Researchers at Waseda University demonstrated that heating electrons with a femtosecond laser in a degenerate indium nitride film creates transient Pauli blocking - switching optical transparency across multiple wavelengths at speeds far beyond electronic transistors.

A study of 20,115 fossil-fuel power plants across 92 democracies finds that countries with higher partisan hostility emit significantly more CO2 per unit of electricity, even after controlling for economic and regulatory differences.

A crystal-solvate pre-seeding method that controls nucleation at the buried interface of inverted perovskite solar cells achieved 23.15% efficiency in 49.91 cm2 mini-modules, with less than 3% efficiency loss versus small-area cells - addressing the scale-up challenge that has held back perovskite photovoltaics.

Osaka researchers identified a signaling cascade in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells - activated by the physical pressure of chronic blood congestion - that promotes fibrosis and cancer. Blocking two proteins in the pathway improved outcomes in mouse models and matched patterns seen in human patients.

Hebrew University researchers used single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics to show that early precancerous cells in the pancreas organize into specific niches and activate immune-suppressing signals - evidence that pancreatic cancer begins evading detection far earlier than clinical diagnosis.

An aquatic robotic wing with embedded liquid metal sensors detects underwater current disturbances and autonomously reshapes itself, reducing unwanted uplift forces by 87% compared to rigid wings used on autonomous underwater vehicles.

Children with congenital aniridia retain near-normal corneal sensitivity, but adults show significant, progressive nerve function decline - reducing their ability to sense contact and triggering the tear response that protects the eye from injury, a Spanish-Hungarian clinical study finds.

Six pieces of amber spanning Cretaceous to Oligocene periods reveal ants in close proximity to mites, spiders, and parasitic wasps - with proximity data suggesting some co-entrapments reflect real biological relationships, including possible ant-mite hitchhiking partnerships.

Osaka Metropolitan University researchers tested competing spatial models for extreme precipitation prediction across Japan's four main islands, finding that INLA-SPDE outperforms standard kriging methods - particularly for rare, high-magnitude rainfall events where precision matters most for infrastructure planning.

A phase 1 clinical trial published in The Lancet finds that applying placenta-derived stem cells to the fetal spinal cord during standard prenatal surgery is safe in six cases, with brain abnormalities reversed in every infant. Larger trials are underway.

When Salmonella enterica encounters polystyrene nanoplastics from food packaging, it initially ramps up virulence genes and forms thicker biofilms. Prolonged exposure shifts the bacteria toward persistence mode - and early data suggest nanoplastics may promote antibiotic resistance.

Eric Moore, M.D., medical director of Mayo Clinic International and chair of Mayo's Department of Otolaryngology in Rochester, was elected to the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees at the organization's February 2026 quarterly meeting.

Clarivate's analysis of research impact over 2021-2025 places NYU among the 70 institutions that together account for 43.3% of all highly cited researcher designations, with 28 NYU scientists recognized in the most recent annual list.

A review of emerging polymer adsorbents finds they can remove short-chain PFAS 'forever chemicals' with over 90% efficiency where conventional activated carbon fails - but manufacturing burdens must be addressed before large-scale deployment.

A new study shows biochar reduces nitrous oxide emissions more effectively than lime in acidic upland soils, but increases them significantly in flooded rice paddies - with the difference traced to distinct microbial pathways activated by soil water content.

Nanobiochar, a nanoscale carbon material derived from biomass, outperforms conventional biochar at removing heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides from water, and shows early promise for reversing soil degradation in dryland ecosystems covering 40% of Earth's land.

A review of global data finds parents are increasingly declining vitamin K shots for newborns - a safe supplement that prevents potentially fatal brain bleeds. Infants who skip the injection are 81 times more likely to develop vitamin K deficiency bleeding.

Scientists from Rutgers, Princeton, and Granada developed a metric that measures how gut bacteria interact rather than which species are present, consistently separating healthy individuals from patients with IBD, colorectal cancer, and other gut diseases.

Oxford and Chinese researchers identified WRINKLED1a as the master regulator of root-shoot balance in rice under nitrogen stress. A naturally stronger gene variant raised yields by up to 23.7% in field trials while keeping fertilizer inputs low.

A study of tumors with high LINE-1 activity finds that these ancient DNA fragments cause major chromosomal rearrangements - and that 65% of these events occur during early tumor formation, years before diagnosis.

By engineering a receptor sensitive enough to detect even faint CD70 expression on cancer cells, researchers eradicated solid tumors in mouse and cell models - targeting a protein present at some level across more than 20 tumor types.

Genetic analysis reveals that early Neanderthal-human interbreeding was predominantly between male Neanderthals and female modern humans, explaining the scarcity of Neanderthal DNA on the human X chromosome today.

A study in Science modeled population dynamics for 261 bird species across 1,033 routes over 34 years, finding 47% in decline with 63 species deteriorating at an accelerating rate, concentrated in agriculturally intensive U.S. regions.

A Policy Forum in Science identifies five structural weaknesses in U.S. state genetic privacy legislation, including vague definitions that let life and disability insurers use genetic information despite nominally protective laws.

Genomic analysis of sugar-feeding birds across four continents finds that one gene - MLXIPL, a master regulator of sugar metabolism - was independently modified in every group, while other adaptations were unique to each lineage. The gene is also relevant to human metabolic disease.