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Phys.org / Electrical control of magnetism in 2D materials promises to advance spintronics

Conventional electronics process information leveraging the electrical charge of electrons. Over the past few decades, some electronics engineers have been exploring the potential of a different type of device that instead ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / New technique spots hidden defects to boost reliability of ultrathin electronics

Future devices will continue to probe the frontier of the very small, and at scales where functionality depends on mere atoms, even the tiniest flaw matters. Researchers at Rice University have shown that hard-to-spot defects ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / PFOS 'forever chemical' can accumulate in bees—and their honey

A study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology has revealed the toxic "forever chemical," PFOS, can accumulate in exposed honeybee colonies and transfer to their honey, threatening pollinator viability, ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Birds achieve sweet success: What adaptations to high-sugar diets reveal about metabolism

Anyone who has seen a hummingbird poking her beak deep into a trumpet creeper blossom, or a honeyeater using its brush-tipped tongue to extract nectar from eucalyptus flowers, has witnessed something that, from a human perspective, ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Will melting glaciers slow climate change? A prevailing theory is on shaky ground

For scientists who study the Southern Ocean, a long-standing silver lining in the gloomy forecast of climate change has been the theory of iron fertilization. As temperatures rise and glaciers in Antarctica melt, ice-trapped ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Ant queen frozen in time: New ant species found in Dominican amber

A study by Dr. Gianpiero Fiorentino and his colleagues, published in the Journal of Paleontology, describes the identification of a new species of ant, Hypoponera electrocacica, belonging to the genus Hypoponera and representing ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Ancient diets reveal surprising survival strategies in prehistoric Poland

An international team of archaeologists and scientists has reconstructed the diets of prehistoric communities from north-central Poland, shedding new light on how people adapted to changing environments and shifting social ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Ancient mosquitoes developed a taste for early hominins, research reveals

The preference of some mosquitoes in the Anopheles leucosphyrus (Leucosphyrus) group—including those that transmit malaria—for feeding on humans may have evolved in response to the arrival of early hominins in Southeast ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Fast-paced lives demand faster vision: Ecology shapes how 'quickly' animals see time

Animals don't just see the world differently from one another, they experience time itself at dramatically different speeds. That is according to a new study that considered 237 species across the animal kingdom, and which ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Novel delivery method bypasses blood-brain barrier to treat ALS symptoms

A researcher at the University of Missouri has made a promising breakthrough in the quest to help people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the neurodegenerative disorder commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. In ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Neuroscience
Tech Xplore / Adaptive drafter model uses downtime to double LLM training speed

Reasoning large language models (LLMs) are designed to solve complex problems by breaking them down into a series of smaller steps. These powerful models are particularly good at challenging tasks like advanced programming ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Computer Sciences
Phys.org / Image: First glimpse of comet 3I/ATLAS from Juice science camera

This striking image from the science camera on ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) shows interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS spewing dust and gas. The tiny nucleus of the comet (not visible) is surrounded by a bright halo of ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Astronomy & Space