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Phys.org / Electromagnetic noise can send migrating bats off course, with effects lasting hours

New research has unearthed new insights into the disruptive and detrimental effects that human-produced electromagnetic noise can have on the ability of bats to migrate effectively. The study, published in the journal Science, ...

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / Scientists unlock evolution of gigantism in Scottish island wrens

A new study of British wrens has provided new insights into the inner workings of "island syndromes," according to research led by the University of Birmingham. The paper, published in the Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean ...

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / Nanotube-coated catheter could detect bladder cancer biomarker 50,000 times more sensitively

Every year, about 85,000 Americans are diagnosed with bladder cancer. While treatment is often successful, bladder cancer has one of the highest rates of recurrence of any cancer: Following treatment, about 50% of patients ...

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / Biologists improve biomass mapping tools to better track carbon storage

In the far north regions of Earth, where forests stretch across Alaska and Canada, climate change is unfolding at an accelerated pace. Arctic and boreal regions are warming two to four times faster than the global average, ...

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / Forgotten museum fossil helps rewrite part of animal evolution

New research published in BMC Biology helps to fill in questions about the so-called "Furongian gap" from about 497 million to 485 million years ago, when paleontologists previously thought there were far fewer fossils than ...

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / One in six kids could be experiencing online sexual exploitation and abuse

One in six internet-using children from a survey of nearly 12,000 children in 12 countries across Asia and Africa are found to experience at least one form of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation and abuse, with many ...

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / Mitochondria reveal built-in speed control for protein production

Researchers at the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) and the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Multidisciplinary Sciences have elucidated how the production of certain proteins and their insertion into the inner membrane ...

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / A rare blue micromoon rises this weekend

Get set for a rare blue micromoon this weekend—a blue moon that's also the most distant and smallest-looking full moon of the year.

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / Chang'e-5 regolith studies reveal nanoscale space-weathering processes

On the moon, the lack of atmosphere and accompanying features such as biological activity, oxygen-rich air, flowing water and rain, wind, and most erosion allows the lunar regolith to preserve a long-term record of surface ...

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / Cells trap heat in ways standard fluid physics cannot explain, study finds

Living cells cool much slower than our current understanding of heat conduction can explain, according to new research from the University of Tokyo. Researchers have used two techniques—high-speed temperature mapping and ...

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / Hyena clan rank metrics need to be trait specific to fully explain hierarchies, scientists argue

Spotted hyenas live in hierarchically organized groups (clans). An individual's dominance over another determines priority access to resources such as food or mating partners, and thus reproductive success. However, the rank ...

May 28, 2026
Phys.org / Astronomers discover how to estimate masses of newborn planets using dust rings

A team of astronomers, led by University of Warwick in collaboration with researchers at MIT and McMaster, have developed a novel method to use the properties of dust rings around stars to estimate the masses of newborn planets. ...

May 28, 2026