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Phys.org / Secret behind Temple of Venus's resilient construction uncovered

The material used to build the Temple of Venus in Naples has remarkably endured even as Earth's surface around it sank from volcanic activity, and researchers were curious to know how.

Nov 27, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Belief in divine intervention shapes consumer reactions to corporate crimes and punishments

A company dumps toxic chemicals into a river to save money. Around the same time, a major storm strikes and causes damage to that same company. Is it just a coincidence? According to new research from Andrew Gershoff, professor ...

Nov 22, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / 5 reasons the COP30 climate conference failed to deliver on its 'people's summit' promise

As the sun set on the Amazon, the promise of a "people's Cop" faded with it. The latest UN climate summit—known as Cop30, hosted in the Brazilian city of Belém—came with the usual geopolitics and the added excitement ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Earth
Tech Xplore / Humanoid robots reliably manipulate different objects with 87% success using new framework

Robotic systems that mirror humans both in their appearance and movements, also known as humanoid robots, could be best suited for tackling many tasks that are currently performed by human agents. These include household ...

Nov 27, 2025 in Robotics
Medical Xpress / Specific brain activity patterns predict greater control over drinking behavior, study finds

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is among the most widespread substance use disorders (SUDs) worldwide, characterized by an impaired ability to control the intake of alcohol. For many years, psychologists and psychiatrists have ...

Nov 27, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Bird flu viruses are resistant to fever, making them a major threat to humans

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, one of the body's ways of stopping viruses in their tracks, according to new research led by the universities ...

Nov 27, 2025 in Medical research
Phys.org / CBD supplements may make dogs less aggressive over time

In humans, CBD is thought to have therapeutic effects for some conditions including chronic pain, nausea, or inflammation. Now, dogs may be reaping some of the benefits, too, according to a new study.

Nov 28, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Modern life explains why people in Chile are taller and have larger heads than their ancestors

Modern Chileans are significantly taller and have larger heads than their ancestors. That's the central finding of new research looking at how intracranial volume (ICV) has changed across thousands of years in northern Chile. ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Inhibiting a master regulator of aging regenerates joint cartilage in mice

An injection that blocks the activity of a protein involved in aging reverses naturally occurring cartilage loss in the knee joints of old mice, a Stanford Medicine-led study has found. The treatment also prevented the development ...

Nov 27, 2025 in Arthritis & Rheumatism
Medical Xpress / Eye washing may ease hay fever ocular symptoms and improve quality of life

Hay fever, also known as allergic rhinitis, is the condition responsible for seasonal allergies or allergic reactions to other environmental allergens, like dust mites and animal dander. Estimates vary, but somewhere around ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Health
Phys.org / Diamond defects, now in pairs, reveal hidden fluctuations in the quantum world

In spaces smaller than a wavelength of light, electric currents jump from point to point and magnetic fields corkscrew through atomic lattices in ways that defy intuition. Scientists have only ever dreamed of observing these ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Major droughts linked to ancient Indus Valley Civilization's collapse

Successive major droughts, each lasting longer than 85 years, were likely a key factor in the eventual fall of the Indus Valley Civilization, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & Environment. The findings ...

Nov 27, 2025 in Earth