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Phys.org / Germany's dry rivers spark battle over engineering vs. restoration

As a heat wave dries Germany's rivers, government ministers are at odds over what to do about it—re-engineer the waterways or restore them to their natural state.

20 hours ago
Phys.org / Butterfly effects of climate change

The Australian National Insect Collection at CSIRO holds 2,000 drawers of butterfly specimens, including some that were collected more than a century ago.

5 hours ago
Medical Xpress / AI can help users cut through complexity of state services

When Morgan Ellithorpe's family moved from upstate New York to Delaware, they struggled to navigate state services for her brother, who has cerebral palsy.

14 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Personalized T-cell therapy eliminates detectable metastatic kidney tumor in adolescent after multiple relapses

Researchers and physicians at the Hopp Children's Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ) and other leading cancer centers report an exceptional treatment outcome in an adolescent with an advanced, treatment-resistant kidney tumor. ...

Aug 12, 2026
Phys.org / Star cluster discovery could change how scientists measure the universe

University of Missouri researchers have uncovered evidence that challenges one of astronomy's most trusted assumptions, a breakthrough that could reshape how scientists measure galaxies and reconstruct the history of the ...

Aug 11, 2026
Phys.org / New CERN measurement challenges conventional models of how gluons behave inside atomic nuclei

A University of Kansas physicist played a leading role in a CERN study showing that two rival explanations for how gluons behave inside atomic nuclei can now be experimentally distinguished.

Aug 11, 2026
Phys.org / Cosmic filaments help set first limits on dark matter's decay into gravitons

Composing some 85% of the universe's total mass, dark matter betrays its presence only through gravity, unlike ordinary matter. Yet through new research published in Physical Review D, a team led by David Dunsky of New York ...

Aug 9, 2026
Tech Xplore / Should people marry AI agents?

The widespread use of conversational platforms such as ChatGPT and Gemini is raising important new ethical, anthropological and legal questions regarding the potential risks, misuses and shortcomings of artificial intelligence ...

Aug 11, 2026
Phys.org / Three supermassive black holes discovered in a single galaxy for the first time

An international team of astronomers led by the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics has identified three actively accreting supermassive black holes in the galaxy J0148-4214. Matter is falling into the black ...

Aug 12, 2026
Phys.org / Satellite constellations could create spiraling space debris

To date, close to 30,000 satellites have been launched into Earth's orbit, leading to mounting concerns over the debris created when they collide. In a new analysis posted to the preprint server arXiv, Hugh Lewis of the University ...

Aug 12, 2026
Phys.org / Mars could have carried liquid water more recently than we thought

For decades, astronomers have assumed that the Martian surface froze solid around 3 billion years ago and has stayed that way ever since. If this were really the case, any liquid water would have long since either been locked ...

Aug 10, 2026
Phys.org / Long-sought Zhang-Rice singlet visualized directly in cuprate superconductor

Superconductors are materials that conduct electricity with zero electrical resistance below specific temperatures. Most of these materials become superconducting at very low temperatures, but some also exhibit superconductivity ...

Aug 12, 2026