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Phys.org / Ancient DNA offers hope for California's critically endangered black abalone

Black abalone once carpeted the rocky shores of California by the millions. The large, long-lived sea snails sustained Indigenous peoples along the coast for thousands of years, anchored a thriving 20th-century commercial ...

Jun 3, 2026
Tech Xplore / Real-time X-ray compression shrinks file size by 8,000 times

Researchers led by Takaki Hatsui at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center (RSC) in Japan and collaborators have developed a new approach to compressing X-ray imaging data in real time, reducing the size of data files by more than 8,000 ...

Jun 3, 2026
Medical Xpress / Nursing home staffing declined in states that protected facilities from COVID-19 malpractice lawsuits, study finds

Nursing homes across the country had less staffing in states where legislatures granted the facilities immunity from COVID-19-related lawsuits filed by patients and their families, according to findings from a new UCLA-led ...

Jun 2, 2026
Phys.org / The perks of polyandry: Mating with multiple males leads to home improvement for African tree frogs

The question of why females mate with multiple males has long puzzled evolutionary biologists. A new study of African foam-nest tree frogs, led by University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers, reveals polyandry could be the ...

Jun 3, 2026
Phys.org / 'BBQ sauce' phase may link little red dots to quasars

Everyone knows that finding the right sauce recipe can make or break a barbecue, but now astronomers are using BBQSORS (pronounced "barbecue sauce") as part of the recipe to explain quasars, some of the brightest objects ...

Jun 3, 2026
Medical Xpress / Summer sun fails to fix vitamin D gap in at risk groups

Vitamin D levels remain low all year-round in key at-risk groups in England, challenging the belief that summer sunlight is enough to restore them.

Jun 4, 2026
Medical Xpress / New hantavirus sequencing tool maps whole genomes from hard-to-test samples

Infections by hantaviruses are rare but dangerous, killing 30–40% of infected people. When cases occur, public health officials need rapid, detailed information about the virus to identify the strain and its origin, so they ...

Jun 5, 2026
Tech Xplore / 'Baked' yeast-based materials power 3D-printed architectural materials

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new, entirely bio-based material from a somewhat unexpected ingredient: yeast. The material is 3D printed and customized for use in architectural ...

Jun 3, 2026
Phys.org / UN warns world to prepare for El Nino extreme weather

There is an 80% chance of the warming El Niño phenomenon developing between June and August, increasing the risk of extreme weather events, the World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday.

Jun 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / 'We need to rethink what is safe when it comes to parental alcohol use,' say experts

"Every time you drink heavily, even if you do so infrequently, it can affect your role as a parent," says doctoral research fellow Barbara Carvalho. She led a comprehensive systematic review conducted by researchers at the ...

Jun 5, 2026
Phys.org / Bees can swim and use visual cues to survive water crashes

When a bee crashes into water, it may still be able to swim to safety. New research from Michigan State University confirms that honeybees can propel themselves across the water's surface, and their movement is purposeful ...

Jun 2, 2026
Phys.org / Small Magellanic Cloud is being pulled apart, reshaping how astronomers read its past

Using more than a decade of observations from the VISTA Survey of the Magellanic Clouds (VMC), researchers measured the motions of millions of stars across the Small Magellanic Cloud with unprecedented precision. The new ...

Jun 2, 2026