Day November 9, 2025

Northern Maned Sloth (Bradypus torquatus). Credit: Instituto Tamandua The northern and southern maned sloths may look very similar from the outside, but their genomes reveal different stories: The two species have faced very distinct conditions in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest in…

Workflow for the construction and analysis of a Magnetic Materials Database. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64458-z Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have harnessed artificial intelligence to accelerate the discovery of new functional magnetic materials, creating a searchable…

Distribution of lunar sampling sites. Credit: Nature Geoscience (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01819-9 The abundance, distribution, and origin of lunar surface water has recently drawn significant scientific interest, owing to its critical role in future space exploration. A research team from the…

Loneliness is quietly emerging as one of the most significant health issues in Australia, and it can affect people of all ages, backgrounds and life stages. Long-term survey data released last month showed the number of Australians who agree with…

Coding with large language models (LLMs) holds huge promise, but it also exposes some long-standing flaws in software: code that’s messy, hard to change safely, and often opaque about what’s really happening under the hood. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science…

Researchers in the lab of Asst. Prof. Shuolong Yang at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering have built a “self-driving” lab system that can adjust temperature, composition and timing of the process of making thin metal films…

Signal-transducing kinases act on RNA Pol II at target genes. Credit: Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126 The enzyme RNA polymerase II transcribes genes into messenger RNA. This process is guided by modifications to the enzyme’s “tail” called phosphorylation patterns. Scientists at…

Schematic of the unassisted catalytic system for propylene epoxidation. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-63828-x An eco-friendly system capable of producing propylene oxide (PO) without external electricity or sunlight has been developed. PO is a vital raw material used in…

Land allocation to VALUE’s 55 crops plotted versus minimal self-sufficiency ratio ( ? _ ) levels. Credit: Food Policy (2025). DOI: 10.1016 When wars, pandemics, and trade disruptions shake global markets, one question becomes urgent for every nation: can we…

Schematic showing the mechanism of growth of oxide/oxy-hydroxide during electrochemical hydrogen charging Credit: G. Sudha et al., Corrosion Science 259 (2026) 113449 The transition from a carbon-based fuel economy to that centered on hydrogen has gained interest worldwide given the…

When corporate crises hit, the public looks to the CEO. From product recalls to workplace discrimination, to customer mistreatment scandals, CEOs are often thrust into the spotlight and forced to apologize. But do the exact words they choose really matter?…

Habitat in a cassette for the fruit fly, used for scientific research both on Earth and in space.  Findings from a study using fruit flies on the International Space Station suggest that space travel has an impact on the central…

Predicted democratic values plots varying between 0 (low) and 3 (high) by residence duration (years) in origin countries and Germany. Credit: European Journal of Political Research (2025). DOI: 10.1017/s1475676525100285 Migrants in Europe stand by the basic values of democracy, according…

Overview of the experiment setup for tactile detection in granular media. (a) Human experiment setup, showing a participant finger raking through a sand-filled box with an LED strip guiding the trajectory and buried cube at fixed locations. (b) Robotic experiment…

Crystal structure of FcRn in complex with HAstV1 spike. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-65203-2 Human astroviruses are a leading viral cause of the stomach bug—think vomiting, diarrhea, and fever. It often impacts young children and older adults, leading to…

Overall schematic of holographic-inspired self-controlled RIS. Credit: Credit: Zhu et al. Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) are engineered structures comprised of several elements known as ‘meta-atoms,’ which can reshape and control electromagnetic waves in real-time. These surfaces could contribute to…

Published today in Nature Communications, first author Andrew Huber, Ph.D., corresponding author Taosheng Chen, Ph.D., and second author Wenwei Lin, Ph.D., St. Jude Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, uncovered a hidden binding pocket on the pregnane X receptor (PXR),…

Invites to hang out after work can have unintended consequences on employee performance, the researchers found. Credit: Andrea Piazza/University of Georgia It turns out happy hour with your coworkers may not be so happy for everyone. New research from the…

This handout courtesy of Rockstar Games shows a video grab from a ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ video game trailer that has fans thinking it will feature a ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ style outlaw couple. The newest installment to the blockbuster “Grand…

Credit: Limon Das from Pexels Social media has become such a force that it has become rare to speak with someone without a Facebook, X or even a LinkedIn presence. Scrolling through a timeline on any social media platform will…

Good management of aid projects in developing countries reduces violence in those areas—but poorly managed projects increase the chances of local violence, according to a new study by an MIT economist. The research, examining World Bank projects in Africa, illuminates…

AI will be taking center stage at this year’s Web Summit as major global players are racing to control the supply chain for chips needed to drive generative artificial intelligence. Flashy AI, robotics and self-driving cars will be on show…

Credit: Rizzo, G. L. C., Berger, J., & Zhou, M. (2025). Words matter—but your hands might matter more, according to a new UBC study which found that purposeful hand gestures can make speakers appear more competent and persuasive. The Sauder…

Credit: Pixabay from Pexels What we choose to study—whether fine art or finance—is one of the most influential decisions in our lives. It shapes not only career trajectories, but also income, fertility, and well-being. As access to education is expanding,…

Nicheformer Pretraining: Representation of dissociated data of 57 million cells and spatial data of 53 million cells. Credit: Anna Schaar, Helmholtz Munich / Alejandro Tejada-Lapuerta / Anna C. Schaar Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich (TUM)…

Credit: Geodiversitas (2025). Research teams from the Academia Sinica and National Taiwan University have documented the first discovery of five freshwater mollusk species in the Early Pleistocene Tananwan Formation of northern Taiwan. This pivotal finding, which demonstrates that some…

With more than 1 billion people around the world living in fragile or conflict-affected situations, establishing food security is an increasing challenge. Agriculture is often seen as a central way to improve access to a secure food source, as well…

The robot has intrinsic shape hysteresis and can be reconfigured into billions of different shapes with sequential commands of only two motors (A and B). Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126 A research team led by Dr. Lin Cao from…

In an era of intensifying geopolitical rivalry, the global economy is being reshaped by tensions between the United States and China. For U.S. firms, this raises a pressing question: How should they adjust their supply chains to navigate the future?…

Credit: Canva Studio from Pexels Academic entrepreneurs—scientists who found research-based startups while remaining in academia—creatively find cross-fertilizing effects between their academic and entrepreneurial work, helping them to reevaluate and extend their professional identity, according to new research published in Strategic…

Physicochemical characterization of pristine Li-Al alloy negative electrode. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64386-y A team co-led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a new design strategy for metal alloy negative electrodes that could significantly…

Typical yearly intra-grid variation by coefficient of variation (CV) of CHIRPS precipitation estimates, averaging year-interval CVs across all year-intervals from 2012 to 2023. Credit: Agricultural and Resource Economics Review (2025). DOI: 10.1017 Somewhere in the vast open stretches of American…

Top row features genuine pictures of people with AI generated versions underneath. Credit: Swansea University A new study has revealed that artificial intelligence can now generate images of real people that are virtually impossible to tell apart from genuine photographs.…

Advantages of putting data centers in space include a constant supply of solar energy and ease of cooling the power-hungry operations. Tech firms are floating the idea of building data centers in space and tapping into the sun’s energy to…

Analysis of AdeSR positional entropy and morbidostat variant distributions. Credit: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (2025). DOI: 10.1128 The bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii) is a haunting presence in many hospitals in the United States, where more than one in 100…

Credit: Peter Pajic using ChatGPT Saliva is a bodily fluid most of us take for granted despite the significant roles it plays: aiding in digestion, maintaining strong teeth and defending against oral disease. However, the evolution of human saliva has…

The European Union said Friday it is considering adjustments to its landmark artificial intelligence law, the AI Act, after tech firms and several member states raised concerns. The flagship AI Act entered into force last year but its obligations will…

Bacteria armed with the M5 motif on their PETase enzyme can feast on plastic, a trait now seen thriving across the world’s oceans. Credit: 2025 KAUST. Deep within the world’s oceans lurk marine bacteria armed with plastic-munching enzymes, their evolution…

Credit: El?na Ar?ja from Pexels Environmental crime is big business, often listed among the world’s top five criminal activities, just behind counterfeiting and drug crime. So it would be reasonable to think it is a big priority for global law…

Credit: Yan Krukau from Pexels The Institute of Behavioral and Decision Science (IBDS) at HKU Business School (HKUBS), in collaboration with the Hong Kong Association for Customer Service Excellence (HKACE), released a new study report focusing on employee well-being and…