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Phys.org / Study finds warming world increases days when weather is prone to fires around the globe

The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy—ideal to spark extreme wildfires—has nearly tripled in the past 45 years across the globe, with the trend increasing even higher in the Americas, a new study ...

6 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Elevated E. coli, staph still detected in Potomac river 4 weeks after sewage spill

Nearly a month after a wastewater pipe broke and spewed hundreds of millions of gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River just north of Washington, D.C., the latest water testing results from the University of Maryland ...

6 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / How shaming unethical brands makes companies improve their behavior

Recent investigations have uncovered forced labor in agricultural supply chains, illegal fishing feeding supermarket freezers, deforestation embedded in everyday food products, and unsafe conditions in factories producing ...

7 hours ago in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Jailbreaking the matrix: How researchers are bypassing AI guardrails to make them safer

A paper written by University of Florida Computer & Information Science & Engineering, or CISE, Professor Sumit Kumar Jha, Ph.D., contains so many science fiction terms, you'd be forgiven for thinking it's a Hollywood script: ...

14 hours ago in Security
Phys.org / Deep sea landscapes are a new frontier of human exploration—here's what we may find

When we dream of landscapes, we might imagine rolling valleys or rugged mountains. But there is a whole landscape hidden from human view: the secret world of the seafloor.

8 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / In sea urchin and salmon sperm, pH value regulates whether they remain immotile or swim

A study by the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences and the University of Bonn has shown that pH value is crucial for sperm motility in sea urchins and salmon. An increase in pH activates the enzyme adenylyl ...

17 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Why your brain has to work harder in an open-plan office than private offices

Since the pandemic, offices around the world have quietly shrunk. Many organizations don't need as much floor space or as many desks, given many staff now do a mix of hybrid work from home and the office. But on days when ...

10 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Do gut microbes shape heart health?

For generations, wise aunties and grandmothers have advised that the quickest path to the heart is through the stomach. Our elders also encourage us to trust our guts when it comes to matters of the heart. And they may be ...

8 hours ago in Cardiology
Phys.org / The algorithmic feed on X could be shifting political views toward conservatism

Turning on the "For You" algorithm on X (formerly Twitter) may shift users' political opinions toward more conservative views, suggests research involving nearly 5,000 X users. These effects are shown to persist even after ...

9 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Study identifies long-term health risks in testicular cancer survivors treated with contemporary chemotherapy

A large, multi-center study published online in the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (JNCCN) provides new insight into the long-term health effects of contemporary chemotherapy regimens used to treat testicular ...

9 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Tech Xplore / New AI software set to accelerate delivery of vital net-zero infrastructure

New software, developed by the University of Sheffield spin-out AENi aims to transform how the world's essential net-zero infrastructure is planned. The new digital platform will help the organizations shaping the world's ...

10 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / National survey finds microplastic pollution around Britain's coastline could be double than previously recorded

Data collected during a rowing challenge around the seas of Great Britain has found significantly higher concentrations of microplastic pollution than previously recorded, a new report finds. The team, which included University ...

11 hours ago in Earth