May 6, 2026

Cricket. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Light pollution disrupts crickets' circadian rhythms and threatens their reproduction

Further research on crickets reveals that light pollution throws them out of sync, impairs their reproductive ability, and threatens their continued existence.
An artist's impression of a nanorobot (center and inset) interacting with several bacteria of two different types. The dashed arrows indicate the attractive thermophoresis force exerted by the nanorobot on the bacteria in its environment when illuminated. Credit: Jin Chin

Light-driven nanorobots successfully detect and collect bacteria

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Researchers from the University of Würzburg have developed tiny robots, smaller than one micrometer, that are propelled by photon repulsion and capable of manipulating bacteria in a liquid environment.
The city that may be the last city of the Lacandon rebels from Chiapas, Sac-Blanc, has been located. Photo: Josue Losada, CINAH Chiapas.

Has the lost city of the Mayans who rebelled against the Spanish been found?

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Researchers in Mexico have located a site in the jungles of Chiapas that may be Sac-Blam, “Land of the White Jaguar,” the last stronghold of the Lacandon-Chol people who resisted Spanish rule.
ChipEx2024 conference. Photo: Lens Productions

When global chip giants decide to speak up, they choose ChipEx2026

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Some of the world's leading companies are set to unveil their most innovative developments at ChipEx2026, including Nvidia, AMD, Amazon, and Sandisk.
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