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Columbia Study Finds Landfill Methane Emissions Far Exceed Federal Estimates

Researchers used two and a half years of continuous measurements from a New Jersey monitoring tower to reach their conclusions.

Aug 5, 2026

MIT Researchers Grow Air-Stable Ultrathin Superconductor Under Graphene Layer

The material, niobium diselenide, maintained its superconducting properties when tested in a microwave circuit and could help miniaturize quantum computing hardware.

Aug 5, 2026

Nagoya University Scientists Identify Brain Cells That Sustain Motivation

Orexin neurons in rats drove animals to keep working for rewards even as tasks became progressively harder, pointing to a possible target for treating motivational disorders.

Aug 5, 2026

McGill Study Finds Sitting Upright Boosts Mood and Risk Decision-Making

Nearly 200 participants took part in a laboratory experiment where posture was changed without their knowledge, and those sitting upright earned larger rewards in a virtual balloon game.

Aug 5, 2026

H5N1 Bird Flu Spreads to Australia Threatening Wildlife Populations

At least 78 wild birds have tested positive across mainland Australia, and mass deaths among greater crested terns have already been confirmed off South Australia's coast.

Aug 5, 2026

NASA PUNCH Satellites Predict Solar Storms Within Half Hour of Accuracy

A constellation of four microsatellites tracked a coronal mass ejection on May 31, 2025, and predicted its arrival at Earth eight hours in advance.

Aug 5, 2026

Texas Orders Review of Data Centers After 400 Gigawatts in Power Requests

Governor Greg Abbott directed state utility commissions to audit proposed new data centers after ERCOT received requests representing more than 474 gigawatts of new grid connections.

Aug 4, 2026

Study Finds Most Readers Prefer AI Stories Over Human-Written Ones

Researchers at Villanova University found that 1,682 adults rated AI-generated stories higher in quality and found them more absorbing than stories written by humans.

Aug 4, 2026

Pet Flea Treatments Found Contaminating UK Rivers at Harmful Levels

A UK House of Lords report found two common pesticides from pet parasite products in rivers at levels high enough to harm invertebrates.

Aug 4, 2026

Bull Sharks Prefer to Swim Near Their Own Relatives

A six-year study in Fiji found that adult bull sharks are slightly more likely to associate with kin than with unrelated sharks.

Aug 4, 2026

KU Leuven Team Develops Graphene Membrane That Cuts Energy Use in Solvent Purification

The new membrane separates water from isopropanol faster than existing distillation methods, producing a permeate containing about 99.6% water.

Aug 4, 2026

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found in Vietnam Fish Farm Waters Near Cat Ba Island

Researchers detected drug-resistant Vibrio parahaemolyticus in nearly one-quarter of water samples collected from grouper farms during summer and winter seasons.

Aug 4, 2026