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Phys.org / Camera captures first video of a red fox attacking a wolf pup

We are used to seeing a strict order in nature, with apex predators at the top feeding on those lower down the pecking order. But in video footage from a nature reserve in Italy, we see a red fox turning the tables, attacking ...

Mar 9, 2026
Phys.org / Study documents record 118-kilometer dispersal by young female fisher in New Hampshire

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have documented the farthest trek of a young female fisher (Pekania pennanti) moving 118 kilometers (over 73 miles) from Durham to the outskirts of Lincoln, a small town in New ...

Mar 14, 2026
Phys.org / Notions of 'Christendom' often miss the mark: Medieval Europe's ideas about faith and power were not so simple

During the National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 5, 2026, Paula White-Cain, senior adviser to the White House Office of Faith, introduced President Donald Trump as "the greatest champion of faith that we have ever had in the ...

Mar 15, 2026
Phys.org / Cell death in photoreceptor cells is reversible, study finds

Photoreceptors are specialized cells in the eye that convert light energy into neural signals. Several diseases that cause irreversible vision loss, including age-related macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa and retinal ...

Mar 14, 2026
Phys.org / A 100-solar-mass black hole merger ripples spacetime, and may flash in gamma rays

An international team from China and Italy has reported a possible cosmic encore to the landmark 2017 multi-messenger discovery. In November 2024, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observatories detected gravitational waves from a binary ...

Mar 13, 2026
Phys.org / The fish were biting in ancient Alabama: Tooth found embedded in Cretaceous apex predator's neck

The oceans of the Cretaceous of North America teemed with life. Gigantic fish and enormous marine reptiles hunted the Western Interior Sea. A unique new fossil demonstrates rare evidence of direct conflict between these apex ...

Mar 13, 2026
Medical Xpress / Higher buprenorphine doses help patients stay in opioid use disorder treatment, new study finds

Patients who are prescribed higher daily doses of the medication buprenorphine for opioid use disorder are significantly more likely to stay in treatment. Those on 17 to 24 milligrams averaged 190 days in care compared to ...

Mar 15, 2026
Phys.org / North America 'heat dome' left winners and losers: Study

Billions of mussels scorched and baby birds dropping from sweltering nests: North America's 2021 heat wave caused a cascade of ecological damage, some of it catastrophic, some unexpected, a new study showed Wednesday.

Mar 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / Neurons receive precisely tailored teaching signals as we learn, study suggests

When we learn a new skill, the brain has to decide—cell by cell—what to change. New research from MIT suggests it can do that with surprising precision, sending targeted feedback to individual neurons so each one can ...

Mar 14, 2026
Tech Xplore / Three questions: On the future of AI and the mathematical and physical sciences

Curiosity-driven research has long sparked technological transformations. A century ago, curiosity about atoms led to quantum mechanics, and eventually the transistor at the heart of modern computing. Conversely, the steam ...

Mar 15, 2026
Medical Xpress / The timing of rewards plays a key role in learning, study finds

For almost a century, psychology and neuroscience researchers have been trying to understand the processes via which humans and other animals acquire new skills or learn to deal with specific situations. One well-known and ...

Mar 10, 2026
Phys.org / Nearby red dwarf star hosts at least four planets—with one in the habitable zone

In 2020, a study confirmed that two planets orbited the nearby red dwarf, GJ 887. Now, astronomers have confirmed the existence of two additional planets orbiting GJ 887 in a new study published in Astronomy and Astrophysics. ...

Mar 9, 2026