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Tech Xplore / Today's downloads predict tomorrow's scientific impact—up to five years out

The trail of likes, shares and downloads we leave across the internet could help predict successful innovations years in advance, Cornell researchers showed by curating two datasets that allowed them to compare early engagement ...

Aug 11, 2026
Phys.org / Humans have a 'highly abundant' number of stable proteins that are not all predicted by genetic code

In 1968, the American biochemist and geneticist Marshall Nirenberg and his colleagues won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their work deciphering how an organism's proteins are directly linked to its genetic ...

Aug 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / A novel chip-on-wafer platform for next-generation AI hardware

A new semiconductor integration platform developed at the Institute of Science Tokyo combines advanced chip packaging with high-density interconnects and improved thermal management. This combination of three complementary ...

Aug 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Cancer protein p53 observed in action reveals more order than expected

Cancer occurs when cells divide uncontrollably and displace healthy cells. Tumor suppressors provide an important defense against this. As molecular growth inhibitors, they prevent healthy cells from becoming cancerous. A ...

Aug 12, 2026
Phys.org / Single synthetic peptide forms electrically polarized, self-healing hydrogel

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) and RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute (PRI) in Japan, together with collaborators from the University of Münster, Germany, have developed a new hydrogel ...

Aug 12, 2026
Phys.org / Sugar swap simplifies production of promising targeted cancer therapies

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have developed a simpler way to produce a fast-growing class of targeted cancer therapies, a discovery that could make the medicines easier to manufacture consistently while ...

Aug 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Injectable hydrogel system prolongs joint retention in osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of chronic pain and disability worldwide. Current intra-articular standards of care, such as analgesics, corticosteroids and viscosupplements, provide only transient symptomatic relief and ...

Aug 13, 2026
Phys.org / Porous material can arrange disordered gas molecules into a crystal-like structure, study predicts

Capturing carbon or storing hydrogen to combat global warming requires compressing gases into sponge-like porous materials. Until now, gas molecules were thought to adsorb in a disordered manner throughout the pores. But ...

Aug 11, 2026
Phys.org / New frog species discovered in the Amazon's flooded forests

Scientists from Brazil and other countries have discovered a new species of frog in the flooded forests of the western Amazon. They named it Adenomera varcena. This finding significantly advances our understanding of Amazonian ...

Aug 12, 2026
Tech Xplore / Extending AI architectures to address continuous scientific problems

Artificial intelligence is proving to be transformative in its ability to work with language and images. Now, with a growing push to apply AI to scientific discovery, Caltech's Anima Anandkumar says there is a crucial ingredient ...

Aug 12, 2026
Medical Xpress / Female gut muscles reshape to meet the demands of reproduction, preclinical study suggests

Organs don't just grow in early life; they can change in response to physiological or environmental challenges in adulthood. Researchers have now identified an active role for the intestinal muscles in remodeling the gut ...

Aug 12, 2026
Phys.org / Hybrid bioprinter creates capillary networks narrower than 10 micrometers

More than 100,000 people are awaiting an organ transplant in the United States, with a new candidate added to the list every 10 minutes. Even if the transplant is carried out successfully, recipients must take immunosuppressive ...

Aug 12, 2026