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Phys.org / Hospitals overwhelmed as Europe heat wave shifts east

A deadly European heat wave that has saturated hospitals as temperatures soared to record highs was shifting east Friday, with authorities warning of more misery on a continent not used to stretches of punishing heat.

Jun 26, 2026
Tech Xplore / Ultraefficient chip could help tiny robots traverse complex environments

A new chip developed by MIT researchers could help tiny, low-power UAVs avoid obstacles as they zip around tight corners inside an industrial HVAC system to check for gas leaks. The chip allows small autonomous robots and ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / The 2 earthquakes that struck Venezuela are known as a 'doublet.' Here's how they happen

The two powerful earthquakes that struck Venezuela's northern coast, killing more than 180 people, were an event known as a "doublet."

Jun 25, 2026
Phys.org / AI shopping cart users rack up higher basket values and spend longer in store, research finds

Shoppers who use shopping carts embedded with digital screens to assist trips to the supermarket spend up to a third more than those who do not, according to new research by Bayes Business School.

Jun 26, 2026
Phys.org / Nearly isotropic superconducting property revealed in trilayer nickelate

A research team led by Prof. Zhang Jinglei from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, found that the trilayer nickelate La4Ni3O10-δ exhibits a nearly isotropic upper critical field under high ...

Jun 25, 2026
Phys.org / Chloroplast study reveals molecular lock that helps power life on Earth

A new study reveals the dynamics of photosynthesis at the cellular level. Led by co-authors Professor Barry Bruce and Associate Professor Rajan Lamichhane, both of the Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Contact lenses can repair themselves with just one hour of UV light exposure

Contact lenses are a great vision correction option for many, but if one of them gets damaged, there is little to do other than throw it away. A team reporting in ACS Applied Polymer Materials has a solution: special polymer ...

Jun 23, 2026
Phys.org / Honeybee metamorphosis map uncovers 842 active DNA switches that drive worker bee development

Researchers have identified "DNA switches" that become active as honeybee larvae grow into worker bees, offering new insight into the development of these important pollinators and the ecosystems they support.

Jun 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Intravesical CAR T therapy opens door to bladder-sparing cancer treatment

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed genetically engineered CAR T cells that specifically target and kill bladder cancer cells. The ...

Jun 26, 2026
Phys.org / Machine learning helps identify six promising solvents for carbon dioxide electroreduction

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a primary driver of climate change in Earth's atmosphere. At the State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook University), Ph.D. researcher Kuldeepsinh Raj, along with principal investigator ...

Jun 22, 2026
Phys.org / A minimal model for how a cell takes shape from the inside

Researchers at the University of Twente and Utrecht University have packed rigid, rod-shaped particles into soft lipid containers the size of a living cell and watched the container and its contents reshape each other. The ...

Jun 22, 2026
Phys.org / New AI tool identifies wild animals by their unique patterns in real time

Patterns reveal the individual: A novel AI algorithm equips researchers with a powerful new tool to accurately identify individual jaguars, zebras and giraffes in real time based on their unique coat patterns. Biologists ...

Jun 23, 2026