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Phys.org / Trawling threatens vital carbon stores in Scotland's sea lochs

New research from the University of St Andrews shows that disturbing seabed sediments through trawling could cause significant losses of carbon stored in Scotland's sea lochs. The study, published in Marine Environmental ...

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Youths with disruptive behavior and callous-unemotional traits need a broad range of treatments, study shows

Children and teens with disruptive behavior problems present major challenges to the people in their environment. But when parents seek mental health treatment for symptoms including aggression, defiance and serious rule-breaking, ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Ancient DNA reveals cacao was consumed in present-day Georgia 1,000 years ago

One of the world's favorite sweet treats, chocolate, may have been enjoyed in eastern North America much earlier than previously thought, about 1,000 years ago. New research published in the journal PLOS One suggests that ...

Aug 27, 2026
Phys.org / Earlier volcano warnings could mean more false alarms—but they could also save lives

Whakaari/White Island's sudden eruption in December 2019, which killed 22 people and severely injured 25 others, was New Zealand's deadliest volcanic disaster in recent history.

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / The mystery of a well-traveled kissing bug

On an August morning last year, an American couple soon to embark on a European river cruise awoke in a luxury hotel in Lisbon.

Aug 31, 2026
Tech Xplore / Light-powered soft robots that can keep jumping forever

Researchers from North Carolina State University have created teardrop-shaped soft robots that leap upward or forward when exposed to infrared light—and will keep jumping as long as the light is present. The work demonstrates ...

Aug 28, 2026
Phys.org / Plant hormones may offer a way to balance crop yield and disease resistance

Growth or immune response? Higher organisms must constantly balance these two priorities. As in humans, hormones regulate this balance in plants. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have discovered a mechanism ...

Aug 31, 2026
Medical Xpress / Protein buildup may shape cancer drug response

The way cancer-causing proteins accumulate in tumors may influence how effectively a promising new generation of medicines can remove them, a study suggests. Researchers found that PROTAC (Proteolysis Targeting Chimeras) ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Low-power lasers create durable nano-patterns into sulfur-derived polymers

A new way to imprint complex surfaces on low-cost, sustainable polymers could be used in a wide range of industries, including water-repellent coatings, optical devices and data storage disks. The complex nano- and microscale ...

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / Gamma-ray signal could be long awaited evidence for WIMPs

Dark matter is known to make up roughly 85% of all mass in the universe, as evidenced by the way galaxies spin and how galaxy clusters are held together under gravity. Yet despite decades of searching, physicists have never ...

Aug 25, 2026
Phys.org / Fieldwork safety emerges as a structural challenge for ecological research

A new Viewpoint in the journal BioScience argues that gender-based and sexual violence (GBSV) in ecological fieldwork should be understood not as a series of isolated incidents but as a structural problem rooted in how field ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Human-driven fires have shaped the Amazonian forest for over 10,000 years

New research is dismantling the longstanding myth of the "pristine" Amazon. A reconstruction of 10,000 years of Amazonian pyrogeography, based on 1,361 radiocarbon (¹⁴C) dates across 303 sites—including soil charcoal and ...

Aug 31, 2026