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Can this biotech innovation halt the destructive march of a cereal killer?
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Can this biotech innovation halt the destructive march of a cereal killer?

A UK-led research collaboration has taken a significant step in the global effort to protect cereal crops from the devastating blast fungus. Researchers at the John Innes Centre explored a recently discovered class of plant defense receptors, showing at the molecular level how they limit blast pathogen attacks and how they might be bioengineered to provide broader, more durable immunity in wheat, barley and rice.

📅 2026-09-23 23:00:04    •    Phys.org
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Combined satellite views offer clues to magma movement beneath Ethiopia's volcanoes
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Combined satellite views offer clues to magma movement beneath Ethiopia's volcanoes

Magma moving beneath a volcano can make the ground rise, sink or shift sideways. Measuring these changes gives scientists clues about where magma is stored and how it travels. A study published in Geodesy and Geodynamics used satellite radar to examine the November 2025 eruption of Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia's Afar Depression. Hayli Gubbi and nearby Erta Ale are separate volcanoes within the same volcanic zone, where three tectonic plates are pulling apart.

📅 2026-09-23 23:00:01    •    Phys.org
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Bennu asteroid samples point to a surprising origin involving Jupiter
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Bennu asteroid samples point to a surprising origin involving Jupiter

The asteroid Bennu orbits the sun once every 1.2 years and approaches Earth every six years, passing within around 300,000 kilometers. NASA took advantage of this to collect material from the celestial body. In a spectacular operation in 2023, the US space agency collected samples from the surface of the asteroid Bennu by its OSIRIS-REx probe.

📅 2026-09-23 22:40:01    •    Phys.org
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Starch-based sensor changes color to indicate moisture in food packaging
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Starch-based sensor changes color to indicate moisture in food packaging

Brazilian researchers have developed a biodegradable, starch-based sensor that changes color when moisture enters food packaging. With the addition of cobalt chloride, the sensor changes from blue to pink as moisture levels rise and back to blue as they fall. Consumers and manufacturers could use it to monitor the quality and crispness of foods such as cookies with the naked eye or a cellphone camera, without complex equipment.

📅 2026-09-23 22:20:08    •    Phys.org
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Gene editing produces soybean with more than 90% oleic acid
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Gene editing produces soybean with more than 90% oleic acid

Sejong University researchers have developed a high-quality soybean with improved oxidative stability, reduced saturated fat and increased seed fatty acid content. The research team led by Hyun Uk Kim, a professor in the Department of Bio-Industrial Resources Engineering at Sejong University, created the soybean line containing up to 90.2% oleic acid using CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology. The study is published in the Plant Biotechnology Journal.

📅 2026-09-23 22:20:05    •    Phys.org
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Banking patterns could help identify people experiencing financial abuse, UK study finds
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Banking patterns could help identify people experiencing financial abuse, UK study finds

Telltale signs of financial abuse, such as depleted savings, increasing debts and declining credit scores, can be identified in bank records, according to an analysis of U.K. banking data published in Nature. The findings reveal up to 373 indicators of financial behavior that could help pinpoint customers who may be experiencing economic abuse.

📅 2026-09-23 22:00:02    •    Phys.org
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The Antarctic's only two flowering plants reveal opposing strategies for surviving long-term warming
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The Antarctic's only two flowering plants reveal opposing strategies for surviving long-term warming

A team of Chilean and Spanish researchers has published the results of one of the longest-running in-situ warming experiments in maritime Antarctica in the journal Physiologia Plantarum. The experiment exposed the Antarctic continent's only two native vascular plant species, Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic hairgrass) and Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort), to passive warming chambers (Open Top Chambers, OTCs) for seven years.

📅 2026-09-23 21:20:08    •    Phys.org
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Graphene measurements reveal energy-loss and quantum-coherence exponents diverge under gate control
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Graphene measurements reveal energy-loss and quantum-coherence exponents diverge under gate control

Scientists have shown that the two exponents (inelastic scattering exponent and dephasing exponent) commonly used to describe electron scattering in graphene do not necessarily follow the same behavior. Using gated epitaxial graphene, a multi-institutional team of researchers independently extracted the two exponents through current-heating measurements and weak-localization analysis. The contrasting gate-voltage dependence provides evidence that energy relaxation and loss of quantum phase coherence can be governed by different microscopic processes.

📅 2026-09-23 21:20:04    •    Phys.org
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Evolved enzymes build tuberculosis antibiotic ingredient in the desired form, potentially reducing waste
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Evolved enzymes build tuberculosis antibiotic ingredient in the desired form, potentially reducing waste

Tuberculosis, or TB, is a contagious bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs. While curative treatments exist, more than 80% of cases occur in low- and middle-income nations, where drug-resistant strains are on the rise and the cost of medications is a burden. A new class of antibiotics has shown promise against multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant TB, but its manufacturing cost is a barrier to access in poorer countries that need the treatments most.

📅 2026-09-23 21:00:05    •    Phys.org
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‘Lately, my algorithm is trash’
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‘Lately, my algorithm is trash’

Illustration by Andy Huang/Ikon Images Science & Tech ‘Lately, my algorithm is trash’ Are we shaping our feeds or are they shaping us? Liz Mineo Harvard Staff Writer September 23, 2026 long read Recommendation algorithms promise social media users a personalized experience, but some experts worry they promote doomscrolling, brain rot, and myriad mental health problems. Australia recently proposed legislation to allow users to opt out of algorithms with the goal of protecting children online and giving people more control over what they see on their feeds. We asked faculty members from different fields of study to share their views and concerns about recommendation algorithms. Their responses...

📅 2026-09-23 20:55:44    •    Harvard Gazette
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New AI methodology powers the latest million dollar list
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New AI methodology powers the latest million dollar list

New research from Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy examines charitable gifts of $1 million or more from 2021 to 2023. The Million-Dollar-Plus Giving in the United States, 2021–2023 report offers insights into how these donors responded to a rapidly changing environment.

📅 2026-09-23 20:40:05    •    Phys.org
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Curios and curiouser
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Curios and curiouser

Science & Tech Curios and curiouser Polar bear from 1878. Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer September 23, 2026 5 min read With exhibits including a dodo, fish mummified in pearl, and a ‘King Kong’-connected Komodo, ‘discovering the stories is one of the best jobs’ You’ve probably already marveled at the astonishingly realistic glass flowers on display at the Harvard Museum of Natural History as well as the whale skeletons suspended from the rafters in its Great Mammal Hall. But have you seen its dodo bird specimen or the Komodo dragon skull? Both are showcased in the new exhibit “Collecting Wonders: Tomorrow’s Discoveries,” which has unearthed some ...

📅 2026-09-23 19:23:00    •    Harvard Gazette
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How did Hurricane Polo get so powerful?
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How did Hurricane Polo get so powerful?

A Pacific cyclone dubbed Polo exploded from a tropical storm into a powerful Category 5 hurricane in less than 24 hours on Tuesday (Sept. 22), with winds reaching speeds of 180 mph (290 km/h). Now drifting off the southwest coast of Mexico, Polo has been downgraded to a Category 4 storm but remains "a very powerful major hurricane," the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in an update Wednesday (Sept. 23).As Polo moves northwest, it is expected to drive torrential rainfall on parts of Mexico's southwest coast. Although the storm is not predicted to make direct landfall, the NHC has warned that heavy rain may produce life-threatening flooding and mudslides, as well as extremely hazardous oce...

📅 2026-09-23 18:46:21    •    Live Science
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The healing power of gene therapy
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The healing power of gene therapy

Health ‘Harvard Thinking’: The healing power of gene therapy Illustrations by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Samantha Laine Perfas Harvard Staff Writer September 23, 2026 long read How researchers are seeing their work changing lives — from restoring children’s hearing to saving a baby born with a fatal disease Baby KJ made national headlines last year when at 6 months old he became the first person to receive a personalized CRISPR gene-editing treatment for his previously incurable genetic disorder. David Liu, the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, says that the case — spearheaded by doctors at the University of Pennsylvania and at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia — h...

📅 2026-09-23 17:51:53    •    Harvard Gazette
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