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Tech Xplore / AI and electrolyte engineering open new paths for better batteries
Cornell researchers are using artificial intelligence to speed the search for better battery materials while using a creative approach to chemistry to expand the design space for electrolytes, unlocking new possibilities ...
Phys.org / Roads and dams put European eels at risk, scientists offer strategy to save them
Roads, dams and other infrastructure built to make life easier for people have unintentionally made survival harder for another form of life—critically endangered European eels.
Phys.org / Greenland glacier break creates new ice island
An international research team partly led by the University of Ottawa reports that Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland calved a 76.4 km² (29.5 square miles) ice island on Aug. 4, 2026, marking the glacier's largest loss ...
Phys.org / Corn-stalk sugars feed new bacterial strain designed to make useful chemicals
Engineers have developed a strain of a common bacterial species that can feed exclusively on the three major sugars present in corn stalks. While the new multiple-sugar-consuming strain of the bacterium Pseudomonas putida ...
Medical Xpress / Solving a mysterious inflammatory fever opens the book on a much bigger story
Three research teams working independently around the world have landed on the same discovery: A single molecular "handshake" inside our cells controls a family of inflammatory diseases, including one of the most common inherited ...
Tech Xplore / Chinese AI drives price competition among U.S. labs
Artificial intelligence users are shopping around as U.S. giants face fierce competition from Chinese rivals—and in Beijing's tech district, drinkers at an AI-themed bar can even plug in to DeepSeek for free.
Medical Xpress / Prostate cancer prognosis linked to prostate-specific antigen levels below threshold
After treatment for metastatic prostate cancer, a drop in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in the blood is an indicator that treatment is working. A recent real-world study indicates that reaching a PSA level below ...
Medical Xpress / Study links student gambling problems to mental health
As gambling becomes more accessible to college students, a statewide study of Mississippi's public universities found gambling problems frequently occur alongside depression, anxiety and substance use.
Phys.org / Both breeding and training influence dogs' capacity for communication, study finds
How have selectively breeding dogs across decades and individual training shaped the way that dogs communicate? New from JNeurosci, researchers at Harvard University, led by Mélina Cordeau, sought to answer this question ...
Medical Xpress / Prediabetes remission could become a central goal of diabetes prevention
Type 2 diabetes usually develops over many years, yet preventive measures often begin only once blood glucose levels are already elevated. An international panel of experts led by University Hospital Tübingen and the German ...
Medical Xpress / Liver cancer experts co-author new treatment framework for hepatocellular carcinoma
Liver cancer experts at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and 16 other cancer centers have compiled new guidance on the best treatments for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in North America. The resource, called BEACON-HCC, ...
Phys.org / International study sees links between ageist attitudes and memory problems
An international study finds that older adults who have strong beliefs about how other seniors should behave also report having more memory problems themselves. The study suggests a relationship between "ageist attitudes" ...
