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Phys.org / Why is Europe the world's fastest warming continent?

Europe, which is in the throes of a record-smashing heat wave this week, is the world's fastest-warming continent and stretches into an even more rapidly heating Arctic.

May 26, 2026
Phys.org / Ripples in fire-ant collectives suggest motions are driven by neighbor alignments

Researchers in Spain have discovered that in collectives of moving fire ants, rippling "waves" of density and activity are likely triggered by local regions where ants collectively travel in the same direction as their neighbors.

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / Dutch universities still lack firm rules on tobacco ties, raising wider questions

Researchers from Leiden University and Solid Sustainability Research have published a new study in PLOS Climate on the links between Dutch universities and the tobacco industry. Through this work, they aim to contribute to ...

19 hours ago
Phys.org / A severed piece of sea cucumber refused to die, and what happened next could transform medicine

From the revived corpse of Frankenstein's monster to the disembodied hand, "Thing," in the Addams Family, reanimated tissue is one of the most enduring images in science fiction. It turns out, that image has some basis in ...

May 27, 2026
Phys.org / Introduced wild pigs linked to fewer invasive plants, while native deer show the opposite pattern

Wild pigs are generally considered among the world's most problematic invasive mammals. But a major new study from Aarhus Universitet shows that the introduced animals may actually have beneficial effects in North American ...

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / Neanderthal ancestry may lower defenses against common DNA viruses in people today

Researchers have found surprising links that show that Neanderthal ancestry influences our immune system today in ways more nuanced than previously recognized. Their work is published in the journal Genome Biology and Evolution.

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / Arctic Ocean food chain is disrupted as a key tipping point has now been passed

An irreversible shift in the chemical makeup of the Arctic Ocean driven by climate change is disrupting the region's food chain, a study suggests. Widespread loss of Arctic sea ice has led to a sharp fall in levels of a key ...

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / The Southwest's drought is shrinking wildlife's suitable habitat, with predators hit hardest

As people in the United States are coping with historic drought conditions, the country's wildlife is also facing problems because of the extreme aridity. Herbivores, omnivores, and carnivores in the southwestern U.S. have ...

May 25, 2026
Phys.org / New 'AI scientists' are improving—but reveal their fundamental limits

Many of the most exciting discoveries in science involve highly specialized knowledge and making connections between far-flung facts. Scientists must combine deep analysis with broad reasoning strategies.

May 24, 2026
Phys.org / A giant warm wave is crossing the Pacific, signaling an El Niño that could alter weather worldwide this year

Waves of higher, warmer water move eastward across the Pacific Ocean a few months before an El Niño emerges. Several have shown up in 2026 satellite data.

May 27, 2026
Tech Xplore / Sodium-ion batteries could become a low-cost rival to Tesla's batteries

A popular sodium-ion battery designed by the company Hina and used in cars and large-scale energy storage systems in China matches performance parameters and production quality of Tesla's lithium-ion batteries, finds new ...

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / Quantum teleportation carries microwave states at temperatures up to 4 K, beating classical limit

A growing number of quantum engineers worldwide have been trying to realize large-scale quantum networks, which consist of several connected quantum computers or devices that share information with each other. The successful ...

May 27, 2026