**A Century-Old Physics Effect Just Got a New Dimension**

By Amy Pavlak Laird, Carnegie Mellon University - Published on 12 September 2026

Physicists have uncovered an in-plane Hall response that overturns a century-old assumption about how this famous electrical effect works. The discovery could eventually make multidirectional magnetic sensing possible with one tiny device. Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have identified an unexpected form of the Hall effect that challenges a long-standing assumption about how electronic materials [...]

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**One Asteroid Strike May Have Reshaped an Entire Martian Moon**

By University of Bern - Published on 12 September 2026

One asteroid impact may have carved Deimos, buried its surface in debris, and reshaped the entire Martian moon. An international team led by the University of Bern has found evidence that a single asteroid collision may have dramatically reshaped Deimos, the smaller of Mars’ two moons, and produced its unusually smooth, dusty surface. The researchers [...]

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**Scientists Bred “Super-Athlete” Mice for 30 Years – What Happened Was Unexpected**

By University of California Riverside - Published on 12 September 2026

A study involving 100 pairs of mice produced unexpected results that surprised researchers. Mice bred to be unusually athletic might be expected to pay a biological price, perhaps by living shorter lives or producing fewer offspring. But after more than three decades of research, UC Riverside scientists found no such penalty in mice selected for [...]

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**Your Brain Cleans Itself While You Sleep – Scientists Just Discovered How Fast**

By Luke Auburn, University of Rochester - Published on 12 September 2026

AI reveals a striking two-speed cleanup system that helps the sleeping brain clear away harmful waste. During deep sleep, a waterlike fluid moves through and around the brain, helping remove metabolic waste associated with disorders including Alzheimer’s disease. This cleanup process is known as the glymphatic system. It was first described in 2012 by Maiken [...]

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**Scientists Buried 2,000 Pairs of Underwear. What Happened Next Revealed a Hidden World**

By University of Zurich - Published on 11 September 2026

By burying thousands of pairs of cotton underwear across Switzerland, scientists uncovered striking differences in biological activity from one type of land to another. The results showed that gardens had especially active soils, while lawns were much quieter underground. Soil supports the global food system while also storing water, carbon, and essential nutrients. It is [...]

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**One of Earth’s Driest Deserts Just Turned White**

By Kathryn Hansen, NASA Earth Observatory - Published on 11 September 2026

In August 2026, a series of powerful winter storms transformed parts of northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, covering the famously dry landscape in an unusual layer of snow. Snow is not unheard of in the Atacama. Significant falls occurred in 2025 and, before that, in 2011. But one of the August 2026 storms stood out because [...]

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**Puerto Rico Went From No Drought to Extreme Drought in Just Months**

By Lindsey Doermann, NASA Earth Observatory - Published on 10 September 2026

Puerto Rico went from no drought to widespread extreme drought in just months as rainfall collapsed and water shortages spread. Puerto Rico usually enters its wet season in May. In 2026, however, the expected rains largely failed to arrive through late August, leaving much of the U.S. territory in drought. The prolonged dry spell has [...]

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**Scientists Just Overturned a 100-Year-Old Belief About Bacteria in the Lungs**

By Kelly Malcom, University of Michigan - Published on 10 September 2026

New findings raise questions about the role of microbes living in the lungs. More than 35 trillion bacteria live throughout the human body, forming microbiomes in the gut, mouth, lungs, skin, and urogenital tract. Researchers increasingly recognize that these microbial communities are connected to both health and disease, but much about what individual microbes do [...]

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**Scientists May Have Cracked the Mystery of the Moon’s Unequal Hemispheres**

By Science China Press - Published on 10 September 2026

Chang’e-6 samples suggest the Moon’s two very different sides may have formed when uneven heating drove magma from one hemisphere to the other. The Moon presents two dramatically different faces. Its Earth-facing hemisphere is rich in dark volcanic plains, while the farside is dominated by older highlands and a much thicker crust. New analyses of [...]

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**Cutting Two Amino Acids Slowed Prostate Cancer in Mice**

By Weill Cornell Medicine - Published on 10 September 2026

A newly identified link between amino acid metabolism and cholesterol production may help prostate tumors adapt to hormone therapy. Prostate cancer can find ways around treatments designed to deprive tumors of the hormones they need to grow. Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have now traced one possible route of resistance to amino acid metabolism, where a [...]

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**Strength Training May Be the Secret to Healthy Aging**

By Christopher Hurst, Newcastle University - Published on 10 September 2026

Strength training helps protect independence in aging by preserving the muscle needed for daily movement, balance, and resilience. Healthy aging means staying independent, moving well, and continuing to take part in daily life as the years pass. For many people, the most meaningful signs of good health are practical ones: standing up from a chair [...]

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**“Cancer Melted Away”: Immunotherapy Delivers Striking Results in Bowel Cancer Trial**

By University College London - Published on 10 September 2026

Pre-surgery immunotherapy kept a group of bowel cancer patients cancer-free for nearly three years, while personalized blood tests helped predict treatment response. Patients with a specific form of bowel cancer who received a short course of immunotherapy before surgery, rather than chemotherapy afterward, have remained cancer-free for nearly three years, according to updated findings from [...]

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