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Medical Xpress / How dopamine modulates brain circuits of motivation in a behavioral addiction model

Researchers at Kanazawa University identified dopamine-driven neural mechanisms of motivation in a mouse model of behavioral addiction, offering insights into treatment.

Jun 20, 2026
Phys.org / Pumice rafts encroach on Admiralty Islands

On May 8, 2026, satellites detected signs of an unexpected submarine volcanic eruption in the Bismarck Sea near the islands of Papua New Guinea. Over the next several weeks, plumes of steam and ash streamed over the sea, ...

Jun 20, 2026
Tech Xplore / Slower heating lets atoms self‑organize into architectures that vastly boost alloy strength

Scientists have revolutionized the way metals are made by using lower and slower heating of alloys to control how atoms self-organize during material manufacturing. The discovery, published in Science by Monash University ...

Jun 18, 2026
Phys.org / Black holes unleash delayed radio 'burps' years after tearing apart stars

Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA) have found that when a supermassive black hole tears apart an unlucky star, the fireworks are not over when the first flash fades. Years after ...

Jun 16, 2026
Phys.org / Observed high vapor supersaturation provides crucial evidence for aerosol convective cloud invigoration

Can tiny aerosol particles make tropical convective clouds grow stronger? For decades, scientists have debated this question because aerosols can change how cloud droplets form, grow and release latent heat. One proposed ...

Jun 19, 2026
Phys.org / Like humans, great apes think differently from each other

For decades, scientists have been studying the cognition of great apes to understand how our own complex cognitive abilities evolved. Much of the research is based on the idea that if a particular ability—like using gestures ...

Jun 17, 2026
Medical Xpress / Copper drug restores memory and clears toxic Alzheimer's proteins, preclinical study finds

Monash University researchers have found in laboratory experiments that a drug that delivers copper to the brain significantly reduces toxic Alzheimer's proteins and improves long-term spatial memory.

Jun 15, 2026
Phys.org / Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer reveals four cosmic ray classes across 20 elements, defying current models

Millions of light-years away, millions of years ago, a star exploded. In this violent process, it ejected incredible amounts of mass, including carbon, nitrogen and oxygen—the building blocks of life. In fact, the star may ...

Jun 18, 2026
Phys.org / Belgian Nobel laureate Francois Englert dies aged 93

Belgian scientist Francois Englert, a particle physics specialist who won the Nobel Prize in 2013 for his work on the Higgs boson, has died at 93.

Jun 20, 2026
Phys.org / Fermi mission uncovers possible sibling supernova remnants

A new study of two supernova remnants, the debris left behind after stars explode, suggests the explosions came from stellar siblings that once orbited each other. The first star's detonation sent its binary companion hurtling ...

Jun 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / World's largest genetic study of 'moliness' helps unravel mysteries of melanoma

QIMR Berghofer scientists have uncovered hundreds of genes that play a role in the growth of both moles and melanoma, in a discovery that could lead to new ways of preventing and treating the deadliest form of skin cancer. ...

Jun 15, 2026
Phys.org / Dark biodiversity helps solve Darwin's 160-year-old puzzle

An international research team, which included University of Tartu visiting doctoral student Wen-Gang Zhang and Professor of Botany Meelis Pärtel, has found a new solution to one of ecology's long-standing controversies—Darwin's ...

Jun 16, 2026