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Tech Xplore / Potential material for safer Li-ion batteries achieves record-high conductivity

Two years ago, a new material was reported to have an unusually large lithium-ion conductivity. Now, Nagoya University researchers have uncovered why it works so well and attained its record-high room temperature conductivity ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Screening tool amplifies tiny changes in protein levels within cells

Imagine a brain teaser where the challenge is to spot the difference between two nearly identical sandcastles. The only difference? The removal of three grains of sand. Scientists face a similarly exasperating challenge when ...

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Stress and depression, not heart damage, may drive long-term breast cancer fatigue

For breast cancer survivors, new research shows that feelings of depression and perceptions of psychological stress make the biggest difference in whether they experience fatigue up to two years after chemotherapy started.

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Warming winters weaken New Hampshire forest's carbon sink over 20 years

Can we count on forests to continue absorbing the carbon dioxide that's warming our world? A new study from researchers at NAU and the University of New Hampshire says ... maybe not.

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Dozens of genes tied to OCD and tic disorders discovered

A Rutgers-led international collaboration has identified 36 genes that substantially raise the risk of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and chronic tic disorders—providing, two researchers said, the most detailed biological ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Declining star formation not caused by simple 'fuel crisis,' new measurements suggest

The universe has been having fewer and fewer stellar "babies." Over the past 4.5 billion years, the rate of star birth has crashed to less than half of what it once was. But here's the twist: the most essential "fuel" for ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Los Angeles Basin map shows deep sediments that could amplify earthquake shaking

In computer simulations of the Big One—a large-magnitude earthquake that may occur along the San Andreas Fault in California—seismic waves ripple from the epicenter of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake near the Salton Sea into the ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Growing bacteria line up single-file, then buckle in liquid crystals

When scientists study bacteria that are not in a Petri dish or a test tube but in environments that more closely mimic their actual microbial habitats, they often find delightfully unexpected behaviors. For Sujit Datta, a ...

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Atlas of the brain's striatum could guide researchers to new drug treatments

A region of the brain called the striatum is critical for many cognitive and motor functions, including decision-making, movement control, habit formation and reward processing. It also plays a role in addiction and is significantly ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Q&A: Can you trust online ratings in the age of 'review bombing'?

Before buying a product, booking a hotel or streaming a movie, many people check online reviews. But not every glowing recommendation or one-star takedown reflects a genuine customer experience.

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Bacterial protein fragment drives tissue fibrosis, but antibody treatment can help

A bacterial protein fragment called corisin drives pulmonary fibrosis by infiltrating and disrupting cells' quality-control systems, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Mie University in Japan found ...

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Imaging technique reveals the metabolic states of individual immune cells

When a patient is facing certain cancers or an immune condition, clinicians turn to white blood cells for clues about the progression of both diseases and their treatments. From a standard blood draw, a clinical lab isolates ...

Sep 1, 2026