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Phys.org / A rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica is found tucked away in a drawer

Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica, tucked away for decades in a drawer.

Jul 4, 2026
Phys.org / Trained AI outperforms biologists at spotting salmon lice

Researchers have taken over 120,000 images of salmon lice larvae in seawater and used them to train AI models. The models were much faster and more accurate than experienced biologists at identifying the parasites that feed ...

Jul 4, 2026
Phys.org / TESS just found a planet in a new way—and more may be hiding in its eight years of data

For the first time, NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission has identified a planet orbiting a distant star thanks to its warping of space-time. Unlike the star-hugging transiting planets TESS regularly ...

Jul 1, 2026
Phys.org / Cosmic neutrino 'whispers' may surface in 5,000-day Super-Kamiokande signal

Neutrinos: They have no electric charge, pass through matter like a ghost and are so light they were initially thought to have zero mass. These are just some of the traits that make them so difficult to detect. Research on ...

Jul 3, 2026
Tech Xplore / Robots can now 'see' touch thanks to a new color-changing tactile sensor

Engineers at Queen Mary University of London have built a new color-changing tactile sensor, which allows robots to "see" and touch in real-time. The novel idea was invented by Giacomo Sasso, a postdoctoral researcher at ...

Jul 3, 2026
Phys.org / BC and Alberta fall behind on fracking safety distances for residents

In May, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced plans to double the capacity of Canada's electricity grid by 2050, using natural gas in the name of "powering Canada strong." Almost all Canadian natural gas these days is derived ...

Jul 4, 2026
Phys.org / Congo River freshwater rides 49-day Atlantic eddy to travel 200 kilometers offshore

The Congo River is the second-largest river in the world, releasing an average of 40,000 cubic meters of water per second into the Atlantic Ocean. This huge discharge rate creates a large plume of fresh water that fans out ...

Jul 3, 2026
Phys.org / El Nino set to be 'strong', UN warns

El Nino is here and will quickly develop into a strong event between July and September, fueling the likelihood of extreme weather, the United Nations' climate agency warned Friday.

Jul 4, 2026
Phys.org / DNA-based nanoswitch can flip in milliseconds and stay in one state for days without continuous forcing

Scientists have engineered a nanoscale switch using DNA "origami." Inspired by macroscale mechanical switches, the device achieves long-term functionality without the continuous forcing mechanism that past versions required ...

Jul 1, 2026
Phys.org / 3,000-year-old Irish Bronze Age site may be one of Europe's earliest 'town-like' settlements

A major prehistoric center in Ireland was among the first large, organized settlements to develop in Western Europe more than 3,000 years ago, new research reveals. The study, published today in Antiquity, identifies Haughey's ...

Jun 30, 2026
Medical Xpress / A child can drown in seconds. Doctors want more families to be prepared

Doctors and others are sounding an alarm: More U.S. children have been drowning in recent years.

Jul 4, 2026
Phys.org / Study demonstrates neurotransmitter communication in immune cells directly for the first time

Researchers at the University of Münster and Ruhr University Bochum have demonstrated for the first time in real time that the body's own defense cells use catecholamines—neurotransmitters such as dopamine and adrenaline—to ...

Jul 3, 2026