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Phys.org / Wild dogs make the longest recorded journey of any terrestrial mammal in Africa

African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) travel incredibly long distances to search for a mate and new places to breed. They typically embark on these mammoth treks as young adults and often face numerous hazards along the way. ...

Sep 15, 2026
Phys.org / 'Plasticorals,' coral rubble fused with plastic, represent a new form of plastic pollution

During routine beach litter surveys on the subtropical island of Okinawa, Japan, researchers came across small, brightly colored specks in the pale coral rubble. Back at the lab, spectroscopic and microscopic analyses revealed ...

Sep 18, 2026
Medical Xpress / Noise pollution is a serious but often forgotten public health problem

The human body is remarkably good at getting used to the environment around it. You've probably experienced this if you've ever gone to a matinee and emerged from the dark theater into sunshine. Your eyes sting, so you squint ...

Sep 21, 2026
Phys.org / Coffee on the nanoscale: Graphene oxide membrane removes half the caffeine while retaining key compounds

The humble coffee filter has the relatively simple job of letting the coffee through and leaving the grounds behind. But researchers from the ARC Center of Excellence for Carbon Science and Innovation (COE-CSI) are exploring ...

Sep 18, 2026
Phys.org / Q&A: Tiny spores for a big critical minerals challenge

Scientists at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are exploring how durable, customizable bacterial spores could capture rare earth elements (REE) from acid mine drainage and other metal-containing ...

Sep 21, 2026
Tech Xplore / When AI agents cheat on math problems, others blow the whistle

AI is advancing rapidly. One of the major shifts in the field is that, instead of single chatbots performing individual tasks, teams of autonomous agents work together by communicating with each other, sharing tools and accessing ...

Sep 16, 2026
Phys.org / To read 2,000-year-old burned scrolls, scientists burn their own

Douglas Seiler painstakingly sourced papyrus and reed pens from Egypt and traditional lampblack ink from Japan, then paid some high school students to inscribe the papyrus with lines from Star Wars and the Bible and a quote ...

Sep 18, 2026
Phys.org / Nepal could show the world how to recover sustainably from a major disaster

With chances of further sensational hydropower tunnel rescues dimming, the devastating ice-rock avalanche in August at the Nepal-Tibet border and catastrophic floods downstream are no longer making global headlines.

Sep 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Beyond raw brainpower: New study reveals best ways to train AI for clinical care

Harnessing generative AI to help doctors make critical medical decisions requires more than raw technology. A new review study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research shows that adapting existing language models is key ...

Sep 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Twenty minutes of calming music offers health care workers a chance to recharge

While burnout in the medical field is well documented, affecting about half of health care workers, far fewer studies have explored ways to address it. A Northwestern Medicine study has found one simple intervention may help.

Sep 21, 2026
Tech Xplore / Research reveals where the internet really slows down

Most people associate network performance with bandwidth, the amount of data that can be transferred per second. However, for many of today's digital services, latency is just as important.

Sep 21, 2026
Medical Xpress / Survey: Older adults have strong interest in dementia vaccine

A large majority of older adults say they would be interested in receiving a vaccine that would significantly reduce the risk of dementia, according to new research from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics.

Sep 21, 2026