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Tech Xplore / Why the US EV battery supply still depends on imports despite domestic mining push

As electric vehicle (EV) adoption grows in the United States and globally, the demand for EV batteries and their critical materials—such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and graphite—is expected to surge dramatically. This makes ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Scientists identify brain circuit that helps us 'change gears'

Most people have experienced the feeling: switching from one task to another, only to find the brain momentarily stuck in the old mode of thinking. Sometimes, even after realizing a strategy no longer works, the mind keeps ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Both heart chambers are more severely affected in atrial fibrillation than previously thought, study reveals

New research findings from the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) show that both atria undergo profound changes in cases of persistent atrial fibrillation. Until now, the left atrium was considered the primary site ...

May 21, 2026
Phys.org / Is organic farming the solution to enhance natural drought resilience in crops?

A study led by researchers from the Department of Microbiology at the University of Malaga has revealed how organic farming—using natural substances and processes and avoiding the use of synthetic chemicals—can, in the long ...

May 21, 2026
Phys.org / How a 4,000-year-old city defied history's 'rules' by becoming more equal as it became more successful

For decades, historians have generally agreed that the progress of small villages as they evolved into cities came at the price of widening inequality. A small group of leaders, kings and priests, would inevitably seize control ...

May 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Scientists discover how to harness T cells to combat entire viral families

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have discovered that combining key vaccine ingredients could give the body the tools it needs to fight the entire family of arenaviruses with a single vaccine. This "pan-arenavirus" ...

May 21, 2026
Tech Xplore / Technology usually creates jobs for young, skilled workers. Will AI do the same?

At any given time, technology does two things to employment: It replaces traditional jobs, and it creates new lines of work. Machines replace farmers, but enable, say, aeronautical engineers to exist. So, if tech creates ...

May 21, 2026
Phys.org / Consistency check casts doubt on evolving dark energy

Cosmologists have long struggled to determine whether the universe's accelerating expansion is being driven by a simple cosmological constant, or whether dark energy's influence is evolving over time. In a new analysis published ...

May 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI uses everyday language to make genetic diagnosis easier

A new computational tool called MARRVEL-MCP helps researchers move toward genetic diagnoses more efficiently by analyzing and interpreting vast amounts of genetic and biological information using everyday language. The study, ...

May 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Exercise hormone irisin could offer neuroprotective effects in multiple sclerosis

A new study offers clues as to why exercise can improve neurological symptoms in people with multiple sclerosis (MS). The study, led by investigators from Mass General Brigham and University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf ...

May 21, 2026
Phys.org / Discovery of new fossils in Northwest Canada changes view of early animal evolution

Researchers have uncovered a remarkable fossil site in a remote part of Canada's Northwest Territories, offering unprecedented insight into the earliest evolution of complex animal life on Earth. Findings from the site represent ...

May 20, 2026
Phys.org / Widespread AI misuse forces higher education to rethink assessment

Large numbers of college students are now using artificial intelligence to complete—and cheat on—their assignments, suggesting that colleges and universities need to change how they are evaluating students, finds new Cornell ...

May 21, 2026