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Tech Xplore / Vertical microrods boost electricity generation from evaporation by accelerating ion flow

Evaporation, the process by which water becomes vapor and disperses into the environment, draws heat from its surroundings. This heat, also known as atmospheric thermal energy, is abundant but diffuse, making it difficult ...

Aug 25, 2026
Phys.org / Narwhals help researchers uncover unique data from the deepest East Greenland fjords

They live in some of the most inaccessible waters on Earth, where ocean temperatures hover around freezing. Because they move through areas that humans rarely reach, they have been able to help researchers with a special ...

Aug 26, 2026
Medical Xpress / Digital pets boost daily activity by more than 20%, trial finds

According to a master's thesis at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), a mobile game can make physical activity more enjoyable. Two master's students investigated how the mobile game "BitPet" affects ...

Aug 27, 2026
Phys.org / AI designs new antibodies that pass blinded laboratory tests

Researchers affiliated with UTHealth Houston, competing under the team name Novamab AI, placed among the top five teams in the international AIntibody Challenge, a blinded, prospective benchmark published in Nature Biotechnology.

Aug 26, 2026
Tech Xplore / Frontier AI access is a growing national security question for the UK

Two recent events should dramatically alter thinking and decision-making about the use of overseas AI models in the UK's critical national infrastructure, argues a new white paper from the University of Surrey. First, the ...

Aug 27, 2026
Phys.org / How high scores in an online brain teaser made mathematicians lie for three years

It might not yet be the phenomenon that is Wordle, but for hundreds of thousands of players, Digit Party has scratched the itch of a casual brain teaser to break up their day.

Aug 26, 2026
Medical Xpress / Macrophage 'molecular scissors' may drive obesity-linked inflammation and metabolic damage

Imagine the body's immune cells as a neighborhood cleanup crew. When all is healthy, macrophages roam tissues, clearing away cellular debris and helping maintain order. But obesity can turn these normally protective cells ...

Aug 23, 2026
Phys.org / Virtual reality reveals glassfish synchronize through split-second copying of single neighbors

For centuries, scientists have been fascinated by the remarkable coordinated movements of flocking birds, swarming insects and schooling fish. Researchers have studied these natural phenomena to understand the rules of interactions ...

Aug 26, 2026
Phys.org / Evolution favors flatter paths when fitness outcomes are equal, study finds

A surprising discovery by Technion researchers sheds new light on the dynamics of evolution. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study shows that when an organism has several evolutionary ...

Aug 27, 2026
Phys.org / High magnetic fields revive superconductivity in nickelates

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States, have uncovered that a class of nickel-based materials known as samarium (Sm)-based infinite-layer ...

Aug 26, 2026
Medical Xpress / Current shingles vaccine linked to lower risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and heart failure

Shingles is a painful and serious condition affecting many older people. It is caused by the herpes zoster virus, which can flare up in people who previously had chickenpox. A vaccine against shingles (Zostavax) was introduced ...

Aug 27, 2026
Phys.org / NASA's Webb telescope rules out two new Dyson sphere candidates

The latest Swedish-led search for technosignatures in the form of Dyson spheres has again come up empty-handed. The two latest stellar candidates in the hunt for such hypothetical extraterrestrial technology have been eliminated ...

Aug 27, 2026