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Scientific papers, institutions, and new findings across disciplines.
HEFT says a full-size humanoid can teleoperate with payloads up to 24 kg
A new arXiv preprint introduces HEFT, a teleoperation system for full-size humanoids that the authors say can handle real two-hand payloads up to 24 kg while tracking turns, walking, and squats on the L7 robot.
World Weather Attribution says U.S. heatwave would have been virtually impossible without climate change
World Weather Attribution says the heat dome affecting the U.S. and southern Canada would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change, as dangerous heat builds ahead of July 4 events and World Cup matches.
9/11 responders with PTSD may show accelerated biological aging
A Stony Brook-led study in Nature Communications found that World Trade Center responders with PTSD showed blood-based molecular differences linked to faster biological aging about 18 years after 9/11.
Stony Brook study links PTSD in WTC responders to accelerated biological aging
A Stony Brook-led study found PTSD in World Trade Center responders was associated with molecular signs of accelerated biological aging, based on blood samples collected about 18 years after 9/11.
CERN begins four-year LHC shutdown for High-Luminosity upgrade
CERN has started a planned four-year shutdown of the Large Hadron Collider to install High-Luminosity LHC upgrades, with physics expected to resume in 2030.
UC Berkeley plans Pelosi-backed democracy institute for January launch
UC Berkeley and Nancy Pelosi say they will launch a new democracy institute in January 2027, with Pelosi co-teaching a Congress course, a nonpartisan mission and more than $35 million in philanthropic commitments.
CERN shuts down the Large Hadron Collider for upgrade, with restart targeted for 2030
CERN has taken the Large Hadron Collider offline for a planned upgrade campaign that is expected to run until 2030. The modernization will prepare the machine for the High-Luminosity LHC, designed to produce more collisions and more precise data for particle physics experiments.
Texas A&M AgriLife gets share of $105M for New World screwworm research
Texas A&M AgriLife will take part in a $105 million USDA research push on New World screwworm, with projects spanning sterile fly production, traps, treatments and surveillance tools.
Scientist wins Coller-Dolittle prize for decoding zebra finch calls
Julie Elie of UC Berkeley won the 2026 Coller-Dolittle Prize for research on zebra finch vocalizations, including work identifying 11 core calls and testing their meanings with machine-learning analysis and behavioral experiments.
New Study Maps Common Breakdowns in AI Healthcare Chatbots
A new arXiv preprint reviews more than 15,000 user comments across 59 AI healthcare chatbot apps and finds recurring breakdowns in access and reliability, user experience, billing and support, with privacy and security concerns linked to the worst experiences.
World Weather Attribution says Europe heatwave would have been nearly impossible without climate change
World Weather Attribution said the record June heatwave across western Europe would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change. The rapid study also found the event brought extreme heat stress, record-warm nights and widespread disruption across the continent.
World Weather Attribution says Europe’s June heatwave would have been virtually impossible without climate change
World Weather Attribution says Europe’s late-June heatwave would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change, with reporting pointing to record temperatures, humid nights and disruption across multiple countries.
Europe swelters under record June heat
Western Europe is in the grip of a record June heatwave, with new temperature highs in the UK and France, major health and transport disruptions, and scientists linking the event to climate change.
European heatwave ruled virtually impossible without human-caused climate change, scientists say
World Weather Attribution scientists say a June 2026 heatwave across western Europe would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change, with record heat stress, school closures and transport disruption reported across the region.
Europe’s extreme heat would be impossible without climate change, scientists say
World Weather Attribution says the June 2026 European heatwave would have been virtually impossible without human-caused climate change. The rapid study comes as France, the UK, Italy, Spain and other countries report record heat, health alerts and pressure on services.
Carbon offset prices can cut or raise emissions, new equilibrium model finds
A new arXiv paper by Isla Globus-Harris and Daniel H. Karney finds that raising carbon offset prices can either lower or increase economy-wide emissions in a general-equilibrium model, with welfare effects also ambiguous.
HotNets 2026 proposes a broad scope and review-process overhaul
A paper posted to arXiv says ACM HotNets 2026 will broaden its scope, separate criteria for technical and perspective submissions, and move to a more collaborative review process.
HIPE-2026 releases new benchmark results for historical person-place extraction
A new HIPE-2026 overview paper on arXiv reports shared-task results for person-place relation extraction from multilingual historical texts, with 17 teams and more than 40 runs across French, German, and English.
OncoSynth claims synthetic cancer data can improve treatment-effect estimation
Researchers behind OncoSynth say their synthetic-data framework can preserve causal structure in oncology datasets and improve treatment-effect estimation in lung and breast cancer cohorts. The claim comes from a new arXiv preprint, not yet independent validation.
Archaeologists find huge Viking textile production site in Denmark
Archaeologists from Moesgaard Museum say they uncovered a large Viking-age textile production site in Søften, Denmark, with more than 80 pit houses, flax-processing areas and textile tools. The find is being linked to a wider economic network around Viking-age Aarhus.
Euclid reveals the most detailed visible-light image yet of the Milky Way’s center
ESA’s Euclid telescope has released a visible-light mosaic of the Milky Way’s central bulge showing more than 60 million stars. Built from nine pointings over about 26 hours in March 2025, the image is expected to help astronomers separate crowded stars and improve microlensing-based exoplanet searches.
COVID-19 vaccine study is finally published after CDC journal blocked it
A COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness study that was blocked from the CDC’s MMWR has now been published in JAMA Network Open, reopening questions about the review process and the role of federal health officials in scientific publishing.
RECALL proposes active recovery-data collection to fine-tune vision-language-action models
A new arXiv preprint introduces RECALL, an active continual-learning method for vision-language-action models that collects recovery demonstrations based on uncertainty. The authors say it fine-tunes more efficiently than passive data collection, but also triggers forgetting without mitigation.
When Suspicion Becomes Detection: How Romance-Scam Victims Say They Caught the Fraud
A new arXiv preprint reports interviews with 24 romance-scam victims in Iran and finds they often spotted fraud through suspicion cues, cross-platform verification, and iterative checking rather than passive trust.