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Medical Xpress / Flu is rising rapidly, driven by a new variant. Here's what to know

Flu is rising rapidly across the U.S., driven by a new variant of the virus—and cases are expected to keep growing with holiday travel.

Tech Xplore / Researchers create world's smallest programmable, autonomous robots

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots: microscopic swimming machines that can independently sense and respond to their ...

Dec 25, 2025 in Robotics
Phys.org / How a bacteria-busting spray could help solve a meaty problem

University of Otago scientists are harnessing the power of peptides—the body's own tiny protein molecules—for a spray to help the red meat industry solve headaches around bacterial contamination and spoilage.

Dec 29, 2025 in Biology
Tech Xplore / Tucked away in a downtown Chicago office building, fallen e-commerce star Groupon is ready for a comeback

Inside Groupon's 2-year-old headquarters on the 25th floor of the Leo Burnett Building in downtown Chicago, a giant cat in a spaceship with flashing lights greets visitors in an otherwise staid office tower.

Dec 31, 2025 in Consumer & Gadgets
Phys.org / Regional temperature records broken across the world in 2025

Central Asia, the Sahel region and northern Europe experienced their hottest year on record in 2025, according to AFP analysis based on data from the European Copernicus program.

Dec 31, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / A new way to map how cells choose their fate

Researchers from Kyushu University have developed an innovative computational method, called ddHodge, that can reconstruct the complex dynamics of how cells decide their fate.

Dec 29, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Oral bacterium tied to disability severity in multiple sclerosis

Increasing evidence suggests that the severe gum disease, periodontitis, may contribute to central nervous system disorders through chronic inflammation. However, its role in multiple sclerosis, a chronic autoimmune disease ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Dentistry
Tech Xplore / Tiny tech, big AI power: What are 2-nanometer chips?

Taiwan's world-leading microchip manufacturer TSMC says it has started mass producing next-generation "2-nanometer" chips.

Medical Xpress / Brain-inspired AI: Human brain separates goals and uncertainty to enable adaptive decision-making

Humans possess a remarkable balance between stability and flexibility, enabling them to quickly establish new plans and adjust goals even in the face of sudden changes. However, "model-free reinforcement learning," which ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Can beavers help heal burn scars after wildfires? Researchers build their own dams to find out

High in the mountains west of Fort Collins, teams of scientists and engineers are pretending to be beavers.

Dec 31, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Ancient mega-shark ruled Australian seas 15 million years before megalodon

In the age of dinosaurs—before whales, great whites or the bus-sized megalodon—a monstrous shark prowled the waters off what's now northern Australia, among the sea monsters of the Cretaceous period.

Dec 28, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Researchers identify protein that mimics exercise to boost bone strength in aging adults

A research team from the Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has uncovered a key biological mechanism that explains how exercise maintains strong ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Gerontology & Geriatrics