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Phys.org / A single asteroid impact may explain the appearance of Mars' moon Deimos

Deimos, the smaller and outermost of Mars' two moons, is roughly oval in shape and has a deep depression at its south pole. Unlike its heavily scarred sister moon, Phobos, Deimos is covered by a loose layer of dust and rubble—a ...

Aug 18, 2026
Phys.org / Century-old physics idea explains why cubic fluid equations work

The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) has developed a new cubic equation of state (EOS) that provides a physical justification for a mathematical structure that the chemical and petroleum ...

Aug 20, 2026
Phys.org / Labrador Sea a key player in providing oxygen for deep North Atlantic life

Researchers from Cornell University have pinpointed the source of oxygen that sustains deep-sea life in the North Atlantic Ocean: the churning waters in the Labrador Sea.

Aug 17, 2026
Phys.org / Locust neurons detect PFAS at environmentally relevant levels, pointing to portable sensors

Researchers at Michigan State University have discovered that neurons in a locust's brain can distinguish among multiple PFAS compounds, including PFOS, one of the world's most common "forever chemicals," at environmentally ...

Aug 17, 2026
Phys.org / New bone analysis challenges long-held theory on farming's arrival in Ireland and Great Britain

New research led by University College Dublin has rewritten a key chapter in Irish prehistory, revealing that bones long thought to mark the beginning of farming in Ireland belong to bear and wild boar, not cattle.

Aug 18, 2026
Tech Xplore / One radar, two jobs: Vehicle system detects objects and exchanges data during high-speed driving

A research team led by senior researcher Bongseok Kim of the Future Mobility Research Division at DGIST has developed a "low-complexity receiver technology" that can simultaneously communicate data and detect surrounding ...

Aug 19, 2026
Phys.org / Dice design solves board gaming's most surprisingly complex problem—who goes first?

It took nearly 15 years, researchers around the world and enough computing power to search through a universe of possibilities to answer one question: Who goes first?

Aug 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / The science of sweating still holds surprises—including how still, dry air can hinder cooling

The purpose of perspiration was a mystery in 1775, when English physician Charles Brian Blagden and a few inquisitive friends experimented on themselves by spending time in rooms heated to more than 230°F (110°C). While the ...

Aug 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / The clean energy transition's missing metric: Human health

Earlier this year, the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia, convened representatives from 57 countries to advance a just, orderly and equitable transition to green energy. According ...

Aug 21, 2026
Phys.org / Ancient Egyptian tomb shows how burial trends changed over hundreds of years

The Theban Necropolis, opposite Luxor, consists of more than 400 tombs. In a new Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology study, researchers in Spain examined part of one of these tombs—chamber three in tomb TT 209—to reconstruct ...

Aug 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Preoperative chemo and immunotherapy combo shrinks head, neck cancer tumors

Combining chemotherapy with immunotherapy before surgery for head and neck cancer is associated with significantly greater reductions in tumor size than immunotherapy alone, according to a study published online Aug. 13 in ...

Aug 21, 2026
Phys.org / Quantum simulators gain quantitative error bars in 51-ion test

In the coming years, increasingly larger and more powerful quantum systems are expected to tackle problems that are difficult or impossible to solve using conventional computers. However, the more powerful quantum simulations ...

Aug 19, 2026