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The importance of measuring stress in hedgehogs and how a new method could enhance welfare
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The importance of measuring stress in hedgehogs and how a new method could enhance welfare

How can we tell when a hedgehog is stressed? Ph.D. researcher Emily Harper explains how her new research has validated a non-invasive method for measuring stress by analyzing hormones in hedgehog feces. The method could help researchers understand how different stressors, or threats, affect hedgehog health and welfare, supporting conservation and rehabilitation of this declining species.

📅 2026-09-16 22:00:08    •    Phys.org
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A sharper picture of a pandemic: Uncovering the complex history of the plague after the Black Death
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A sharper picture of a pandemic: Uncovering the complex history of the plague after the Black Death

The Black Death is often remembered as a single catastrophic event that swept across Europe between 1347 and 1353, killing millions. Yet the disease did not disappear after that first devastating outbreak. For more than four centuries, plague continued to return in recurring waves, reshaping communities, economies and societies across Europe and beyond. A new study led by researchers at the University of Tartu sheds fresh light on this long and complex history by analyzing the DNA of the plague bacterium preserved in archaeological human remains. The study is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

📅 2026-09-16 22:00:06    •    Phys.org
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AI struggles to decipher 'animal language' because sound doesn't equal meaning, experts say
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AI struggles to decipher 'animal language' because sound doesn't equal meaning, experts say

In recent years, numerous attempts have been made to use artificial intelligence to decipher the communication of bats, whales, birds and other animals. However, a new study led by a team of researchers from Tel Aviv University points to a fundamental problem with this approach: AI models focus on the physical properties of a sound, but this does not mean they understand the meaning attributed to it by the animal receiving it.

📅 2026-09-16 21:40:05    •    Phys.org
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Time of day may be key in speech therapy for youth
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Time of day may be key in speech therapy for youth

For young people with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), a disorder that affects the brain's ability to plan and coordinate the movements needed for speech, speech difficulties can persist well beyond childhood. Unlike many childhood speech disorders that improve with age, people with childhood CAS may continue to experience speech errors into adolescence and young adulthood and often require intensive, individualized therapy.

📅 2026-09-16 21:40:01    •    Phys.org
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Bacterial invasion proteins could improve detection of live crop pathogens
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Bacterial invasion proteins could improve detection of live crop pathogens

Scientists, clinicians, seed companies and others may soon have a new tool in their toolkit for detecting bacterial pathogens, thanks to a new study by researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences. The research—published in Journal of Microbiological Methods—details a new method for detecting Pseudomonas syringae, a common bacterium that infects a wide variety of crops, vegetables and woody ornamentals.

📅 2026-09-16 21:20:08    •    Phys.org
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You like Ike. But AI may help campaigns figure how to ensure you actually vote
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You like Ike. But AI may help campaigns figure how to ensure you actually vote

Doug Sosnik (left) and Sara Fagen. Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Nation & World You like Ike. But AI may help campaigns figure how to ensure you actually vote Strategists predict powerful new technology will bring seismic shifts in U.S. political life Christina Pazzanese Harvard Staff Writer September 16, 2026 4 min read At a Harvard Kennedy School event Monday, strategists from both parties forecast that the 2028 presidential election will mark the start of a seismic and generational shift in U.S. politics as campaigns fully embrace the rapidly escalating power of AI. “It’ll be the first AI campaign, so the stakes are going to be unbelievably high,” said Doug Sosnik, a former Whi...

📅 2026-09-16 21:09:49    •    Harvard Gazette
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Faces of MIT: Jay Wilcoxson
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Faces of MIT: Jay Wilcoxson

Jay Wilcoxson, counsel in the MIT Office of General Counsel (OGC), does not shy away from a crisis. In fact, he enjoys navigating uncertainty to steer a conflict toward an outcome that is beneficial to the Institute. Drawing on his background in private law practice and his love for problem-solving, Wilcoxson ensures his work supports MIT's mission and principles. After attending Boston University School of Law, Wilcoxson joined the Boston law firm Goodwin Procter LLP, specializing in commercial business litigation. While the work was interesting and challenging, there were aspects of law firm life that he didn’t love, and he expected to eventually shift to a role as an in-house lawyer. He h...

📅 2026-09-16 20:55:00    •    MIT News
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“Technology is the equalizer”
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“Technology is the equalizer”

Mohammad Imran Khan Mewati teaches grades 6-12 at a school in rural India. His students are largely from economically disadvantaged families, and the school itself has limited resources. But the biggest problem, he says, is absenteeism. “If a student is not coming into your class, how are you going to teach?” says Mewati, a teacher for 26 years. “That’s why I’m using technology in my classroom and outside the classroom, so that they can learn a little bit using their smartphones.” MIT Open Learning’s free educational resources have been a boon for Mewati as he develops Hindi-language digital resources for his students. “I am a self-taught app developer,” he explains. “MIT Open Learning has h...

📅 2026-09-16 20:40:00    •    MIT News
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1,700-year-old fragment of the 'Odyssey' discovered between pages of Dutch library book
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1,700-year-old fragment of the 'Odyssey' discovered between pages of Dutch library book

A researcher was perusing a collection of old Egyptian texts in a Dutch library when he stumbled upon a torn piece of parchment containing a pivotal story: a section from Homer's "Odyssey." The fragment appears to be from a pocket edition of the epic produced in Egypt around A.D. 300.The researcher, Mark de Kreij, a Greek literature expert and professor at Radboud University in the Netherlands, found the parchment while studying early Christian manuscripts that the Utrecht University library purchased in the mid-20th century, according to a Sept. 14 statement from Utrecht University. Among a collection of Egyptian and Greek texts, de Kreij found a tiny piece of parchment with words he recogn...

📅 2026-09-16 20:12:40    •    Live Science
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What it’s really like to be young
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What it’s really like to be young

Illustration by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Arts & Culture What it’s really like to be young Harvard faculty recommend books that capture youth in all its joy and agony Clea Simon Harvard Correspondent September 16, 2026 8 min read As the fall semester kicks in and students once again crowd the Square, Harvard faculty look back on favorite reads about youth — with a few choices from their own earlier days. “Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood” By Satya Doyle Byock The book asks young people to figure out their path through careful attention to their experiences and responses to opportunities and disappointments to see what really matters. The author, a Jungian psychologist, pr...

📅 2026-09-16 19:56:24    •    Harvard Gazette
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Linda Bilmes is doing the math
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Linda Bilmes is doing the math

Veasey Conway/Harvard Staff Photographer Nation & World Linda Bilmes is doing the math Kennedy School budget analyst has made it her life’s mission to elucidate the heavy toll of war: ‘If we don’t account for something, we don’t value it.’ Max Larkin Harvard Staff Writer September 16, 2026 9 min read Part of the Profiles of Progress series At a session of the Senate Appropriations Committee in July, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told lawmakers that the first six months of the fitful war with Iran had cost taxpayers an estimated $37.5 billion. Or not exactly — a little less, he clarified. The estimate included “MILPAY, O&M and other anticipated costs through September 30.” In a rancorou...

📅 2026-09-16 19:55:06    •    Harvard Gazette
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Muon rings enable precise calibration of telescopes at the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory
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Muon rings enable precise calibration of telescopes at the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory

Research initiated as part of a bachelor's thesis in physics at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has culminated in a new analytical description of the muon-based calibration of dual-mirror Cherenkov telescopes. The work solves a problem that had remained open for more than 30 years because of the geometric complexity of these optical systems: determining precisely how much Cherenkov light produced by a muon reaches the camera, taking into account the shadows cast by the secondary mirror and the camera itself.

📅 2026-09-16 19:50:01    •    Phys.org
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Engineers solve puzzle of Arctic sea ice movement
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Engineers solve puzzle of Arctic sea ice movement

Arctic sea ice moves and spreads in ways that wind alone cannot explain. A new UC Riverside-led study finds that collisions between individual pieces of ice provide a surprisingly simple explanation for these movements, potentially offering scientists a better way to predict where sea ice will travel as the Arctic warms.

📅 2026-09-16 19:40:04    •    Phys.org
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Without bacteria or chemicals: How methanol and formaldehyde form abiotically in nature
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Without bacteria or chemicals: How methanol and formaldehyde form abiotically in nature

The biopolymer lignin—one of the most important carbon reservoirs in plants and soils—not only decays through fungi or bacteria but can also be chemically attacked by iron linked to reactive oxygen species, without the involvement of microorganisms. When this happens, lignin is converted into methanol and subsequently into formaldehyde. That is shown by a study conducted at Heidelberg University's Institute of Earth Sciences.

📅 2026-09-16 19:30:01    •    Phys.org
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Circular Rydberg atoms set three records, staying stable for 11 milliseconds
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Circular Rydberg atoms set three records, staying stable for 11 milliseconds

Rydberg atoms are considered promising building blocks for quantum computers and their precursors, quantum simulators. Researchers at the 5th Institute of Physics of the University of Stuttgart have achieved record values for the lifetime, size, and storage time of circular Rydberg atoms, a special form of Rydberg atom in which electrons move in a stable circular orbit around the nucleus. The findings were published in Nature Communications.

📅 2026-09-16 19:20:08    •    Phys.org
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