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Phys.org / Extinct Hawaiian ibis with strangely small eyes suggests a shift to nocturnal life

Islands are famous for producing some of the world's strangest creatures, and now a new international study shows that the evolution of bird species on Hawaiian islands includes an ibis with unusually small eyes and limited ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Warming may boost soil carbon storage in boreal Sphagnum peatlands, study finds

A new study reports that climate warming can increase soil carbon accumulation in boreal Sphagnum peatlands by boosting plant productivity, protecting iron, and inhibiting microbial decomposition. These responses contrast ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / New lithium-based green phosphors rival today's commercial LED standard

Research results from Innsbruck, Schwabmünchen, and Düsseldorf demonstrate how the most widely used green phosphors in commercial LEDs can be replaced by representatives of an entirely new class of compounds. Green luminescence, ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Chemistry
Phys.org / Seeing how atoms vibrate at the Ångström scale

Probing the vibration of atoms provides detailed information on local structure and bonding that define material properties. Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) offers extremely high resolution to probe such vibrations. ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Nanotechnology
Medical Xpress / Study finds PM2.5-linked cardiovascular deaths fell 45% since 2001, disparities persist

Clean air laws have led to a significant reduction in long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution across much of the United States over the past two decades, yet tens of thousands of Americans still die each year ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Health
Phys.org / Mars' 'young' volcanoes prove more complex than scientists once thought

What appears to be a single volcanic eruption is often the result of complex processes operating deep beneath the surface, where magma moves, evolves, and changes over long periods of time. To fully understand how volcanoes ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Majorana qubits become readable as quantum capacitance detects even-odd states

The race to build reliable quantum computers is fraught with obstacles, and one of the most difficult to overcome is related to the promising but elusive Majorana qubits. Now, an international team has read the information ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Physics
Phys.org / Predicting an animal's immune response based on its genetic data

What if cattle were selected not only for their productivity, but also for their resistance to disease? A study conducted by a team of scientists combining systemic immunology, genomics and machine learning provides a better ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Major depressive disorder shares immune abnormalities and potential therapies with inflammatory skin diseases

A team of leading clinical research scientists from the Departments of Psychiatry and Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has found that the serum of patients with major depressive disorder shares immune ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Rising CO₂ and warming jointly limit phosphorus availability in rice soils, decade-long study reveals

A decade-long study has revealed that rising atmospheric CO₂ and warming work together to reduce the availability of phosphorus in rice-upland crop rotation systems, potentially threatening future food security. The research, ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Quick course correction needed to avoid 'hothouse Earth' scenario, scientists say

Scientists say that multiple Earth system components appear closer to destabilization than previously believed, putting the planet in increased danger of following a "hothouse" path driven by feedback loops that can amplify ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / A single oncolytic virus injection may help T cells infiltrate glioblastoma

A team led by investigators at Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has shown that a single injection of an oncolytic virus—a genetically modified virus that selectively infects and destroys cancer cells—can ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer