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Phys.org / Why your faucet drips: Water jet breakup traced to angstrom-scale thermal capillary waves

Some phenomena in our daily lives are so commonplace that we don't realize there could be some very interesting physics behind them. Take a dripping faucet: why does the continuous stream of water from a faucet eventually ...

22 hours ago in Physics
Tech Xplore / India mandates pre-installation of government cyber safety app on all smartphones

India's telecoms ministry has directed smartphone manufacturers to pre-install a government-run cybersecurity app on all new devices, according to a government order, raising concerns of data privacy and user consent in one ...

10 hours ago in Security
Medical Xpress / Navigating grief in the aged care system

Grief for families in the aged care system begins long before the death of their loved ones, new research has found, highlighting the need for a systemic rethink of how grief is understood and supported.

4 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / How can cocoa farmers adapt to climate change?

Climate change threatens agricultural production across sub‐Saharan Africa, where most farmers rely on rainfall.

4 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Scientists can finally answer an old question about cellular aging

After a finite number of divisions, cells simply give up. As each round of replication trims their telomeres—the protective caps at the chromosome ends—those caps eventually become too short to prevent chromosome ends ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Marketing researcher says charitable givers are motivated by search for meaning, not pursuit of 'warm glow'

Research from a West Virginia University expert on consumer behavior shows the human desire for connection is a factor in many charitable donations.

4 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Are university policies holding science back? Study shows how patenting boosts pure research

When UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna first began studying how bacteria fight virus infections, she had no idea it would result in one of the most important scientific breakthroughs of the century. Her curiosity-driven ...

21 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / SpaceX launch kicks off busy December on Space Coast

The Space Coast's record rocket train of 2025 kept rolling with the first launch of December on Dec. 1.

6 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Study links childhood vaccination to lower risk of drug-resistant bacteria

Children in Guatemala who received a common vaccine that helps prevent pneumonia were less likely to carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a new study led by Washington State University researchers.

5 hours ago in Pediatrics
Phys.org / Discovery of new species of sugarcane pest may facilitate management and reduce losses

In 2015, Professor Gervásio Silva Carvalho of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS) in the South region of Brazil received several specimens of sugarcane spittlebugs (Mahanarva sp.) for identification.

4 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Between Earth and sky: Sea salt plays key role in Metro Manila air pollution

In a new study that took advantage of the worldwide shutdown of human activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from Ateneo de Manila University—Manila Observatory and University of Arizona revealed surprising ...

5 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Do super-Jupiters look like Jupiter? Not necessarily, study shows

Using images from the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb), an international research team including Western's Stanimir Metchev has discovered new answers to explain how some brown dwarfs form giant dust storms, contradicting ...

21 hours ago in Astronomy & Space