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Phys.org / Intermediate phases unlock faster nanoparticle crystallization

Crystalline nanomaterials are valuable because their highly ordered structures give them useful properties for technologies such as data storage and optical devices. But forming nanoparticles from those orderly crystals is ...

Mar 3, 2026 in Nanotechnology
Tech Xplore / AI often escalates to nuclear action in war games

There are some things perhaps we might not want artificial intelligence to handle, at least for the time being. When leading chatbots were put through war-game simulations, they opted for nuclear signaling or escalation in ...

Mar 2, 2026 in Security
Phys.org / Tiny flows, big insights: Microfluidics system boosts super-resolution microscopy

Understanding how cells are organized and how their molecular components interact in a coordinated and cooperative manner is a central goal of modern life sciences. To answer these questions, researchers need to observe many ...

Mar 3, 2026 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Ancient Greek priestesses may have turned ergot fungus into a psychedelic brew during the Eleusinian Mysteries

The Eleusinian Mysteries were secret religious rites in ancient Greece honoring the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone, and aimed to remove the fear of death. The ceremonies included days of fasting, rituals and ...

Mar 2, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Rare Type Icn supernova SN 2024abvb is among the most luminous known

An international team of astronomers has carried out photometric and spectroscopic observations of SN 2024abvb—a recently discovered supernova of a rare Type Icn. The new observational campaign yields important information ...

Mar 2, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Tau tangles may hijack brain's energy, linking early sleep loss to Alzheimer's changes

Scientists at the University of Kentucky have uncovered a new reason why people with Alzheimer's disease often struggle with sleep, long before memory loss begins. The study, led by researchers at the Sanders-Brown Center ...

Mar 3, 2026 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Rainfall can shape bird populations as much as temperature, global study reveals

Scientists have long focused on rising temperatures to understand how climate change is reshaping the natural world. But there's a critical blind spot in that picture: rain. A new global study reveals precipitation has been ...

Mar 3, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Did plants nearly wipe out all marine life on Earth—twice?

UC College of Arts and Sciences Professor Thomas Algeo has been studying the planet's five major mass extinctions since the Ordovician Period, when global sea levels were much higher than today. In a paper published in Nature ...

Mar 3, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Metasurface-based SLM could enhance AR, VR and LiDAR performance

Many cutting-edge technologies, ranging from augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) to LiDAR (light detection and ranging) systems, rely on components that enable the precise control of light. These components include ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Physics
Tech Xplore / Power producers have financial incentives to block market integration despite cost savings, says study

Renewable energy is lowering electricity costs in some parts of the country, but those benefits aren't being seen by consumers everywhere because they're typically placed far away from demand centers. Better integrating electricity ...

Mar 3, 2026 in Business
Phys.org / Deadly soil fungal pathogen puts Australia's reptiles at risk of extinction

University of Queensland researchers say Australia's reptiles are at risk of extinction because a little understood fungus is infecting species throughout the environment. Associate Professor Celine Frere from UQ's School ...

Mar 3, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / The key to attacking 'undruggable' proteins: Transient clustering state reveals a moving target

Intrinsically disordered proteins lack a fixed structure, which is why they have been considered "undruggable" targets for drug development for years. However, these proteins play a key role in numerous diseases—ranging ...

Mar 3, 2026 in Biology