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Phys.org / Climate whiplash effects due to rapidly intensifying El Niño cycles

A new study published in the journal Nature Communications reveals that the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a key driver of global climate variability, is projected to undergo a dramatic transformation due to greenhouse ...

Oct 16, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Muscle wasting reversed in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis increased their leg muscle volume when treated with an anti-rheumatic drug, offering new hope for improved muscle health.

Oct 16, 2025 in Medications
Phys.org / Ancient ocean warming reveals new insights into stability of West Antarctic Ice Sheet

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is one of the most dynamic regions of the Antarctic continent. Much of its bed lies below sea level, making the region particularly sensitive to ocean warming. Understanding the development ...

Oct 16, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Research reveals possibility of new drug therapy for hereditary diseases

A study published in Science reveals a cellular mechanism involved in the inheritance of genetic mutations. The study also points to a potential treatment that could reduce the risk of babies being born with serious, incurable ...

Oct 16, 2025 in Genetics
Phys.org / Humans driving extinctions on scale not seen since dinosaurs, scientists say

Human activity may be triggering the greatest extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, according to scientists. Their study, based on a review of decades of research on environmental change, ...

Oct 16, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / What vibrating molecules might reveal about cell biology

Infrared vibrational spectroscopy at BESSY II can be used to create high-resolution maps of molecules inside live cells and cell organelles in their native aqueous environment, according to a new study by a team from HZB ...

Oct 16, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Medical Xpress / 'Kiss-shrink-run' mechanism resolves neurotransmission mystery

A research team has resolved a 50-year-old controversy in neuroscience. By employing a self-developed, time-resolved cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) technique, the team, led by Prof. Bi Guo-Qiang from the University of ...

Oct 16, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Disconnected cerebral hemisphere in epilepsy patients shows sleep-like state during wakefulness

Sleep-like slow-wave patterns persist for years in surgically disconnected neural tissue of awake epilepsy patients, according to a study published in PLOS Biology by Marcello Massimini from Universita degli Studi di Milano, ...

Oct 16, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Changing-look active galactic nucleus investigated by researchers

By analyzing the available data from various space observatories and ground-based telescopes, Indian astronomers have conducted a long-term multiwavelength study of a changing-look active galactic nucleus (AGN) known as NGC ...

Oct 15, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Researchers discover spontaneous chirality in conjugated polymers

Chirality, a property where structures have a distinct left- or right-handedness, allows natural semiconductors to move charge and convert energy with high efficiency by controlling electron spin and the angular momentum ...

Oct 16, 2025 in Chemistry
Tech Xplore / Low-power MoS₂-based microwave transmitter could advance communications

To further advance wireless communication systems, electronics engineers have been trying to develop new electronic circuits that operate in the microwave frequency range (1–300 GHz), while also losing little energy while ...

Phys.org / A hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy of space immunology

With the advent of commercial spaceflight, an increasing number of people may be heading into space in the coming years. Some will even get a chance to fly to the moon or live on Mars.

Oct 16, 2025 in Astronomy & Space