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Phys.org / How can low-value agricultural waste be transformed into high-value products?

With plastic pollution at an all-time high, the need for biodegradable materials has never been higher. Most packaging is "single use" and is made from sources, like natural gas, that take hundreds of years to decompose in ...

May 12, 2026
Phys.org / Northern Sri Lanka's oldest confirmed settlement reshapes what archaeologists thought about early island life

A study published in the Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology has identified the earliest evidence of prehistoric occupation by island dwellers of northern Sri Lanka. Long thought to be unsuitable for human occupation ...

May 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / The UK's NHS surgery backlogs can't be fixed by hiring alone, study warns

Researchers from some of the UK's leading academic institutions have warned that simply hiring more National Health service (NHS) staff will not be enough to reduce surgery backlogs, in research published in the Journal of ...

May 12, 2026
Phys.org / Study uses microphones to eavesdrop on the secret lives of birds

Scientists have discovered that they can eavesdrop on the secret lives of birds using networks of inexpensive microphones, revealing complex behaviors across vast wilderness areas, according to research published in the journal ...

May 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Brain-controlled hearing system isolates one speaker in noisy settings, first human tests show

Scientists at Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute have the first direct evidence from human studies that brain-controlled hearing technology can help people single out a voice in a crowd. These early findings suggest ...

May 11, 2026
Phys.org / Metagenomics and AI could unlock uncultivated bacteria and archaea

Advances in DNA sequencing have expanded our view of the microbial world, but the inability to cultivate most microbes has been a major constraint. Now, a systematic, predictive framework that combines existing genomic and ...

May 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / New meta-analysis finds no increased risk to children's brain development from fathers' use of valproate

A comprehensive review of existing research shows no evidence that men's use of the anti-seizure medication valproate increases the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders—such as autism and ADHD—in their children.

May 12, 2026
Phys.org / Brazilian microfossils interpreted as animal traces are actually algae and bacteria, research reveals

A reexamination of microfossils found in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul shows that the marks previously interpreted as traces of worms or other small oceanic animals are actually communities of fossilized microscopic ...

May 11, 2026
Medical Xpress / Digital aging twin measures how organs age at different speeds across adulthood

Aging is a complex process, and precisely measuring how the human body declines has long been a challenge. Two people of the same chronological age can have very different health trajectories. Scientists have also struggled ...

May 11, 2026
Phys.org / Hubble survey sets up Roman's future look near Milky Way's center

The Milky Way's galactic bulge, the bulbous region that surrounds the galactic center, contains a dense collection of stars, planets, and other free-floating objects. This region has been studied for decades with numerous ...

May 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / AiiDAlab: Software that drives research forward

Whether on a smartphone, tablet, or PC, computer users like things to be convenient. Apps can be launched and configured with just a few clicks or taps on the screen, all with a clean, intuitive graphical interface. The AiiDAlab ...

May 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / One overlooked factor before birth may help explain autism risk in children

Mothers who work in jobs where they are frequently exposed to toxic chemicals or experience high stress have higher odds of having a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), suggest the findings of original research published ...

May 12, 2026