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Month: April 2026

Ecology

Analysis tracks 20 years of coastal species shifts in the Gulf of Maine

April 1, 2026 Phys Org

Researchers from the University of Maine, in partnership with the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR), are analyzing more than 20 years of fishery survey data from the Gulf of Maine to examine how environmental […]

Ecology

Millions-of-years-old insect symbioses are surprisingly fragile

April 1, 2026 Phys Org

Many insects have lived in close symbiosis with bacteria for millions of years, during which time the bacteria have provided them with vital nutrients, making the mutualistic relationship so close that neither partner can survive […]

Ecology

‘Canary in the coal mine’: Superb fairy-wrens in Canberra could go extinct within 30 years

April 1, 2026 Phys Org

Superb fairy-wrens are facing “imminent danger,” and a well-studied population in Canberra could go extinct in the next 30 years if we don’t urgently curb greenhouse gas emissions, according to an international team of scientists […]

Ecology

How gossiping mushroom networks share your public urination secrets

April 1, 2026 Phys Org

Psst, have you heard that mushrooms can “gossip” and spread information to their neighbors? Underneath the umbrella-like shapes we see on the forest floor is a hidden underground network that allows mushrooms to communicate. This […]

Education

Can you trust a finding? A new project maps which studies replicate

April 1, 2026 Phys Org

Findings from the Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE) program—a collaborative effort involving 865 researchers—have been published in Nature as a collection of three papers alongside a release of five additional preprints. The […]

Technology

Producing rechargeable batteries using sunflower seed shells as raw material

April 1, 2026 Tech Xplore

A study by the EHU-University of the Basque Country shows how biomass can be used as an alternative in commercial batteries, thus making them more sustainable. The research is published in the Journal of Power […]

Ecology

Air surveillance reveals hidden reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes

April 1, 2026 Phys Org

A review finds that antibiotic resistance genes—capable of undermining modern medicine—can travel through the air across both cities and farmland, and argues that airborne spread represents an overlooked public health risk.This article was originally published […]

Technology

Photothermal fabric panels could cut heating energy up to 23%

April 1, 2026 Tech Xplore

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have unveiled a tool to combat climate change, fossil-fuel dependency, skyrocketing home-heating bills, and gentrification all at once—a simple fabric treated with a special photothermal dye that, when […]

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