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Phys.org / Q&A: How the 'science of reading' is reshaping literacy education

Stanford Professor Rebecca Silverman discusses a transformative movement backed by research that is changing literacy instruction in schools nationwide. After decades of debate over the most effective way to teach literacy, ...

Feb 19, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Tetris gameplay treatment helps reduce traumatic flashbacks for frontline health care workers

A simple, digital intervention that includes mentally playing Tetris can dramatically reduce intrusive memories of trauma in a month, even to the point of being symptom-free after six months, new research has found.

Feb 19, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / A yeast enzyme helps human cells overcome mitochondrial defects

Nucleotide synthesis—the production of the basic components of DNA and RNA—is essential for cell growth and division. In most animal cells, this process depends closely on properly functioning mitochondria, the organelles ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Biology
Tech Xplore / What does 'flexibility' actually look like? New findings suggest speed limits for wearable devices

Flexible electronics are often sold on a simple promise: bendable screens, lightweight solar cells or wearable devices that can bend and flex without breaking. But what does that "flexibility" actually look like at the molecular ...

Tech Xplore / Choosing experiments randomly can help scientists develop better theories, new model reveals

The race to develop a virtual scientist—an AI creation that conducts every stage of research, from idea to publication—has consumed researchers, start-up founders, and tech juggernauts alike.

Feb 19, 2026 in Machine learning & AI
Phys.org / Prehistoric fossil poses puzzles in shark research

A newly examined prehistoric shark from the age of dinosaurs provides surprising insights into the early evolution of modern sharks. It cannot be confidently assigned to any shark order that exists today and thus calls into ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / SpaceX rocket left behind a plume of chemical pollution as it burnt up in the atmosphere

Space junk returning to Earth is introducing metal pollution to the pristine upper atmosphere as it burns up on re-entry, a new study has found.

Feb 20, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Eclipse research finds turbulent times in the sun's corona

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi have uncovered new clues about how energy moves through the sun's outer atmosphere, using one of nature's rarest events as their window: total solar eclipses. Drawing on more than ...

Feb 18, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Antarctic warming is altering atmospheric stability: New evidence from the 1950s to the present

A new study published in the Journal of Climate reveals how surface warming in Antarctica, particularly over the Antarctic Peninsula, is significantly altering the stability of the lowest layers of the atmosphere.

Feb 18, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / New species of ancient crocodile named in honor of Welsh school teacher

A new species of crocodylomorph dating to about 215 million years ago has been described from the U.K. It has been called Galahadosuchus jonesi in recognition of David Rhys Jones, a secondary school physics teacher from Ysgol ...

Feb 16, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Gotland hunter-gatherer graves hint at how Stone Age families organized

A woman was buried with two children, but they were not her own. In another grave, two children were placed. They were not siblings and were more distantly related, perhaps cousins. In a new study published in the Proceedings ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / New electrolyzer turns plastic-waste syngas into ethylene with less energy

For every ton of ethylene created, one ton of carbon dioxide is produced. With more than 300 million tons of ethylene produced each year, the production system has a huge carbon footprint that scientists and engineers are ...

Feb 17, 2026 in Engineering