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Phys.org / Quantum protocol securely verifies a device's position using stations 2 km apart

Reliably verifying the location of a device connected to the internet or other networks is important for various real-world applications. For instance, it could be valuable for authorizing financial transactions, securing ...

Sep 22, 2026
Phys.org / Carbon nanotube foams reveal a new kind of mechanical memory

In their earliest years of development, computers used mechanical gears and levers to store information. Today, researchers are exploring whether a material itself can hold onto information, storing memory in how it bends ...

Sep 22, 2026
Phys.org / Milky Way's first microblazar may produce fastest particles in the galaxy

An international team of astronomers from ASTRON, JIVE, the University of Amsterdam and other institutions has found the first so-called "microblazar" in the Milky Way. This stellar system is composed of a massive star and ...

Sep 22, 2026
Phys.org / Hot spring amoeba breaks record for heat tolerance of complex life

A tiny, single-celled organism can thrive at temperatures that would kill all other known complex life. In a study published in Cell, scientists describe a new species of amoeba that can eat and reproduce in hot spring water ...

Sep 22, 2026
Phys.org / Largest dataset of its kind could clarify how massive stars shaped early galaxies

The more astronomers learn about the universe's earliest galaxies, the stranger they seem. Many of their surprising properties may be explained by differences between their massive stars and those in galaxies like our own ...

Sep 22, 2026
Phys.org / A single temporary stimulus may redirect cell fate without permanently altering genes

Which genes need to be controlled to guide a stem cell toward a desired cell type or modulate an immune cell's inflammatory response? A Korean research team has developed a general-purpose computational framework that identifies ...

Sep 22, 2026
Phys.org / Briny 'death pools' hold clues to early life

The origins of the earliest life on Earth, prior to the rise of oxygen and photosynthesis, remain a mystery. Graveyards in brine pools at the bottom of the Red Sea may hold some answers.

Sep 22, 2026
Phys.org / Earth's chorus waves show limited link to rapid electron loss from radiation belts

The Van Allen radiation belts are huge, doughnut-shaped regions of highly energetic charged particles trapped by Earth's magnetosphere. These charged particles play a major role in space weather, so studying them is important ...

Sep 22, 2026
Phys.org / AI model predicts peptide bitterness and enables novel flavor design

During the production of fermented products such as kefir, Parmesan, or mountain cheese, as well as in the production of protein powders, bitter-tasting peptides can form, which impair the taste and thus the acceptability ...

Sep 22, 2026
Phys.org / Can a long-lived seabird evolve fast enough to avoid extinction under a changing climate?

As the climate changes, species face a critical question: Can they evolve quickly enough to keep pace with their changing environment?

Sep 22, 2026
Phys.org / Microcrystal electron diffractometer brings hidden hydrogen into focus

Hydrogen—the lightest atom—does the heavy lifting when it comes to important chemical reactions. It can be stored and released as clean fuel, and its movements help catalysts build medicines, fertilizers and materials. One ...

Sep 22, 2026
Phys.org / Rope, twine and thread: Invisible technologies of the Stone Age

When an abstract-looking ivory artifact emerged from the Hohle Fels cave in southern Germany in 2015, archaeologists didn't know quite what to make of it. Previously, the same cave had yielded what may be the world's oldest ...

Sep 22, 2026