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Phys.org / Rules of unknown board game from the Roman period revealed

Researchers have used AI to reconstruct the rules of a board game carved into a stone found in the Dutch city of Heerlen. The team concludes that this type of game was played several centuries earlier than previously assumed.

Feb 10, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / A glaucoma drug may help prevent opioid relapse

An existing drug currently used to treat glaucoma, altitude sickness, and seizures may also have the potential to prevent relapse in opioid use disorder, according to a study by researchers at University of Iowa Health Care. ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Addiction
Phys.org / How redox reactions drive bacteria's Na⁺-NQR sodium pump

The enzyme Na⁺-NQR is a sodium pump that drives the respiration of many marine and pathogenic bacteria. Using redox reactions, the process of exchanging electrons between materials, it powers the transportation of sodium ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Multi-country malaria trial shows a more efficient way to treat the disease

Landmark findings from a major malaria clinical trial led by Menzies School of Health Research (Menzies) and international collaborators have confirmed the safety and effectiveness of two Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) malaria ...

Feb 12, 2026 in Medical research
Phys.org / A new framework could transform national flood prediction

When severe weather strikes, the National Weather Service's (NWS) Office of Water Prediction (OWP) makes critical flood forecasts with the National Water Model. Despite improvements over time, the model's performance has ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / First-of-its-kind automated root imaging platform speeds plant discoveries

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched a novel robotic platform to rapidly analyze plant root systems as they grow, yielding AI-ready data to accelerate the development of stress-tolerant crops ...

Feb 14, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Mars' 'young' volcanoes prove more complex than scientists once thought

What appears to be a single volcanic eruption is often the result of complex processes operating deep beneath the surface, where magma moves, evolves, and changes over long periods of time. To fully understand how volcanoes ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / AI method accelerates liquid simulations by learning fundamental physical relationships

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have developed a method using artificial intelligence that can significantly speed up the calculation of liquid properties. The AI approach predicts the chemical potential—an indispensable ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Mpox transmission model sheds light on a medical mystery

In a groundbreaking new study, a team of researchers from South Dakota State University—led by associate professor Saikat Basu—determined the critical exposure durations for inhaled transmission of pox viruses, including ...

Tech Xplore / A forgotten battery design from Thomas Edison—how scientists helped reimagine it

A little-known fact: In the year 1900, electric cars outnumbered gas-powered ones on the American road. The lead-acid auto battery of the time, courtesy of Thomas Edison, was expensive and had a range of only about 30 miles. ...

Feb 10, 2026 in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Space mining without heavy machines? Microbes harvest metals from meteorites aboard space station

If humankind is to explore deep space, one small passenger should not be left behind: microbes. In fact, it would be impossible to leave them behind, since they live on and in our bodies, surfaces and food. Learning how they ...

Feb 11, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Satellite observations put stratospheric methane loss higher than models predicted

Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas with strong heat-trapping capabilities. Although there is less methane in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, the foremost greenhouse gas, researchers attribute 30% of modern global warming ...

Feb 9, 2026 in Earth