Corners in focus: Metasurface enables motion tracking without digital image processing
Phys.orgby City University·24 Aug 2026
Corners in focus: Metasurface enables motion tracking without digital image processing A research team at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) has developed a new optical corner-detection imaging...
What live sewage spill data does (and doesn't) tell us about water pollution
Phys.orgby Ria Devereux·24 Aug 2026
What live sewage spill data does (and doesn't) tell us about water pollution During periods of heavy rainfall, pipes known as storm overflows aim to prevent excess water from overflowing into the...
Can satellites detect when forests lose resilience?
Phys.orgby Anna Zarra Aldrich·24 Aug 2026
Can satellites detect when forests lose resilience? For years, scientists have been using a method called "temporal autocorrelation (TAC)" to measure forest resilience using satellite data.
Soil bacteria share amino acids, helping nearly half survive nutrient gaps
Phys.orgby Vivienne Vent·24 Aug 2026
Soil bacteria share amino acids, helping nearly half survive nutrient gaps Bacteria, too, depend on good neighborly relations: A new study by the Osnabrück University, in collaboration with...
Floating wetlands slash wastewater greenhouse gas emissions, according to study
Phys.orgby RMIT University·24 Aug 2026
Floating wetlands slash wastewater greenhouse gas emissions, according to study A world-first trial of floating wetland pods in wastewater lagoons shows they cut greenhouse gas emissions by more...
Tiny root hairs, big impact: How bacteria help plants survive drought
Phys.orgby Manon Boot·24 Aug 2026
Tiny root hairs, big impact: How bacteria help plants survive drought What helps plants cope better with drought?
As California embraces universal transitional kindergarten, the state's other child-care workers are struggling
Phys.orgby Lila Thulin·24 Aug 2026
As California embraces universal transitional kindergarten, the state's other child-care workers are struggling Last spring, UC Berkeley researcher Anna Powell sat in on a Zoom call as a number of...
Antarctic bacteria share 'life‑support' genes to survive extreme conditions
Phys.orgby Yongyi Peng; Ry Holland·24 Aug 2026
Antarctic bacteria share 'life‑support' genes to survive extreme conditions Antarctica is one of the driest, coldest places on Earth. Very little life survives its extremes.
A forecast is not a decision: Design engineering for drought preparedness
Phys.orgby Mitul Iyengar; Luke Fiorante·24 Aug 2026
A forecast is not a decision: Design engineering for drought preparedness More than 80 countries face chronic drought, yet only a third have systems in place to act before a drought arrives rather...
Climate scientists solve monsoon puzzle and warn of risks to fisheries
Phys.orgby Vicky Welstead·24 Aug 2026
Climate scientists solve monsoon puzzle and warn of risks to fisheries A new study has reconciled a long-standing paradox in the South Asian summer monsoon cycle.
Making the case for independent science
Phys.orgby Alvin Powell·24 Aug 2026
Making the case for independent science Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule ended in the spring, when voters replaced him with Péter Magyar, who has pledged to undo Orbán-led...
Hidden in plain sight: New evidence links Henry VIII's lost castle to Dover Castle
Phys.orgby Georgina Mear·24 Aug 2026
Hidden in plain sight: New evidence links Henry VIII's lost castle to Dover Castle Dr. Christopher Moore, a research fellow and former Ph.D.
Tiny ocean plankton hold clues to the future of Maine lobster
Phys.orgby Heather Johnson·24 Aug 2026
Tiny ocean plankton hold clues to the future of Maine lobster The future of Maine's lobster industry may depend on a creature the size of a sesame seed.
Borneo forest fires spike again: Why El Niño isn't the sole culprit
Phys.orgby Frisa Irawan Ginting; Dian Fiantis·24 Aug 2026
Borneo forest fires spike again: Why El Niño isn't the sole culprit Forest and land fires across Indonesia have spiked once again.
Reframing Homer's Sirens through gender, nature and social order
Phys.orgby Michael R Malone·24 Aug 2026
Reframing Homer's Sirens through gender, nature and social order Though they are pivotal to Homer's epic, luring Odysseus with the promise of eternal wisdom, the Greek poet barely described the...
How chromosomes find their partners
Phys.orgby Peter Rüegg·24 Aug 2026
How chromosomes find their partners For a long time, so-called satellite DNA was considered largely worthless.
Scientists identify design rules for the best thermoelectric materials
Phys.orgby Tokyo Metropolitan University·24 Aug 2026
Scientists identify design rules for the best thermoelectric materials Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used a theoretical framework to derive design rules for creating new...
GenAI cannot accurately grade student essays in higher education, study finds
Phys.orgby Cardiff University·24 Aug 2026
GenAI cannot accurately grade student essays in higher education, study finds New research from Cardiff University and the University of Melbourne has investigated whether GenAI could mimic human...
New free-space optical link adds a wireless component to the nation's longest quantum network
Phys.orgby Danielle Roedel·24 Aug 2026
New free-space optical link adds a wireless component to the nation's longest quantum network There's a new lighthouse on Long Island.
Long-term study reveals hidden threat of schistosomiasis in endangered chimpanzees
Phys.orgby Liverpool School·24 Aug 2026
Long-term study reveals hidden threat of schistosomiasis in endangered chimpanzees A 12-year study of rescued chimpanzees at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary (NICS) in Uganda has revealed...
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