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Tech Xplore / Organic solar cells degrade quickly, but a solid additive could help them last longer

Solar power continues to grow—accounting for most new capacity added to U.S. electric grids in 2024—but the mid-1950s technology most often used to capture the sun's energy comes with environmental costs.

Feb 16, 2026 in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Relatedness and positive attitudes drive trust in AI and its developers

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in everyday life and public institutions, trust in the companies developing AI is emerging as a critical societal issue. A new international study led by researchers ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Children with sleep apnea face higher risk of flu and COVID-19

A new study led by Dr. Alex Gileles-Hillel along with Dr. Joel Reiter from the Faculty of Medicine at the Hebrew University and senior pediatric pulmonologists at the Hadassah Medical Center, together with Dr. David Gozal ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Sleep disorders
Medical Xpress / Weight-loss drug 'support supplements': Do they address nutrient deficiencies, or are they just another fad?

Weight-loss injections have rapidly moved from specialist clinics to social media feeds and high-street pharmacies. Known as GLP-1 medications, they were originally developed to support those with type 2 diabetes but are ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Health
Medical Xpress / Alzheimer's gene boosts seizures, but pathway can be targeted, study finds

The gene most strongly correlated with Alzheimer's disease also boosts seizure activity by decreasing levels of ion pumps and energy-producing enzymes in neurons, a new study by researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...

Feb 16, 2026 in Genetics
Phys.org / Extreme heat and drought at flowering could put future wheat harvests at risk, study suggests

New research shows that short periods of extreme heat and drought during flowering could become one of the biggest threats to global wheat production in the coming decades. As the climate changes, farmers around the world ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Microscopic plankton reveal tropicalization of the Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is rapidly changing under ongoing climate change. In the eastern basin, tropicalization is already well documented and driven by a combination of strong warming and the influx of tropical species through ...

Feb 15, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Why some extracellular vesicles work better: A safer path for protein and gene delivery

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are tiny membrane-bound particles released by cells to transport proteins and other molecules to neighboring cells. Because of this natural delivery ability, EVs have attracted growing interest ...

Feb 16, 2026 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Failed supernova provides clearest view yet of a star collapsing into a black hole

Astronomers have watched a dying star fail to explode as a supernova, instead collapsing into a black hole. The remarkable sighting is the most complete observational record ever made of a star's transformation into a black ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Studies show 11 genetic variants affect gut microbiome

In two new studies on 28,000 individuals, researchers are able to show that genetic variants in 11 regions of the human genome have a clear influence on which bacteria are in the gut and what they do there. Only two genetic ...

Feb 16, 2026 in Genetics
Tech Xplore / Magnetic gear reconfigures the Yagi-Uda antenna for future 6G developments

As researchers around the world race toward the realization of 6G wireless communication systems, the need for antennas that can dynamically adapt to ever-changing signal environments has never been greater. A key requirement ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Telecom
Tech Xplore / Amazon's Ring wanted to track your pets. It revealed the future of surveillance

As a career counterintelligence officer for the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Defense Intelligence Agency, I worked inside a fully integrated intelligence system. Signals intelligence from the National Security ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Security