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Phys.org / A UK climate security report backed by the intelligence services was quietly buried until now

Last autumn, a UK government report warned that climate-driven ecosystem collapse could lead to food shortages, mass migration, political extremism and even nuclear conflict. The report was never officially launched.

Feb 3, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Niobium's superconducting switch cuts near-field radiative heat transfer 20-fold

When cooled to its superconducting state, niobium blocks the radiative flow of heat 20 times better than when in its metallic state, according to a study led by a University of Michigan Engineering team. The experiment marks ...

Feb 3, 2026 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Some neurons age early: Aging clock reveals molecules that protect against neurodegeneration

Using an aging clock, researchers from the University of Cologne have used the Caenorhabditis elegans model organism to demonstrate that nerve cells age differently. They identified both the causes of aging and molecules ...

Feb 3, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / New solution for moderate-to-severe sleep apnea

In less than 90 minutes, a new, less invasive electrical stimulation technique has been found to improve breathing in people with sleep apnea. The technique, which involves percutaneous hypoglossal nerve stimulation (HNS), ...

Feb 4, 2026 in Sleep disorders
Phys.org / Experts reveal how a major food crisis might happen in the UK, and what we can do to stop it

A new report has set out how the U.K. might respond to major disruptions to food supplies triggered by events such as war, extreme weather, or cyberattacks, and what can be done now to prevent such disruptions from escalating ...

Feb 4, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / From leadership to influencers: New study shows why we choose to follow others

For a long time, most scientists believed that early human hunter-gatherer societies were mostly equal, with little hierarchy or leadership, and that strong inequalities only emerged later with farming and complex societies. ...

Feb 3, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Bamboo: Superfood or superfad? Here's what our study actually said

According to the New York Post, our research team has discovered a much-overlooked "superfood": bamboo shoots. Before you rush out to harvest the ornamental bamboo growing in your garden, there are a few things you should ...

Feb 4, 2026 in Health
Phys.org / Shrinking shellfish? Study uncovers acidic water risks in Indian River lagoon

Florida's Indian River Lagoon (IRL), one of the state's most ecologically productive estuaries, is facing a growing but invisible threat that could reshape its marine ecosystems. Over the past decade, the lagoon has suffered ...

Feb 3, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Tiny new dinosaur Foskeia pelendonum fills in an evolutionary gap

An international team has described Foskeia pelendonum, a tiny Early Cretaceous ornithopod from Vegagete (Burgos, Spain), measuring barely half a meter long. Led by Paul-Emile Dieudonné (National University of Río Negro, ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Some tropical land may heat up nearly twice as much as oceans under climate change, sediment record suggests

Some tropical land regions may warm more dramatically than previously predicted, as climate change progresses, according to a new CU Boulder study that looks millions of years into Earth's past. Using lake sediments from ...

Feb 2, 2026 in Earth
Tech Xplore / Novel approach to a key biofuel production step captures an elusive energy source

Plants grown for biofuel have the potential to power our travel industry, but an important fraction of their chemical power has remained stubbornly difficult to recover. New research from the Center for Advanced Biofuel and ...

Feb 3, 2026 in Engineering
Phys.org / Chromosome-level genome unlocks evolution of endangered fern Brainea insignis

Ferns, defined by large genomes, high chromosome counts, and pervasive aneuploidy as well as intraspecific polyploid complexity, diverge significantly from the classical genetic theories and analytical frameworks largely ...

Feb 3, 2026 in Biology