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Tech Xplore / Bleach and salt water boost power in grid batteries, moving from side reaction to center stage

To create large-scale grid energy storage that is more affordable, powerful and safe, researchers at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) decided to let a strong side reaction step into the ...

Sep 2, 2026
Phys.org / Bovine stem cells offer new approach to future cultivated steak research

Cultivated meat aims to produce meat from animal cells in the laboratory without needing to raise a living animal for meat production. It has been proposed as a potentially more sustainable alternative to conventional meat ...

Sep 2, 2026
Tech Xplore / Adding a 'doubt detector' helps AI optimize experiments with 40% fewer tests

Modern computational tools let scientists explore huge numbers of possible molecules, materials and chemical reactions. But testing every combination in the lab is slow and costly. So how do researchers choose the best "recipe" ...

Sep 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / Compared to driving, flying is extraordinarily safe. But why doesn't it feel that way?

A commercial airplane crash can change how people behave long after the immediate tragedy. News outlets replay the images, people affected share their harrowing stories, and an extraordinarily rare event becomes easy to imagine. ...

Sep 3, 2026
Phys.org / Why lower-class workers are less likely to negotiate for higher pay—and how it could cost some nearly $800,000

Michele Gelfand has studied and taught negotiation for years. A professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business, she sees negotiation as a skill that is imperative for everyone to learn. "It's ...

Sep 2, 2026
Medical Xpress / The higher costs of a healthier option: New study lifts the lid on why no/lo alcohol beer drinkers feel out of pocket

Research from the University of Sheffield's Addictions Research Group reveals how marketing practices mean people get fewer savings on so-called no/lo drinks compared with their regular-strength counterparts.

Sep 3, 2026
Phys.org / Food innovation in your kitchen: Giving peas, beans and lentils a surprisingly meat-like bite

Separating things and then putting them back together is a common principle in industrial food production. Agricultural raw materials are broken down into their individual constituents, such as proteins, starches and fats, ...

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Rare antibodies with potential to combat alpha-gal syndrome identified

National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have discovered rare antibodies that could inform the development of an intervention for alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), an emerging tick bite-associated condition that can cause ...

Sep 1, 2026
Tech Xplore / Human 'safety drivers' in Uber robotaxis could lose skills if all they do is observe

Imagine getting into a London taxi. Someone is sitting in the driver's seat, but the car is driving itself. If the autonomous system gets into difficulty, they must recognize what is happening, decide whether to intervene ...

Sep 3, 2026
Medical Xpress / How breakfast primes the response to the hormones that manage blood sugar

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered why the adage, "breakfast is the most important meal of the day," holds weight—especially for the 1 in 9 adults worldwide living with diabetes. Glucose (the simplest form of sugar) is ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / A summer odyssey: Female dotterels seek multiple mates across Northern Europe

On a high Norwegian plateau in late May, patches of bare ground begin to appear through the snow, and with them arrive some of Europe's most approachable birds. Eurasian dotterels breed on exposed mountain ridges and Arctic ...

Sep 2, 2026
Phys.org / Can an AI tutor help students improve at math?

As schools contend with rapid developments in artificial intelligence, new research from the University of Toronto Mississauga suggests an AI tutor could help students with math, but only if it holds back answers and coaches ...

Sep 3, 2026