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Tech Xplore / Self-testing quantum chip generates certified random numbers while checking its hardware in real time

Randomness forms a crucial backbone of modern society, where every encryption key, secure transaction and digital signature depends on random numbers that no adversary can predict. But every random number generator ever deployed, ...

Jun 9, 2026
Phys.org / Everyone wants to think they're open‑minded. Here's why most people aren't

Most people think they are open-minded and would like others to perceive them as such. But for the things that matter most—religious beliefs, for example, or the meaning of life—few of us are genuinely willing to consider ...

Jun 10, 2026
Phys.org / Biopolymer beads extend fungus bioinsecticide shelf life and release

Researchers have used a biopolymer to encapsulate and extend the storage life and release rate of a bioinsecticidal fungus. The study is published in ACS Omega. The goal is to extend the shelf life of Beauveria bassiana, ...

Jun 10, 2026
Phys.org / New combined spore trapping and DNA sequencing technology tracks fungicide resistance in grain crops

Researchers at the Center for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM) have developed a new system that combines spore trapping with advanced DNA sequencing to confirm fungicide resistance from air samples containing airborne spores.

Jun 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Pangenome graph unlocks 20 near-complete variant groups in Japanese genomes

The race to complete the human pangenome—which comprises all genetic information across the human species—has been underway since 2022, when the first complete reference human genome sequence was released by the international ...

Jun 10, 2026
Phys.org / Ancient ground squirrel droppings reveal Arctic's rich evolutionary history

Ground squirrel droppings, preserved for millennia in the Yukon's deep permafrost, have yielded an enormous amount of environmental DNA from dozens of species of plants, insects, microbes and large mammals, offering detailed ...

Jun 9, 2026
Tech Xplore / Robots are closing in on human-like judgments, addressing a key challenge in physical AI

KAIST researchers solved a key challenge in the commercialization of physical AI by developing a new technology that enables AI to learn human judgment criteria on its own from just a few videos.

Jun 10, 2026
Phys.org / River wildlife moves freely once dams are removed, but so too can invasive species

Almost a quarter of all freshwater species are threatened with extinction. The removal of human-made barriers from rivers, such as dams and weirs, is a popular way to restore water flow and sediment transport to its natural ...

Jun 8, 2026
Medical Xpress / High blood pressure associated with lower risk of dementia in frail people

For people with physical frailty, having high blood pressure may be associated with a lower risk of dementia, according to a study published in Neurology. The study did not find a lower risk of dementia in people with high ...

Jun 10, 2026
Phys.org / Astronomers find a four-carbon sugar in deep space

The space between stars may seem like a barren desert, but over the past few decades scientists have been finding all sorts of interesting chemicals in it. From the precursors to proteins to the building blocks of cell membranes, ...

Jun 10, 2026
Phys.org / Drone surveys reveal why steep alpine channels erode so fast during debris flows

A brown mass—a mixture of water, boulders and fine matter—plows through the landscape. The mountains wash more than a thousand lorryloads of material into the valley on a fairly regular basis, causing damage in excess of ...

Jun 10, 2026
Phys.org / MUSE maps spiral galaxy W2246f, uncovering old core and ongoing star formation across disk

Astronomers have employed the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) to perform deep spectroscopic observations of a peculiar spiral galaxy known as W2246f. Results of the observational ...

Jun 6, 2026