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UNM expands academic commitment to quantum information science, engineering and technology

As New Mexico makes significant investments to establish itself as a leader in quantum technology, The University of New Mexico is expanding its academic efforts to prepare students for the opportunities emerging alongside this growing industry and new...

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Sep 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • news.unm.edu
Scientists capture two DNA strands zipping together for the first time

Scientists have directly observed how two negatively charged DNA molecules can pair up despite normally repelling each other. Positively charged metal ions appear to bridge the gap, helping matching DNA helices align groove for groove like a molecular zipper. The discovery confirms a theory proposed two decades ago and could help researchers understand DNA interactions involved in cancer and other cellular processes.

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Sep 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
How geopolitical rifts cut scientific collaboration

Researchers have measured how worsening geopolitical relations hobble scientific collaboration, at last quantifying the impact of rifts between governments on cooperation between labs. Over the last decade, a tenser world has thrown up new barriers to cross-border science. Collaboration between the US and China has dimmed as the two countries have sunk into an ever-deeper rivalry. Links between Russia and Europe have collapsed following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But while a concern, the magnitude of the damage is less than might be expected. For all the geopolitical turmoil of the last decade, international scientific collaborations are near a record high. “Some part of the story is positive,” said Shreyas Gadgin Matha, a social scientist at Harvard University and an author of the new study. “Research collaborations are largely resilient.” Matha and colleagues looked at data on cross-border research papers and patents in the period 2000-23, and analysed how they were impacted by countries’ political relations, as measured by how often states voted together in the United Nations. They found that when states drift apart at the UN by the median difference in votes between all countries, joint scientific papers decline by 3.1% over the next three-year period. To put that in context, over the last decade, the US and China have diverged by around a third of that difference in votes every three years. In other words, on average, it takes quite a significant diplomatic rift even to trigger a small single-digit percentage drop in joint papers. “In the short term, even something like a 3% reduction [in joint papers] is, in some ways, not that big of a number,” said Matha. Research remains more international than ever, according to an analysis extending to 2023 released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2025. We’re still living in an era of unprecedented scientific globalisation, the analysis says, with 27% of papers in OECD countries written across borders. In 1970, just 2% of articles had authors from different countries. Longer-term damage?However, this trend towards increasing international collaboration “has lost momentum and might be partly breaking down,” the OECD analysis says, largely due to a fall in the intensity of US-China joint papers since 2018. Matha and his colleagues stressed they are not complacent about the global science system. For now, “it's pretty resilient,” said co-author Muhammed Yildirim, director of academic research at Harvard’s Growth Lab. But if links are weakened, through the denial of study visas, for example, then this could have a much longer-term effect, cascading through generations of scientists, he added. Related articlesChina becomes Russia’s biggest collaborator after war decimates science ties with the west US scientists prefer German to Chinese collaborators, study finds Horizon Europe is now truly global. But what comes next? Another finding of the study, Burning bridges or bridging divides: Geopolitics and collaboration in research and innovation, is that trust appears easier to destroy than create.The hit to scientific collaboration when countries drift apart is around three times as big as the growth in joint papers when they move closer, the paper finds. “It's far easier to break these ties than to mend them, and that that also perhaps has some larger policy lesson,” said Matha.PatentsThe results around patents were less clear cut. Some methods of analysis found a statistically significant link between a diplomatic rift and a drop in co-patenting, but others did not. According to Yildirim, patents with cross-border inventors are often developed by multinational companies, which may have invested heavily in global R&D facilities, so are less likely to change how they operate simply due to a change in the geopolitical weather. “That's why we might not be seeing the effect immediately in technology,” he said.By contrast, researchers might be more sensitive to geopolitics, because visa policies can quickly affect who meets who at academic conferences, he went on. International collaboration on patents is much lower than for academic articles, the study shows. It peaked at around 10% in 2010, and has since fallen back to around 8%. This could be because China dramatically ramped up domestic patents in the 2010s, said Yildirim, squeezing the international share.

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Sep 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
NASA, IBM Launch AI Foundation Model for Lunar Science

NASA is bringing artificial intelligence to the study of the Moon, helping researchers transform how they analyze the Moon’s surface. In an ongoing

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Sep 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
Scientists create brilliant white material without a drop of white pigment

Researchers have created a foam-based material that produces intense whiteness and water repellency without titanium dioxide pigments or PFAS chemicals. Inspired by natural structures in snow, clouds, flowers, and lotus leaves, the material uses tiny pores to scatter light while its rough surface repels water. The technology could offer a more sustainable way to make white, water-resistant everyday materials.

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Sep 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
How geopolitical rifts cut scientific collaboration

Researchers have measured how worsening geopolitical relations hobble scientific collaboration, at last quantifying the impact of rifts between governments on cooperation between labs. Over the last decade, a tenser world has thrown up new barriers to cross-border science. Collaboration between the US and China has dimmed as the two countries have sunk into an ever-deeper rivalry. Links between Russia and Europe have collapsed following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. But while a concern, the magnitude of the damage is less than might be expected. For all the geopolitical turmoil of the last decade, international scientific collaborations are near a record high. “Some part of the story is positive,” said Shreyas Gadgin Matha, a social scientist at Harvard University and an author of the new study. “Research collaborations are largely resilient.” Matha and colleagues looked at data on cross-border research papers and patents in the period 2000-23, and analysed how they were impacted by countries’ political relations, as measured by how often states voted together in the United Nations. They found that when states drift apart at the UN by the median difference in votes between all countries, joint scientific papers decline by 3.1% over the next three-year period. To put that in context, over the last decade, the US and China have diverged by around a third of that difference in votes every three years. In other words, on average, it takes quite a significant diplomatic rift even to trigger a small single-digit percentage drop in joint papers. “In the short term, even something like a 3% reduction [in joint papers] is, in some ways, not that big of a number,” said Matha. Research remains more international than ever, according to an analysis extending to 2023 released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2025. We’re still living in an era of unprecedented scientific globalisation, the analysis says, with 27% of papers in OECD countries written across borders. In 1970, just 2% of articles had authors from different countries. Longer-term damage?However, this trend towards increasing international collaboration “has lost momentum and might be partly breaking down,” the OECD analysis says, largely due to a fall in the intensity of US-China joint papers since 2018. Matha and his colleagues stressed they are not complacent about the global science system. For now, “it's pretty resilient,” said co-author Muhammed Yildirim, director of academic research at Harvard’s Growth Lab. But if links are weakened, through the denial of study visas, for example, then this could have a much longer-term effect, cascading through generations of scientists, he added. Related articlesChina becomes Russia’s biggest collaborator after war decimates science ties with the west US scientists prefer German to Chinese collaborators, study finds Horizon Europe is now truly global. But what comes next? Another finding of the study, Burning bridges or bridging divides: Geopolitics and collaboration in research and innovation, is that trust appears easier to destroy than create.The hit to scientific collaboration when countries drift apart is around three times as big as the growth in joint papers when they move closer, the paper finds. “It's far easier to break these ties than to mend them, and that that also perhaps has some larger policy lesson,” said Matha.PatentsThe results around patents were less clear cut. Some methods of analysis found a statistically significant link between a diplomatic rift and a drop in co-patenting, but others did not. According to Yildirim, patents with cross-border inventors are often developed by multinational companies, which may have invested heavily in global R&D facilities, so are less likely to change how they operate simply due to a change in the geopolitical weather. “That's why we might not be seeing the effect immediately in technology,” he said.By contrast, researchers might be more sensitive to geopolitics, because visa policies can quickly affect who meets who at academic conferences, he went on. International collaboration on patents is much lower than for academic articles, the study shows. It peaked at around 10% in 2010, and has since fallen back to around 8%. This could be because China dramatically ramped up domestic patents in the 2010s, said Yildirim, squeezing the international share.

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Sep 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • sciencebusiness.net
Do black holes have hidden hair? Scientists are searching

If black holes have extra matter around them – aka hidden hair – astronomers could find it by measuring the different characteristics of these ripples.

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Sep 10 • 7:58 AM EDT • Science • earthsky.org
Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth’s hottest month they’ve measured.

Global monthly ocean temperatures in August tied a March 2024 all-time record.

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Sep 10 • 7:55 AM EDT • Science • bostonherald.com
'The Long And Winding Road': Beatles References Turn Up In Studies Across Science

A PLOS One study found more than 3,000 science paper titles borrowing Beatles lyrics, including the AI paper behind ChatGPT.

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Sep 10 • 7:12 AM EDT • Science • studyfinds.com
Is T. Rowe Price Science & Technology Fund (PRSCX) a Strong Mutual Fund Pick Right Now?

Mutual Fund Report for PRSCX

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Sep 10 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • finance.yahoo.com
Have scientists finally detected dark matter?

For decades physicists have been puzzling over the enigma of dark matter. We think it makes up 85% of the matter in the universe, but the mysterious substance cannot be seen or detected, and we know about it mainly through observations of the gravitational effects it has on other things. But now scientists believe they may be a step closer to detecting it. Science editor Ian Sample explains to Madeleine Finlay why, if confirmed, the finding could completely transform our understanding of the universe. And Dr Samuel Erikson, senior research associate at the University of Bristol, and first author of the research paper, explains how the finding has been received in the physics community

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Sep 10 • 6:54 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
Indigenous fisherwoman finds ‘lost’ spinach pipefish, not seen by science in 40 years

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. On the final day of a two-week expedition, where researchers were searching for a “lost” species along Papua New Guinea’s Sepik River, Helen Asu arrived with two small, greenish-brown fish. She had caught them while fishing for prawns […]

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Sep 10 • 6:52 AM EDT • Science • news.mongabay.com
BugFest 2026 set to celebrate 30 years of fun at NC Museum of Natural Sciences

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is gearing up for its biggest celebration yet as it marks the 30th anniversary of BugFest on Sept. 19.

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Sep 10 • 6:49 AM EDT • Science • cbs17.com
Scientists are investigating whether popular supplements could harm the aging brain

New studies raise questions about the use of Vitamin D, omega-3 fish oil and glucosamine supplements in some people.

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Sep 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • washingtonpost.com
Scientists are investigating whether popular supplements could harm the aging brain

New studies raise questions about the use of Vitamin D, omega-3 fish oil and glucosamine supplements in some people.

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Sep 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Is San Antonio's gut health boom backed by science or hype?

From kefir bars to a lupus breakthrough, San Antonio is having a gut health moment. Scientists explain what's evidence-based and what's not.

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Sep 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • sanantonioreport.org
American Kratom Association lobbyist Mac Haddow on kratom regulation, science and why he calls it a life saver

As the federal government and states crack down on some kratom products, Mac Haddow joins ‘Untold’ to talk regulation and science.

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Sep 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • wtvr.com
Is San Antonio's gut health boom backed by science or hype?

From kefir bars to a lupus breakthrough, San Antonio is having a gut health moment. Scientists explain what's evidence-based and what's not.

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Sep 10 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • sanantonioreport.org
Is Life Itself a State of Matter?

We can explain solids, liquids, and gases — but how nonliving matter self-assembles into life remains one of science’s great mysteries.

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Sep 10 • 5:55 AM EDT • Science • thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
Science Says: It's OK to Hate the Heat

You hate it. I hate it. We all hate it. It’s ——- hot! But are we being pampered Southern Californians brats who can’t handle a real summer? No, says science! […]

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Sep 10 • 5:15 AM EDT • Science • voiceofsandiego.org
Diamond Research Scholars explore big questions across science, medicine and the arts

As the fall semester begins, Diamond Research Scholars are continuing research projects that explore everything from science and medicine to art and animation.

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Sep 10 • 5:13 AM EDT • Science • now.temple.edu
My Science Job: Christian Thompson's resume includes designs for space gear

Christian Thompson, Quinsigamond Community College alum, struggled academically until a professor turned him toward manufacturing technology. He went on to design spacesuits at David Clark.

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Sep 10 • 5:01 AM EDT • Science • telegram.com
13 faculty chosen for NSF CAREER awards

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Thirteen professors have been recognized by the National Science Foundation for exceptional achievements early in their research careers. Each has received a 2026 Faculty Early…

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Sep 10 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • purdue.edu
Tate & Lyle Strengthens Climate Ambition with Updated Science-Based Targets to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Updated targets reflect Tate & Lyle’s commitment to building a more sustainable and resilient food system.

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Sep 10 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • perishablenews.com
Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured

The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August. Scientists said the heat surge is mostly due to human-caused climate change.

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Sep 10 • 4:54 AM EDT • Science • npr.org
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New Exhibit Shows Where Sports And Science Meets

It's opening Soon At The Buffalo Museum of Science

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Sep 10 • 4:30 AM EDT • Science • kgab.com
Bringing evidence into focus with Web of Science DeepR

Web of Science DeepR brings together Web of Science discovery and full text from ProQuest and other sources to create a more connected experience and unlock new possibilities for AI-assisted research.

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Sep 10 • 4:07 AM EDT • Science • clarivate.com
Museum of Science's new Science Stadium exhibit connects science, sports

The Buffalo Museum of Science will capitalize on the region’s love of our local professional sports teams, and will also use the opportunity to teach about science and engineering through

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Sep 10 • 3:45 AM EDT • Science • thedailynewsonline.com
As AI transforms science, researchers need far more support

Prospect of AI creating “new scientific paradigm” necessitates big picture responses from across research community

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Sep 10 • 3:00 AM EDT • Science • researchprofessionalnews.com
Autism Decoded: New Science Is Opening Paths to Better Treatments

In the past few decades, researchers have identified hundreds of genes that increase the risk of autism spectrum

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Sep 10 • 2:30 AM EDT • Science • technology.org
Scientists and fishermen celebrate return of bluefin tuna

Marine biologists and fisherman reflect on the increasing numbers of bluefin tuna in UK waters.

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Sep 10 • 1:04 AM EDT • Science • bbc.com
Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists

Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans

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Sep 10 • 1:00 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
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To protect science in the AI era, train researchers better

Universities must guide on how distrust is manufactured and how misconduct operates, says Baraa Khuder

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Sep 10 • 1:00 AM EDT • Science • researchprofessionalnews.com
Iowa State graduate student, entrepreneur builds sustainable business

AMES — For Iowa State graduate student Allyson Reinert, entrepreneurship started with one goal: creating sustainable products for her community. She launched Mystic Eco, originally called Mystic Soaps Co., in 2019 while earning her undergraduate degree. After taking a two-year break to work a corporate environmental science job, Reinert independently relaunched the business in 2024,...

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Sep 10 • 12:57 AM EDT • Business • iowastatedaily.com
Wonders of science: Prof. Greene talks about Big Bang to AI

Could AI help solve mysteries that have challenged physicists for generations? CGTN's Tian Wei sits down with Brian Greene to explore the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and fundamental science. A Columbia University professor of

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Sep 10 • 12:38 AM EDT • Science • news.cgtn.com
Four Japanese scientists win prestigious U.S. Lasker Awards

One received the prize for his work on a sleep-regulating brain chemical, and a trio, for discovering an antibody therapy for hemophilia A patients.

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Sep 10 • 12:30 AM EDT • Science • japantimes.co.jp
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Dust Storm Sweeps Over Mali

At a time of year when dust storm activity winds down, a plume of dust blanketed parts of the West African nation and its neighbors.

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Sep 10 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
Griezmann for the Heisman! Orlando's star rides scintillating scoring streak

By Harrison HammWith every Antoine Griezmann goal, optimism rises in Orlando. And so does the Lions’ place in the standings.Capping his fourth consecutive game on the scoresheet with a second straig...

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Sep 9 • 11:29 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Can flood survivors’ stories make climate science better?

Across South Africa, Burkina Faso, Kenya and Mozambique, 37 people who lived through major floods are turning their own experiences into evidence. Here’s the project rethinking who counts as an expert on climate change and mental health.

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Sep 9 • 10:30 PM EDT • Science • bhekisisa.org
August was world's joint-hottest month on record, scientists say

The world just experienced its joint-hottest month since records began, with August pushing the planet's average global ‌temperature to more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday.

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Sep 9 • 10:05 PM EDT • Science • reuters.com
Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth’s hottest month they’ve measured.

The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August.

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Sep 9 • 10:01 PM EDT • Science • seattletimes.com
Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured.

The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August

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Sep 9 • 10:00 PM EDT • Science • abcnews.com
Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured.

The European climate service Copernicus said the Earth just sweltered through its hottest month on record in August.

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Sep 9 • 10:00 PM EDT • Science • clickorlando.com
UMD researchers explain the science behind why leaves change color

UMD researchers explain the science behind why leaves change color

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Sep 9 • 9:25 PM EDT • Science • northernnewsnow.com
The trapdoor spiders giving a leg up to science

WA's trapdoor spiders are endangered. Jackson Rendall is here to help—because he thinks they're "just really cool."

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Sep 9 • 9:20 PM EDT • Science • phys.org
Alaska Science Forum Time capsule: Color guard

Note: Regardless of how far they had advanced into autumn colors, all the leaves in Goldstream Valley on the morning of Sept. 3, 2026, were crusted with frost. Neither green willow nor purple fireweed leaves were spared, a first-frost possibility that Carla Helfferich explores in this week’s Alaska Science Forum time capsule from Sept. 11, 1997. Helfferich was the primary author for the forum from 1988 to 1994, when she hired Ned Rozell as her successor.

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Sep 9 • 8:30 PM EDT • Science • homernews.com
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Missouri health agency warns of possible measles exposure at Sedalia train station

A resident of Missouri, who is confirmed to have measles, reportedly boarded a Chicago-bound train last month at the station in Sedalia.

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Sep 9 • 8:22 PM EDT • Health • kansascity.com
Polarized trust in scientists driven by values, identity and politics

Trust in scientists in the UK is strong overall, with 63% indicating they have high trust in scientists in general—but a major new study finds this trust is closely shaped by people's values, identity ...

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Sep 9 • 8:20 PM EDT • Science • phys.org
Polarized trust in scientists driven by values, identity and politics

Trust in scientists in the UK is strong overall, with 63% indicating they have high trust in scientists in general—but a major new study finds this trust is closely shaped by people's values, identity ...

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Sep 9 • 8:20 PM EDT • Politics • phys.org
Reince Priebus: This is all about data, science and turnout

'All-Star' panelists discuss the Republican Party's efforts to win over voters ahead of the midterm elections on 'Special Report.'

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Sep 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • foxnews.com
Oil-bubble research could lead to technological breakthroughs

Binghamton University assistant professor collaborates with Georgia Tech for a $590,000 National Science Foundation grant.

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Sep 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • binghamton.edu
In Memoriam: Thomas Rose, archaeometallurgist and assistant professor of materials science

Rose was struck by a car on his bicycle at the intersection of Memorial Drive and Massachusetts Avenue around 6 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 21, just a couple yards from Maseeh Hall.

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Sep 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • thetech.com
Viewpoint: Unlocking Europe’s wildfire data

Europe is already investing in the science, technology and infrastructure needed to understand, prevent and fight wildfires. Copernicus provides satellite-based Earth observation and environmental information, while the European Forest Fire Information System provides information on fire danger and forest fires across Europe. Weather and climate systems add forecasts of heat, drought, wind and humidity; historical fire databases show where fires have occurred; and researchers generate increasingly detailed knowledge about fuels, fire behaviour, forecasting, modelling and risk management. Meanwhile, new European research projects are adding digital twins and other tools to this growing ecosystem.However, these data do not necessarily sit together, nor are they necessarily described, structured or governed in ways that allow them to be used together. Much of the information is public, but some is commercially held. Some is sensitive. Some is subject to legal, security or operational restrictions. Even when data can be legally accessed, different systems may use different formats, terminology and rules.Europe therefore faces an unusual paradox: we have vast amounts of relevant information to respond to the wildfire challenge, but not the means to bring it together. For example, a wildfire researcher or emergency service might need to ask whether a particular combination of vegetation, drought, wind and topography has historically been associated with rapid fire spread. The relevant information may exist in several institutions, using different systems and subject to different conditions of access.The challenge is to conduct an authorised analysis that interacts with these sources, combines the results and respects the rules imposed by each data custodian.An important part of the answer can be found in the Fair principles, the idea that data should be findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable. Developed more than a decade ago, these principles have become a central reference point for modern data stewardship, making it easier for people and machines to find data, understand what it means and determine whether it can be reused.Readability by machines is essential, since AI systems will be key to meeting the data challenge. Bring analysis to the dataThe proposition is not to give an AI system unrestricted access to sensitive databases. Quite the opposite. The goal is to make it possible for approved algorithms to go to the data, rather than requiring sensitive data or large datasets to be copied to wherever the analysis happens.Imagine an analysis asking a series of questions of different data stations. At one station it might examine weather and climate data; at another, historical fire records; at another, experimental measurements of fire behaviour. The algorithm does not need to download everything. It can operate within the environment permitted by each data custodian and return only the results that the rules allow to leave.This is sometimes described as data visiting, and related approaches already exist in areas such as federated analysis and federated learning.Sensitive data should therefore not be treated as a free-for-all for machines. This requires appropriate governance at multiple levels. Access needs to be authenticated and authorised. The purpose of an analysis should be defined. The code or model being run should be controlled. Data custodians should be able to specify what can be queried and what results can leave their environment. Activities should be auditable and human oversight should remain where the consequences require it.In other words, the objective is not to trust AI with the data. It is to design systems in which AI never has more access than it needs.As open as possible, as closed as necessaryFair data should also not be confused with open data. Some wildfire data should be openly available. Other information may legitimately need to remain restricted because it concerns critical infrastructure, security, commercial interests, privacy or operational capabilities. The principle should be: as open as possible, as closed as necessary.The important point is that restricted data should not automatically become unusable data. If machines can discover what information exists, understand its meaning, establish where it came from and determine the conditions under which it can be used, authorised analyses can potentially be carried out without the underlying data ever leaving the environment in which it is protected.Restricted data can still be Fair and machine-actionable.This is also an important question of data sovereignty. European institutions should not have to surrender control of their data to a handful of technology platforms in order to benefit from AI. Nor does Europe need to start again by building one giant repository for every piece of wildfire information. The better approach is to connect what already exists.This is the principle behind emerging approaches such as Tryangle, developed through the Leiden Initiative for Fair and Equitable Science. Rather than creating another centralised data warehouse, the approach seeks to provide an interoperable layer through which approved algorithms can visit distributed data sources while respecting the rules of their custodians.In this way, a data station can remain where it is. Its custodians can retain control. Existing databases and applications do not have to be abandoned. What changes is their ability to communicate with other systems through common, machine-readable descriptions, access rules and interoperability mechanisms.But approaches like this need data that meets the Fair principles. Only then can an interoperable ecosystem safely begin to turn fragmented information into collective intelligence.Data infrastructure is wildfire infrastructureThe implications of this approach are entirely practical. Firefighters could gain better intelligence about local and evolving risks. Land managers could test prevention strategies using more comprehensive information about fuels, weather and past fires. Researchers could compare evidence across ecosystems without repeatedly moving huge datasets between institutions. Smaller regions and resource-constrained teams could access analytical capabilities without having to build large data infrastructures themselves.Europe is already investing heavily in satellites, databases, research programmes, forecasting systems and scientific expertise. The question is whether we will connect those investments well enough to turn them into actionable intelligence.That requires policymakers and funders to treat data infrastructure as seriously as physical infrastructure. Data generated or supported through European public funding should be Fair, verifiable and machine actionable by design, wherever legally and ethically possible.Related articlesData Corner: Europe’s burning need for wildfire mitigation researchClimate monitoring must remain a global enterprise, experts sayIn practice, that means funding not only the production of data, but also the infrastructure that makes data usable across systems: metadata, provenance, interoperability, access mechanisms and governance. Where data must remain restricted, we should ensure that it can still be securely discovered, verified and used for authorised analysis.Initiatives such as the European Open Science Cloud offer an existing framework through which these principles can be put into practice. What is needed now is to accelerate implementation and make them a standard part of how Europe funds and builds research and innovation systems.We do not need another generation of disconnected databases. The data is already there. The opportunity is to make it work together, securely, responsibly and quickly enough to help prevent the next fire, rather than simply document the last one.Jean-Claude Burgelman is professor emeritus at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) and editor-in-chief at Frontiers Policy Lab. For more than 20 years he held leading roles in research and innovation policy at the European Commission.

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Sep 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Deaf Art Science Festival will explore accessibility in emergency and disaster response

Deaf Art Science Festival will explore accessibility in emergency and disaster response

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Sep 9 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • unimelb.edu.au
World Alzheimer’s Month: How far has science come?

The following expert commentary can be used by journalists and media organizations in their own publications and news coverage. Please attribute all quotes to David Hunter, MD, associate professor at UTHealth Houston and behavioral neurologist and neuropsychiatrist with UT Physicians. Alzheimer’s disease, named for the German pathologist Dr. Alois Alzheimer, is a progressive brain disorder that affects a person’s memory and ability to carry out daily tasks. The number of Americans

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Sep 9 • 6:50 PM EDT • Science • newswise.com
Blitz on 2 Week 3 Win of the Week

HANAHAN, S.C. (WCBD) – T.D.U. toughness, discipline and unity has led Hanahan to a 3-0 start this season. As they are the recipient of this weeks win of the week. The Hawks came out firing on all cylinders Friday down in Beaufort as they led the eagles 49-7 just at halftime en route to a […]

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Sep 9 • 6:48 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
PSU campaigns to update science buildings

PITTSBURG, Kan. — A significant part of Pittsburg State University’s recently announced $100 million capital campaign, is $53 million slated to renovate two important buildings on the campus Oval, Heckert‑Wells Hall and Yates Hall.

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Sep 9 • 6:45 PM EDT • Science • morningsun.net
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Detroit Tigers and Florida Poly Collab Creates Opportunities in Sports Science

New partnership will embed Florida Poly faculty with the Tigers’ Performance Science group, driving research in data science, sport analytics, and performance science.

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Sep 9 • 6:30 PM EDT • Science • lkldnow.com
University of Florida opens LaVilla campus focused on AI, cybersecurity and health sciences
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Sep 9 • 6:25 PM EDT • Science • news4jax.com
VIDEO: Inside an AI-powered lab trying to replace scientists

The Bulletin goes inside the lab to see how it works and ask whether AI can do science without scientists.

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Sep 9 • 6:22 PM EDT • Science • thebulletin.org
MSU poultry scientists recognized with early career awards

Li Zhang and Timothy Bolz are honored by the Poultry Science Association.

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Sep 9 • 6:08 PM EDT • Science • wattagnet.com
16 Downtown State College Businesses Receive Facade Improvement Grants

More than a dozen downtown State College businesses and properties will receive funding for new signs, awnings, lighting, painting and other exterior

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Sep 9 • 5:56 PM EDT • Business • statecollege.com
The shrinking NSF support for the physical sciences

The agency has awarded fewer grants in the physical sciences this year than most years in its history.

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Sep 9 • 5:50 PM EDT • Science • physicstoday.aip.org
'America's Nobel' prizes go to sleep and hemophilia researchers, and to Michael J. Fox for Parkinson's advocacy

The Lasker Foundation has announced the winners of its 2026 awards for basic medical research, clinical science and public service.

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Sep 9 • 5:47 PM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Denver scientists discover first adult T. rex trackway

A T. rex went for a walk 66 million years ago. Denver scientists just found the footprints.

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Sep 9 • 5:43 PM EDT • Science • axios.com
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Bald Head Island Conservancy lands $424K grant for coastal science training

A Brunswick County conservation group is getting nearly half a million dollars in federal funding to expand hands-on coastal conservation training for dozens of local students.

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Sep 9 • 5:43 PM EDT • Science • wect.com
KCK-area school fired employee for talking politics with state rep, lawsuit claims

The employee allegedly told the rep that “trans rights are human rights” and “diverting taxpayer $ to private schools is not right,” the suit says.

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Sep 9 • 5:32 PM EDT • Politics • kansascity.com
GRI “Your Wondrous Works” Conference Presents Science To Buttress the Bible

Adventist scientists gathered for the Geoscience Research Institute conference and tension again emerged between science and the Adventist understanding of creation. What happens when the search for evidence to support Adventism’s understanding remains inconclusive?

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Sep 9 • 5:22 PM EDT • Science • spectrummagazine.org
Appeals court declines to block ruling in favor of Missouri’s gerrymandered map

The decision marked another salvo in Missouri’s chaotic redistricting saga that has drawn national attention.

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Sep 9 • 5:18 PM EDT • Politics • kansascity.com
Astronomy, Materials Science Awards Plummet at NSF

Physics grants saw a smaller drop in grants awarded this year compared to other fields within NSF’s Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate.

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Sep 9 • 5:13 PM EDT • Science • aip.org
Science Hill sweeps Big 6 golf titles

Science Hill's team effort led to a sweep of Big 6 Conference tournament titles Wednesday at Pine Oaks Golf Course.

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Sep 9 • 5:05 PM EDT • Science • timesnews.net
Science Hill sweeps Big 6 golf titles

Science Hill's team effort led to a sweep of Big 6 Conference tournament titles Wednesday at Pine Oaks Golf Course.

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Sep 9 • 5:05 PM EDT • Science • johnsoncitypress.com
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Daniel Marshall finds his path in science, one tick at a time

Muscogee citizen Daniel Marshall earned national recognition for his research on Lone Star ticks. Now, he hopes his journey can encourage more Native students to find their place in science.

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Sep 9 • 5:04 PM EDT • Science • mvskokemedia.com
Scientists Rebooted This Forgotten Battery—and It Recharges in Seconds. This Could Be the Future of Energy.

They last more than 12,000 charge cycles—and could be the solution for power-hungry data centers.

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Sep 9 • 4:35 PM EDT • Science • popularmechanics.com
Former STC Dual Credit Student Joins Computer Science Faculty

Texas Border Business By Joey Gomez McALLEN, Texas – South Texas College’s newest Computer Information Technologies (CIT) faculty member, Ramiro Santos believes he has come full circle. Not long ago, Santos was a dual credit student from PSJA Southwest Early College High School, who turned to STC faculty for guidance as he discovered a passion for […]

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Sep 9 • 4:32 PM EDT • Science • texasborderbusiness.com
The Democracy We Must Protect Together

It can be difficult to grasp authoritarianism because it rarely arrives all at once. Instead, it often emerges through a series of actions that may seem disconnected on the surface: attacks on scientists who tell inconvenient truths, efforts to restrict voting access, attempts to punish nonprofit

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Sep 9 • 4:30 PM EDT • Science • blog.ucs.org
NASA’s Swift Observatory Resumed Science Observations, At Least For Now

The satellite will be falling back to Earth within the next two months.

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Sep 9 • 4:07 PM EDT • Science • popsci.com
Science Museum sets Vulcan salute world record for Star Trek at 60

The Science Museum hosted the record for the largest Vulcan salute on Star Trek Day.

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Sep 9 • 4:01 PM EDT • Science • bbc.com
ERDC brings science out of the lab with new event

Inaugural Vicksburg Science on Tap will give the public a casual look at research taking place at ERDC.

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Sep 9 • 4:00 PM EDT • Science • vicksburgpost.com
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math … STEM in action at next Placer County Navy League meeting

The Placer County Council of the Navy League is meeting Monday, Sept. 21.

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Sep 9 • 4:00 PM EDT • Science • goldmountaincanews.com
Scientists Made Ice Stay Solid Above 2,000°C. The 'Superionic Ice' Could Be Found Inside Uranus and Neptune

The researchers squeezed water to millions of atmospheres and discovered a bizarre new form of ice.

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Sep 9 • 3:56 PM EDT • Science • zmescience.com
See how gerrymandering in 2025 changed Missouri’s congressional map

It was chaos in Missouri politics Tuesday as the fight for what map voters will use during the November 2026 election and beyond continues.

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Sep 9 • 3:51 PM EDT • Politics • kansascity.com
A hit sci-fi series and a new mystery thriller series are new in home entertainment

Screen Chatter Film Critic Tony Toscano reviews this week's new releases in home entertainment, the sci-fi hit "Silo" and "Last Seen", a new mystery thriller series.

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Sep 9 • 3:40 PM EDT • Entertainment • fox13now.com
Local scientists air concerns about federal funding losses in Arlington town hall

Researchers at a Massachusetts science town hall said funding instability is pushing scientists out of academia and threatening the pipeline that feeds the state’s research and technological economy

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Sep 9 • 3:38 PM EDT • Science • cambridgeday.com
Concerned Scientists Air Their Concerns to Rep Clark

Researchers at a Massachusetts science town hall said funding instability is pushing scientists out of academia and threatening the pipeline that feeds the state’s research and technological economy

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Sep 9 • 3:38 PM EDT • Science • cambridgeday.com
Scientists really love to reference The Beatles in their work

New study detects 3,200 references to Beatles song titles and lyrics in academic papers.

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Sep 9 • 3:31 PM EDT • Science • arstechnica.com
Science Saru's The Ghost In The Shell Exceeded Our Expectations

The anime is goofy, busy, sexy, and concerned with how the universe works in 2030.

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Sep 9 • 3:30 PM EDT • Science • aftermath.site
What are the safety challenges facing tradeswomen in construction?

Researchers from Oregon Health and Science University conducted a study to find out.

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Sep 9 • 3:19 PM EDT • Health • safetyandhealthmagazine.com
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The Pier at Potomac Science Center

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Sep 9 • 3:13 PM EDT • Science • princewilliamliving.com
Clearsight Advises Ambit in its Acquisition by Danforth Health

Clearsight Advisors, Inc. ("Clearsight") is pleased to announce a successful transaction in its Healthcare and Life Sciences Services practice. Clearsight served as the exclusive sell-side advisor to Ambit RD, Inc. (the "Company" or "Ambit") on its acquisition by Danforth Health, Inc. ("Danforth"), a portfolio company of Avesi Partners ("Avesi").

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Sep 9 • 2:45 PM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
UGA’s Buell Grows Discovery and the Next Generation of Scientists

Not the Plan but the Right Path

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Sep 9 • 2:41 PM EDT • Science • sponsored.chronicle.com
ATSC 3.0 Wins Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Award

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will honor ATSC on October 14 with a 2026 Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Award.

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Sep 9 • 2:36 PM EDT • Science • mixonline.com
Héctor Socas, astrophysicist: ‘If a more advanced civilization contacted us, they should be more afraid of us than we are of them’

Artificial intelligence, extraterrestrial life, the climate crisis, the future of work and global governance. This science communicator uses the lens of science to tackle a much broader question: what kind of civilization do we want to be?

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Sep 9 • 2:32 PM EDT • Science • english.elpais.com
NSF CyberTraining: Advancing the Workforce for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure

This webinar will provide an overview of the U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Training-based Workforce Development for…

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Sep 9 • 2:26 PM EDT • Science • nsf.gov
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UT San Antonio prepares biomedical researchers for entrepreneurial innovation

UT San Antonio is preparing biomedical researchers to think beyond scientific discovery, equipping them to consider how promising research can move from the laboratory toward real-world impact.

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Sep 9 • 2:22 PM EDT • Health • news.uthscsa.edu
Quinn receives Governor’s Award for Excellence in Science

Quinn receives Governor’s Award for Excellence in Science: Quinn has mentored more than 80 Furman and high school students. They have partnered with conservation groups and local businesses

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Sep 9 • 2:16 PM EDT • Science • furman.edu
NASA’s Chandra Unveils Mysterious X-Ray Objects

Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have discovered a new class of objects behaving unlike any they have seen before. Astronomers suggest these

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Sep 9 • 2:11 PM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
The Distant World Of Chariklo's Ring System Has Changed In A Matter Of Years, And Astronomers Are Not Sure Why

Not long ago, astronomers were surprised to find rings around the distant world of Chariklo. Looking at it again using the JWST, the rings have surprised us once more.

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Sep 9 • 2:00 PM EDT • Science • iflscience.com
Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth

A hunter-gatherer who lived in Indonesia as early as 25,000 years ago may have regularly sucked on betel nuts to release their psychoactive properties.

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Sep 9 • 2:00 PM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
Smart elephants can look before they leap

In humans, inhibitory control is important for problem solving. It may be for elephants, too.

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Sep 9 • 2:00 PM EDT • Science • popsci.com