Research
The latest research stories, curated daily by StudentNews — Science, engineering, and discovery — the research and breakthroughs that matter.
- Vehicle-mounted spectroscopy system detects methane in real time
- Short, intense storms gain intensity across Hawaiʻi
- How bacteria develop resistance to programmable antibiotics
- How to keep your child's tablets, laptops from becoming distractions from schoolwork
- Scientists discover a brain “brake” that can shut down chronic pain
- AI framework challenges student ideas early, helping undergraduates think critically about research
- How plants evolved a molecular switch to cope with heat
- Permafrost thaws worldwide as active layers deepen from 2000 to 2024
- Liquid gallium experiment confirms key flow regime inside rapidly rotating stars and planets
- Climate change exposes up to 560 million children globally to at least one additional month of dangerous heat per year
- Why some lava-covered exoplanets retain atmospheres for billions of years
- After 80 years, elusive molecules reveal how ozone starts turning plant emissions into haze
- Researchers map tick habitat to strengthen African swine fever preparedness
- From nuisance to new resource: Prickly pear could support fuels, foods and rural growers
- Porpoise entanglement recorded in real time, revealing calls and escape attempts
- Adaptation and a 'Noah's Ark for trees' offer hope for endangered black ash
- Egypt's deserts were once home to a diverse shark community
- AI financial advice can improve decisions or steer investors wrong, experiment finds
- Mystery statue unearthed at Sardis archaeological dig
- Soil bacteria share amino acids, helping nearly half survive nutrient gaps
- Tiny ocean plankton hold clues to the future of Maine lobster
- GenAI cannot accurately grade student essays in higher education, study finds
- Common medications may change your gut for years
- Too much or too little sleep may make your body age faster
- Protein degradation rate helps explain why humans develop more slowly than mice
- Physicists create a tiny “Big Bang” with surprisingly small atomic nuclei
- Black holes keep tearing these stars apart, but they survive
- This yeast supplement may boost cancer-fighting immunity
- Ph.D. student's forensic review highlights need for standardized bloodstain pattern classification
- Thinner lenses, brighter colors: Metalens research clears two hurdles for AR and VR glasses
- Evolution favors flatter paths when fitness outcomes are equal, study finds
- Tiny oxygen gaps may determine whether next-generation memory films store data well
- Vehicle-mounted spectroscopy system detects methane in real time
- Specific cover crops may help attract insects that target harmful pests
- Discovery reveals rapid pathways to complex aromatic molecules in space
- Short, intense storms gain intensity across Hawaiʻi
- Shear flow in narrow channels sparks amyloid formation, experiments reveal
- MOF-coated catalyst converts CO₂ to CO nearly five times faster under ultrasonic vibration
- Fast but error-prone AI assists in solving a decades-old fluid mechanics problem in five weeks
- A few minutes of freezing can change the fate of iron in nature
- Parental care can influence evolution, beetle experiments show
- How bacteria develop resistance to programmable antibiotics
- Mirror-image molecules steer electron spins and lift perovskite solar cell efficiency
- AI searched 100 million possibilities and found a cheaper way to 3D-print a NASA rocket alloy
- Scientists discover a brain “brake” that can shut down chronic pain
- Childhood trauma may leave a lasting “scar” inside brain cells
- Three forgotten kings could rewrite the history of ancient Assyria
- Shingles vaccine linked to 24% lower dementia risk
- Depression may shut down the brain’s ability to make new neurons
- Common medications may change your gut for years