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Phys.org / How did inbred brown tree snakes take over the island of Guam?
If you look up invasive species in a textbook, there's a good chance you'll find a picture of a brown tree snake. Native to Australia and the South Pacific, the brown tree snake arrived on Guam sometime after World War II, ...
Phys.org / A 7.1 magnitude quake hits Japan's southern Kyushu island and dozens are injured or missing
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook Japan 's southern main island of Kyushu on Tuesday, leaving dozens of people injured or missing after part of a shopping center and a huge chimney at a paper factory collapsed, officials said. ...
Phys.org / Scientists repair damaged plastics at the molecular level, boosting recycling potential
Plastic recycling could become far more effective thanks to a new technique that restores the strength of damaged engineering plastics by repairing them at the molecular level.
Phys.org / Similarity between human and bovine cells could advance drug discovery
Apoptosis is the natural process by which damaged or no longer needed cells are eliminated from the body. Researchers have long investigated how this mechanism might be manipulated to treat cancer and other serious diseases.
Phys.org / Oxygen collisions at the LHC show new indications of extreme state of matter
All four main LHC experiments have found new signs that oxygen and neon collisions may create the extreme state of matter that existed during the first microseconds after the Big Bang.
Phys.org / Climate change and social concerns could drive more radical protests
Around the world, hundreds of thousands of people engage in conventional protests—and sometimes more radical forms of action—in the face of environmental change, harms to animals and nature, and climate inaction.
Phys.org / Review explains links between plasmids, horizontal gene transfer and antimicrobial resistance
The arms race between bacteria and antibiotics is nothing new—antimicrobial resistance has been an emerging issue in human and animal health for a long time. But in a new review published in JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, ...
Phys.org / France and Spain race to contain fires before new heat wave
Firefighters in France and Spain rushed to contain the worst wildfires in living memory Tuesday, seizing crucial hours before the arrival of another wave of searing temperatures.
Phys.org / Modeling reveals Sydney's 1789 smallpox outbreak killed as many as 220,000 indigenous Australians
Groundbreaking modeling has revealed that as many as 220,000 Indigenous Australians died in a devastating 1789 smallpox outbreak that originated in Sydney, tracing its origins to the First Fleet. Soon after British ships ...
Science X / Tiny tree snails make historic comeback 40 years after vanishing from the wild
After more than a decade of work to return captive-bred Partula snails to the forests of Moorea, scientists finally found the evidence they had been hoping for. In 2024, scientists evaluating a release site found the first ...
Phys.org / New multiplexing scheme accelerates long-distance quantum communication
Quantum networks, systems consisting of multiple connected nodes or devices that can transmit quantum information to one another, have the potential to advance future communications. These networks typically leverage entanglement, ...
Phys.org / AI technology sees through leaves to transform horticulture
University of Canterbury (UC) computer science professor Richard Green leads UC Vision, with researcher Dr. Richie Ellingham developing AI and computer vision technology that can identify, measure and track fruit hidden behind ...
