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Phys.org / NASA rocket takes first multi-point look inside radio-disrupting clouds

High above Earth, thin veils of metallic haze drift through the edge of space. Known as sporadic E layers, these high-altitude "clouds" form from the vaporized dust of burned-up meteors, earning their name from the unpredictable ...

Sep 2, 2026
Phys.org / Young sunlike system reveals comets may carry water toward forming planets

Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found evidence of exocomets—comets in other solar systems—orbiting a young star similar to our sun. The observations point to a possible mechanism for how water might be transported ...

Sep 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI framework predicts ambulance speeds through city traffic

A new AI framework can predict how fast an ambulance will move through city traffic, giving fire departments a way to test emergency response strategies in a virtual environment before making changes on real streets.

Sep 3, 2026
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 treatment late in life extends lifespan in animal model

A study published in Nature has shown that the GLP-1 drug semaglutide extended the lifespan of older, healthy mice by tempering the detrimental effects of aging. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, directly ...

Sep 2, 2026
Phys.org / First measurement of low-energy solar neutrinos scattering off electrons

Every second, tens of billions of neutrinos produced by nuclear fusion in the sun pass through every square centimeter of Earth—and through our bodies—almost without interacting. Although they are among the most abundant ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Forest floor to treetops, cameras reveal Congo Basin's hidden wildlife

The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) tropical forests stretch across an extraordinary landscape of rivers, wetlands, savannas and towering trees. But in a forest this vast, biodiversity doesn't exist on a single plane. ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / AI automates the creation of custom functional materials atom by atom

Imagine a construction site where the bricks are individual molecules and the "cranes" are microscopic needles so sharp they can feel a single atom. For decades, building at this scale was a laborious, time-consuming task ...

Sep 2, 2026
Phys.org / Saturn encounter may have set distant centaur on path to becoming a comet

More than 3 billion miles (4.8 billion kilometers) from Earth, an ancient icy object is slowly awakening. As it drifts inward through the solar system, the frozen body known as Centaur 450P/LONEOS has begun releasing gas ...

Sep 1, 2026
Tech Xplore / Thousands of OpenAI AI agents took over German website, researchers say

Thousands of autonomous AI agents built by OpenAI defied their instructions and took over a German website, according to research released Friday, amid fears that the dangers of artificial intelligence are not being taken ...

Sep 4, 2026
Tech Xplore / Australia needs renewable energy fast—but building it is only half the battle

Australia's energy transition has never been more urgent.

Sep 4, 2026
Phys.org / Before mixing starts, initial catalyst structure governs fuel-cell ink dispersion

Researchers from Kanazawa University, the University of Tokyo and HORIBA, Ltd. have shown that the initial state of platinum-on-carbon (Pt/C) catalyst particles before they are mixed with an ionomer strongly influences how ...

Sep 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / The blueprint for taste: Scientists map the neural circuitry behind feeding decisions in fruit flies

Everything you eat passes one checkpoint before it enters your body: taste. In a fraction of a second, it decides what gets swallowed and what gets rejected, a judgment call critical to survival. Now, for the first time, ...

Sep 3, 2026