Research
The latest research stories, curated daily by StudentNews — Science, engineering, and discovery — the research and breakthroughs that matter.
- Student News Today — October 9, 2026
- Our research found a new reason to keep teachers happy—it's linked to how well students do
- Unlocking AI as a research tool for plant microscopy
- Digital textbooks significantly boost students' intrinsic learning motivation
- Students help researchers study how people experience temperature
- Scientists discovered two bizarre new sea spiders that are “nightmare fuel”
- High-tech canopy maps reveal how tropical birds use Amazon forests
- LA fire smoke triggered surge in airborne toxins: How long did they stay?
- Hydrogen crosses, water stays: Palladium membrane enables ammonia synthesis using water
- First known case of Marfan syndrome discovered in feline siblings
- Picosecond pulses push superconductors beyond their critical-current limit
- Major survey reveals public support for UK nature recovery
- GenAI use among online adult learners associated with academic performance and technology confidence
- Bee-made propolis boosts an antifungal drug against yeast pathogens in lab tests
- Earth shifted among five 'mega-climate' states over 539 million years, with extinctions spiking near transitions
- DIY filter systems improve air quality in classrooms
- Bat genomes and fossils point to a European origin 65 million years ago
- Research project identifies pathways to climate-resilient water and soil management
- Corals show 'vaccine-like' responses after pathogen exposure
- The mosquito's transition from vegan to bloodsucker explained
- Electrical control method tunes magnetic properties for next-generation spintronic memory
- Follow the fish: How marine life is helping reveal hidden shipwrecks
- This new concrete is stronger and pulls CO2 from the air
- STEM activities with family and educators expose students to diverse career paths
- Researchers measure the environment where the first supermassive black holes formed
- Amino acids and a bone mineral may help control magnesium implant breakdown, three student papers suggest
- Physicists extend the search for quantum black holes at the LHC
- Giving students a voice in how they learn could transform the classroom experience
- Greenland's Qaanaaq Ice Cap has lost enough ice to produce a layer of water about 8 meters deep
- More than puppy love: How therapy dogs bring students together
- Jurassic fossil reveals ancient origins of how mammals drink milk
- New algorithm could predict Arctic sea ice up to 9 months ahead, offering new climate insights
- Spinach nanoparticles help failing rat hearts via 'borrowed photosynthesis'
- Neanderthals may have used prehistoric glue as an ancient antibiotic
- Ultraviolet laser pulses engineer diamond defects selectively, leaving quantum qubits intact
- Geologists uncover evidence of a missing Late Cretaceous magmatic arc in northwestern Iran
- Bacteria turn a virus’ own weapon against it
- NASA astronauts splash down after 100 million miles in space
- FDA-approved epilepsy drug may help reverse osteoarthritis damage
- Scientists accidentally discover a genetic code that breaks the rules of life
- Scientists found Homo erectus 200,000 years earlier than expected
- NASA’s Webb finds signs of Mars-sized worlds smashing together
- Drug target could block brain inflammation linked to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
- Animals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than we thought
- Physicists just saw quarks make waves in the Big Bang’s primordial soup
- Scientists finally see how nature moves energy so efficiently
- Cancer-fighting t cells burn out. Scientists may have found a fix
- This mysterious hole on the Moon may open into a giant cave
- The “glue” holding your cells together has a surprising second job
- Scientists just found a new way to make hydrogen from water