Research
The latest research stories, curated daily by StudentNewsletter — Science, engineering, and discovery — the research and breakthroughs that matter.
- After commercial whaling nearly erased them, blue and fin whales are slowly reclaiming the southeast Atlantic
- Cell biochemistry beyond membranes: Condensate physics reveals general rules for chemical responses
- Sediments off Brazil's northeast coast reveal sudden changes in heat transport in the Atlantic
- New AI model detects hidden signs of solar eruptions hours before they emerge
- Paleontology rocked by organic molecules found in 66-million-year-old dinosaur bones
- India faces rising uncompensable heat stress, especially during monsoon season
- GPS tracking study reveals why invasive barred owls are winning the battle for California's old-growth forests
- College men's attitudes linked to ignoring rejections from bisexual women
- Fishing nets main cause of death among Cornwall's stranded common dolphins
- Shame, stigma, and culture prevent male intimate partner violence survivors from seeking help, study finds
- First supernovae may have seeded rocky planet building blocks 100 million years after the Big Bang
- Cutting traffic pollution alone could worsen Taiwan's haze
- Microbes turn CO₂ into protein and vitamin B9 at commercially viable prices
- Ancient penguin fossils offer new window into Antarctica's changing climate
- The internet can't get enough of cats, but cats might have had enough of the internet
- Fungal chitin offers new route to tougher hydrogels for medical devices and soft robots
- Many US public parks sit surprisingly close to hazardous waste sites and facilities that release toxic chemicals
- Engineered enzymes forge carbon-carbon and carbon-nitrogen bonds with high selectivity
- Illegal fishing captures up to 15% of global marine wild catch, analysis finds
- Using salt to drive drug-carrying particles deeper into difficult-to-treat biofilms
- Urban canals can cut temperatures by more than 2°C during heat waves
- Dinosaurs became giants — so why did they never become tiny?
- A protein older than blood circulation could transform cancer immunotherapy
- Gut cells may measure hunger by how watery their insides become
- New AI model reveals the volume of the world's glaciers
- Food fraud costs UK economy up to £2 billion a year, new study finds
- From mountain peaks to microclimates, new maps bring satellite big data down to Earth
- Scientists find unexpected life on Ötzi the Iceman’s 5,300-year-old body
- Researchers demonstrate first fully solution-processed solid-state polariton laser
- Fossil study finds vision—not the 'thinking' frontal lobe—drove varied brain development in primates
- Common food preservative linked to rising suicide deaths among young people
- Minnesota iron ore could be key to sustainable and lower cost semiconductor
- After commercial whaling nearly erased them, blue and fin whales are slowly reclaiming the southeast Atlantic
- The false and the furious: We aren't just bothered by different beliefs—we're bothered when we think others are wrong
- Airborne observatory improves views of solar corona during cloud-covered eclipse
- Wheat gene behind Hessian fly resistance cloned after 50-year search
- Europe's mountain summits are warming—vegetation is responding in surprisingly different ways
- Cell biochemistry beyond membranes: Condensate physics reveals general rules for chemical responses
- Immune cells flood into the aging brain, Stanford scientists discover
- Scientists detect a nuclear reactor’s ghostly afterglow for the first time
- A stress hormone may help the brain repair itself
- Paleontology rocked by organic molecules found in 66-million-year-old dinosaur bones
- Neptune’s tiny moons may be the wreckage of shattered ancient worlds
- One faulty gene copy can make the heart’s DNA fold the wrong way
- Human brain cells are far more powerful than scientists thought
- Why your brain keeps making the same decisions – even when better options exist
- Scientists discover the brain has a fast lane and slow lane for clearing waste
- Scientists turn Starlink into a giant scanner for Earth’s upper atmosphere
- The adult brain can repair itself better than scientists thought
- The secret hidden in these ancient manuscripts isn’t written in ink