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Medical Xpress / The price of persuasion: Why vaccine messaging may deepen social divides

Encouraging people to get vaccinated is often seen as a public health success story. However, understanding how persuading people to roll up their sleeves to receive vaccines creates social division is crucial—particularly ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Vaccination
Tech Xplore / The origami wheel that could explore lunar caves

Beneath the moon's cratered surface lie networks of lava tubes and deep pits, natural caves that could shelter future lunar bases from cosmic radiation and wild temperature swings. These underground structures represent some ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / AI device with ion gel and graphene cuts machine learning power use 100-fold

In recent years, power consumption by machine learning technologies, represented by deep learning and generative artificial intelligence (AI), has increased exponentially, creating a serious social challenge. To address this ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Dual-color fluorescent sensor detects trace water in real time with high sensitivity

A research team led by Professor Jiang Changlong at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed a highly sensitive, real-time sensor for detecting trace water, addressing key challenges ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Chemistry
Tech Xplore / Deepfakes leveled up in 2025—here's what's coming next

Over the course of 2025, deepfakes improved dramatically. AI-generated faces, voices and full-body performances that mimic real people increased in quality far beyond what even many experts expected would be the case just ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Security
Phys.org / Why do cricket balls have to be so hard?

The game of cricket is believed to have originated in rural England sometime in the 16th or 17th century.

Dec 29, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Music can affect your driving—but not always how you'd expect

For many of us, listening to music is simply part of the driving routine—as ordinary as wearing a seatbelt. We build playlists for road trips, pick songs to stay awake, and even turn the volume up when traffic gets stressful.

Dec 29, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / New optical method reveals micellar structure changes under extensional stress

Complex fluids, such as polymer melts and concentrated suspensions, are foundational materials for industrial products, including high-strength plastics and optical components. The final performance of these materials depends ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / New reactor produces clean energy and carbon nanotubes from natural gas

Scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed a new reactor that converts natural gas (a common energy source primarily composed of methane) into two highly valuable resources: clean hydrogen fuel and carbon ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Why do we blush? Turning red may have surprising social benefits

We've all had the feeling. You're embarrassed and then there it is: a warm flush creeping up your neck and across your cheeks. The more you think about it, the hotter and redder you get. If someone asks "are you blushing?" ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Biophobia: Why some people hate nature—and what you can do about it

We're constantly told that spending time in nature is good for the body and the mind alike. A large body of research shows multiple health benefits from contact with nature, ranging from stress reduction to an improved immune ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Alzheimer's disease can be reversed in animal models to achieve full neurological recovery

For over a century, Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been considered irreversible. Consequently, research has focused on disease prevention or slowing, rather than recovery. Despite billions of dollars spent on decades of research, ...

Dec 24, 2025 in Neuroscience