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Tech Xplore / China's BYD poised to overtake Tesla in 2025 EV sales

Growing Chinese auto giant BYD stands poised to officially surpass Tesla as the world's biggest electric vehicle company in annual sales.

Dec 29, 2025 in Business
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
Phys.org / Architecture isn't neutral. It's been shaping political power for millennia

Among his other ongoing projects, US President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term on a renovation. The Oval Office has been converted into a miniature palace festooned with gold bling, the rose garden has been ...

Dec 30, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Texas Humane Legislation Network has pushed to improve animal welfare laws for 50 years

Fifty years ago, Cile Holloway attended a national animal welfare conference and realized there was nobody working on legislation to improve the lives of animals in Texas.

Dec 29, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / New method uses spin motion to control heat flow in magnetic materials

NIMS, in joint research with the University of Tokyo, AIST, the University of Osaka, and Tohoku University, have proposed a novel method for actively controlling heat flow in solids by utilizing the transport of magnons—quasiparticles ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Physics
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 / How doubting your doubts may increase your commitment to goals

When it comes to our most important long-term goals in life, it is not uncommon to face obstacles that may lead us to doubt whether we can achieve our ambitions.

Dec 29, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Tech Xplore / Toys are talking back thanks to AI, but are they safe around kids?

Stuffed animals that talk back. Chessboards with pieces that move on their own. And a chatty holographic fairy in a crystal ball.

Dec 29, 2025 in Consumer & Gadgets
Phys.org / New model showcases microbubble behavior in viscoelastic fluid under ultrasound forcing

Encapsulated microbubbles (EMBs), tiny gas-filled bubbles coated in lipid or protein shells, play a central role in biomedical ultrasound. When exposed to ultrasound waves, EMBs contract, resulting in oscillations that enhance ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / The health benefits of swearing

You stub your toe on the bedpost. Before your brain even registers the pain, a word explodes from your mouth—sharp, loud and oddly satisfying.

Dec 29, 2025 in Health
Phys.org / Spin-engineered copper nanozyme enables efficient lignin conversion and strong green adhesives

Lignin is the most abundant renewable aromatic polymer in nature. Its conversion into high value-added chemicals or materials is essential for biomass valorization and sustainable development. Nanozymes, which combine the ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Tech Xplore / California crypto company accused of illegally inflating Katy Perry NFTs and fraud

Four years ago, California startup Theta Labs' cryptocurrency was soaring, and its future appeared bright when it landed a partnership with pop star Katy Perry.

Dec 29, 2025 in Business