There’s no conservation motive or benefit behind the Uzbekistan government’s recent releases of more than 2,000 captive-bred Asian houbara bustards across its desert regions, according to an expert on the threatened species. The
A sweeping genomic analysis of the spurge family has uncovered how heat shock protein 20 genes may help economically important plants withstand rising temperatures and environmental instability. Researchers from Hainan University identified 252
Fungal necrotizing otitis externa, a rare but potentially life-threatening infection that can extend from the external ear canal into the skull base, is frequently difficult to identify in its early stages. A systematic
Halide cathode materials, once sidelined because they dissolve in conventional liquid electrolytes, are emerging as potential game-changers for all-solid-state lithium batteries. A comprehensive review in National Science Review by Xiaofei Yang and Xianfeng
In Brief Posted: 5:03 PM PDT · August 10, 2026 OpenAI has bought back $7 billion worth of shares from employees at the privately held frontier AI lab as part of an effort
