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Phys.org / Graphene plasmon cavities enable advanced and scalable terahertz photodetectors

How could we noninvasively distinguish between healthy and cancerous tissue? And how could we increase the speed of wireless communications? These two seemingly unrelated questions may share the same answer: terahertz (THz) ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Pesticide widespread in blood of French Indies adults: Study

Eight in 10 adults in the French West Indies have a toxic pesticide in their blood decades after banana growers stopped using it, a study said Wednesday.

Jun 24, 2026
Tech Xplore / Safer lithium-ion batteries move closer as 3D-printed cobalt-free electrodes boost power

Since the early 2000s, lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries have become the predominant rechargeable power source for many mobile devices, electric vehicles, renewable-energy storage grids and more. But the Li-ion batteries in ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Long-dismissed gas emerges as a hidden driver of urban air pollution

Researchers from Tampere University and the University of Helsinki have identified an unexpected chemical process that may influence the formation of air pollution particles in urban environments. The study shows that nitric ...

Jun 22, 2026
Medical Xpress / Can AI be your therapist?: Q&A with an expert

More than a third of psychologists report having patients who use artificial intelligence as an additional source of mental health support. As more people turn to AI for advice, companionship and help navigating difficult ...

Jun 24, 2026
Phys.org / El Niño is underway, satellite observations show

El Niño, characterized by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in parts of the equatorial Pacific, made its return in June 2026. Observations of sea surface height from the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite that month ...

Jun 21, 2026
Phys.org / Hidden dark force may slow cosmic structure growth, not speed it up

Dark matter is often portrayed as a cosmic loner, interacting with itself and the rest of the universe only through gravity. But what if dark matter particles also exert a hidden force on one another?

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Images: Perseverance reaches 'marathon' milestone on Mars

NASA's Perseverance rover appears as a green speck on the Martian surface on June 13, 2026, a day before the robotic explorer marked a distance milestone, having traveled a full marathon (26.2 miles, or 42.195 kilometers) ...

Jun 24, 2026
Phys.org / Image: Roman Telescope arrives at Kennedy Space Center

In this photo from June 21, 2026, NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope arrives at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard NASA's Pegasus barge. After offloading and transportation to the spaceport's Payload ...

Jun 24, 2026
Tech Xplore / New millimeter-wave transceiver doubles spectrum efficiency, eliminates self-interference

A newly developed architecture for full-duplex wireless transceivers solves the long-standing problem of self-interference, as reported by researchers from Science Tokyo. They implemented an innovative switching strategy ...

Jun 24, 2026
Medical Xpress / Clues to psilocybin's epigenetic effects on people with alcohol use disorder

Some psychedelics, psychoactive substances that alter people's mood, perceptions and mental processes, were recently found to be promising alternative treatments for some mental health disorders. The substance that has attracted ...

Jun 21, 2026
Phys.org / Espresso 'pucks' stop behaving predictably above certain pressures

When a physics student asked baristas at the Warsaw Coffee Conference what their biggest question for scientists was, the baristas said they wanted to know how to stop channeling during brewing.

Jun 23, 2026