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Medical Xpress / Beyond recovery, natural environments may strengthen well-being from a neutral baseline

A walk in the park after a stressful day is a classic example of how nature can help people unwind. But natural environments may offer even more: enhancing mood and cognitive performance even when a person has not previously ...

Jul 29, 2026
Phys.org / 6.5 million Americans face landslide risks—a new database shows where they live

Landslides cause an estimated $3 billion to $6 billion in damage and multiple fatalities annually in the United States. Those numbers could easily increase as housing needs spur development in landslide-prone areas and climate ...

Jul 29, 2026
Phys.org / Thin films 'dance' with substrates that are no longer inert, opening path toward 3D chips

Many of today's electronic devices—from the semiconductors in your cell phone to the photovoltaic cells in your solar panels—are built on thin-film substrates. The thin film is an electrically conductive material, while the ...

Jul 27, 2026
Phys.org / Highly tunable electro-optic isolator achieves one-way light flow on photonic chips

Integrated photonic devices—tiny circuits that use light instead of electrons—are becoming increasingly important for scalable photonics technologies and high-bandwidth communications. They are particularly valuable for managing ...

Jul 27, 2026
Phys.org / Saber-toothed cats' spinal tumors suggest inbred species struggled to survive

The fossilized spines of saber-toothed cats in the La Brea Tar Pits reveal evidence of an unexpectedly high prevalence of rare spinal nerve tumors, suggesting that the species became inbred just before extinction. These tumors, ...

Jul 27, 2026
Phys.org / Probing binary stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud with the JWST

The formation and evolution of individual stars in a galaxy shape the evolution of the galaxy itself. Stars and stellar remnants make up the vast majority of a galaxy's mass, so it's not surprising that the stellar population ...

Jul 30, 2026
Phys.org / Turkey battles wind-fueled wildfires on tourist coasts

Hundreds of Turkish firefighters battled Thursday to contain wind-fueled wildfires spreading near key tourist regions on the country's Mediterranean coast.

Jul 31, 2026
Phys.org / Global warming threatens rice harvests more than crop models predict, study warns

A new study on how rising temperatures will affect rice production in Science Advances compares 214 observations from field-warming experiments with seven crop models, revealing modeled estimates for yield reductions from ...

Jul 29, 2026
Medical Xpress / Probiotic-derived bioactive metabolite reverses gut dysfunction and boosts HIV treatment response

Scientists at the UC Davis School of Medicine have identified a naturally occurring metabolite that repairs gut damage caused by HIV infection and significantly improves the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in ...

Jul 30, 2026
Tech Xplore / Game-engine forests train drone AI to count trees with far less labeling

A drone swoops low over an alpine forest. It climbs suddenly to follow the contours of the sharply rising landscape. Pulses from its lidar—a laser mapping instrument—rapidly scan the trees below.

Jul 29, 2026
Tech Xplore / 3D-printable material can heal the body, build better robots and recover critical minerals

A new type of 3D-printable material developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin mimics human tissue's ability to sort and filter, allowing certain molecules to pass through while keeping others out. This ...

Jul 26, 2026
Phys.org / Gene discovery could shave years off avocado breeding

Scientists have found a genetic switch that could shave years off avocado breeding by allowing researchers to identify one of a young tree's most important traits long before it flowers.

Jul 29, 2026