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Phys.org / China's emissions policies are helping climate change but also creating a new problem

China's sweeping efforts to clean up its air have delivered one of the biggest public health success stories of recent decades. Since the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan was launched in 2013, coal-fired power ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Climate-friendly diet yields unexpectedly strong nutritional outcomes

That eating plenty of vegetables, wholegrains and legumes is beneficial for health is well known. More surprising, however, is that people who eat in an environmentally-friendly way also display nutritional values that are ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Health
Phys.org / Global analysis tracks 3,100 glacier surges as climate change rewrites the rules

While most of the world's glaciers are retreating as the climate warms, a small but significant population behaves very differently—and the consequences can be severe. A team of international scientists, led by the University ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / The changing chemistry of invasive death cap mushrooms

The California Department of Public Health reported 39 related poisonings in the last three months, leading to the death of four people, at least three liver transplants, and many more people made sick. The culprit? In each ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Driven electrolytes are agile and active at the nanoscale

Technologies for energy storage as well as biological systems such as the network of neurons in the brain depend on driven electrolytes that are traveling in an electric field due to their electrical charges. This concept ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Nanotechnology
Tech Xplore / A key barrier in protonic ceramics may be fading, and hydrogen tech could benefit

A newly developed ceramic material shows record-high proton conductivity at intermediate temperatures while remaining chemically stable, report researchers from Japan. Efficient hydrogen-to-electricity conversion is critical ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / New sound-based 3D-printing method enables finer, faster microdevices

Concordia researchers have developed a new 3D-printing technique that uses sound waves to directly print tiny structures onto soft polymers like silicone with far greater precision than before. The approach, called proximal ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Engineering
Phys.org / A new turbulence equation for eddy interactions: AI and physics team up to tackle notoriously difficult question

The currents of the oceans, the roiling surface of the sun, and the clouds of smoke billowing off a forest fire—all are governed by the same laws of physics and give rise to a complex phenomenon known as turbulence. But ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / New perspectives on how physical instabilities drive embryonic development

Multicellularity is one of the most profound phenomena in biology, and relies on the ability of a single cell to reorganize itself into a complex organism. It underpins the diversity in the animal kingdom, from insects to ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Mapping the role of a master regulator in early brain development

New findings from Karolinska Institutet reveal how the gene HNRNPU coordinates several fundamental molecular processes during the earliest stages of human brain development. The study is published in Nucleic Acids Research ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Genetics
Phys.org / How a tiny shrimp could hold the clue to better armor

Modern armor systems do not do a good enough job of protecting humans from blast-induced neurotrauma (brain and eye damage). To improve them, we may have to look to nature. In particular, a tiny shrimp that is able to protect ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Sea turtles are nesting earlier but producing fewer eggs, 17-year study finds

Climate change is reshaping life on Earth at an unprecedented pace. Across the globe, species are shifting their ranges, altering migration routes and breeding earlier in the year in response to rising temperatures. But while ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Biology