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Exploiting interfacial ionic mobility to make heat-moldable nanoparticle aggregates

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Sat, 16 May 2026 00:19:27 +0530

If you have ever warped a cheap plastic cup by pouring coffee into it, then you have witnessed thermoplasticity in action. Thermoplasticity is the ability of a material to become pliable under heating. In industry, thermoplasticity is exploited to form materials into complex shapes using heat. However, some materials, such as aggregates of nanoparticles, are not thermoplastic and cannot be easily processed without affecting their particle morphology and properties.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-exploiting-interfacial-ionic-mobility-moldable.html

Fair matching systems can still produce unequal outcomes, new research finds

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Sat, 16 May 2026 00:19:26 +0530

A computerized matching system can be designed to be fair and still produce unequal outcomes if the people using it do not understand how it works, according to new research published in Organization Science that shows that disparities can emerge even when a matching system is designed to reduce bias, discourage gaming and reward honest decision-making.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-fair-unequal-outcomes.html

Tropical rivers emerge as biggest oxygen-loss hotspots in a warming world

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Sat, 16 May 2026 00:19:25 +0530

According to a study published in Science Advances on May 15, global rivers are undergoing widespread and sustained deoxygenation driven by climate warming, among which tropical rivers are the most vulnerable ecosystems, with an urgent need to combat oxygen loss.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-tropical-rivers-emerge-biggest-oxygen.html

Maintain Law And Order: High Court To Bengal On Post-Poll Violence Claims

noreply@blogger.com (LiveStream) — Fri, 15 May 2026 00:43:25 +0530

The court also directed the police to ensure the safety of those who fled their homes, apprehending post-poll retribution violence, and arrange for their safe return to their properties.

source https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/maintain-law-and-order-high-court-to-bengal-on-post-poll-violence-claims-11497108

Mathematical analysis reveals a hidden 'golden rule' in abstract art

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Fri, 15 May 2026 00:19:23 +0530

A mathematical method borrowed from topology can reveal structural properties of visual art that correspond to how people perceive and respond to them, according to a new study published in PLOS Computational Biology by Jacek Rogala of the University of Warsaw, Poland, Shabnam Kadir of the University of Hertfordshire, UK, and colleagues.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-mathematical-analysis-reveals-hidden-golden.html

Prehistoric Danish people continued to eat fish and hunt even after the rise of agriculture, study indicates

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Thu, 14 May 2026 00:19:10 +0530

Agriculture reached the coast of southern Denmark around 4000 BCE, but these prehistoric Scandinavians continued to fish and hunt too, according to a study published in PLOS One by Daniel Groß from the Museum Lolland-Falster, Denmark, Sofie Folsach Hellerøe from Aarhus University, Denmark, and colleagues.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-prehistoric-danish-people-fish-agriculture.html

How invading cancer cells grip and rip their way into new tissues

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Wed, 13 May 2026 00:19:48 +0530

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered that cancer cells do not simply push through surrounding tissues to spread, but instead actively grip onto protective tissue barriers and pull them apart, revealing a fundamentally new mechanism of cancer invasion that could open fresh avenues for therapeutic intervention.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-invading-cancer-cells-rip-tissues.html

No more 'just say no'—Canadian schools will soon have a roadmap to address student substance use

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Tue, 12 May 2026 00:19:41 +0530

The message to students used to be simple: "Just say no." But in today's schools, that message is not only outdated, it may be part of the problem.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-canadian-schools-roadmap-student-substance.html

Trisha Shares Joy Over Vijay Becoming Tamil Nadu Chief Minister: "Very Happy"

noreply@blogger.com (LiveStream) — Mon, 11 May 2026 00:43:17 +0530

Trisha Krishnan attended Vijay's oath ceremony on Sunday

source https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/trisha-krishnan-speaks-to-ndtv-shares-joy-over-vijay-becoming-tamil-nadu-chief-minister-very-happy-11475784

Radio telescopes confirm 3.3-million-light-year halo in unusually quiet galaxy cluster

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Mon, 11 May 2026 00:19:43 +0530

Astronomers have employed the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) and the MeerKAT radio telescope to observe a galaxy cluster known as RXCJ0232–4420. Results of the new observations, published April 29 on the arXiv pre-print server, deliver important insights into the nature of this cluster.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-radio-telescopes-million-year-halo.html

GHV Infra Projects Bags Rs 7,000 Crore Deal For Tyre Manufacturing Unit Construction

noreply@blogger.com (LiveStream) — Sun, 10 May 2026 01:43:27 +0530

GHV Infra Projects secured a Rs 7,000 crore EPC contract for a greenfield tyre manufacturing plant in Cameroon with a 7.6 million annual capacity.

source https://www.ndtvprofit.com/business/ghv-infra-projects-bags-rs-7-000-crore-deal-for-epc-works-regarding-tyre-manufacturing-unit-11472779

Heavy Atlantic rain can block African aerosols from fertilizing Amazon, study finds

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Sun, 10 May 2026 01:19:27 +0530

How are cold air masses advancing in the United States connected to fertilizers carried by "flying rivers" from Africa that nourish the soils of the Brazilian Amazon? An article published in Geophysical Research Letters reveals an atmospheric connection between these distant regions.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-heavy-atlantic-block-african-aerosols.html

Scientists trace latest interstellar comet's home to a cold, isolated corner of the Milky Way

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Sun, 10 May 2026 00:19:38 +0530

The comet that rambled past us from another star last year likely originated in a cold, isolated corner of the galaxy that had yet to gel into its own solar system, astronomers reported Thursday.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-04-scientists-latest-interstellar-comet-home.html

The moon's largest impact crater scattered something priceless—and Artemis may be heading straight into it

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Sat, 9 May 2026 00:19:13 +0530

A new study, published in Science Advances, has refined some important details about the moon's largest and oldest impact crater, which stretches more than 1,200 miles (2,000 km) on the far side of the moon. The new details can help guide some of the planning for NASA's upcoming Artemis mission to the moon, which is planned for 2028.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-moon-largest-impact-crater-priceless.html

Why plant extinctions may rise by 2100 even if species keep shifting ranges

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Fri, 8 May 2026 00:19:41 +0530

No matter how fast a species under threat can move, escape can only be successful if the new destination can meet its needs. An ecological modeling study from the University of California, Davis, found that 7% to 16% of global plant species studied are expected to lose more than 90% of their range, facing high risk of extinction by 2100 under current climate change projections.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-extinctions-species-shifting-ranges.html

Introducing ecotech, nature's innovation accelerator

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Thu, 7 May 2026 00:19:38 +0530

An international research team has developed a roadmap for an emerging field of technology called ecotech, which aims to create scalable solutions to urgent environmental, social and economic challenges. The team describes this field, providing a comprehensive framework for its adoption and expansion, in the journal Science Advances.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-ecotech-nature.html

It's complicated: New research reveals more about the social networks of baboons and African monkeys

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Wed, 6 May 2026 00:19:20 +0530

Like people, nonhuman primates live in groups that vary in size and shape depending on the species. Some primate groups are small and simple; others are large and more layered. Over the decades, primatologists have observed that baboons and other closely related monkeys, the African papionins, typically live in two types of social groups: single-level and multi-level societies.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-complicated-reveals-social-networks-baboons.html

The COVID‑19 pandemic exposed the load mothers carry—a burden that's still being ignored today

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Tue, 5 May 2026 00:19:25 +0530

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated and brought into focus the ongoing disproportionate burden on mothers when it comes to household logistics, child care and financial inequity. It also revealed just how deeply embedded and structurally reinforced that burden is.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-05-covid19-pandemic-exposed-mothers-burden.html

SRH Coach Vettori Dissects Problem After KKR Loss, Namedrops Kishan, Klaasen

noreply@blogger.com (LiveStream) — Mon, 4 May 2026 01:43:27 +0530

Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Daniel Vettori on Sunday said losing wickets at crucial times hampered their strategies against Kolkata Knight Riders in an IPL 2026 match on Sunday.

source https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/srh-coach-daniel-vettori-dissects-problem-after-kkr-loss-namedrops-ishan-kishan-heinrich-klaasen-11443630

Study warns cost-cutting use of generative AI could increase cyber-attack risks

noreply@blogger.com (System Engineer) — Mon, 4 May 2026 00:19:41 +0530

Newly published research from a leading computer scientist warns that the use of generative AI to design, train, or perform steps within a machine learning system could increase serious risks. Michael Lones, professor at Heriot-Watt University's School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, has argued in a new paper that generative AI could expose organizations and the public to unintended harm.

source https://phys.org/news/2026-04-generative-ai-cyber.html