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Month: February 2026

Technology

Hot cities, safer buildings: A cooling coating that can also reduce fire risk

February 19, 2026 Tech Xplore

An international research team has demonstrated how conventional radiative cooling coatings can be optimized to further reduce building surface temperatures, cutting energy consumption, while also improving fire safety.This article was originally published on this website.

Ecology

Social pressure forces baby clownfish to lose their bars faster, study shows

February 19, 2026 Phys Org

Growing up, you probably changed your style based on your social influences. It turns out, such pressures affect the appearance of young clownfish (anemonefish) too. A new study from the Okinawa Institute of Science and […]

Computers

Exposing biases, moods, personalities and abstract concepts hidden in large language models

February 19, 2026 Tech Xplore

By now, ChatGPT, Claude, and other large language models have accumulated so much human knowledge that they’re far from simple answer-generators; they can also express abstract concepts, such as certain tones, personalities, biases, and moods. […]

Ecology

Mother-daughter bonds in red deer tied to survival and more surviving calves

February 19, 2026 Phys Org

Strong social networking plays an important role in human relationships. New research on female red deer shows that those bonds are also crucial for their reproductive success and survival. The study, which looked at more […]

Ecology

Global study finds smaller fish and shifting food webs despite stable species numbers

February 19, 2026 Phys Org

Species numbers alone do not fully capture how ecosystems are changing. In a global study, scientists analyzed long-term data from nearly 15,000 marine and freshwater fish communities. They found that fish food webs have changed […]

Computers

Parking-aware navigation system could prevent frustration and emissions

February 19, 2026 Tech Xplore

It happens every day—a motorist heading across town checks a navigation app to see how long the trip will take, but they find no parking spots available when they reach their destination. By the time […]

Computers

‘Learn-to-Steer’ method improves AI’s ability to understand spatial instructions

February 19, 2026 Tech Xplore

Researchers from the Department of Computer Science at Bar-Ilan University and from NVIDIA’s AI research center in Israel have developed a new method that significantly improves how artificial intelligence models understand spatial instructions when generating […]

Ecology

Hiding in plain sight: Discovery of cryptic species could double the number of vertebrates

February 19, 2026 Phys Org

There may be twice as many vertebrates on the planet as previous estimates claimed, according to a new study published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. That’s not because of […]

Ecology

Novel bacteria discovered in Florida’s stranded pygmy sperm whales

February 19, 2026 Phys Org

Pygmy sperm whales (Kogia breviceps) are among the ocean’s most enigmatic inhabitants—rarely seen and largely unstudied. They live far offshore in small groups, diving in search of squid and fish. Their quiet behavior and elusive […]

Education

Getting hands-on with LEDs and logic to make science tangible in the classroom

February 19, 2026 Phys Org

How do you make the complex reality of chips and electronics accessible to a broad audience? TU/e researcher Elles Raaijmakers believes an educational game can do just that. In the game I.C. Tycoon (working title), […]

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