Assembly of giant wild sunflower family genomes unlocks potential for new perennial crops
Phys.orgby The Land Institute·24 Aug 2026
Assembly of giant wild sunflower family genomes unlocks potential for new perennial crops The Land Institute and HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, in collaboration with key partners, have...
Shell-crushing predators may have sparked early Cenozoic boom in marine snail evolution
Phys.orgby Swedish Museum·24 Aug 2026
Shell-crushing predators may have sparked early Cenozoic boom in marine snail evolution A large-scale study of nearly 700 species reveals the evolutionary relationships and history of...
Glacier retreat could promote the spread of diseases among bees
Phys.orgby University·24 Aug 2026
Glacier retreat could promote the spread of diseases among bees A study conducted in the Swiss Alps by the University of Lausanne and the University of Milan shows that glacier retreat and changing...
Ball milling enhances the antiviral activity of inexpensive inorganic materials
Phys.orgby Institute·24 Aug 2026
Ball milling enhances the antiviral activity of inexpensive inorganic materials Since the COVID-19 pandemic, developing surfaces that can inactivate viruses upon contact has become an important...
Marker words suggest sharp rise in AI-assisted biomedical writing after ChatGPT
Phys.orgby Sanjukta Mondal·24 Aug 2026
Marker words suggest sharp rise in AI-assisted biomedical writing after ChatGPT Sanjukta Mondal Author Up until two years ago, using large language models was still considered a special skill that...
Gut bacteria mostly compete—but cooperation finds a way
Phys.orgby Umea University·24 Aug 2026
Gut bacteria mostly compete—but cooperation finds a way Understanding how bacteria influence one another is essential for understanding how microbial communities are formed and maintained.
What happens inside a wildfire? A Ph.D. student is finding out
Phys.orgby Alexander Servantez·24 Aug 2026
What happens inside a wildfire? A Ph.D. student is finding out What happens during a wildfire? The short answer is: much more than we know.
Dung beetles offer insights into biodiversity in Singapore
Phys.orgby Nanyang Technological University·24 Aug 2026
Dung beetles offer insights into biodiversity in Singapore Dung beetles could provide scientists with a new way to uncover the animals living in Singapore's forests, including elusive species that...
Why ancient grasslands, once plowed, don't grow back the same
Phys.orgby Michigan State University·24 Aug 2026
Why ancient grasslands, once plowed, don't grow back the same When a 10,000-year-old prairie is plowed up to plant corn or a savanna is consumed by a strip mall, these once-grassy expanses, if left...
Mapping the 'hidden highways' of Mexico's illegal wildlife trade
Phys.orgby Arizona State University·24 Aug 2026
Mapping the 'hidden highways' of Mexico's illegal wildlife trade For decades, wildlife traffickers have illegally captured and sold hundreds of thousands of wild parrots native to Mexico.
Europe's buildings are designed for a climate that no longer exists—new open dataset offers a fix
Phys.orgby Norwegian University·24 Aug 2026
Europe's buildings are designed for a climate that no longer exists—new open dataset offers a fix The weather files engineers use to design buildings are built from decades of historical...
Mapping thorium's preferred sites could pave the way for nuclear clocks
Phys.orgby Sam Jarman·24 Aug 2026
Mapping thorium's preferred sites could pave the way for nuclear clocks Sam Jarman Author For decades, physicists have used a technique called Mössbauer spectroscopy to peer inside solid materials...
Mule helps scientists build the clearest horse and donkey genomes yet
Phys.orgby Jordan Strickler·24 Aug 2026
Mule helps scientists build the clearest horse and donkey genomes yet A mule has helped researchers build the most complete reference genomes to date for horses and donkeys, giving scientists...
A single lever could ease India's twin agricultural pressures of fertilizer pollution and groundwater stress
Phys.orgby Manasasri Muralidharan·24 Aug 2026
A single lever could ease India's twin agricultural pressures of fertilizer pollution and groundwater stress A new study from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) and the...
A 2-degree twist creates a nanoscale grid that traps light energy at room temperature
Phys.orgby K W Wesselink-Schram·24 Aug 2026
A 2-degree twist creates a nanoscale grid that traps light energy at room temperature You may have once tried taking a close-up picture of a computer screen and noticed a wavy, rippling effect.
Five ways Europe's heat-wave summer is hot, hot, hot
Phys.orgby Andrew Zinin·24 Aug 2026
Five ways Europe's heat-wave summer is hot, hot, hot Temperatures have been off the charts this year in Europe, the continent warming faster than any other continent.
One step closer to the ideal glass—simulations reveal hidden order at absolute zero
Phys.orgby University·24 Aug 2026
One step closer to the ideal glass—simulations reveal hidden order at absolute zero In the physical sense, glass is not limited to familiar window glass; it forms whenever a liquid is cooled so...
Cowpea plants create underground defense system for the next generation after insect attacks
Phys.orgby Krystal Kasal·24 Aug 2026
Cowpea plants create underground defense system for the next generation after insect attacks Krystal Kasal Author Plants might seem helpless when it comes to insect attacks, but they are known to...
South Africa produces enough food, yet millions face hunger. Better cold storage could help change that
Phys.orgby Ikechukwu Opara; Frederic Isingizwe·24 Aug 2026
South Africa produces enough food, yet millions face hunger. Better cold storage could help change that South Africa can produce enough food for its population, according to official statistics.
Mechanical memory helps explain how cells adapt their movement to changing environments
Phys.orgby National University·24 Aug 2026
Mechanical memory helps explain how cells adapt their movement to changing environments Cells in our bodies squeeze through dense tissue channels, thread past neighboring cells and navigate every...
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