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Phys.org / Extinct rocket frog species identified from single 62-year-old museum specimen

Anyone walking through the Tarumã neighborhood in Curitiba (the capital of the state of Paraná, Brazil) today may find it difficult to imagine the area as it was in the past. Between the buildings, racetrack, and the city's ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / New fabric reflects 96% of sunlight to keep wearers cooler in extreme heat

As global temperatures rise and heat waves intensify, a new textile innovation co-developed by University of South Australia scientists promises to keep people cooler, drier, and more comfortable in extreme heat.

Nov 20, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Watching DNA repair in real time with a live-cell sensor

Cancer research, drug safety testing and aging biology may all gain a major boost from a new fluorescent sensor developed at Utrecht University. This new tool allows scientists to watch DNA damage and repair unfold in real ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Type 1 diabetes cured in mice with gentle blood stem-cell and pancreatic islet transplant

A combination of blood stem cell and pancreatic islet cell transplant from an immunologically mismatched donor completely prevented or cured type 1 diabetes in mice in a study by Stanford Medicine researchers. Type 1 diabetes ...

Nov 18, 2025 in Diabetes
Phys.org / Light-controlled embryos reveal power of mechanical forces in human development

Only two weeks after fertilization, the first sign of the formation of the three axes of the human body (head/tail, ventral/dorsal, and right/left) begins to appear. At this stage, known as gastrulation, a flat and featureless ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Omo-Turkana Basin fossil catalog helps piece together early hominin record

The Omo-Turkana Basin, where the Omo River drains into Lake Turkana in Africa, has been one of the three most valuable regions for the study of hominin evolution in Africa. Since the 1960s, many large-scale studies have taken ...

Nov 17, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Hidden process behind 2025 Santorini earthquakes uncovered

A mysterious swarm of earthquakes that occurred near the Greek island of Santorini in early 2025 was caused by rebounding sheets of magma slicing through Earth's crust, according to a new study by an international team involving ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Cleveland's famous sea monster gets a scientific update

About 360 million years ago, the shallow sea above present-day Cleveland was home to a fearsome apex predator: Dunkleosteus terrelli. This 14-foot armored fish ruled the Late Devonian seas with razor-sharp bone blades instead ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Seborrheic dermatitis: Large US cohort reveals pattern of epithelial barrier disease overlap

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania report that adults with seborrheic dermatitis in a large US cohort had higher odds of multiple epithelial barrier diseases across skin, respiratory, ...

Medical Xpress / Keto diet associated with reduced depressive symptoms, anxiety results remain mixed

Researchers led by St Michael's Hospital in Toronto report that ketogenic diets are associated with modest reductions in depressive symptoms in adults, while evidence for anxiety remains uncertain.

Nov 17, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Parasitic ant tricks workers into killing their queen, then takes the throne

Scientists document a new form of host manipulation where an invading, parasitic ant queen "tricks" ant workers into killing their queen mother. The invading ant integrates herself into the nest by pretending to be a member ...

Nov 17, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Evidence builds for disrupted mitochondria as cause of Parkinson's

For decades, scientists have known that mitochondria, which produce energy inside our cells, malfunction in Parkinson's disease. But a critical question remained: do the failing mitochondria cause Parkinson's, or do they ...