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Nearly 3,000-year-old human remains unearthed in El Salvador

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-year-human-unearthed-el-salvador.html

Published: July 22, 2026 04:40

Archaeologists in El Salvador exhumed human remains believed to be nearly 3,000 years old Tuesday, the Ministry of Culture said.

Danish fish fossil cliffs set to gain UNESCO status

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-danish-fish-fossil-cliffs-gain.html

Published: July 22, 2026 04:20

Two Danish coastal cliffs where paleontologists have uncovered 55-million-year-old fossils of prehistoric wildlife are likely to gain World Heritage status as UNESCO's committee meets in South Korea.

Private mission launches to extend life of out-of-gas communication satellites

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-private-mission-life-gas-communication.html

Published: July 22, 2026 04:10

A two-armed space robot blasted off on a private salvage operation Tuesday to slap life-extending jetpacks on old satellites running low on fuel thousands of miles up.

Japan cities 'cruelly hot' for first time

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-japan-cities-cruelly-hot.html

Published: July 22, 2026 04:10

Japanese cities are experiencing "cruelly hot days," a new meteorological term devised this year to warn people of intense heat above 40°C (104°F), with heatstroke alerts issued across nearly the entire country.

2,000 volunteers join a painstaking effort to restore massive skeleton of prehistoric predator

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-volunteers-painstaking-effort-massive-skeleton.html

Published: July 22, 2026 03:55

Volunteers armed with chisels, brushes and protective goggles chip away at rock encasing the bones of a massive prehistoric amphibian in a glass-walled laboratory on the ground floor of Warsaw's Copernicus Science Centre.

Analysis suggests debt may increase suicide risk

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-analysis-debt-suicide.html

Published: July 22, 2026 03:00

In a study published in Economic Inquiry that analyzed debt and income across U.S. counties at the onset of the Great Recession in 2008, investigators uncovered evidence that debt may affect the likelihood of suicide.

Factors that affect the spininess of plants in different locations

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-factors-affect-spininess.html

Published: July 22, 2026 03:00

Plants often grow spines, thorns and prickles to defend against animals that feed on them, but why this happens in some places more than others has remained a mystery. Research in New Phytologist shows that plant spininess is shaped by browsing mammals,…

Advance could enable enzymatic reactions for chemical manufacturing beyond the boiling point of water

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-advance-enable-enzymatic-reactions-chemical.html

Published: July 22, 2026 03:00

Enzymes are proteins that can be harnessed for chemical manufacturing, but they are typically restricted to mild temperatures because proteins unfold and lose their function under heat. In new research published in Angewandte Chemie Novit, investigators…

Circulating microRNAs offer insights for detecting and treating cachexia in senior dogs

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-circulating-micrornas-insights-cachexia-senior.html

Published: July 22, 2026 03:00

Cachexia—a syndrome characterized by progressive muscle wasting—affects both humans and dogs with chronic diseases such as cancer. A recent study in Molecular Oncology found that lower circulating levels of certain microRNAs—small noncoding RNAs that…

Australian cave discovery shows grass was burned for magic, cures and curses for 25,000 years

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-australian-cave-discovery-grass-magic.html

Published: July 22, 2026 00:00

The GunaiKurnai, an Australian Aboriginal nation, are the acknowledged traditional custodians of Gippsland and the southern Victorian Alps. Within their territory are caves known from 19th-century ethnographic reports and oral traditions to have been…

Droughts can boost inclusive institutions, social unity

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-droughts-boost-inclusive-social-unity.html

Published: July 21, 2026 23:40

Droughts have an immediate negative impact on agricultural production, but they can also trigger institutional and cultural transformations that help make societies more resilient to environmental crises. This is the main conclusion of the article "Climate…

Why low-skilled workers are less likely to participate in continuing education

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-skilled-workers.html

Published: July 21, 2026 23:00

Low-skilled workers are less likely to participate in employer-sponsored continuing education programs than their more highly skilled colleagues. They are less convinced that acquiring additional skills has a positive effect on career success and job…

New research sheds light on Texas hill country floods

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-texas-hill-country.html

Published: July 21, 2026 22:40

Two companion papers in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society provide new insight into the causes and predictability of the 2025 Texas Hill Country floods, the deadliest flash flood event in the United States since 1976.

Rapid bacterial community profiling of equine microbiomes using Oxford Nanopore sequencing

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-rapid-bacterial-community-profiling-equine.html

Published: July 21, 2026 22:20

Members of the Horse Microbiome Research Group recently published a new study in the Journal of Medical Microbiology, led by Dr. Joy Leng, who is currently undertaking the Alborada Well Foal 2 project. This research aims to understand how the foal gut…

Electyrolyzer experiment designated ready-to-fly by NASA

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-electyrolyzer-ready-fly-nasa.html

Published: July 21, 2026 22:00

A Southwest Research Institute and University of Texas at San Antonio experiment has passed a critical NASA review, designating it ready for parabolic flight testing. The two institutions will evaluate the performance of a patent-pending electrolyzer, the…

Does dark energy really exist? Our work identifies cracks in the foundations of today's cosmological model

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-dark-energy-foundations-today-cosmological.html

Published: July 21, 2026 21:40

According to current understanding, the universe is expanding—and is doing so at an accelerating rate. This is believed to be caused by something called the cosmological constant, which was first proposed by Albert Einstein in his theory of general…

Leveraging social expectation for charitable donations

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-leveraging-social-charitable-donations.html

Published: July 21, 2026 21:20

Avoiding guilt is a powerful motivator for charitable giving, according to a study in PNAS Nexus. Masahiko Haruno and colleagues ran two experiments to determine the most effective psychological framing to encourage donations to WaterAid, an NGO working to…

Birds flying in 'V' formation save energy with flatter flaps, new research shows

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-birds-flying-formation-energy-flatter.html

Published: July 21, 2026 21:00

Scientists have known for years that birds like geese and ibises gain an aerodynamic advantage from flying in a "V" formation. Now, researchers from Brown University have provided new insights into the nature of that advantage.

Urgent cuts to global greenhouse gas emissions needed to avoid worst sea-level rise flooding in the UK, study shows

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-urgent-global-greenhouse-gas-emissions.html

Published: July 21, 2026 21:00

A pioneering study has revealed that by the turn of the next century, at least half a million more people in the UK will be at risk of coastal flooding—a 25% increase compared with now. The research, led by the Met Office and the University of Bristol,…

Breastfeeding rather than bottle-feeding is seen as the ideal of a good mother in Instagram comments

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-breastfeeding-bottle-ideal-good-mother.html

Published: July 21, 2026 20:40

A study by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) analyzes Instagram discourse that associates the ideal of being a good mother with exclusive breastfeeding and fosters guilt among women who cannot or do not wish to breastfeed, often because of the difficulty of…

Testing innovation speeds up detection of deadly tick-borne disease

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-deadly-borne-disease.html

Published: July 21, 2026 20:20

A new method at the University of Missouri could transform how Rocky Mountain spotted fever is diagnosed. The method detects the deadly tick-borne disease in just 40 minutes—a leap that could help patients get lifesaving treatment sooner. The study, "A…

UN report: Global hunger levels ease for third consecutive year as regional disparities persist

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-global-hunger-ease-consecutive-year.html

Published: July 21, 2026 20:00

Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible. However, the improvements remain fragile, unevenly distributed and insufficient to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, according to The…

Not so terrible, after all: Two‑year‑olds just want to be independent

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-terrible-twoyearolds-independent.html

Published: July 21, 2026 19:40

A 2-year-old is lying on the floor yelling, with their socks pulled off after spending 15 minutes trying to get them on in the first place. A caregiver might take a deep breath and think, "Here we go again—another 'terrible twos' tantrum."

Ruthenium nanoparticles convert captured perchlorate into harmless chloride in water treatment waste

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-ruthenium-nanoparticles-captured-perchlorate-harmless.html

Published: July 21, 2026 19:40

For decades, water utilities have relied on giant tanks filled with ion-exchange resin beads to remove perchlorate, a harmful industrial pollutant, from drinking water. The system works by attracting negatively charged perchlorate ions to positively…

Research explains psychology of helping others feel better about personal disappointments

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-psychology-personal-disappointments.html

Published: July 21, 2026 19:20

Personal and professional conversations about triumph and disappointment happen every day, but what is the most appropriate way to react when others share their news with us? New research by Bayes Business School (City St George's, University of London)…

Gig platforms can simply 'wait out' workers to slash wages, research reveals

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-gig-platforms-simply-workers-slash.html

Published: July 21, 2026 19:20

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), the Tübingen AI Center and Ellis Institute Tübingen have conducted a study that uncovers a mathematical strategy explaining how digital labor platforms can systematically suppress…

New study into humans' closest ape relatives suggests physical touch can promote social harmony

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-humans-closest-ape-physical-social.html

Published: July 21, 2026 19:10

Physical touch may be an important evolutionary tool to help manage social tension and keep the peace. That is according to a new study led by Durham University in the UK, analyzing behaviors of our closest ape relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees.

Mysterious gas 'bullets' race from Milky Way's only known helium nova at up to 20 million mph

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-mysterious-gas-bullets-milky-helium.html

Published: July 21, 2026 19:00

Mysterious high-speed "bullets"—clumps of possibly oxygen-rich gas traveling at up to 20 million miles per hour—have been discovered shooting out of the rarest stellar explosion in our galaxy.

Legalization of sports betting has led to households saving significantly less money

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-legalization-sports-households-significantly-money.html

Published: July 21, 2026 19:00

As legalized sports betting becomes increasingly accessible through mobile apps such as DraftKings and FanDuel, a new study by BYU finance professors finds that people are saving less to fuel gambling habits.

A native California wildflower isn't keeping up with climate change

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-native-california-wildflower-isnt-climate.html

Published: July 21, 2026 18:40

The mountain jewelflower inhabits a wide swath of California and Oregon, from summer-scorched foothills to high mountains where snow falls during winter. But it is already suffering from climate change, with plants in the mountains struggling to survive…

Simulations show distinct ground motion signatures of supershear earthquakes

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-simulations-distinct-ground-motion-signatures.html

Published: July 21, 2026 18:40

Sustained supershear earthquake ruptures produce distinct ground-motion characteristics compared with subshear earthquakes, according to a study published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, with potential implications for current…

New technique enables LIGO to peer farther into the distant universe

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-technique-enables-ligo-peer-distant.html

Published: July 21, 2026 18:30

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, have developed a new way to help gravitational-wave observatories see farther into the universe by solving one of their biggest challenges: tiny heat-induced distortions in the massive mirrors at the…

Universal patterns govern global fertility decline

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-universal-patterns-global-fertility-decline.html

Published: July 21, 2026 18:20

By examining 200 years of demographic data from 237 countries and territories, Kenji Itao, of the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan, discovered that universal mathematical laws describe how fertility declines as societies develop, providing a new…

Black hole jet may be stirring gas cloud containing early 'red potato' galaxy

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-black-hole-jet-gas-cloud.html

Published: July 21, 2026 18:20

A black hole may be stirring a "pot" of gas containing a neighboring galaxy in the early universe, according to a new study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics that used observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. The galaxy slowly being "cooked"…

Students unearth rare, centuries-old pot at Florida Spanish mission site

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-students-unearth-rare-centuries-pot.html

Published: July 21, 2026 18:10

Some 400 years ago, a member of the Indigenous Potano-Timucua tribe scooped up some clay and carefully molded it into a modest vessel, small enough to rest in the palm of their hand. You can imagine their fingers pressing a tight crease around the pot's…

Cameras on whale sharks reveal they are the snackers of the sea

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-cameras-whale-sharks-reveal-snackers.html

Published: July 21, 2026 18:00

New video evidence has revealed whale sharks, the largest fish in the sea, are serial snackers, feeding on large amounts of small prey at all ocean depths, according to research led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and Murdoch…

Cone snail venom peptide could enable injectable non-opioid pain relief

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-cone-snail-venom-peptide-enable.html

Published: July 21, 2026 18:00

An international research team led by the Medical University of Vienna has investigated a new peptide derived from cone snail venom that significantly reduced inflammation-induced pain in an animal model. Crucially, its effect takes hold immediately after…

US-India satellite delivers data, reveals 'hummingbird' in Antarctica

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-india-satellite-reveals-hummingbird-antarctica.html

Published: July 21, 2026 17:50

As of July 20, the public can access data from the two powerful radar instruments aboard the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite. Teams in the United States and India will release files processed from the satellite's L-band and S-band…

AI tool predicts how DNA sequences switch on genes across different cell types

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-ai-tool-dna-sequences-genes.html

Published: July 21, 2026 17:50

Deep learning approaches have transformed how scientists predict the activity and function of DNA sequences in the genome. A new AI tool called Corgi (Context-aware Regulatory Genomics Inference), developed by Martin Vingron's bioinformatics group at the…

Uncovering multidimensional effects of generative AI on learning

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-uncovering-multidimensional-effects-generative-ai.html

Published: July 21, 2026 17:40

A research team consisting of researcher Somi Joo, Professor Changjun Lee and Professor Daeho Lee from the Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Department of Artificial Intelligence Convergence have published a study comprehensively analyzing the opportunities…

Ancient stone tools reveal complex nomadic lifestyles in Armenian Highlands

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-ancient-stone-tools-reveal-complex.html

Published: July 21, 2026 17:40

A team of international scientists led by Dr. Ariel Malinsky-Buller, together with Ph.D. students David Nora, Ioannis Oikonomou and Dominik Rogall from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has uncovered new insights into the strategic decision-making and…

São Paulo archipelago serves as a breeding ground for endangered sharks

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-paulo-archipelago-ground-endangered-sharks.html

Published: July 21, 2026 17:30

The critically endangered sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) appears to have found a refuge off the northern coast of the state of São Paulo, Brazil, for mating and reproduction. This was revealed in a study conducted by scientists and divers in the…

Open-source AI predicts key peptide traits before costly lab testing

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-source-ai-key-peptide-traits.html

Published: July 21, 2026 17:30

Penn Engineers have developed PeptiVerse, an AI-powered platform that predicts key chemical and biological properties of peptides, strings of amino acids whose medical potential has been demonstrated by the success of GLP-1 drugs, widely used weight-loss…

Tapeworm hijacks worker ants, giving them queen-like metabolism and longer lives

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-tapeworm-hijacks-worker-ants-queen.html

Published: July 21, 2026 17:20

A tapeworm fundamentally changes the lives of ants: Workers of the species Temnothorax nylanderi infected with the tapeworm Anomotaenia brevis live several times longer than their uninfected nestmates. They are also less active, and their metabolism…

New evidence redraws Roman conquest's final conflict in ancient Catalonia

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-evidence-redraws-roman-conquest-conflict.html

Published: July 21, 2026 17:20

Researchers from the UAB have found the remains of a Roman camp linked to the suppression of the Ceretani revolt that took place in Cerdanya in 39 BCE. The research, based on archaeological surveys and the spatial distribution of recovered materials,…

Most Salt Lake County residents concerned about Great Salt Lake decline

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-salt-lake-county-residents-great.html

Published: July 21, 2026 17:10

Residents of Salt Lake County, Utah, are highly concerned about the shrinking Great Salt Lake, according to new University of Utah–led research examining local perceptions of the lake's health and its economic and environmental impacts.

Decades-old strains reveal Brakhagea, a budding bacterial genus with bioactive potential

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-decades-strains-reveal-brakhagea-budding.html

Published: July 21, 2026 17:10

Some microorganisms that hold great promise for research have long lain dormant in historical collections. But only through new methods are their diversity and potential becoming apparent. The team led by Professor Christian Jogler at Friedrich Schiller…

Truffles are on the menu for threatened marsupials returning to a World Heritage area

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-truffles-menu-threatened-marsupials-world.html

Published: July 21, 2026 17:00

A new study from Edith Cowan University (ECU) confirms that the presence of fungal food resources is important for supporting the reintroduction of two threatened marsupials to the Shark Bay World Heritage area, which could simultaneously advance species…

Nostalgia and family traditions are major barriers to adoption of plant-based diets, study finds

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-nostalgia-family-traditions-major-barriers.html

Published: July 21, 2026 17:00

Nostalgia is a major barrier to preventing more people from adopting plant-based diets, according to a new University of Stirling study. Research led by Aga Kosla of the University's Faculty of Natural Sciences found that links to childhood, cultural…

New simulation challenges leading explanation for why galaxies stop forming stars

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-simulation-explanation-galaxies-stars.html

Published: July 21, 2026 16:50

For decades, astronomers have cast galaxy mergers as the universe's ultimate relationship drama: two galaxies collide, chaos erupts, black holes awaken and star formation comes to a screeching halt. Upending this long-held belief, new research from Florida…

Two-color lasers aim electron currents through semiconductor with no electric field

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-lasers-aim-electron-currents-semiconductor.html

Published: July 21, 2026 16:40

Researchers at the University of Michigan have created a device that enables them to control the flow of electrons through a semiconductor using only laser light—no electrical power source required. The device was built to explore fundamental physics and…

Uproar in France over reintroduction of bee-harming pesticides

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-uproar-france-reintroduction-bee-pesticides.html

Published: July 21, 2026 16:40

France's parliament on Tuesday backed a controversial bill authorizing farmers to use two bee-harming pesticides despite an outcry from environmentalists and left-wing politicians.

New peptide strategy aims to make cancer targeting more precise

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-peptide-strategy-aims-cancer-precise.html

Published: July 21, 2026 16:40

Researchers at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are working on a promising strategy to make cancer therapies smarter and more precise, using peptides that switch on in the acidic environment surrounding tumors. Francisco N. Barrera's lab in the…

Invasive plants boost mosquitoes in low-income areas of Baltimore and DC

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-invasive-boost-mosquitoes-income-areas.html

Published: July 21, 2026 16:30

In many urban areas, low-income neighborhoods have more mosquitoes, making residents more vulnerable to mosquito-borne diseases. A new study co-authored by scientists at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies found that invasive, nonnative plants, which tend…

Jellyfish nebula may be the scene of two stars going supernova

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-jellyfish-nebula-scene-stars-supernova.html

Published: July 21, 2026 16:30

The star that formed the Jellyfish nebula may have had a partner star that exploded 100,000 years earlier, according to international researchers, who say that this may be the first known discovery of a binary star system in which both stars have gone…

Quantum sensing microscope illuminates transistor design

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-quantum-microscope-illuminates-transistor.html

Published: July 21, 2026 16:20

Artificial intelligence faces an energy crisis stemming from a physical traffic jam inside modern computer chips. Processors must continually shuffle data, such as the billions of parameters in complex models, between separate computing and memory nodes.…

The 'forgotten children' of sexual abuse in family settings

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-forgotten-children-sexual-abuse-family.html

Published: July 21, 2026 16:20

When a child has been sexually abused by a family member, post-disclosure interventions prioritize the child who was victimized. Siblings who were not directly abused can also be deeply affected. New research from McGill University finds that siblings are…

Satellite imagery captures the impact of large U.S. dams on river temperatures over the last decade

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-satellite-imagery-captures-impact-large.html

Published: July 21, 2026 16:10

A team of Virginia Tech geoscientists has found a new way to examine the widespread effects of dams on river temperatures: using Landsat thermal infrared imagery to gather data on rivers across the United States. By using satellite imagery instead of…

Novel antibiotic candidates starve resistant bacteria by blocking vitamin supply

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-antibiotic-candidates-starve-resistant-bacteria.html

Published: July 21, 2026 16:00

Bacteria have spent decades evolving resistance to virtually every antibiotic we have thrown at them. To stay ahead, new drugs must hit targets that existing antibiotics have never touched. A research team at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical…

Researcher shows how AI can personalize learning for homeschooling families

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-ai-personalize-homeschooling-families.html

Published: July 21, 2026 16:00

More than 3.4 million American children, or about 6% of the school-age population, now learn at home, and that group has grown at nearly three times the pre-pandemic rate. Homeschooling is also increasingly popular in countries including Canada and the…

Atomic channels can separate rare earth elements from each other without using toxic chemicals

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-atomic-channels-rare-earth-elements.html

Published: July 21, 2026 15:50

Rare earth elements like lanthanum, neodymium and dysprosium are used to build the electric motor in your car, the LED lights in your house and the MRI machine at your doctor's office. But first, they have to be mined and separated from each other.…

Researchers develop automated system to accelerate outbreak detection and disease surveillance

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-automated-outbreak-disease-surveillance.html

Published: July 21, 2026 15:50

Biomedical engineers at Brown University have developed a fully automated workflow that simplifies and accelerates the preparation of bacterial samples for genetic sequencing. The method, dubbed Pathogen2Read, streamlines a critical bottleneck in the…

Animals in prehistoric paintings reveal hidden pattern across nine Basque caves

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-animals-prehistoric-reveal-hidden-pattern.html

Published: July 21, 2026 15:40

Iñaki Intxaurbe, a researcher at the EHU-University of the Basque Country, analyzed the distribution of images in nine caves in the Basque Country using network-based analysis and statistical techniques.

Family courts must do more to hear children's voices, study says

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-family-courts-children-voices.html

Published: July 21, 2026 15:40

Children involved in private family law proceedings in England can experience serious harm to their mental and physical health because their voices are too often ignored or dismissed, according to new research led by the University of Manchester in…

Human eyes needed, not AI, to study the Arctic sky

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-human-eyes-ai-arctic-sky.html

Published: July 21, 2026 15:30

Scientists studying space weather are turning to human volunteers rather than artificial intelligence to help sort through hundreds of thousands of images of the Arctic sky. The Clear Skies—Kiruna project is asking members of the public to look at pictures…

Sleeping sickness parasite reveals enzyme weak spot that could guide safer drugs

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-sickness-parasite-reveals-enzyme-weak.html

Published: July 21, 2026 15:20

African sleeping sickness and related diseases can be treated only with toxic and sometimes ineffective drugs. Now, University of Connecticut researchers show in Nucleic Acids Research that a crucial enzyme could be the key to safer, more effective…

As Supreme Court decisions grow sharper, new study examines justices' calculated concessions

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-supreme-court-decisions-sharper-justices.html

Published: July 21, 2026 15:20

Recent U.S. Supreme Court terms have seen justices openly accuse one another of rewriting statutes, ignoring precedent and substituting policy preferences for law. Whether in disputes over presidential immunity, administrative power, nationwide injunctions…

Understudied dogs may reshape what science knows about canine behavior

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-understudied-dogs-reshape-science-canine.html

Published: July 21, 2026 15:10

Dogs are humans' best friends in many places across the globe. But does a dog in New York City respond in the same way as a dog in Kyoto or Buenos Aires?

Extreme precipitation in Central Asia connected to drought in mainland Southeast Asia

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-extreme-precipitation-central-asia-drought.html

Published: July 21, 2026 15:10

In much of Asia, the effects of climate change are felt through an increased frequency of extreme weather events, especially water-related ones. Droughts are becoming more common in mainland Southeast Asia, while periods with unusually large amounts of…

Fragmented system hampering UK response to economic crime, researchers find

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-fragmented-hampering-uk-response-economic.html

Published: July 21, 2026 15:00

A new study from The University of Manchester has offered the most comprehensive look to date at how the U.K. coordinates its response to economic crime, identifying the structural challenges that make this difficult to do well. The study examines the…

Vapor-controlled supramolecules can switch color, glow and phase

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-vapor-supramolecules-phase.html

Published: July 21, 2026 15:00

Controlling interactions between molecules and their functions from the molecular level to the macroscopic scale is challenging in supramolecular and materials chemistry. To this end, a research team led by associate professor Yosuke Tani from WPI-ITbM at…

Study finds river sand mining is outstripping nature's supply

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-river-sand-outstripping-nature.html

Published: July 21, 2026 14:40

The sand used to build cities, roads and other infrastructure is being removed from many rivers faster than nature can replace it, according to a global review led by researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore).

New radio-burst method helps locate universe's missing ordinary matter

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-radio-method-universe-ordinary.html

Published: July 21, 2026 14:40

Stars and galaxies make up much of the universe's ordinary, observable matter. But for decades, scientists have wrestled with a cosmic conflict: There should be much more.

Researchers call for a shift in crop development to tackle hunger, malnutrition, and climate change

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-shift-crop-tackle-hunger-malnutrition.html

Published: July 21, 2026 14:20

Feeding a growing global population is no longer enough. Scientists say the next generation of crops must also deliver better nutrition while withstanding the increasing impacts of climate change.

Hawaiian stilt reclassified from endangered to threatened after 50 years of conservation efforts

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-hawaiian-stilt-reclassified-endangered-threatened.html

Published: July 21, 2026 14:20

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the reclassification of the Aʻeo, or Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act, a rare and hopeful milestone for a native Hawaiian species.…

New insights into how DNA, the body's instruction manual for life, is regulated

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-insights-dna-body-manual-life.html

Published: July 21, 2026 14:10

Scientists at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Center have uncovered new insights into how cells regulate DNA methylation, a fundamental process that helps keep potentially harmful viral elements in our genome under control.

A new compact instrument enables high-fidelity measurements of energetic particles on CubeSats

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-compact-instrument-enables-high-fidelity.html

Published: July 21, 2026 14:00

A team of NASA-sponsored scientists and engineers has developed a novel approach to observing high-energy particles in the near-Earth space environment, incorporating miniaturized sensors into a compact, multiview particle-detection instrument unlike any…

Frozen fiber couples light and sound 1,000 times more strongly than standard glass fibers

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-frozen-fiber-couples-strongly-standard.html

Published: July 21, 2026 14:00

Researchers have developed a new type of optical fiber by freezing a glass capillary filled with liquid. It guides light and sound waves simultaneously and enables highly efficient coupling between them. The high coupling strength lowers the energy…

Study shows nutrient loss in vineyards can be attributed to factors beyond fruit harvest

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-nutrient-loss-vineyards-attributed-factors.html

Published: July 21, 2026 13:50

New research from Washington State University could help grape growers improve nutrient use efficiency and develop a more accurate fertilizer budget, helping ensure high fruit quality, vineyard productivity and long-term economic and environmental…

New exhibition reveals 10,000 years of prehistoric life in the Trent Valley

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-reveals-years-prehistoric-life-trent.html

Published: July 21, 2026 13:40

A new exhibition at the University of Nottingham Museum is bringing the prehistoric story of the Trent Valley to life, showcasing archaeological discoveries that are transforming understanding of one of Britain's most significant river landscapes.

Zoo elephant survival has improved substantially over 6 decades, international study finds

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-zoo-elephant-survival-substantially-decades.html

Published: July 21, 2026 13:40

Elephants living in modern zoos are living significantly longer than they did half a century ago, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The research—led by ZSL (the Zoological Society of London) in collaboration with Species360,…

Urgent action is needed to protect Somalia from a potentially unprecedented weather event, experts warn

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-urgent-action-somalia-potentially-unprecedented.html

Published: July 21, 2026 13:20

Cardiff University leads a multidisciplinary research collaboration representing academia and multiple nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to explore Somalia's 2023 El Niño floods and lessons learned from a similar event in 1997. The research, which has…

Antarctic 12-m Terahertz Telescope project to uncover hidden galaxy formation

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-antarctic-terahertz-telescope-uncover-hidden.html

Published: July 21, 2026 13:20

A new simulation study suggests that the Antarctic 12-m Terahertz Telescope (ATT12), a next-generation facility led by University of Tsukuba, could uncover between 1 and 10 million dusty star-forming galaxies throughout cosmic history.

Low cloud-cover has helped mute warming for the last 47 years, but models predict this will change

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-cloud-mute-years.html

Published: July 21, 2026 13:10

A recent study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, combines historical satellite observations with atmospheric reanalysis data to construct a multidecade record of low-cloud cover in the hope of improving current climate models.

Record fires killed nearly 1 in 5 mature giant sequoias, but controlled burns can boost survival

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-mature-giant-sequoias-boost-survival.html

Published: July 21, 2026 13:00

A new study found that giant sequoias were nearly four times as likely to survive extreme wildfires in forests managed with prescribed burns, which decrease tree mortality. The work is published in the journal Nature Communications.

Is there really a global loneliness epidemic? Research reveals a more complex picture

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-global-loneliness-epidemic-reveals-complex.html

Published: July 21, 2026 13:00

Few human experiences are as universal—or as poorly understood—as loneliness. More than just feeling blue and the inspiration for countless songs, it's linked to poorer well-being, worse mental and physical health and a higher risk of early death.

Reinventing food packaging with safe and sustainable oxygen-scavenging biodegradable plastic

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-reinventing-food-packaging-safe-sustainable.html

Published: July 21, 2026 12:54

From ensuring that food remains fresh longer to extending its shelf life for future consumption, food packaging plays an indispensable role in modern society. Conventional food packaging plastics are sturdy and highly effective at keeping out oxygen, one…

When a SpaceX rocket crashes into the moon, scientists will be watching

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Published: July 21, 2026 12:50

On Aug. 5, 2026, an abandoned piece of space junk is predicted to crash into the moon near a spot called Einstein Crater. Astronomers will be watching because the collision and aftermath may be visible from Earth.

How sea anemone cells reform into an organism

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Published: July 21, 2026 12:40

Researchers at the University of Vienna have discovered a key mechanism that enables sea anemones to regenerate into fully developed organisms from disorganized clusters of cells. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows that the so-called…

Google wants to release 16 million sterile mosquitoes: Australian tests offer a valuable lesson

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-google-million-sterile-mosquitoes-australian.html

Published: July 21, 2026 12:40

In the United States, Google's, now Alphabet's, Debug initiative has asked the federal government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilized male mosquitoes in California and Florida.

Over 10,000 traps reveal only 1 pookila in southeast Queensland survey

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-reveal-pookila-southeast-queensland-survey.html

Published: July 21, 2026 12:20

It's 5 a.m. when we crawl out of our tents. The catbirds are calling and the night sky is fading to dawn as we prepare to head into the wilderness. We're surrounded by the towering eucalypts of southeast Queensland in search of a small, native mouse called…

Jurassic sea monster was smaller than once thought, but no less formidable

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-jurassic-sea-monster-smaller-thought.html

Published: July 21, 2026 12:20

For more than 25 years, Liopleurodon has been one of the world's most recognizable prehistoric marine predators. Immortalized in the BBC's landmark Walking with Dinosaurs series as a colossal 25-meter (82-foot) marine hunter, it captured the imagination of…

Finding Venus zone planets with PLATO will show us how habitable planets evolve

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-venus-zone-planets-plato-habitable.html

Published: July 21, 2026 12:00

Dreams of finding a sort of Earth 2.0 motivate much of the thinking around the search for exoplanets. But there is more to exoplanet science than searching for potentially habitable worlds. Scientists need a deeper understanding of the overall exoplanet…

Burnt wooden beams discovered in Jerusalem shed new light on the First Temple's destruction

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-burnt-wooden-jerusalem-temple-destruction.html

Published: July 21, 2026 12:00

A remarkable discovery has been made at the Givati Parking Lot excavations in the City of David, within Jerusalem Walls National Park. Excavations led by the Israel Antiquities Authority and Tel Aviv University uncovered massive wooden beams that collapsed…

AI awareness in Nebraska differs by age, education, income

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Published: July 21, 2026 11:40

Artificial intelligence is being adopted rapidly across industries, workplaces and personal use, with an estimated 1 in 4 Americans using it regularly, but there is a knowledge gap.

Scientists use dual-frequency images to explore black hole plasma physics

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-scientists-dual-frequency-images-explore.html

Published: July 21, 2026 11:40

The first-ever image of a black hole—a glowing, ring-like structure at the heart of galaxy M87—was unveiled to the world in a landmark moment in 2019. Now, researchers have taken the next big step—moving beyond capturing a picture of the black hole to…

Trust, connection are key ingredients for Hawaiʻi's food security

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-key-ingredients-hawaii-food.html

Published: July 21, 2026 11:20

When talking about Hawaiʻi's food security, the conversation often focuses on physical infrastructure—warehouses, cold storage and doubling crop production to reduce the need to import 90% of food. A new policy article by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa…

From quantum error correction to emergent gravity: Probing holographic universes at QLab

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-quantum-error-emergent-gravity-probing.html

Published: July 21, 2026 11:10

One of the deepest ambitions in modern physics is understanding how the fabric of space and time could emerge from fundamental quantum degrees of freedom to establish a quantum theory of gravity.

Cosmic gymnastics: How the Milky Way once underwent a dramatic flip

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-cosmic-gymnastics-milky-underwent-flip.html

Published: July 21, 2026 11:00

The Milky Way may have undergone a dramatic change in orientation during its history, according to new research that helps explain a long-standing mystery about our galaxy. Using supercomputer simulations of galaxies like the Milky Way, a team of…

New geopolitical-economic order framework shows firm strategies vary under two types of state-market order

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-geopolitical-economic-framework-firm-strategies.html

Published: July 21, 2026 11:00

A new paper published in Global Strategy Journal develops a geopolitical-economic order framework suggesting that the extent of geopolitical competition incentivizes states to create one of two types of economic order: a market-based order built on…