The Brutalist Report

Phys

• UK dog owners prefer crossbreeds and imports to domestic pedigree breeds, study finds [25d]
• Study links climate change to rising arsenic levels in paddy rice, increasing health risks [25d]
• Marine radar can accurately monitor vessel speeds to protect whales, study finds [25d]
• Children under special guardianship need greater support at school, experts urge [25d]
• Why some meteor showers are so unpredictable [25d]
• Tracing phosphorus through cosmic evolution: From interstellar space to Earth's biochemistry [25d]
• Cholesterol-modified oligonucleotides show promise for treating brain diseases [25d]
• Solar power shortages are on the rise with increasing demand and climate change [25d]
• Rare thunderstorm near the North Pole: A sign of a warming Arctic? [25d]
• Mitonuclear incompatibility and extra-pair offspring: An explanation for biased sex ratios in birds [25d]
• A balanced combination of sufficient light and stable forest microclimate could be key to oak regeneration [25d]
• Extreme precipitation is on the rise in arid northwest China, study finds [25d]
• How updating climate baselines influences detection of extreme events in China [25d]
• Forward genetics approach reveals the factor responsible for carbon trade-off in leaves [25d]
• Glowing gunshot residue: New method illuminates crime scene clues [25d]
• Scientists uncover novel function of autophagy protein ATG-9 in regulating lysosome integrity [25d]
• Prague zoo breeds near-extinct Brazilian mergansers [25d]
• A roadmap for obtaining first sample returns from Mercury and Venus [25d]
• People, not gators, are at fault in most alligator bite cases [25d]
• Malaysia's wild fish catch is stagnating while aquaculture surges, says new report [25d]
• Germany sees 'worrying' record dry spell in early 2025 [25d]
• Hubble provides a new view of a galactic favorite [25d]
• More than half of Scotland's coastal vessels go untracked, study finds [25d]
• Golden eyes: How gold nanoparticles may one day help to restore people's vision [25d]
• Study examines symbiotic relationship between mycorrhizal fungi in plant roots and bacterial communities in soil [25d]
• Viewing art can boost well-being by giving meaning to life [25d]
• Crystallography-informed AI achieves high performance in predicting novel crystal structures [25d]
• Customizable fluorescent nanoclays offer diverse applications [25d]
• AI uses extrapolative learning to master materials prediction beyond existing data [25d]
• Cytoskeletal filament formation: Scientists discover new details about vimentin filaments critical for wound healing [25d]
• New form of dark matter could solve decades-old Milky Way mystery [25d]
• Antikythera Mechanism's intricate gears: Simulations of ancient astronomical device reveal potential jamming issues [25d]
• Gorillas in Congo's Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park scratch the ground for truffles, not for insects as long assumed [25d]
• Team captures first confirmed footage of a baby colossal squid [25d]
• European potato genome decoded: Researchers find small gene pool with large differences [25d]
• For sales quota periods, one size doesn't fit all [25d]
• Human connections to seagrass meadows date back 180,000 years, study reveals [25d]
• Crystal clues on Mars point to watery and possibly life-supporting past [25d]
• 'Ban-the-Box' policy did not effectively help job applicants with criminal records, analysis finds [25d]
• Astronomers find rare twist in exoplanet's twin star orbit [25d]
• Earth's magnetic pole shift: Sunscreen, clothes and caves may have helped Homo sapiens survive 41,000 years ago [25d]
• Aussies' love of chocolate, coffee and red meat comes at a high cost to the planet [25d]
• Holiday flights could carry fewer passengers as world warms [25d]
• Research shows countries that cut ties with the Catholic Church perform better [25d]
• No kidding: Goats prove brainier than sheep and alpacas [25d]
• TikTok's cookie challenge: Why some children share and others don't [25d]
• Students are neither left nor right brained: How some early childhood educators get this 'neuromyth' and others wrong [25d]
• Giant virus discovered in Finland [25d]
• Woodrats' immunity to snake venom changes with the weather, researchers discover [25d]
• Experts suspect link between earthquake shaking and traffic accidents using navigation app data [25d]
• Pitfalls of post-human, AI governance in real-world 'city brain' project explored in study [25d]
• 'De-extinction' of dire wolves promotes false hope: Technology can't undo extinction [25d]
• Researchers discover new mode of mitochondrial regulation in stem cell fate [25d]
• Africa's superfood heroes from teff to insects deserve more attention [25d]
• Microbes in Brooklyn superfund site teach lessons on fighting industrial pollution [25d]
• Statistical analysis predicts long-term drop in chicken fertility rates [25d]
• Chirality induces giant charge rectification in a superconductor [25d]
• Multivalley semiconductor enables optical switching in germanium for high-speed computing and communications [25d]
• Simulating protein structures involved in memory formation [25d]
• Wide variety of old-growth ecosystems across the US makes their conservation a complex challenge [25d]
• Miami researchers are testing a textured seawall designed to hold back water and create a home for marine organisms [25d]
• Railways were essential to carrying out the Holocaust. Decades later, corporate reckoning continues [25d]
• Giving cash to families in poor, rural communities can help bring down child marriage rates: New research [25d]
• Cell movement without myosin: New mobility mechanism challenges dogma [25d]
• Americans overwhelmingly support punishing political violence but partisan bias apparent on both sides of the divide [25d]
• Innovative computational tool uses long-read sequencing to track antibiotic resistance genes [25d]
• Challenging 'publish or perish' culture—researchers call for overhaul of academic publishing [25d]
• A century after its discovery, scientists capture first confirmed footage of a colossal squid in the deep [25d]
• Homelessness—the other housing crisis politicians aren't talking about [25d]
• First Caribbean 'dirt ant' found in 16-million-year-old amber [25d]
• Bonobos refuse to participate when faced with unequal rewards [25d]
• Engineers develop eco-friendly plastic from mineral found in seashells [25d]
• Robot-powered biofoundry accelerates plant engineering for improved oil production [25d]
• Good workplace culture key to improving lawyers' well-being [25d]
• Physicists develop compact, mid-infrared pulse generator on single chip [25d]
• How glycolysis drives early embryonic cell decisions [25d]
• Using vibrations to see into Yellowstone's magma reservoir [25d]
• 'Cosmic radio' detector could discover dark matter within 15 years [25d]
• Bite-sized chunks of chicken with the texture of whole meat can be grown in the lab [25d]
• New clues from old bones: Some Vikings were much more violent than others [25d]
• Juvenile incarceration linked to poor adult outcomes and higher recidivism [25d]
• The complex origin story of domestic cats: Research points to Tunisia [25d]
• Fluorescence microscopy tracks phage attachment to bacteria in real time [25d]
• Study realizes symmetry-protected molecular qubits based on cold polyatomic molecules [25d]
• AI enhances molecular design with uncertainty quantification [25d]
• Magnetic force training helps AI take charge of material simulations [25d]
• Anxiety felt by today's young adults may be due to conflicting pressures to hurry up—and wait [25d]
• Desert reservoirs found to trap organic carbon in sediment [26d]
• Politicians' dark personalities can deepen political divisions [26d]
• Astronomers discover two more double-faced white dwarfs [26d]
• Microorganisms employ a secret weapon during metabolism at hydrothermal vents [26d]
• Little birds' personalities shine through their song—and may help them find a mate [26d]
• Deep dive into plant signaling data reveals a noisy 'elephant in the room' [26d]
• Earth's ionospheric turbulence may be linked to magnetospheric activity [26d]
• Growing wildflowers on disused urban land without first testing soil can damage bee health [26d]
• How local regulations helped create certainty and safety principles that enabled biotech's massive growth [26d]
• Allowing forests to regrow and regenerate is a great way to restore habitat [26d]
• Bat cells may combat deadliest human diseases [26d]
• Mechanically interlocked 2D chainmail unlocks smart polymers with shape-shifting capabilities [26d]
• Term or permanent life insurance? A new study offers guidance [26d]