Colliding ice floes help explain Arctic drift
A UC Riverside-led study finds that collisions between sea-ice pieces can explain movement that wind-only models miss.
UC Riverside ·
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21 Sept 202618 stories
Researchers watch a virus-like shell build itself
Oxford scientists have followed an engineered virus-like particle assembling from its protein components, molecule by molecule.
University of Oxford ·
Meteorite chemistry points to an early sorting process
A Yale-led study suggests the solar system began preferentially collecting heat-formed grains within its first million years.
Yale University ·
NASA maps September heat across the south-central US
NASA’s latest Earth Observatory report describes unusually high temperatures across parts of the United States on 15 September.
NASA Earth Observatory ·
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Greenland expedition gathers a check on satellite ocean data
A new field report describes a Canadian-led expedition measuring waters along Greenland’s coast to help validate NASA’s PACE observations.
NASA / CASCADES field team ·
Yeast study identifies a switch in how fungi sense nutrients
Cornell researchers have identified a protein involved in how a yeast responds to sugars, offering a possible route to future biotechnology work.
Cornell University ·
Crystal disorder offers a different explanation for a superconducting pattern
Cornell researchers report that imperfections in an iron-based material can be central to how its superconductivity changes.
Cornell University ·
US grant backs research into shorter tuberculosis treatment
Weill Cornell Medicine has received a five-year, US$17.4 million research grant to investigate ways of shortening tuberculosis treatment.
Cornell University ·
New research aims to measure patients’ breathing discomfort
A US$3.5 million grant will support UC Riverside work on detecting shortness of breath, including in people who cannot easily describe it.
UC Riverside ·
Health-trust survey examines the influence of non-medical voices
A Yale and Edelman Trust Institute report explores how people weigh medical expertise, personal experience and AI when making health decisions.
Yale University ·
Space-station crew completes a lead-free soldering experiment
NASA’s 18 September station update reports the final run of an experiment testing how electronic components can be soldered in microgravity.
NASA ·
Satellite view documents Anak Krakatau’s September eruption
NASA has published a Landsat view of ash and volcanic gases rising from Anak Krakatau, between Java and Sumatra.
NASA ·
Urban-fire study links exposure and recovery to neighbourhood conditions
UC Riverside researchers report that fire exposure and the environmental recovery that follows are unevenly distributed across urban neighbourhoods.
UC Riverside ·
Researchers examine the chain of hazards behind Nepal’s August disaster
A World Weather Attribution assessment investigates how a rock collapse developed into an avalanche, debris flood and flash flood in Nepal’s Rasuwa district.
World Weather Attribution ·
Study finds rapid growth in heat extremes in northern Amazonia
A new analysis identifies a large area of the central northern Amazon where dry-season temperature extremes have intensified especially quickly.
University of Exeter ·
Celtic Sea project will map marine mammals through underwater sound
A £2.7 million research project is bringing together acoustic records to study marine-mammal movements and underwater noise across the Celtic Sea.
University of Exeter ·
Crop-breeding research looks at what one harvest leaves for the next
Queensland researchers argue that crop varieties should be assessed for their effects on the crop that follows them, as well as their own yield.
University of Queensland ·
Indoor-light research targets power for wearable health sensors
University of Queensland researchers are developing lead-free photovoltaic materials that could harvest indoor light to power wearable devices.
University of Queensland ·
20 Sept 20262 stories
A century of poultry-disease research brings scientists together
Researchers met at the UK’s Animal and Plant Health Agency to review 100 years of work on Newcastle disease.
Animal and Plant Health Agency ·
An enzyme helps explain how bacteria tune protein production
Researchers have identified an enzyme involved in a chemical modification of bacterial transfer RNA.
MIT News ·
19 Sept 20264 stories
A star caught feeding on its neighbour
An X-ray observatory has tracked gas falling towards a pulsar, giving astronomers a closer look at how these tiny, dense stars fuel their flares.
NASA ·
A global water report finds rivers under pressure
The World Meteorological Organization says 2025 was among the driest years for river flows in more than three decades.
WMO ·
Ozone recovery brings progress, with a long way still to go
The WMO’s new bulletin says the Antarctic ozone hole in 2025 was among the smallest recorded in recent decades.
WMO ·
Climate models move closer to the planning desk
MIT has outlined work on tools intended to help communities and infrastructure planners assess exposure to extreme weather.
MIT News ·