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Tech Xplore / Crypto hacks: Price drops often outweigh direct losses

In the crypto world, reports of cyberattacks tend to focus mainly on the funds that vanish immediately. A new study by researchers at the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) now shows that the indirect consequences—such as falling ...

22 hours ago in Business
Tech Xplore / AI learns to 'listen': Compact speech tokens help models understand spoken words

Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and Gemini were originally designed to work with text only. Today, they have evolved into systems that can work with many types of information at once (multimodal systems), as ...

23 hours ago in Computer Sciences
Medical Xpress / Study finds persistent gaps in mental health, alcohol use between sexual minorities and heterosexuals

A study conducted by scientists at Åbo Akademi University, Finland, shows that sexual minority individuals continue to report higher levels of mental health symptoms compared to the rest of the population.

22 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / European rocket puts S.Korean satellite in orbit

The European Vega C rocket blasted off into space on Monday, successfully putting a South Korean Kompsat-7 satellite into Earth's orbit.

23 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / 'Maestro' protein CASKIN2 orchestrates memory by fine-tuning neuron signals

For the first time, researchers identified the function of the CASKIN2 protein, which plays a key role in precise signal transmission between neurons and memory formation in the brain. This study is expected to provide important ...

23 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Breaking the heart's barrier to solve drug-resistant TB

African scientists have developed a nanoscale drug delivery system to treat pericarditis, a drug-resistant and lethal tuberculosis (TB). The scientists' system can breach the heart's protective membrane, a barrier that standard ...

23 hours ago in Nanotechnology
Medical Xpress / Global measles cases surge as vaccination rates fall, WHO warns

Between 2000 and 2024, global measles deaths fell by 88%, saving an estimated 58 million lives, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report.

Tech Xplore / Rock 'n' research: Engineering student builds 3D-printed guitar

Timothy Tran '27 has a new guitar for jamming out to his favorite Jimi Hendrix tunes, and he didn't pick it up at a music shop—he printed it.

23 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / Basic research challenges China's monopoly on rare earth elements

Materials that are essential for the transition to a sustainable society are currently being extracted using methods that are far from sustainable or environment-friendly. Magnets based on REE are manufactured in China, which ...

17 hours ago in Chemistry
Phys.org / Deforestation has turned Africa's forests from carbon sinks to carbon sources, new study finds

New research warns that Africa's forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source.

Nov 28, 2025 in Earth
Tech Xplore / How platform design steers demand

Digital platforms have gained strong economic positions in many industries. On the one hand, they enable more providers than ever before to make their products, services, or information available. On the other hand, this ...

22 hours ago in Consumer & Gadgets
Medical Xpress / Muscle regeneration hindered by missing protein in rare muscular dystrophy, study shows

For more than two decades, researchers at the University of Basel, Switzerland, have been investigating a severe form of muscular dystrophy in which muscles progressively degenerate. The research team has now discovered that ...

23 hours ago in Genetics