Picture this: You’re on a Zoom call, Slack is buzzing, three spreadsheets are open and your inbox pings. In that moment of divided attention, you miss the tiny red flag in an email. That’s how phishing sneaks through, and with 3.4 billion malicious emails sent daily, the stakes couldn’t be higher.

Researchers have uncovered how dissolved biochar—tiny carbon particles derived from burning plant material—affects soil nematodes, shedding light on both benefits and risks to these important ecosystem players. The study focused on the common laboratory worm, Caenorhabditis elegans, revealing that the impact of dissolved biochar strongly depends on the amount present in the environment.

In a comprehensive review that spans two decades, researchers are examining the profound impact of technological innovation on the journey towards carbon neutrality. The study, titled "Impact of Technological Innovation on Carbon Neutrality: Systematic and Bibliometric Review of Two Decades of Research," is led by Prof. Ephraim Bonah Agyekum from the Department of Nuclear and Renewable Energy at Ural Federal University Named After the First President of Russia Boris Yeltsin in Ekaterinburg, Russia. This review, conducted in collaboration with the Applied Science Research Center at Applied Science Private University in Amman, Jordan, and Tashkent State University of Economics in Tashkent City, Uzbekistan, offers a detailed analysis of how technological advancements have shaped the path to carbon neutrality.

MIT researchers found that subtle chemical patterns persist in conventionally manufactured metal alloys, despite the mixing involved. The surprising finding could be used to tune metallic properties for aerospace, energy, and more.

Researchers at Indiana University teamed up to create a free smartphone app to engage the public to collect data on bird behavior during the 2024 solar eclipse in Bloomington, Indiana. A study showcasing their findings is out now in Science. 

A council of five AI models working together, discussing their answers through an iterative process, achieved 97%, 93%, and 94% accuracy on 325 medical exam questions spanning the three stages of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE), according to a new study published October 9^th in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by researcher Yahya Shaikh of Baltimore, USA, and colleagues.