Mathematics
Universal patterns emerge across 22 languages, mapping how vocabularies evolve
Human languages are known to have grown and changed considerably over the course of history, often reflecting technological, cultural, and societal shifts. Studying the evolution of languages can thus offer valuable insight ...
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Archaeology
Why did Clovis toolmakers choose difficult quartz crystal? New study offers clues
Quartz crystals are difficult to knap due to size, hardness, and crystalline structure, making them a "low-quality" raw material. However, the Clovis people of North America sometimes made points and other tools from this ...
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Can warning videos blunt misinformation? What a 12-country test found
The internet and social media platforms have given rise to a rising wave of misinformation, with many users now posting fake news, AI-generated photos or videos and other types of misleading content online. Over the past ...
This new tool makes AI's role in student writing visible
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has transformed college writing. As paper drafts are increasingly co-written with AI, professors are left wondering not whether students are using AI, but how. A 2025 AI in Education ...
Education
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How the brain replays past emotional experiences during sleep
For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to uncover the neural processes that allow humans and various other animals to recall emotional experiences of past events. Past studies have identified a network of brain regions ...
Water-based zinc batteries tackle a barrier that has long blocked cheap, stable renewable energy storage
Renewable energy technologies, such as solar cells and wind turbines, are becoming increasingly widespread in many countries worldwide. Reliably storing the electricity produced by these devices, so that it can be used later ...
You can't hear it, yet this sound may explain paranormal experiences
Infrasound is very low-frequency sound, below 20 Hertz (Hz), which humans typically can't hear. It can come from natural sources like storms, or from anthropogenic sources like traffic. Some animals use it to communicate, ...
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Blocking immune 'signal two' expands gut tolerance cells, may open new IBD treatments
Weill Cornell Medicine investigators made an unexpected finding about how the immune system normally suppresses inappropriate chronic inflammation in the intestine, potentially opening new avenues for therapies against inflammatory ...
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How creative therapy may help rewire the ADHD brain
How can ADHD be both a source of daily struggle for millions and a common trait among highly accomplished artists and innovators like Justin Timberlake and Simone Biles? The science behind this paradox is the focus of new ...
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Antibodies can selectively shut down harmful T cells without weakening whole immune system
The immune system is the frontline protection against infection, continually searching for and destroying unknown pathogens. While typical operation of the immune system scans for threats, some systems attack the body's own ...
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The Future is Interdisciplinary
Find out how ACS can accelerate your research to keep up with the discoveries that are pushing us into science’s next frontier
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Tech Xplore
Battery-free textile turns clothing into a real-time blood pressure monitor
Google commits $10 billion, could add $30 billion more to Anthropic
AI firms flex lobbying muscle on both side of Atlantic
This artificial retina doesn't just aim to restore sight—it opens a hidden channel of vision
Why solar research should stop leading with climate
SmartDJ lets users reshape audio experiences with simple words
OpenAI launches GPT-5.5 as rivals race to build more autonomous AI assistants
Why faster AI isn't always better
DeepSeek rolls out V4 update with 1 million-token context and stronger reasoning
China's top AI players
Five things to know about Chinese AI startup DeepSeek
From sun to subsoil, how countries are moving away from fossil fuels
Researchers unlock path to scaling gas made from waste
New 3D device harnesses living brain cells for computing
Alien comet carries record-heavy water, and its birthplace looks nothing like our cosmic neighborhood
Less than a year ago, astronomers discovered a comet soaring through our sky that was not from our solar system. Although we still don't know where this interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS came from, research led by the University ...
The threat of light pollution puts the world's darkest skies in the Atacama Desert at risk
It takes a moment for the eyes to adjust. A faint spark appears in the darkness; then another, brighter one. Soon, stars, planets and entire constellations emerge. Before long, a whole galaxy stretches across the sky, visible ...
Astronomy
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Extreme stability in ultrafast nanomagnetism aids the development of faster data storage
For the first time, researchers have mapped how the boundaries of magnetic nanostructures behave on extremely short timescales. The work of physicist Johan Mentink of Radboud University shows that these boundaries are much ...
Nanophysics
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Antisense oligonucleotide strategy reverses HNRNPH2-related neurodevelopmental disorder
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have found that they can reverse the effects of HNRNPH2-related neurodevelopmental disorder using antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) in preclinical models. ASOs are short ...
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The platypus is even weirder than thought, scientists discover
They already have the bill of a duck, the tail of a beaver, lay eggs like reptiles and have venom like snakes.
Plants & Animals
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Studying the emergence of leaders in moving crowds of pedestrians
When humans are moving as a crowd, their movements tend to be highly coordinated, similarly to the collective motions of bird flocks or other groups of animals. These group behaviors can limit collisions in dynamic environments, ...
Depression treatment is shifting, and this mushroom-derived compound is driving one of psychiatry's biggest new tests
Depression is a debilitating mental health disorder that is estimated to affect approximately 5% of people worldwide. It is characterized by persistent feelings of sadness and hopelessness, a lack of interest in everyday ...
More activity means less response in active materials
For some time, researchers have assumed that solid materials could gain more useful properties by making their microscopic components more active. Now, a team led by Jack Binysh at the University of Amsterdam has found that ...
Battery-free textile turns clothing into a real-time blood pressure monitor
Over the past decades, technological advances have opened remarkable possibilities for the detection and monitoring of various physiological signals associated with heart health (e.g., heart rate and ECG), sleep stages and ...
After assault, OCD risk rises fastest in first year, pointing to a critical care window
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition characterized by recurring intrusive thoughts (i.e., obsessions) and repetitive behaviors (i.e., compulsions) aimed at reducing anxiety. This disorder is estimated ...
Orangutan uses Indonesia canopy bridge in 'world first': NGO
A Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time crossing a man-made canopy bridge constructed to help the endangered animals bypass a tarred road on the Indonesian island, an NGO said Sunday.
Novel study maps changes in US immigration policy landscape since 9/11
In a comprehensive analysis of state and local sanctuary and anti-sanctuary policies, researchers have mapped the rapidly evolving legal immigration landscape in the US from 2000 to 2021. The dataset sheds light on trends ...
Fairer disaster aid arrives just as fast with a new routing algorithm
Researchers from Koç University and international collaborators have developed a new algorithm that enables faster and more equitable distribution of disaster relief supplies. By integrating fairness directly into logistics ...
Crab shell by-products could help regulate the marine lifetime of biodegradable plastics
Biodegradable plastics hold potential for reducing marine plastic pollution, but degrade too quickly, limiting their practical use. Researchers from Gunma University now show that crab shell by-products can reduce the breakdown ...
Chernobyl's wildlife: The real story isn't the presence of radiation, it's the absence of humans
"Dogs at Chernobyl are now genetically distinct … thanks to years of exposure to ionizing radiation, study finds."
The fake disease that fooled the internet, and what it says about all of us
Until a few years ago, no one had heard of bixonimania. Then, in 2024, a group of scientists posted findings online announcing the condition, which they claimed affected the eyes after computer use. However, the scientists ...
Microplastics have been found to interact with the gut microbiome. Here's what health effects they might have
Through the air we breathe and the food we eat, we can't help but inhale and ingest tiny bits of plastic every day.
How emoji use at work can determine how competent your colleagues think you are
You've typed it, deleted it and typed it again. You need to let your colleague know there's a problem with a project at work. Should you use a grinning face—😄—in that Slack message to soften the blow, or an angry face—😠—to ...
The threat of light pollution puts the world's darkest skies in the Atacama Desert at risk
It takes a moment for the eyes to adjust. A faint spark appears in the darkness; then another, brighter one. Soon, stars, planets and entire constellations emerge. Before long, a whole galaxy stretches across the sky, visible ...
Ammonia as a clean fuel: 'Do not create a new nitrogen problem,' says researcher
Ammonia has been feeding the world for decades as a fertilizer and is now rapidly emerging as a carbon-free fuel for shipping and industry. But if we focus only on CO₂ emissions, we risk creating new nitrogen problems, warns ...
Reading shortcuts for children may be popular, but the research doesn't back them up
This year marks the UK's National Year of Reading, which aims to rebuild good reading habits and enjoyment as child and adolescent reading declines year on year.
Paris has successfully cut noise pollution, but urban birds still can't sing at their natural pitch
When Rachel Carson wrote the environmental classic "Silent Spring" in 1962, she warned that unchecked human impacts might create a silent future.
Bonuses can lower self-set goals and reduce performance, experiment suggests
Financial bonuses are often used to motivate employees to meet targets and boost productivity. But do they actually work? New research from Tilburg University suggests these incentives can sometimes have the opposite effect. ...
Australian farmers are battling another potential mouse plague—what is causing it?
Got a mouse in your house? That thought alone may terrify you. Now imagine if mice were scampering through your house, rummaging in your pantry or even running across your face at night.
Forty years on from the disaster, why there are foxes, bears and bison again around Chernobyl
In the novel "When There Are Wolves Again" by E.J. Swift, the Chernobyl disaster and its legacy is extrapolated to a near future where natural habitats are depleted and precarious.
More shearwaters are washing up dead on Australian beaches. It's not due to 'natural' causes
You might know the short-tailed shearwater and sable shearwater by the common name "muttonbirds." These two species of seabird breed on islands off southeastern Australia. Both undertake a breathtaking two-week, non-stop ...
Venice is sinking. We analyzed every plan to save it, and none would preserve the city as we know it
Venice has coexisted with the sea throughout its 1,500-year history, perhaps better than any other city on Earth. Yet over the past century it has flooded increasingly often, as the sea rises and the city itself sinks under ...
Catalysis App: Structured research data for developing sustainable catalysts
Catalysis—the reduction of activation energy in a chemical reaction by a catalyst—plays a key role in the chemical industry, as well as in the development of sustainable technologies essential for achieving a low-carbon economy. ...
Contribution to Artemis II Moon mission sees successful test of a space camera under cosmic ray conditions
The GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung and the international accelerator facility FAIR have made an important contribution to the success of the Artemis II moon mission. A camera specially developed for use in ...
Legacy preference bans may not increase college diversity, researchers say
At some highly selective colleges and universities, cohorts of mostly white, wealthy applicants have three to eight times greater odds of admission than other similarly qualified applicants. These beneficiaries are legacy ...
