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Month: February 2026

Ecology

Fungi could transform leftovers into lifelines

February 25, 2026 Phys Org

As the global population climbs toward 10 billion and climate change strains farmland, scientists are searching for new ways to feed the world. A group of Cornell food science researchers say one answer may lie […]

Ecology

Shrinking fast ice is disrupting emperor penguins’ four-week summer molt

February 25, 2026 Phys Org

Emperor penguins shed all their feathers once a year, a precarious ritual that may have become deadly as climate change pushes them into shrinking patches of Antarctic sea ice, researchers said Wednesday.This article was originally […]

Ecology

Collateral damage: Japanese beetle traps snare nature’s helpers

February 25, 2026 Phys Org

The Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) is one of the most dreaded insects to have invaded North America and parts of Europe. Accidentally introduced to the United States in the early twentieth century, it can now […]

Technology

Water-based enzyme ink enables one-step printing of wearable biofuel cells

February 25, 2026 Tech Xplore

Enzymatic biofuel cells can act as self-powered wearable biosensors by converting chemicals in body fluids into electricity; however, manufacturing challenges have prevented their widespread adoption. Now, researchers from Japan have developed water-based ‘enzyme inks’ that […]

Ecology

Land plants began reshaping Earth 455 million years ago, scientists discover

February 25, 2026 Phys Org

Pinpointing when early land plants colonized terrestrial environments and began influencing Earth’s systems is a core question in the evolution of the Earth system. A research team led by Prof. Zhao Mingyu at the Institute […]

Ecology

New study highlights significant costs in large-scale mechanical thinning of forests

February 25, 2026 Phys Org

There is a long history of the mechanical thinning of forests in standard forestry operations. Thinning typically involves removing some 30–50% of the standing volume of trees with commercially valued logs removed via tracked or […]

Education

Why letting museum visitors smell horse manure might be good for conservation

February 25, 2026 Phys Org

What does it take to make people genuinely care about endangered cultural heritage? According to a new study from researchers at Nagoya University and Gifu University in Japan, the answer might begin with something unexpected: […]

Computers

Novel framework for unsupervised point cloud anomaly localization developed

February 25, 2026 Tech Xplore

The automatic detection of surface-level irregularities—defects or anomalies—in 3D data is of significant interest for various real-world purposes, such as industrial quality inspection, infrastructure monitoring, robotics, and autonomous systems. However, collecting annotated defect examples at […]

Education

US childhood literacy rates are lagging. Pediatricians could be part of the solution

February 25, 2026 Phys Org

For some young children in Columbus, Ohio, reading assessments don’t start in the kindergarten classroom—they happen first in the doctor’s office.This article was originally published on this website.

Education

How AI can improve the quality of peer review

February 24, 2026 Phys Org

A new AI coach for scientists has been shown to significantly improve the quality of peer reviews, making them clearer and more helpful for authors. Peer review is essential to ensuring the integrity of scientific […]

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