Researchers have proposed that long-range molecular dipole correlations alter water’s electrical properties when it’s confined in a gap a few nanometers wide.

Many systems in nature can settle into several different stable states, with the final state depending on their starting conditions. However, the boundaries separating these states are often far more complicated than they first appear.

Through new research published in Physical Review Letters, researchers in Ireland and Germany, led by Serhiy Yanchuk at University College Cork, have shown that these boundaries can contain narrow, hidden pathways, allowing systems to reach stable states from starting points that simpler models would rule out entirely.

Public PoC for CVE-2026–86950 triggers a controlled out-of-bounds write in CoreGraphics; code execution is not demonstrated.

Microsoft announced that Windows settings backup and restore is now enabled by default on all Microsoft Entra-joined or Microsoft Entra hybrid-joined enterprise systems upgraded to Windows 11 26H2.

The Windows settings backup tool (formerly known as Windows Backup for Organizations) backs up and restores enterprise users’ Windows settings after a device is reset, replaced, upgraded, or reimaged.

Microsoft unveiled it two years ago at the Ignite conference in November 2024 as an opt-in feature (disabled by default), and it reached public preview in May 2025 and general availability in August 2025.

Neutrophils adopt a tissue-adapted state at the early maternal-fetal interface that supports trophoblast invasion.

A group of researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) have launched a new prototype for a waterless toilet, which uses mushroom root networks to decompose human waste into compost.

The MycoToilet, which opened for use on 26 September in the university’s Botanical Gardens, is the result of several years of development by lead researcher Joseph Dahmen and his team.

The facility was born from early designs that sought to provide refugee camps with functioning toilets where water is not readily accessible.

Moss has long been regarded as unusual among land plants for its resilience and apparent independence from fungal partnerships, which are common in other species; however, new research from UC Riverside indicates that this view may not apply in desert environments.

Researchers pinpoint the mycelial source of museum artifacts

Scientists outfitted some fake fungi with LEDs and put them in a Brazilian forest to test their theory that light, not some funky mushroom fragrance, was luring bugs.