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Science X / Rising seas could make yesterday's rare coastal floods tomorrow's routine disasters

Think of a tsunami that used to crash over a city once in a lifetime, but now comes crashing every year. Who is guilty? Coastal flooding results when a high tide coincides with a storm surge, waves, and an ocean surface that ...

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / Giant planets could act as dark matter detectors

Researchers in the U.S. have carried out the most stringent tests to date of the idea that an ultraviolet glow in the atmospheres of giant planets could partly arise through the indirect interaction between dark matter and ...

Jul 17, 2026
Phys.org / Animals in prehistoric paintings reveal hidden pattern across nine Basque caves

Iñaki Intxaurbe, a researcher at the EHU-University of the Basque Country, analyzed the distribution of images in nine caves in the Basque Country using network-based analysis and statistical techniques.

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / Jellyfish nebula may be the scene of two stars going supernova

The star that formed the Jellyfish nebula may have had a partner star that exploded 100,000 years earlier, according to international researchers, who say that this may be the first known discovery of a binary star system ...

Jul 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Druggable target that makes metastatic cancer cells easier to kill identified

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have identified a molecular switch that helps determine whether cancer cells remain soft and difficult to destroy or become stiff enough for the immune system to attack.

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / Zoo elephant survival has improved substantially over 6 decades, international study finds

Elephants living in modern zoos are living significantly longer than they did half a century ago, according to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The research—led by ZSL (the Zoological Society of London) ...

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / New radio-burst method helps locate universe's missing ordinary matter

Stars and galaxies make up much of the universe's ordinary, observable matter. But for decades, scientists have wrestled with a cosmic conflict: There should be much more.

Jul 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Nearly 49,000 brain scans reveal aging signatures linked to dementia, addiction and mental illness

People with dementia, mild cognitive impairment, alcohol addiction or psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia show increased brain aging, each in specific patterns within the brain, according to a study published in PLOS ...

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / Hawaiian stilt reclassified from endangered to threatened after 50 years of conservation efforts

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the reclassification of the Aʻeo, or Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act, a rare and hopeful milestone ...

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / Quantum sensing microscope illuminates transistor design

Artificial intelligence faces an energy crisis stemming from a physical traffic jam inside modern computer chips. Processors must continually shuffle data, such as the billions of parameters in complex models, between separate ...

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / Atomic channels can separate rare earth elements from each other without using toxic chemicals

Rare earth elements like lanthanum, neodymium and dysprosium are used to build the electric motor in your car, the LED lights in your house and the MRI machine at your doctor's office. But first, they have to be mined and ...

Jul 21, 2026
Phys.org / New simulation challenges leading explanation for why galaxies stop forming stars

For decades, astronomers have cast galaxy mergers as the universe's ultimate relationship drama: two galaxies collide, chaos erupts, black holes awaken and star formation comes to a screeching halt. Upending this long-held ...

Jul 21, 2026