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Dialog / Freezing salty water reveals dynamic brine migration and evolving ice patterns

Imagine holding a narrow tube filled with salty water and watching it begin to freeze from one end. You might expect the ice to advance steadily and push the salt aside in a simple and predictable way. Yet the scene that ...

4 hours ago in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / In search for autism's causes, look at genes, not vaccines, researchers say

Earlier this year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged that the search for autism's cause—a question that has kept researchers busy for the better part of six decades—would be over in just ...

3 hours ago in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Why do we wake up shortly before our alarm goes off? It's not by chance

You've probably experienced it—your alarm is set for 6:30 a.m., yet somehow your eyes snap open a few minutes before it goes off. There's no sound, no external cue, just the body somehow knowing it's time.

3 hours ago in Sleep disorders
Medical Xpress / Winter virus season so far is not too bad, but doctors worry about suffering to come

It may feel like you are surrounded by sniffles and coughs, but flu season activity is still low in many parts of the U.S.

7 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Why SpaceX IPO plan is generating so much buzz

More than 20 years after founding SpaceX, the record-breaking company that transformed the global space industry, Elon Musk is planning to take the enterprise public.

7 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / Making clean energy investments more successful with forecasting tools

Governments and companies constantly face decisions about how to allocate finite amounts of money to clean energy technologies that can make a difference to the world's climate, its economies, and to society as a whole. The ...

3 hours ago in Business
Tech Xplore / Crypto firm Tether bids for Juventus, is quickly rebuffed

Cryptocurrency firm Tether said Friday it had submitted a bid to Juventus's main shareholder, Exor, to acquire its entire stake in the Turin football club—but was quickly rebuffed.

7 hours ago in Business
Phys.org / England's synthetic phonics approach is not working for children who struggle to read

Since 2012, England has taken an increasingly narrow approach to how primary school teachers should teach reading.

4 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Lowering blood sugar can halve heart attack risk in people with prediabetes

Lowering blood sugar levels halves the likelihood of serious heart problems in people with prediabetes.

19 hours ago in Cardiology
Phys.org / Comet 3I/ATLAS displays greenish hue in new Gemini North telescope images

Gemini North captured new images of Comet 3I/ATLAS after it reemerged from behind the sun on its path out of the solar system. The data were collected during a Shadow the Scientists session—a unique outreach initiative ...

Dec 12, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / California extends red abalone fishing ban for another 10 years

On Dec. 11, the California Fish and Game Commission voted to extend the closure of the recreational red abalone fishery for another decade, keeping the ban in place until April 2036.

5 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Integrating anatomy and biology for a better pancreatic cancer prognosis

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is notoriously difficult to treat due to its aggressive nature and limited prognostic tools. While the traditional staging systems, such as the TNM classification, focus on anatomical ...

10 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer