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Phys.org / Living alligators expose why juvenile fossils can fool classification methods

Fossil finds are exciting moments that sometimes introduce the world to an ancient mammal or dinosaur that existed millions of years ago. But a longstanding problem in paleontology is that fossils are often incomplete, and ...

Jul 16, 2026
Phys.org / Scientists recover sub-Saharan Africa's oldest ancient animal DNA

Ancient DNA can be a powerful tool for helping us reconstruct the long-dead past. Most surviving genetic material comes from the bones and teeth of animals that lived in cold environments, where freezing temperatures help ...

Jul 15, 2026
Phys.org / Air from Greenland snow shows industrialization's impact on atmospheric methane

An international team of researchers, including scientists from Utrecht University and the University of Maryland, has reconstructed the concentration of clumped isotopes of methane in air from the past for the first time. ...

Jul 16, 2026
Medical Xpress / Implant helps paralyzed man to feed himself and drink from a cup

A neuroprosthetic system has helped a man with paralysis move his hand and feel touch again following a spinal cord injury, reports research published in Nature Medicine. Some of the system's benefits continued even when ...

Jul 16, 2026
Phys.org / Ultraviolet light uncovers the first known juveniles of a mysterious Jurassic fish family

For more than 150 years, fossils of Jurassic fish scattered across Europe's museums were studied and drawn by generations of scientists. However, when a paleontologist decided to shine an ultraviolet light on them, a hidden ...

Jul 15, 2026
Phys.org / Crab-dug tunnels boost methane-eating microbes in coastal wetlands, study finds

Wetlands are a significant producer of methane, a greenhouse gas more potent than carbon dioxide. Yet not all of it escapes into the atmosphere. One reason is crabs. A study published in the journal Environmental Science ...

Jul 15, 2026
Phys.org / Chemists shrink gallium nitride, the material behind LED lighting, into nanocrystals

Nanocrystals are so useful that they formed the basis of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. But despite their usefulness, scientists have so far been able to make these microscopic crystals from only a limited palette of ...

Jul 16, 2026
Phys.org / Schrödinger‑like charges in six‑molecule clusters point to new quantum components

Researchers from the University of Basel have published details of how electrons within a cluster of molecules interact with one another and can be controlled. Their findings pave the way for new approaches to developing ...

Jul 16, 2026
Tech Xplore / Engineers shrink powerful terahertz systems onto a single semiconductor chip

High-frequency waves classified as terahertz occupy a relatively underused region of the electromagnetic spectrum between infrared light and microwaves. Researchers have long recognized their unique potential for applications ...

Jul 16, 2026
Phys.org / Climate change reshapes waterborne disease risks as pathogens respond differently, review finds

Climate change is altering the spread of waterborne diseases around the world, according to a comprehensive review published today in Nature Reviews Microbiology. The publication is the most up-to-date, comprehensive analysis ...

Jul 16, 2026
Tech Xplore / New contact material improves efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells

A newly developed material for the electron contact improves the efficiency of single perovskite solar cells and perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells. The new material is based on a carborane molecule. It offers several ...

Jul 16, 2026
Phys.org / Invertebrates can distinguish good from bad bacteria

Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and Kiel University (CAU) have examined immune system function in an early-branching animal—a sea anemone. They discovered that the immune systems of these animals ...

Jul 16, 2026