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Phys.org / Ancient Arctic fossils uncover three mammal species that survived months of darkness

Today's Arctic may feel remote and desolate, but more than 70 million years ago, it was a surprisingly lively place for some of Earth's ancient mammals.

May 18, 2026
Phys.org / Air-conditioning cools homes but may weaken climate action

New research from Singapore University of Technology and Design and the Singapore-ETH Centre finds that private cooling may protect people from heat while reducing the perceived urgency of broader urban climate solutions—a ...

May 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cardiac organoids show potential for myocardial repair after infarction

Myocardial infarction remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Following an infarction, part of the heart muscle is irreversibly damaged and replaced by scar tissue, which, while structurally necessary, compromises ...

May 20, 2026
Tech Xplore / Recyclable resin enables high-precision 3D printing and reuse across 10 cycles

Once only achievable in the far-fetched imaginations of science fiction writers, 3D printing has gone mainstream. Relatively inexpensive machines allow individuals to design and print everything from board games and desk ...

May 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / Hantavirus quarantine has started—two infection control experts explain what to expect

Six passengers from the hantavirus cruise ship have started their quarantine at Australia's purpose-built facility in Western Australia.

May 20, 2026
Medical Xpress / China's cleaner air cuts PM2.5, but dementia deaths still rise with aging

In a recent study from Peking University Health Science Center, doctoral student Kang Ning and colleagues found that air pollution reductions alone cannot offset the impact of rapid population aging on dementia deaths in ...

May 20, 2026
Phys.org / Field-ready tool identifies rare and zoonotic parasitic worms missed by standard tests

Parasitic nematodes (commonly known as roundworms) are a large, diverse and poorly studied group of disease-causing organisms that severely impact the health of humans and animals. They infect almost one-quarter of the global ...

May 19, 2026
Phys.org / This German dialect leaves AI baffled, exposing a digital language blind spot

How well do language models understand Meenzerisch, the dialect spoken in the German city of Mainz? A research team led by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has now investigated this question for the first time. Meenzerisch ...

May 19, 2026
Phys.org / Quantum-centric supercomputing simulates 12,635-atom protein

The scale of chemistry simulations with quantum computing has increased dramatically in just the last few months. In the latest milestone for the field, researchers from Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN, and IBM used a quantum-centric ...

May 19, 2026
Phys.org / New form of NAND flash data storage for deep space missions can survive 1 million rads

As space missions travel farther from Earth, spacecraft must increasingly be able to process and store their own data. Soon, artificial intelligence (AI) could be the primary tool for handling this growing volume of information.

May 19, 2026
Medical Xpress / Spatial transcriptomics guides inflammatory bowel disease research

A novel spatial transcriptomics atlas developed by Northwestern Medicine scientists may improve the understanding of niche cellular interactions in the gastrointestinal tract that promote the development of inflammatory bowel ...

May 20, 2026
Phys.org / Migrating charges unlock hard-to-reach C-H bond edits in organic molecules

A team at the University of Vienna, led by chemist Nuno Maulide, has developed a new method for controlling chemical reactions in a more targeted and efficient manner. At the heart of this is the concept of "cation sampling": ...

May 19, 2026