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Phys.org / Hanukkah celebrates both an ancient military victory and a miracle of light—modern Jews can pick from either tradition

Friends and family will come together to celebrate, share gifts and eat traditional foods as the eight-day Jewish festival of Hanukkah begins on Dec. 14, 2025.

15 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Reading the 'light fingerprints' of dead satellites

There are already tens of thousands of pieces of large debris in orbit, some of which pose a threat to functional satellites. Various agencies and organizations have been developing novel solutions to this problem, before ...

14 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Hundreds are quarantined in South Carolina as measles spreads in 2 US outbreaks

Measles outbreaks are growing along the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina, where hundreds are in quarantine.

Medical Xpress / New sensor technology can detect life-threatening complications after intestinal surgery at an earlier stage

An interdisciplinary research team from Dresden University of Technology (TUD), Rostock University Medical Center (UMR) and Dresden University Hospital has developed an innovative, implantable and fully absorbable sensor ...

15 hours ago in Surgery
Medical Xpress / Clean water boosts child health in Mozambique, study shows

In Mozambique, more than one in three children under five suffer from stunting (impaired physical growth) , a sign of chronic undernutrition. New research from the University of Notre Dame shows that improving access to safe ...

14 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Greater patient safety in major lung surgery: World's largest study provides new insights

The Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital in Dresden and the TU Dresden Faculty of Medicine has conducted the world's largest study on patient safety in major ...

15 hours ago in Surgery
Tech Xplore / New method improves the reliability of statistical estimations

MIT researchers have developed a method that generates more accurate uncertainty measures for certain types of estimation. This could help improve the reliability of data analyses in areas like economics, epidemiology, and ...

15 hours ago in Computer Sciences
Medical Xpress / Brain biomarker links inflammation to poor treatment response in psychiatric disorders

Individuals with psychiatric disorders exhibiting seemingly similar symptoms often respond very differently to the same treatment, suggesting that distinct biological processes are at work beneath the surface of similar clinical ...

15 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Almost 60% of pupils accidentally stumble on unverified Holocaust content on social media

Experts at UCL have raised concerns about online misinformation after new research found that over half of pupils have unintentionally encountered Holocaust-related content on social media.

9 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / How AI might aid clinicians in analyzing medical images

In recent years, AI has emerged as a powerful tool for analyzing medical images. Thanks to advances in computing and large medical datasets from which AI can learn, it has proven to be a valuable aid in reading and analyzing ...

15 hours ago in Health informatics
Medical Xpress / Sexual minority individuals face higher cesarean risks

Individuals who identify as a sexual minority face higher risks of primary cesarean birth compared with their completely heterosexual peers, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. ...

15 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Fake participants and bots threaten quality of online research data

Recruiting participants for injury and violence-related studies can be challenging. Online qualitative data collection can increase accessibility for some participants, expand a study's reach to potential participants, offer ...

15 hours ago in Medical research