The Brutalist Report

Phys

• Global access to food crops is affected by transport costs and economic inequality [21d]
• AI-driven literature mining speeds discovery of heat-stable lead-free dielectric materials [21d]
• Century-old physics idea explains why cubic fluid equations work [21d]
• Tourist sign translations made more culturally fluent by AI system [21d]
• Occupational health challenges require more than individual support, new doctoral study shows [21d]
• Scarce emergence of new species drove the decline of African megaherbivores, study suggests [21d]
• Thinner lenses, brighter colors: Metalens research clears two hurdles for AR and VR glasses [21d]
• Rising carbon dioxide is supercharging grass growth in African savannas, study finds [21d]
• Researchers build 'digital twin' to model Manhattan air quality [21d]
• North Sea wind farm expansion may shift rain offshore, simulations suggest [21d]
• Decode the chatter of birds with a neuroscientist [21d]
• Fibrinogen discovery reshapes understanding of how wounds heal [21d]
• Welcome to the jungle: Newly discovered snake named after Slash from Guns N' Roses [21d]
• Messy life-producing cellular process caught in action for first time [21d]
• Small doses of caustic soda increase biogas production from banana waste [21d]
• Intense light bent out of shape—ultrafast lenses made from gas [21d]
• Natural forest regrowth offers a lower-cost path to climate and biodiversity goals [21d]
• How membraneless organelles assemble into organized protein hubs [21d]
• Magnetically levitated quantum bit could address design flaws [21d]
• A new role for nitrate reductase in regulating nitrogen-responsive nodulation [21d]
• AI boosts sensitivity to double-Higgs signatures occurring about once per trillion collisions [21d]
• Japan to launch probe for Mars moons in October: Space agency [21d]
• Dynamics of the Icelandic ice sheet altered North Atlantic seawater chemistry, environmental physicists reveal [21d]
• Scorching summer triggers record rockfalls in Alps, scientist says [21d]
• Rising ocean temperatures reduce the natural carbon storage capacity of seagrass meadows [21d]
• Alternative mRNA modification lets ribosomes move nearly twice as fast [21d]
• Belgium's fire of the century now 'under control' [21d]
• New measurements explain how silicon and diamond achieve extreme reversible stretching [21d]
• Hypersonic impact rapidly transforms diamond into graphite, revealing energy-absorbing mechanism [21d]
• As Europe's rivers recede, shippers scramble to limit damage [21d]
• From the lab to headlines: Why do some studies make the news while others don't? [21d]
• Why social media algorithms send you posts you don't like [21d]
• Europe's heat waves scorch 80 million with 40 C heat [21d]
• How well do past extinctions predict extinction risk today? [21d]
• 'Wall-to-wall' map of NYC trees could help cool cities worldwide [21d]
• Who helps more—low-income earners or the wealthy? It depends on the situation [21d]
• A cell-motility pathway helps set the pace of embryo development [21d]
• 'Shaking up' biofilm research: Active topography reduces bacterial infections [21d]
• China's solar push linked to bird diversity losses across 2,344 counties [21d]
• Cursive is making a comeback. But does it deserve one? [21d]
• Extreme rain shifts toward larger, less frequent storms across eastern US [21d]
• Stone tools suggest Neanderthals once inhabited Arabian deserts [21d]
• Brand messaging shapes consumer choices in vegan cosmetics [21d]
• A new kind of polymer with two faces and a twist control electron spin [21d]
• Blocc chemistry could automate molecular discovery and democratize access to new materials [21d]
• Accounting staff turnover may lead to future financial reporting problems [21d]
• 100-million-year-old molecular 'bypasses' may have helped grasses dominate landscapes and agriculture [21d]
• Newton's momentum principles could help design safer offshore facilities in extreme waves [21d]
• Oxygen vacancies unlock fast lithium-ion transport in battery material [21d]
• Soil methane sink may be larger than thought, three-model analysis finds [22d]
• Temporary liver coating may improve safety and targeting of mRNA vaccines and cancer therapies [22d]
• Farm mice study shows antibiotic resistance is an environmental problem, not just a medical one [22d]
• Women compete just as hard as men for top jobs and can win them more often, auction-style study suggests [22d]
• DNA's physical properties may shape which mutations evolution preserves [22d]
• Preschool teachers overwhelmingly support play-based learning, study finds [22d]
• A little Big Bang: Bowling-pin-shaped nuclei shed new light on the universe's first moments [22d]
• 3D imaging and machine learning improve noncontact weight estimation of frozen skipjack tuna [22d]
• Neanderthal hips challenge long-standing hypothesis of a trade-off between childbirth and bipedal walking [22d]
• International review standardizes selenosugar nomenclature and selenium metabolism [22d]
• Illuminating the limits of the international unit of light, the candela [22d]
• Nanoparticle combines two strategies to speed up the healing of chronic wounds [22d]
• Fertilizer prices and shortages are hamstringing our farmers. But we have other options [22d]
• Designing supramolecular therapies to cross the blood-brain barrier [22d]
• The first wave of bird flu is the worst: What can Australia learn from overseas? [22d]
• Tobacco companies helped flood the federal comment process that stalled menthol cigarette ban [22d]
• Over 75% of UK wetlands have been destroyed—restoring them would help prevent wildfires [22d]
• Homebuyers are choosing homes with much higher carbon footprints than they realize [22d]
• How sex sheds evolutionary baggage [22d]
• Interstellar travel IV: Solar, magnetic, & directed-energy sails [22d]
• Global sand dunes map reveals clues to distant worlds, including Mars [22d]
• Children prefer fair punishment to unequal treatment, study finds [22d]
• The higher the hope, the harder the fall: Study finds ESG downgrades hit optimistic investors the hardest [22d]
• Dark boreal forests of Canada absorb enough heat to cancel up to a 5th of their climate benefit, scientists warn [22d]
• Clubbing may boost well-being for women in midlife [22d]
• Researchers gain access to crucial deliberations on deep-sea mining [22d]
• ALMA uncovers sulfur for the first time around a rare class of supergiant star [22d]
• Ocean time travelers return with secrets of the Great Barrier Reef [22d]
• Uncovering the evolution of Edo-period Japanese ceramic jars with AI [22d]
• RNA droplets may have helped start life on Earth [22d]
• Snake bones with flint cuts show Mount Carmel settlers ate reptiles 15,000 years ago [22d]
• Changing wage benefits highlight need to align skills and jobs [22d]
• Drought stress in trees: What to expect and what to do [22d]
• Dark energy and quantum gravity may be deeply intertwined [22d]
• First public firearm industry archive reveals ignored warning over suspicious gun sales [22d]
• New analysis reveals 'encouraging' global mangrove cover increase despite losses in key regions [22d]
• Communication style outweighs resume content in workplace first impressions, analysis finds [22d]
• Area affected by wildfires in Europe could almost triple due to climate change [22d]
• Australia races to shield little penguins from H5N1 bird flu [22d]
• Honduras places 80% of country on El Niño drought alert [22d]
• Rescue mission is called off for NASA's aging Swift space telescope [22d]
• What beats seeing eclipses from space? Try the northern and southern lights [22d]
• Honeybees struggle to gather nectar in August, direct measurements reveal [22d]
• Warming waters draw summer 'feeding frenzies' by whales off Greenland [22d]