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Northern wildfires, such as the record-breaking 2023 and 2025 fires in Canada, have long-lasting effects on the climate, according to new research from, among others, earth system scientists Max van Gerrevink, Sander Veraverbeke and Nick Schutgens. The summer of 2025 marked the second largest fire season on record in Canada, after the recent record of 2023.

Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) and the Taronga Conservation Society Australia have successfully restored the lost traditional song of one of Australia's most endangered birds, offering new hope for the survival of the critically endangered regent honeyeater. The new study reveals how targeted "song tutoring" at Taronga Zoo in Sydney and Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo has revived a disappearing cultural trait vital to the species' survival.

Insights into the lives of people in the Late Bronze Age: Interdisciplinary analyses (DNA, isotopes) shed light on the ancestry, mobility, diet, health, and burial practices of people in Central Europe during this period. Genetic ancestry: Genetic data reveal gradual, regionally varying changes in ancestry, along with growing ties to the Danube region, without replacing local traditions.

To improve their chances of survival, animals must learn - and that can be dangerous. A new study from the University of Würzburg shows how gradual learning under parental supervision can reduce these risks. Adaptation is essential for survival. Across species, it occurs over many generations through evolution and natural selection.

A new interdisciplinary study published in Nature Communications provides the first detailed insights from a biomolecular and archaeological perspective into the lives of people in Central Europe during the Late Bronze Age (ca. BC), also known as the Urnfield Period. This period was characterised by cultural changes, such as the widespread and eponymous introduction of cremation burial.

Researchers at ETH Zurich aim to use a jelly-like to produce implants for rock-hard bones. How do they plan to accomplish this?  Bones broken in a (skiing) accident usually heal on their own. But if the break is too severe or a bone tumour needs to be removed, surgeons insert an implant that enables the bone to grow back together.

A new, fully customizable 3D printed socket design is set to transform the prosthetics industry. The reimagined limb socket interface combines highly personalized pressure mapping with AI software and a lighter infill, creating a highly customized prosthetic that's more comfortable to wear, for much longer, say researchers at Simon Fraser University.

How can we better understand and measure the quality of life of children living with life-limiting or life-saving conditions? While research on this topic exists, it too often excludes the very individuals most affected: the children themselves, a group frequently considered "too vulnerable" to participate ( Namisango et al.

The radio ear-pieces worn by police officers may be harmful to their hearing, according to a large online survey by University of Manchester hearing researchers. Published in Trends in Hearing , Respondents were members of a long-term project on police health at Imperial College London, which also provided infrastructure support for the survey.

According to a CNRS communication dated February 19, 2026. Based on a scientific publication in Science Advances , to which the RDP - Plant Reproduction and Development Laboratory contributed: "The actin cytoskeleton is required to maintain plant cell division orientation against cellular geometry." Thumbnail credit: © Camila Goldy In plants, cells cannot move or reorganize freely due to their rigid cell walls.

Particles in the atmosphere, known as aerosols, cool the climate by acting as cloud condensation nuclei. The more cloud droplets form around these particles, the less sunlight penetrates a cloud. This cools the climate, although this process is outweighed by the much stronger greenhouse effect. Until now, it has been difficult to provide a reliable global assessment of this impact on the climate and to measure the number of cloud condensation nuclei.

When searching for food, most insects specifically head for flowers that promise them the best yield. Researchers from the Universities of Konstanz and Würzburg have now shown how bumblebees orientate themselves. Which strawberries on the supermarket shelf might be the sweetest? Is it better to choose the deep red ones? The ones with the green spots? Or the ones with the most intense flavour? To make such decisions, we process vast amounts of information every day and use all'our senses to do so.

The quality of sperm is highest in the summer and lowest in the winter according to a new study by scientists at University of Manchester, Queen's University (Ontario, Canada), and Cryos International (Aarhus, Denmark). The researchers found the same pattern of seasonal variation in the highest quality sperm in two very different climates- Denmark and Florida- suggesting that seasonality affects male fertility more than temperature alone.

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research have developed a new type of plastic that could not exist according to materials theory. Its properties lie between glass and plastic: it is easy to shape and resists impact. This combination arises because the building blocks are not chemically attached to each other, but are held together by physical forces.

Neuroscience review demonstrates that connecting with nature shifts brain activity linked to attention and relaxation, helping explain why time outdoors feels restorative Spending time in nature, even briefly, triggers changes in the brain that calm stress, restore attention and quiet mental clutter, a new study has found.

Adhesion G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are implicated in numerous human diseases. However, to date, no medicinal product has been approved that specifically targets these signalling molecules. Researchers at Leipzig University and Shandong University have summarised the therapeutic potential of these receptors in a high-profile study.

"We want our models to understand the underlying structure of tables, just like humans do" The growing volume of reports, invoices, scientific publications and other business documents increasingly challenges companies and institutions to process information quickly and reliably. In his doctoral research at VUB entitled Representation Learning for Table Understanding in Intelligent Document Processing, Willy Carlos Tchuitcheu (Mathematics & Data Science Research Group) developed an innovative method that teaches computers to handle those tables much better.

A functional disorder of the kidneys, usually caused by a genetic defect, leads to hyperacidity of the blood, which in turn impairs the recovery of important nutrients and minerals from the urine. An international research team led by Jena University Hospital has now been able to elucidate this disease mechanism in more detail, thereby contributing to a better understanding of chronic kidney failure, which is also associated with hyperacidity in its advanced stages.

Cyanobacteria as they still exist today were the first organisms to carry out photosynthesis and release oxygen. Produced in primeval oceans around 2.5 billion years ago, this oxygen accumulated in the Earth's atmosphere on an immense scale. A research team led by University of Tübingen geomicrobiologist Professor Andreas Kappler has used laboratory experiments to investigate how this process was even possible, given that the iron dissolved in ocean water strongly inhibited the growth of cyanobacteria.

Photo: Jaime Culebras How young animals interact with their siblings during their first months of life determines their social skills later on. This is shown by experimental research on the tropical freshwater fish Neolamprologus pulcher, published in PNAS. Not only does the number of siblings matter, but whether they can interact freely with one another does too.