France recorded 'hottest summer ever': Environment minister
Phys.orgby Andrew Zinin·4 Sept 2026
France recorded 'hottest summer ever': Environment minister France experienced its hottest summer on record in 2026, marked by heat waves, drought and massive wildfires, the environment minister...
How El Nino is choking the Panama Canal
Phys.orgby Juan José Rodríguez·4 Sept 2026
How El Nino is choking the Panama Canal The Panama Canal will restrict the number of vessels transiting the crucial waterway from Friday for only the second time because of drought caused by the El...
Light-triggered interface lets adhesive peel cleanly and rebond through 15 cycles
Phys.orgby University·3 Sept 2026
Light-triggered interface lets adhesive peel cleanly and rebond through 15 cycles Adhesives are essential in electronics, vehicles and other products, but they can hinder repair and recycling when...
Soft nanoscale confinement prevents ice, exposing water's liquid-to-glass transition
Phys.orgby Australian Nuclear Science; Technology Organisation·3 Sept 2026
Soft nanoscale confinement prevents ice, exposing water's liquid-to-glass transition An international collaboration of researchers has used ANSTO's facilities to uncover new properties of one of...
Tiny fossils reveal big insights about ant ancestors
Phys.orgby Narsimha Pujari·3 Sept 2026
Tiny fossils reveal big insights about ant ancestors Two tiny ant fossils recovered in southern Saskatchewan are helping scientists better understand the evolutionary history of modern ants.
From peas to potatoes, AI identifies nearly 800 promising plant proteins for food and cosmetics
Phys.orgby University·3 Sept 2026
From peas to potatoes, AI identifies nearly 800 promising plant proteins for food and cosmetics Scientists from Leeds' School of Food Science and Nutrition have developed an advanced AI process...
How an unassuming wildflower thrives in salt-laden air that kills other plants
Phys.orgby Robin Smith·3 Sept 2026
How an unassuming wildflower thrives in salt-laden air that kills other plants On the windswept coasts of Oregon and California lives an unassuming little plant that can withstand salty blasts that...
Warming seas could shrink most mollusks by 2100, but some may grow
Phys.orgby University·3 Sept 2026
Warming seas could shrink most mollusks by 2100, but some may grow Research led by scientists at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette challenges a long-held assumption about the effects of...
Parliamentary motions show growing AI use, with no disclosure from MPs
Phys.orgby Chalmers University·3 Sept 2026
Parliamentary motions show growing AI use, with no disclosure from MPs The two research teams have developed and used AI detectors trained on thousands of political motions in Sweden and the UK.
Iron helped scientists trace Earth's oxygen. Now it's telling a bigger story
Phys.orgby Stacy Kish·3 Sept 2026
Iron helped scientists trace Earth's oxygen. Now it's telling a bigger story For decades, scientists have studied iron preserved in ancient rocks to reconstruct how Earth's oceans and atmosphere...
Built to last or break down: Ring size tunes biodegradable plastic lifetimes
Phys.orgby University·3 Sept 2026
Built to last or break down: Ring size tunes biodegradable plastic lifetimes Biodegradable plastics should be tough enough for use yet able to break down at an appropriate rate afterward.
Satellites spot forest stress two years before bark beetle die-offs become apparent
Phys.orgby Lisa Potter·3 Sept 2026
Satellites spot forest stress two years before bark beetle die-offs become apparent Satellite measurements detected declining photosynthetic activity in Western U.S.
The Arctic melt season is a week longer now than it was in the 1980s, new research on sea ice trends shows
Phys.orgby Gillian Dohrn·3 Sept 2026
The Arctic melt season is a week longer now than it was in the 1980s, new research on sea ice trends shows Relatively few people have been to the Arctic, and even fewer have set foot in Antarctica.
Microbes—dead or alive—can be early indicators of soil health under regenerative farming
Phys.orgby Joey Pitchford·3 Sept 2026
Microbes—dead or alive—can be early indicators of soil health under regenerative farming Researchers have demonstrated a series of biological tests that could serve as "proxies" for measuring how...
Even second graders can reason like scientists—if we ask them the right way
Phys.orgby Weizmann Institute·3 Sept 2026
Even second graders can reason like scientists—if we ask them the right way When a child asks "Why does a blowfish puff up?" we often jump in with facts.
Nanoscale multiferroic materials open the path to efficient magnetic memory technology
Phys.orgby Institute·3 Sept 2026
Nanoscale multiferroic materials open the path to efficient magnetic memory technology With the rapid spread of cloud computing, artificial intelligence and data centers, global energy consumption...
Predictive tools can confuse rare mutations with dangerous ones
Phys.orgby Center·3 Sept 2026
Predictive tools can confuse rare mutations with dangerous ones When a patient's DNA is read, it is compared with a reference version of the human genome.
Beyond the 'Great Divide': What we really know about political polarization
Phys.orgby Jared Wadley·3 Sept 2026
Beyond the 'Great Divide': What we really know about political polarization Americans are deeply divided. At least that's what we've been told for years. But how divided are we really?
Ig Nobel Prize winners reveal why babies smell better than teenagers
Phys.orgby Katja B Bär·3 Sept 2026
Ig Nobel Prize winners reveal why babies smell better than teenagers Babies smell wonderful—at least to their parents.
Traces of nearly 4 million coins reveal how Rome achieved economic integration
Phys.orgby José Tadeu Arantes·3 Sept 2026
Traces of nearly 4 million coins reveal how Rome achieved economic integration For centuries, the study of ancient history relied primarily on interpreting classical texts and examining...
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