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Phys.org / 'Born-again' star offers rare chance to watch stellar evolution in real time

Astronomers have confirmed that one of the fastest-changing stars ever observed has entered a new stage of its evolution, offering a rare opportunity to watch a star's life unfold on human timescales.

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Lebanon: 400,000 years of climate and landscape history rediscovered

An international research team led by Dr. Gabriele Russo of the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment at the University of Tübingen has re-examined historical fossil collections from Lebanon using modern ...

Sep 14, 2026
Phys.org / Researchers pinpoint key early-universe measurement with record precision

An international team, including researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, has reached a major milestone in "precision cosmology" by measuring the amount of helium created in the universe's first five minutes ...

Sep 13, 2026
Phys.org / New bioinformatics tools help identify pathogenic variants in the genome

Structural variants and so-called tandem repeats are individual differences in the human genome. They are increasingly linked to diseases, but analyzing and interpreting them poses challenges for researchers.

Sep 17, 2026
Phys.org / AI struggles to decipher 'animal language' because sound doesn't equal meaning, experts say

In recent years, numerous attempts have been made to use artificial intelligence to decipher the communication of bats, whales, birds and other animals. However, a new study led by a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Grass and clover can provide more than animal feed

Growing leys—grass and clover—is nothing new in Swedish agriculture. But in the arable farming regions dominated by cereal production, leys are less common. One reason is that there needs to be a market for what is harvested.

Sep 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Emergency medicine physicians safely eliminate thousands of unnecessary CT scans

Emergency medicine physician-researchers at the University of Cincinnati have shown that a targeted quality improvement campaign can safely reduce unnecessary head and cervical spine (neck) computed tomography (CT) scans ...

Sep 18, 2026
Phys.org / Engineers solve puzzle of Arctic sea ice movement

Arctic sea ice moves and spreads in ways that wind alone cannot explain. A new UC Riverside-led study finds that collisions between individual pieces of ice provide a surprisingly simple explanation for these movements, potentially ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / Robots grow and package lettuce year-round in Norway's fully automated farm

Norway's first fully automated facility for vegetable production was put into operation last fall. This spring, the first products hit store shelves.

Sep 17, 2026
Tech Xplore / Researchers used Claude to breach OpenAI's internal systems

A security research company said Friday it managed to break into OpenAI's internal systems using the latest software from Anthropic, exposing how quickly the technology can carry out sophisticated cyberattacks.

Sep 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cancer drug pushes mutant blood stem cells to become short-lived immune cells

The biologic drug interferon-alpha can benefit patients with blood cancers called myeloproliferative neoplasms by forcing mutant blood stem cells to become shorter-lived white blood cells, according to a study by Weill Cornell ...

Sep 15, 2026
Phys.org / Compact optical screen could pave the way for cheaper infrared cameras

New research led by the ARC Center of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems (TMOS) at the University of Melbourne demonstrates a new way to make invisible infrared light visible without relying on the expensive ...

Sep 16, 2026