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Phys.org / MeerKAT reveals three electron acceleration sites in one solar flare

Solar flares are the most explosive energy-release events in the solar corona, leading to intense particle acceleration, plasma heating and bulk plasma motions on short timescales. Core questions during solar flares remain ...

Jun 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Killing the mood: Smartphones reduce birth rate, studies say

As governments around the world struggle with ways to reverse plunging birth rates, new U.S. studies suggest they have ignored a key culprit—the smartphone.

Jun 9, 2026
Phys.org / Children's motivation and attitudes towards learning play a key role in academic success, study finds

A major new study led by researchers at Queen Mary University of London has revealed that noncognitive skills—such as motivation, curiosity, academic interest and self-belief—play a key role in translating children's genetic ...

Jun 9, 2026
Tech Xplore / Plastic waste yields jet fuel through new process costing as little as $1 per kilogram

Aviation is one of the sectors that contributes most to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change on Earth. One proposed strategy for mitigating or counterbalancing the effects of these emissions is to substitute existing ...

Jun 5, 2026
Phys.org / Farmers in a national park are turning down lights at night to help wildlife. It could be good for crops too

Growing evidence suggests that excessive outdoor lighting at night may be harming wildlife.

Jun 10, 2026
Science X / Sea-level rise may be even worse than expected thanks to hidden Earth physics

As the global temperature increases, Earth's oceans are experiencing a huge shift. In addition to commonly known effects, such as melting of ice caps and thermal expansion, there is an invisible factor that influences ocean ...

Jun 6, 2026
Phys.org / 'Atmospheric scrubbing' could reduce cooling effects of stratospheric aerosol injections

The quest to identify a new way to potentially counter one of the world's most widely discussed solar geoengineering proposals has taken a new, exciting turn—raising questions about how future climate interventions could ...

Jun 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Bilingual brains keep concepts aligned across languages, individual neuron data suggest

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have uncovered a fundamental principle underlying how the human brain processes meaning across multiple languages. In a new study posted to the bioRxiv preprint server, scientists ...

Jun 10, 2026
Phys.org / Why are sloths slow? It's in their DNA

Sloths are the slowest mammals on the planet, but living in dense jungles has made them notoriously difficult to study. For the first time, scientists have now sequenced and analyzed the two-toed sloth genome and revealed ...

Jun 9, 2026
Phys.org / Savanna chimpanzees use tools for capturing and feeding on army ants, study shows

Chimpanzees are the only great apes, apart from humans, that have adapted to living on savannas as well as in forests. However, it is not yet well understood how the harsh ecological conditions of the savanna—compared with ...

Jun 9, 2026
Phys.org / Dads today talk more freely with their teens about sex and relationships

For many dads, talking with their teenager about sex and relationships can feel like a minefield.

Jun 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Fewer than 1 in 4 patients with stroke and 1 in 7 with brain injury receive inpatient rehab, finds study

Fewer than one in four people with stroke and fewer than one in seven people with traumatic brain injury receive inpatient rehabilitation care after being hospitalized, according to a study published in Neurology Open Access. ...

Jun 10, 2026