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Phys.org / Coyote density is 9 times higher in Seattle than in Washington's wildlands

Once coyotes get a taste for city living, the call of the wild fades to a whisper. Food is abundant and predators are few. Research indicates that coyotes enjoy the benefits of urban areas enough to put up with all the people, ...

Sep 10, 2026
Phys.org / Biologists find a hidden weak spot in how bacteria build the tails they use to move

New research from Indiana University has uncovered a previously unknown vulnerability in how bacteria build the whip-like tails they use to move. The researchers found that building these tails can put stress on the protective ...

Sep 9, 2026
Medical Xpress / Africa's top health body warns Congo's Ebola outbreak is rapidly spreading beyond epicenter

The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record in eastern Congo is rapidly spreading beyond its epicenter, Africa's top health body said Thursday.

Sep 11, 2026
Tech Xplore / 'Metal Gear' creator moves to Xbox after PlayStation cancellation

Legendary Japanese video game creator Hideo Kojima said Thursday that he had partnered with Microsoft's Xbox for his next project after Sony canceled its development for the PlayStation console.

Sep 10, 2026
Medical Xpress / Immune protein loss may drive rare stomach lymphoma in H. pylori infections

Roughly half the world's population is infected with the stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which is responsible for about 90% of gastric cancers. However, until now, it has been unclear why some H. pylori infections ...

Sep 9, 2026
Phys.org / Detecting 'pressure anisotropy' using zirconia nanoparticles

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered that the crystal structure of zirconia nanoparticles remains stable under uniform pressure applied from all directions but changes under anisotropic pressure. This unique ...

Sep 10, 2026
Phys.org / Navigating the social dynamics of sustainability

In the transformation toward sustainability, the interests of societal, economic and political actors often clash, making conflict inevitable. Understanding these dynamics and learning how to engage with them constructively ...

Sep 10, 2026
Tech Xplore / EU testing Mythos AI model after Anthropic grants access

The EU's cybersecurity agency has gained access to Mythos 5 and is testing the powerful artificial intelligence model developed by AI firm Anthropic, an EU spokesman said Thursday.

Sep 10, 2026
Phys.org / Simple farming changes boost wheat yields in drought-prone areas

In drought-prone regions of Ethiopia, growing more food could start with something as simple as keeping more rainwater in the ground.

Sep 10, 2026
Dialog / Early Earth's auroral belts may have formed a natural ion-beam reactor for prebiotic chemistry

We usually think of auroras as beautiful lights in the night sky. I see them as visible traces of a connection between the sun, Earth's magnetic field and the atmosphere. This led me to an origin-of-life question: Could the ...

Sep 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / Can a tick bite create a meat allergy and increase heart disease risk?

Many people associate a bite from a tiny tick with a bacterial infection known as Lyme disease. But that bite can also trigger a potentially life-threatening meat allergy and may increase the risk of heart disease. Researchers ...

Sep 10, 2026
Phys.org / AI watermarks may turn workplace praise and apologies into trust tests

Imagine a manager sends a thoughtful message to one of her hard-working employees after a particularly exhausting week in the office. The message communicates personal warmth, but when the recipient discovers it was generated ...

Sep 10, 2026