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Sep 25, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Mohana Basu

    AI bots are flooding researchers with requests for money and time (opens the original)

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    Last month, Adrian Barnett, a statistician at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, received an e-mail request to share his data on potentially fraudulent research papers. The sender wanted to use the data for their own project. But they weren’t a fellow academic — or even a fellow human. The request came from an artificial-intelligence agent. Barnett is one of many researchers who have been contacted by AI agents wanting to collaborate or offering services for money, f

  2. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Mohana Basu &

    AI agent hacks government website for first time: why this breach matters (opens the original)

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    The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed on 23 September that an artificial-intelligence agent created by technology giant OpenAI hacked into a government health-care website in June, where it accessed private data. Researchers say this is the first instance of a frontier AI model breaching another country’s government systems. Although no personal health data are thought to have been accessed, the breach is the latest in a series of such incidents perpetrated by agents this yea

  3. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Mohana Basu

    These trees are making air quality in cities worse (opens the original)

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    Across Beijing, millions of weeping willows and poplar trees turn the megacity into a green metropolis. But compounds released by these trees are becoming a major contributor to air pollution1, finds a study. Beijing is not alone. Many trees planted in urban areas — species that are often chosen for their quick growth and climate resilience — are worsening ozone emissions, suggests the study published in Science Advances today. Rising temperatures from global warming could exacerbate the pro

  4. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Mohana Basu

    A particle made of force: physicists say they’ve found mysterious ‘glueball’ (opens the original)

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    After almost two decades of searching, a team of physicists in China says it has observed strong evidence of a mysterious particle called a glueball, which is made entirely of force-carrying particles. Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription Receive 52 print issues and online access Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-02498-1 Ablikim, M. et al. Phys. R

  5. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Mohana Basu

    Neanderthal gene makes some modern humans taller and more muscular (opens the original)

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    Two genetic changes in the genomes of Neanderthals contributed to the extinct hominin’s characteristic robust physique — and the differences persist in modern humans. The variants make carriers taller and more muscular than non-carriers, according to a study1 published in Current Biology. Access Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journals Get Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription Receive 52 print issues and online access Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculate

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