Plato to Maria Montessori have championed play as one of the most powerful ways that young children learn...
A little Big Bang: Bowling-pin-shaped nuclei shed new light on the universe's first moments
Phys.orgby University·20 Aug 2026
A little Big Bang: Bowling-pin-shaped nuclei shed new light on the universe's first moments What happened in the first moments of the universe—before the building blocks of life and the world we...
3D imaging and machine learning improve noncontact weight estimation of frozen skipjack tuna
Phys.orgby University·20 Aug 2026
3D imaging and machine learning improve noncontact weight estimation of frozen skipjack tuna Accurately determining fish body size and weight is essential for fisheries resource management and...
Neanderthal hips challenge long-standing hypothesis of a trade-off between childbirth and bipedal walking
Phys.orgby Sanjukta Mondal·20 Aug 2026
Neanderthal hips challenge long-standing hypothesis of a trade-off between childbirth and bipedal walking Sanjukta Mondal Author The most prominent difference between human male and female...
International review standardizes selenosugar nomenclature and selenium metabolism
Phys.orgby Chiba University·20 Aug 2026
International review standardizes selenosugar nomenclature and selenium metabolism Selenosugars are the major urinary metabolites responsible for the physiological excretion of selenium.
Illuminating the limits of the international unit of light, the candela
Phys.orgby Lisa Dittrich·20 Aug 2026
Illuminating the limits of the international unit of light, the candela The candela, the international unit of light in use for almost a century, forms the basis of photometry.
Nanoparticle combines two strategies to speed up the healing of chronic wounds
Phys.orgby Fernanda Bassette·20 Aug 2026
Nanoparticle combines two strategies to speed up the healing of chronic wounds Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, have developed a nanoparticle that can...
Fertilizer prices and shortages are hamstringing our farmers. But we have other options
Phys.orgby Katharina Belt·20 Aug 2026
Fertilizer prices and shortages are hamstringing our farmers. But we have other options When was the last time you bought a loaf of bread?
Designing supramolecular therapies to cross the blood-brain barrier
Phys.orgby Olivia Dimmer·20 Aug 2026
Designing supramolecular therapies to cross the blood-brain barrier A new Northwestern Medicine study has uncovered key molecular design principles that could help supramolecular therapeutics cross...
The first wave of bird flu is the worst: What can Australia learn from overseas?
Phys.orgby Bethany J Hoye·20 Aug 2026
The first wave of bird flu is the worst: What can Australia learn from overseas? Hundreds of dead birds are now being reported as the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu begins to spread across...
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