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Tech Xplore / Value of chip giant SK hynix joins Micron to top $1 tn

The market value of South Korean memory chipmaker SK hynix soared past $1 trillion on Wednesday, fueled by frenzied global demand for the computing hardware that powers artificial intelligence tools—a surge that also carried ...

May 27, 2026
Science X / Ancient woodworking technique could save modern electronics from overheating

Electronic devices and electric vehicles are often made up of several materials and components. The regions where different materials meet play a key role in ensuring that electricity and heat are safely and reliably transferred ...

May 23, 2026
Phys.org / Southeast Asia's changing landscape is fueling a deadly air crisis that costs billions

Changes in land-use across Southeast Asia over the past 15 years are worsening air quality and contributing to thousands of excess deaths each year, according to a study led by researchers from Nanyang Technological University, ...

May 25, 2026
Phys.org / Canadian Rockies study shows that spruce trees adapt to rugged peaks and boreal flatlands in a similar way

If you look at the trees as you're driving on the Trans-Canada Highway toward Banff National Park, you will see Englemann spruce on the cooler, wetter northeast-facing slopes of the Three Sisters. Across the valley—on the ...

May 26, 2026
Phys.org / Autistic Australians three times more likely to be homeless, research reveals

Autistic Australians face a homelessness risk nearly three times higher than the general population, according to new Flinders University research that reveals how everyday systems are failing to recognize and support autistic ...

May 26, 2026
Phys.org / Red shift: Study gauges salamanders' sprint speed as connected to their color

If the eastern red-backed salamander has an equivalent of Usain Bolt, Sophia Zaslow is determined to find it. Since her undergraduate years, the Binghamton University doctoral student in biological sciences has conducted ...

May 26, 2026
Phys.org / Thousands of sheep and cows die in trucks and saleyards every year. They need better protection

When a semi-trailer burst into flames on a highway in northern New South Wales, it wasn't only the driver who had to flee for his life.

May 26, 2026
Phys.org / Beyond Anglo‑Saxons, Celts and Vikings: DNA uncovers a dynamic history of migration to Britain

Each of us tells a story about who we are, often tracing our identity back through an imagined line of ancestors. Though identity is fundamentally cultural, we tend to anchor it in biology—in the idea of a stable genetic ...

May 26, 2026
Phys.org / Artists reconstruct extinct Sri Lankan megafauna

For animator and academic Dr. Jason Kennedy, palaeoart isn't just a hobby. Creating 3D images of prehistoric animals sits at the intersection of science and art, combining fossil analysis, comparisons with living species, ...

May 25, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI-guided drug search flags folic acid for diabetic wound healing

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an AI-guided workflow that combines artificial intelligence (AI) with molecular simulations to identify potential drug candidates for diabetic wound ...

May 25, 2026
Phys.org / CO₂ scrubbing microbes discovered in underground laboratory

You might not know it, but the hot water and rocks deep within Earth are teeming with undiscovered life. Dr. Tanvi Govil is one of the biologists studying this new frontier of microbial life that thrives in extreme places.

May 26, 2026
Phys.org / How natural selection helps design antennas, cancer treatments and adhesives

NASA had a big—and little—problem. For a small satellite, the agency needed a tiny antenna, with very specific communication capabilities and very strict limits on size and weight. The agency gave the problem to a design ...

May 26, 2026