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Tech Xplore / AI system spots fake reviews by combining text, images and user behavior

Research published in the International Journal of Information and Communication Technology discusses the development of an artificial intelligence system that combines text, images and reviewer behavior to detect and trace ...

Jun 4, 2026
Phys.org / Integrating citizen science with experimental data uncovers how switchgrass adapts flowering by region

In its native habitat, switchgrass flowered earlier when growing farther north. In experiments with diverse genetic samples, it flowered earlier in the south.

Jun 3, 2026
Phys.org / Programmable chemistry unlocks drugs only in target cells, aiming to cut side effects

Potent drugs like chemotherapy can be life-saving, but often with life-threatening side effects. Notably, they can be indiscriminate, killing both cancer cells and healthy cells in one swoop. Increasing a drug's on-target ...

Jun 3, 2026
Medical Xpress / AI decodes epilepsy signals in brain waves before seizures appear

Epilepsy isn't always easy to diagnose. Seizures often don't occur during routine brain-wave recordings (EEGs), leaving doctors without the direct observation they need to make a clear diagnosis. University of Delaware researchers ...

Jun 4, 2026
Phys.org / Open-source software unlocks rapid DNA structure generation and analysis in one workflow

Computational chemists at the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have developed a comprehensive software suite to create accurate models of DNA in biomolecular assemblies. Called MDNA, ...

Jun 3, 2026
Phys.org / IceCube detects break in cosmic neutrino spectrum, ruling out simple power-law model

A new study published in Physical Review Letters by the IceCube Collaboration reports evidence that the energy spectrum of astrophysical neutrinos is not a simple straight line.

May 29, 2026
Tech Xplore / Real-time X-ray compression shrinks file size by 8,000 times

Researchers led by Takaki Hatsui at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center (RSC) in Japan and collaborators have developed a new approach to compressing X-ray imaging data in real time, reducing the size of data files by more than 8,000 ...

Jun 3, 2026
Phys.org / For satellites as small as a briefcase, getting around in space just got a whole lot easier

MIT engineers are testing a new propulsion system that combines the power and speed of conventional chemical thrusters with the precision and fuel-efficiency of electrical thrusters. The system could enable the design of ...

Jun 2, 2026
Phys.org / Taimering mammoth was likely butchered by hunters and gatherers

The wooly mammoth from Taimering (Bavaria, Germany), discovered in 2020, was buried in a former Ice Age pond after its death. Pollen findings and radiocarbon dating confirm that the mammoth lived and died during the harsh ...

Jun 3, 2026
Medical Xpress / Scientists recreate enterovirus infection in a new model of the human intestine

A miniaturized, biomimetic model of the human intestine has successfully reproduced long-term enterovirus A71 (EV-A71) infection, report researchers from Science Tokyo. Using this innovative platform, they shed light on how ...

Jun 4, 2026
Phys.org / Atlantic 'cold blob' may be reshaping Indian monsoon, steering rain northwest

The Indian monsoon has shifted over the past quarter century. Northwest India now receives substantially more rain than it once did, while a lack of rain sends the Indo-Gangetic Plain toward drought.

Jun 1, 2026
Phys.org / Lab evolution recreates COVID's path to omicron in months, reveals key conditions

A key step in the origin of many pandemics occurs when an animal-borne virus infects humans and then evolves to spread more efficiently from person to person. That is why scientists and physicians keep a close watch on viruses ...

Jun 2, 2026