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Phys.org / Tracking satellites and space debris using radio antennae

Every year, thousands of satellites are launched into orbit around our planet. The result is an increasingly congested "space" above Earth populated by equipment that provides services to the surface. At the same time, these ...

Jul 30, 2026
Phys.org / Schools are rethinking whether every student needs a laptop

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced in-person classroom instruction to go virtual, students suddenly needed their own laptops or tablets to interact with teachers and complete assignments.

Jul 30, 2026
Phys.org / Connecting surface-level observations to molecular-level data uncovers plant stress coping mechanism

Unlike humans, plants cannot make simple lifestyle adjustments to adapt to changing environments. When exposed to conditions like extreme heat or water scarcity, instead of putting on sweaters or turning on air conditioners, ...

Jul 30, 2026
Tech Xplore / AI gains a tool to identify Kinyarwanda propaganda, with promise for 600 Bantu languages

A new study led by Fabrice Niyigaba '27 reports the first digital tool for identifying online propaganda in Kinyarwanda, the national language of Rwanda's 15 million people—and possibly the first for any of the Bantu languages ...

Jul 27, 2026
Phys.org / Mathematical model devised to protect bacteriophages without hindering their action

A study by researchers in the UAB Department of Mathematics and the Center for Mathematical Research (CRM) presents a model describing the behavior of encapsulated bacteriophages within the gastrointestinal tract. Its objective ...

Jul 31, 2026
Tech Xplore / What is a side‑channel attack? Computer scientist explains how computers can leak secrets without being hacked

When people hear the word cyberattack, they usually imagine someone guessing a password, planting malware, stealing a computer, hacking an organization's network or exploiting a flaw in software. A side-channel attack works ...

Jul 30, 2026
Phys.org / New shrimpgoby species named after its colors and 'The Sunrise of Java'

Researchers have described a new species of shrimpgoby from the coastal waters off Banyuwangi, East Java, and given it a name that pays tribute to both its fiery coloration and its birthplace.

Jul 28, 2026
Phys.org / Advances in AI-designed base editors pave the way for next-generation gene therapy

A joint research team led by Daesik Kim, a professor in the Department of Medicine at Sungkyunkwan University, along with Yong-Sub Kim, a professor at the University of Ulsan College of Medicine, and Jae-Hyun Park, a professor ...

Jul 30, 2026
Tech Xplore / Computer scientists design a cyberattack to prevent cyberattacks

Protecting sensitive, precision-timed computing systems requires understanding the nature of cyberthreats. So researchers from Washington State University teamed up with experts at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs ...

Jul 28, 2026
Medical Xpress / Tumor-on-a-chip method reveals timing as a factor in glioblastoma immunotherapy

A joint research team led by professors Sungsu Park of Sungkyunkwan University and Sun-Ha Paek of Seoul National University College of Medicine has demonstrated for the first time that the sequence in which immune cells interact ...

Jul 30, 2026
Phys.org / Nanomace catalyst boosts greenhouse gas breakdown up to 14.4-fold

Seoul National University (SNU) College of Engineering announced that a research team led by Professor Jeong Woo Han of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering has developed a new nanostructured catalyst with ...

Jul 28, 2026
Phys.org / SMOS mission could offer early indicator of El Niño

Sea-surface salinity, the concentration of dissolved salts in the upper layer of the ocean, is much more than a measure of how salty the sea is. It responds rapidly to changes in rainfall, evaporation, river discharge and, ...

Jul 30, 2026