Even small amounts of ocean plastic can affect petrel chicks
Phys.orgby Kat Kerlin31 Aug 2026
Even small amounts of ocean plastic can affect petrel chicks Ocean plastic pollution is accidentally on the menu for southern giant petrel chicks.
Phys.org
phys.orgadded August 2026
top 55%Sliding sugars offer simpler, smarter route to precision liver-targeted therapies
Phys.orgby Kumamoto University31 Aug 2026
Sliding sugars offer simpler, smarter route to precision liver-targeted therapies Targeted drug delivery directly to the liver has unlocked major breakthroughs across medicine, but constructing the...
Even ancient bacteria possessed intercellular communication structures like humans today, study finds
Phys.orgby Arne Claussen31 Aug 2026
Even ancient bacteria possessed intercellular communication structures like humans today, study finds Communication between cells in plants, animals and humans takes place via specialized...
AI chatbot use for emotional support tied to loneliness in students
Phys.orgby Bernard Rizk31 Aug 2026
AI chatbot use for emotional support tied to loneliness in students Young people leaning on AI chatbots for emotional support or personal advice are significantly more likely to struggle with...
Role of ethics education in accounting fraud prevention
Phys.orgby SUNY Polytechnic Institute31 Aug 2026
Role of ethics education in accounting fraud prevention Two SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) College of Business faculty members are exploring how integrating ethics and values throughout...
'One-pot' CRISPR platform delivers lab-like sensitivity in 30 minutes for at-home testing
Phys.orgby Hong Kong University; Technology31 Aug 2026
'One-pot' CRISPR platform delivers lab-like sensitivity in 30 minutes for at-home testing A research team from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed an innovative...
Nature's color palette explains why everything we see is a mix of red, yellow, green and blue
Phys.orgby Robert Sanders31 Aug 2026
Nature's color palette explains why everything we see is a mix of red, yellow, green and blue Biologists and linguists alike have long puzzled over the universal human tendency to see and name...
Faint far-infrared radiation drives a correlated insulator-to-metal transition in magic-angle graphene
Phys.orgby Leonid Elesin31 Aug 2026
Faint far-infrared radiation drives a correlated insulator-to-metal transition in magic-angle graphene One of the central ideas in modern physics is the phase transition—a sudden transformation of...
A single fix reverses the case for rolling back vehicle emissions standards
Phys.orgby Yale University31 Aug 2026
A single fix reverses the case for rolling back vehicle emissions standards Two administrations, the Biden administration and the second Trump administration, reached opposite conclusions about...
Q&A: What dinosaur teeth reveal about diet and evolution
Phys.orgby Okayama University31 Aug 2026
Q&A: What dinosaur teeth reveal about diet and evolution What did dinosaurs eat? Teeth provide important clues to understanding the ecology of dinosaurs, which became extinct approximately 66...
Femtosecond nano-imaging reveals ultrafast optical control of phonon polaritons
Phys.orgby National Institutes31 Aug 2026
Femtosecond nano-imaging reveals ultrafast optical control of phonon polaritons A collaborative research team has successfully visualized in real space the ultrafast optical modulation of...
Managing chronic conditions together may be key to longer lifespan, canine study finds
Phys.orgby Camryn Haines31 Aug 2026
Managing chronic conditions together may be key to longer lifespan, canine study finds As dogs age, many develop more than one chronic health condition.
ESA JUICE probe targets dark Jovian moon Kallichore in 2031
Phys.orgby Laurence Tognetti31 Aug 2026
ESA JUICE probe targets dark Jovian moon Kallichore in 2031 Jupiter hosts more than 100 moons, with most attention focused on the four Galilean moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.
Organic crystal reveals how Joule heating stabilizes resistive switching
Phys.orgby Tokyo University31 Aug 2026
Organic crystal reveals how Joule heating stabilizes resistive switching Metal-insulator transitions (MITs), in which a material changes from a metallic state with low resistivity to an insulating...
Antarctica is home to microbes found nowhere else on Earth
Phys.orgby University31 Aug 2026
Antarctica is home to microbes found nowhere else on Earth Scientists have often wondered about species that are unique to Antarctica.
Looking for Earth 2.0 in binary systems
Phys.orgby Andy Tomaswick31 Aug 2026
Looking for Earth 2.0 in binary systems While astronomers have found thousands of exoplanets over the last few decades, the true prize continues to elude them—they have yet to find an Earth-mass...
Industrial-scale microbial foods—growth strategies for the next-generation protein market
Phys.orgby The Korea Advanced Institute; Technology31 Aug 2026
Industrial-scale microbial foods—growth strategies for the next-generation protein market The question is no longer whether microbial foods can be made.
A Permian fossil may reveal the oldest known flowering-plant structure
Phys.orgby Xin Wang31 Aug 2026
A Permian fossil may reveal the oldest known flowering-plant structure Despite the importance and dominance of angiosperms ("flowering plants") in the current ecosystem, it is rather surprising...
Farm-based nanopore sequencing study reports reliable genetic testing results
Phys.orgby University31 Aug 2026
Farm-based nanopore sequencing study reports reliable genetic testing results Fast, on-farm genetic testing for cattle is practical and achievable for northern producers, according to University of...
New method swaps single atom in a molecule to speed drug discovery
Phys.orgby Louise Lerner31 Aug 2026
New method swaps single atom in a molecule to speed drug discovery Swapping out one letter in a word can entirely change its meaning.