General Physics
The KATRIN experiment sets new constraints on general neutrino interactions
Neutrinos are elementary particles that are predicted to be massless by the standard model of particle physics, yet their observed oscillations suggest that they do in fact have a mass, which is very low. A further characteristic ...
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Molecular & Computational biology
How the genome defends itself against internal enemies
An international research team has deciphered a mechanism of the evolutionary arms race in human cells. The findings provide insights into how mobile elements in DNA hijack cellular functions—and how cells can defend themselves ...
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3I/ATLAS: Scientific paper details what's known about the third-ever interstellar object
When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the third of its kind ever known, astronomers at Michigan State ...
When the news started to spread on July 1, 2025, about a new object that was spotted from outside our solar system, only the third of its kind ever known, ...
Astronomy
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Some sharks in the north Atlantic may delay their fall migrations south
Certain migratory species of sharks may remain swimming and feeding in Atlantic Ocean waters in areas of the northeast coast for longer periods of time later into fall before they ...
Certain migratory species of sharks may remain swimming and feeding in Atlantic Ocean waters in areas of the northeast coast for longer periods of time ...
Plants & Animals
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Narcissism and other dark personality traits linked to AI cheating in art universities
In many countries, there is an academic cheating crisis with students misusing artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT to write essays, dissertations and other assignments. According ...
In many countries, there is an academic cheating crisis with students misusing artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT to write essays, dissertations ...

Higgs-boson properties clarified through decay pattern analysis
The ATLAS collaboration finds evidence of Higgs-boson decays to muons and improves sensitivity to Higgs-boson decays to a Z boson and a photon.
General Physics
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Graphene-based artificial tongue achieves near-human-like sense of taste
A team of researchers report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on a new graphene-based sensor design that, through machine learning, was able to develop a near-human sense of taste. This device is the ...

3I/ATLAS: Interstellar object 'may be oldest comet ever seen'
A mystery interstellar object discovered last week is likely to be the oldest comet ever seen—possibly predating our solar system by more than 3 billion years, researchers say.
Astronomy
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Can the Large Hadron Collider snap string theory?
In physics, there are two great pillars of thought that don't quite fit together. The Standard Model of particle physics describes all known fundamental particles and three forces: electromagnetism, the strong nuclear force, ...
Quantum Physics
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Mathematical model reveals how humans store narrative memories using 'random trees'
Humans can remember various types of information, including facts, dates, events and even intricate narratives. Understanding how meaningful stories are stored in people's memory has been a key objective of many cognitive ...

Olorofim Phase IIb trial shows efficacy in invasive fungal disease for patients with limited treatment options
Researchers from KU Leuven, the University of California Davis Medical Center, the University of Cologne, and over 20 collaborating institutions report that the antifungal olorofim demonstrated efficacy and tolerability in ...

New method replaces nickel and cobalt in battery for cleaner, cheaper lithium-ion batteries
A team of McGill University researchers, working with colleagues in the United States and South Korea, has developed a new way to make high-performance lithium-ion battery materials that could help phase out expensive and/or ...
Energy & Green Tech
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From 0 to 100 in 12 minutes—roadmap for lithium–sulfur batteries
Grab a coffee and your car is fully charged—this is how many people envision the future of mobility. But today's batteries still fall short of this ideal. While modern lithium–ion batteries can charge from 20% to 80% ...
Engineering
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Study shows how brain-to-computer 'electroceuticals' can help restore cognition
Research led by Thilo Womelsdorf, professor of psychology and biomedical engineering at the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, could revolutionize how brain-computer interfaces are used to treat disorders of memory and cognition.
Neuroscience
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Azuki bean beetles lay larger male eggs under climate and bacterial stress
Researchers at Kyushu University have found that when azuki bean beetles infected with Wolbachia bacteria are exposed to a simulated climate change environment—characterized by elevated temperature and carbon dioxide—they ...
Plants & Animals
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Heterometallic nanosheets containing multiple metal ions achievable through new technique
Coordination nanosheets are a unique class of two-dimensional (2D) materials that are formed by coordination bonds between planar organic ligands and metal ions. These 2D nanomaterials are increasingly utilized in energy ...
Nanomaterials
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Quantum objects' dual nature mapped with new formula for 'wave-ness' and 'particle-ness'
Since its development 100 years ago, quantum mechanics has revolutionized our understanding of nature, revealing a bizarre world in which an object can act like both waves and particles, and behave differently depending on ...
General Physics
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Mysterious reed-covered mounds reveal vast underground water network in Great Salt Lake
As Great Salt Lake's levels continue to sag, yet another strange phenomenon has surfaced, offering Utah scientists more opportunities to plumb the vast saline lake's secrets.
Earth Sciences
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Data transfer speeds increase significantly through new optical chip design
Artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT are notorious for being power-hungry. To tackle this challenge, a team from the Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers (COPL) has come up with an optical chip that can transfer ...
Optics & Photonics
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Beating the AI bottleneck: Communications innovation could markedly improve AI training process
Artificial intelligence (AI) is infamous for its resource-heavy training, but a new study may have found a solution in a novel communications system, called ZEN, that markedly improves the way large language models (LLMs) ...
Machine learning & AI
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World-first study uses First Nations calendars for solar power forecasting
The in-depth observations of First Nations seasonal calendars could be key to improving solar power forecasting, according to a world-first study by Charles Darwin University (CDU).
Energy & Green Tech
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Semiconductor catalyst achieves high selectivity in converting carbon dioxide to methanol
A new palladium-loaded amorphous InGaZnOx (a-IGZO) catalyst achieved over 91% selectivity when converting carbon dioxide to methanol, report researchers from Japan.
Materials Science
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'Weird shading' tricks the brain into seeing 3D forms from simple lines
Shading brings 3D forms to life, beautifully carving out the shape of objects around us. Despite the importance of shading for perception, scientists have long been puzzled about how the brain actually uses it. Researchers ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
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Sustainable food safety means managing risk, not erasing it
In an ideal world, every piece of food we eat would be free of pathogens at all times. In the real world, though, where 600 million people contract a foodborne illness every year, this just isn't the case. In fact, it's impossible—microbes ...

Polyethylene packaging may have lower global warming impact than alternatives, study finds
A new Europe-focused study reveals that polyethylene (PE), the most widely used packaging material in Europe, has lower life cycle global warming potential (GWP)—often used to assess greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions—than ...

Time machine in drones? Photorealistic depiction shows Great Hungarian Plain before water regulations
Many of us have wondered what a landscape we see in a modern photograph might have looked like centuries ago. This question is especially intriguing when we know that the scenery has been radically transformed by human intervention ...

Homelessness Prevention Unit participants 71% less likely to enter a shelter, study finds
A new report from the California Policy Lab at UCLA shows promising early results from Los Angeles County's Homelessness Prevention Unit (HPU). The report found that people in the HPU program were 71% less likely to enter ...

Europe's first deep-space optical communication link
The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully established a transmission-reception optical link with NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment onboard its Psyche mission, located 265 million kilometers away, ...

Sparking new ideas on how wildfire influences climate
Wildfires have spread across the planet for millennia, but they are increasing as the climate warms. Decimated forests, depleted crops, and destroyed buildings are the hallmark of wildfire devastation. Another is the effect ...

Black and minoritized people feel forced to disguise their identities
A groundbreaking analysis of 750,000 household records by Heriot-Watt University reveals Black families accepted as statutorily homeless are less than half as likely to gain social housing as their white counterparts.

Artificial sweeteners leave bitter aftertaste for the environment
New research has found increasing levels of artificial sweeteners in wastewater treatment plants, with downstream impacts on the environment.

Less hype, more drama: AI and the changing discourse of global news coverage
A new journal article by a researcher at the University of Manchester offers insight into how artificial intelligence (AI) is portrayed in leading newspapers worldwide, revealing a more nuanced and critical approach than ...

Celebrate the JWST's third anniversary with this stunning image
On July 11, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope finished its commissioning and commenced science operations. In the three years since, the powerful infrared space telescope has delivered on its promise. It's looked back ...

Whitefish decline a 'big' problem in Great Lakes, biologist says
The story of Great Lakes whitefish is not a happy one, state fish biologist Stephen Lenart warned on July 10, but it needs to be told as their numbers decline.

Plant phototropism regulated by acetylation–phosphorylation cross-talk, study finds
Plant phototropism—directional growth in response to light—serves as a key adaptive mechanism, optimizing photosynthesis and development. Central to this process is phototropin 1 (phot1), a primary blue light photoreceptor ...

NASA selects instruments for Artemis lunar terrain vehicle
NASA has selected three instruments to travel to the moon, with two planned for integration onto an LTV (Lunar Terrain Vehicle) and one for a future orbital opportunity.

Indian Ocean fisheries play outsized role in nutritional security
A new study by an international team of researchers has revealed the huge role Indian Ocean fisheries play in feeding the world and supporting nutritional security.

Muscle-like gel polymer gets stronger with a new recipe
A new recipe, or design guidelines, for a self-strengthening muscle-like hydrogel has been developed through strategic integration of computational, information, and experimental research. The resulting gel exhibits rapid ...

Novel tool to study stress-dependent subcellular protein localization changes
Using a high-throughput fluorescence microscopy system and machine learning algorithms, oxidative stress-related changes in protein localization have been mapped by researchers from Japan. Furthermore, a comprehensive database ...

Fertilizer runoff will likely force more drinking water restrictions, say experts
For nearly a month, hundreds of thousands of Iowans have not been allowed to water their lawns—even though there's no drought.

How flinging crickets in the air helped save purple martins in Western Pa.
One bird spectacle readily observable in Allegheny County right now comes in the form of 100 purple martins swirling above the fields and their condos at Harrison Hills Park.

NASA targets July 31 for Crew-11 launch while Ax-4 mission won't return until next week
There's nowhere to park right now at the International Space Station for NASA's next Commercial Crew Program launch, but a slot should clear next week, allowing for the launch of Crew-11 as early as July 31.

Polyphenol-conjugated nanocarrier system enhances antibody therapies for breast cancer
In a significant step toward improving targeted cancer therapy, researchers from Japan have developed a novel nanocarrier system that delivers therapeutic antibodies directly to target antigens inside cancer cells.