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Phys.org / Rules of unknown board game from the Roman period revealed

Researchers have used AI to reconstruct the rules of a board game carved into a stone found in the Dutch city of Heerlen. The team concludes that this type of game was played several centuries earlier than previously assumed.

Feb 10, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Scientists harness nature's chirality bias to design series of complex mechanically interlocked molecules

In nature, molecules often show a strong preference for partnering with other molecules that share the same chirality or handedness. A behavior that is quite evident in the phenomenon known as homochirality-driven entanglement, ...

Feb 9, 2026 in Chemistry
Phys.org / 2023–2024 El Niño triggered record-breaking sea level spike along African coastlines, study finds

Africa's coastlines are under growing threat as sea levels climb faster than ever, driven by decades of global warming caused by human activity, natural climate cycles, and warming ocean waters. Between 2009 and 2024, the ...

Feb 8, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Discovery of a possible pulsar in the Milky Way's center could enable unprecedented tests of General Relativity

Researchers from Columbia University and Breakthrough Listen, a scientific research program aimed at finding evidence of civilizations beyond Earth, have published new results from the Breakthrough Listen Galactic Center ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Rocket science? 3D printing soft matter in zero gravity

What happens to soft matter when gravity disappears? To answer this, UvA physicists launched a fluid dynamics experiment on a sounding rocket. The suborbital rocket reached an altitude of 267 km before falling back to Earth, ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Physics
Dialog / Neural crest cells: Miniature electric muscles that colonize embryonic organs

Neural crest cells are a population of stem cells that invade the embryo in early development. They play a big role in what you look like: the pigments of your eyes, of your skin, and the bone structure of your face are all ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Satellite record shows boreal forests expanded 12% and shifted north since 1985

The boreal forest—the world's largest terrestrial biome—is warming faster than any other forest type. To understand the changing dynamics of boreal forests, Min Feng and colleagues analyzed the biome from 1985 to 2020, ...

Feb 9, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Sleek, lithe and extremely rare: This elusive California fox has finally been GPS-collared

The stunning Sierra Nevada red fox is one of the nation's rarest and most critically threatened mammals, with fewer than 50 believed to remain in the Sierra. And now, for the first time, a specimen has been successfully GPS-collared ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Scientists create 'smart underwear' to measure human flatulence

Scientists at the University of Maryland have created Smart Underwear, the first wearable device designed to measure human flatulence. By tracking hydrogen in flatus, the device helps scientists revisit long-standing assumptions ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Gastroenterology
Phys.org / The wild physics that keeps your body's electrical system flowing smoothly

Building on their pioneering 2018 research into how some of the body's cells, such as neurons and cardiac tissue, communicate via ions that flow through cellular channels, chemists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Valentine's day: Can 36 questions really change your love life?

About a decade ago, author Mandy Len Catron wrote an essay for the New York Times about "36 questions that lead to love." The idea suggests that two people can grow closer—and even fall in love—by answering a series of ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Growth of spreading pancreatic cancer is fueled by 'underappreciated' epigenetic changes, shows study

In a lab-grown cell study focused on potential new treatment targets for halting the spread of most pancreatic cancers, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report they have found that a gene called KLF5 (Krueppel-like factor ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Genetics