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Phys.org / First global map of mycorrhizal fungi reveals true scale of underground networks across the planet

Mycorrhizal fungi form underground networks that sustain plant life and help regulate Earth's climate by drawing carbon into soils. In a study published in Science, an international team of researchers produced the first ...

16 hours ago
Phys.org / Why cells started sticking together could help explain how animals first evolved

A recent study by Ruibao Li and Jennah Dharamshi published in Nature may help us understand the beginnings of animal evolution billions of years ago. These findings are the result of a collaboration among researchers at Indiana ...

11 hours ago
Phys.org / Building robust materials from start may ease critical mineral risks, perspective argues

Researchers at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) outline in a perspective paper how high-performance materials for batteries, hydrogen technologies, wind turbines, energy conversion, chemical ...

7 hours ago
Phys.org / Parents' heat warning songs may prime zebra finch chicks for heat before they hatch

Sealed within an eggshell, how can chicks prepare for the world into which they are about to hatch, with no obvious direct communication channel across the shell? Adult zebra finches produce distinctive high-pitched warning ...

12 hours ago
Phys.org / Silent prions reveal new cross-species chronic wasting disease risk in lab tests

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is generally associated with animals. But a new study by researchers from the University of Calgary and international collaborators explored the potential for CWD to spread from deer, elk and ...

14 hours ago
Phys.org / Rare deep-sea goblin sharks filmed in natural habitat for first time

The first published live observations of the rare goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) in its natural deep-ocean habitat were reported in a new paper by a University of Hawai'i at Mānoa-led team of oceanographers. In the past, ...

16 hours ago
Tech Xplore / 'Battery on wheels': Sweden powers homes with EVs

When they get home, the residents of a small housing association on the outskirts of Hudiksvall, Sweden, plug in their electric vehicles to charge them or, intriguingly, power their homes.

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Tech Xplore / This specially-designed jacket pulls drinking water from thin air

Engineers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a jacket that harvests drinking water directly from the air. The technology could benefit anyone who spends a lot of time in areas without easy access to drinking ...

13 hours ago
Tech Xplore / New water-based material could store solar energy, power reactions in darkness, then recharge

Northwestern University scientists have developed a new liquid material that charges like a battery, transforms like a living organism and then resets itself in open air. Traditionally, harvesting energy, storing it and using ...

13 hours ago
Phys.org / Record heat pushes human-driven warming to 1.39C, 1.5C could arrive by 2030

Planetary heating is intensifying and key climate indicators are deteriorating, top scientists said Thursday, warning that funding decisions affecting Earth observation systems in the United States and other countries threaten ...

13 hours ago
Phys.org / Newly synthesized fullerene material remains metallic even under low temperatures

An international team whose research was coordinated by Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) has reported the survival of metallic behavior in the strongly correlated molecular material ytterbium cesium fulleride (Yb₂CsC₆₀). ...

12 hours ago
Phys.org / First leather bag made from T-Rex cells fails to sell at Paris auction

A leather bag made from Tyrannosaurus rex cells failed to sell Thursday, the Paris auction house Drouot said, commenting that bids were well below expectations.

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