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Tech Xplore / Researchers examine aviation's path to sustainability

Researchers from SUNY Polytechnic Institute's Sustainable Aerospace Energy Center (SAEC) have published a new study in the Journal of Air Transportation analyzing how the aviation sector is navigating its transition toward ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Climate change accelerates tree deaths across Australian forests, study finds

Australia's forests are losing trees more rapidly as the climate warms, a new study examining decades of data said Tuesday, warning the trend was likely a "widespread phenomenon."

Jan 6, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / How political influence shapes agricultural expansion in the Amazon

In communities around the Amazon Rainforest, there's a pervasive belief that large landowners use their money to influence local politics to benefit their operations.

Jan 7, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / The (metabolic) 'cost of life': New method quantifies hidden energy costs of maintaining metabolic pathways

There are "costs of life" that mechanical physics cannot calculate. A clear example is the energy required to keep specific biochemical processes active—such as those that make up photosynthesis, although the examples are ...

Jan 6, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / 'Very high' levels of flu reported in Florida: What to know

South Florida doctors are seeing more people with cough, fever and other flu-like symptoms as a rapidly spreading influenza strain circulates across the country this winter.

Phys.org / ALMA devours cosmic 'hamburger,' reveals potential for giant planet formation

Have you ever found something unexpected in your hamburger? Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) were surprised to discover the very earliest phases of giant planet formation between the ...

Jan 6, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Amid a rise in knee injuries, tips for prevention and recovery

Does it seem like the number of people you know who have sustained knee injuries has increased recently? That's likely because of a rising incidence rate in acute knee injuries, as documented and analyzed in a 2022 study.

Phys.org / New species of bush tomato with visible nectar glands discovered in the Australian outback

A recent study led by Bucknell University Professor Chris Martine, biology, the David Burpee Professor of Plant Genetics and Research, has identified and described a new species of bush tomato with a special connection to ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Study finds night-shift workers experience gut disorders at far higher rates

Every night, millions of people work hard to keep our essential services running—treating patients, responding to emergencies, operating transport networks and maintaining 24-hour industries.

Jan 7, 2026 in Sleep disorders
Tech Xplore / Engineers demonstrate smallest all-printed infrared photodetectors to date

A research team led by Professor Leo Tianshuo Zhao from the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Hong Kong (HKU), has developed the world's smallest fully printed ...

Tech Xplore / CES Day 2 showcases AI assistants, robotic airport crews and smart health tech

Crowds flooded the freshly opened showroom floors on Day 2 of the CES and were met by thousands of robots, AI companions, assistants, health longevity tech, wearables and more.

Phys.org / House sparrows can help us save endangered species: A mathematical framework for genomic prediction

Researchers are trying to understand why some wild species do better than others over time, as the environment changes.

Jan 6, 2026 in Biology