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Phys.org / Scientists rule out fourth neutrino in particle physics mystery

Scientists have taken a major step toward solving a long-standing mystery in particle physics, by finding no sign of the particle many hoped would explain it.

Dec 3, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Childhood instability accelerates women's sexual strategies, study suggests

California State University, Sacramento, researchers traced how disordered childhood social worlds in women connected to faster life history traits and greater mating effort, with those traits explaining 22.2% of the association ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Sugars, 'gum,' stardust found in NASA's asteroid Bennu samples

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As part of the ongoing study of pristine samples delivered to Earth ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Molecular switch links early-life stimulation to lasting memory changes

Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism that helps explain why growing up in a stimulating environment enhances memory. In contrast, a lack of stimulation can impair it. The team from the Institute for Neurosciences ...

Dec 3, 2025 in Genetics
Phys.org / Complex life developed nearly 1 billion years earlier than previously thought, study reveals

Complex life began to develop earlier, and over a longer span of time, than previously believed, a new study has revealed. The research sheds new light on the conditions needed for early organisms to evolve and challenges ...

Dec 3, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Self-adapting fiber component tackles heat challenges in high-power fiber lasers

Thulium fiber lasers, operating at a wavelength of 2 micrometers, are valued for applications in medicine, materials processing, and defense. Their longer wavelength makes stray light less damaging compared to the more common ...

Dec 3, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Pegcetacoplan—the 'closest thing to a cure' for rare, severe kidney disease

A rare and life-threatening kidney disease in children finally has an effective therapy, thanks in large part to pioneering research and clinical leadership from University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children's Hospital.

Dec 3, 2025 in Medications
Tech Xplore / Audio-augmented wearable aims to improve mindfulness, with possible benefits for those with anxiety and ADHD

A new device uses focused sound cues to keep users grounded amid digital distractions, with possible benefits for anxiety and ADHD as well.

Dec 3, 2025 in Consumer & Gadgets
Phys.org / Simulations reveal how black holes generate intense light from infalling matter

Surprisingly, some of the universe's brightest objects are black holes. As scorching gas and dust flow around and into a black hole, they glow with fierce intensity across the light spectrum. Now, a team of computational ...

Dec 3, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Ancient stalagmite provides insights into how climate affected early communities in cradle of civilization

The Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region spanning modern-day Middle Eastern countries, is considered the cradle of civilization and where farming first emerged. But little is known about how climate change influenced ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Deciphering the heavyweights of the tetraquark world

The CMS collaboration reports the first measurement of the quantum properties of a family of tetraquarks that was recently discovered at the LHC.

Dec 3, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Astronomers warn satellite growth may contaminate nearly all space telescope data

Light from the half a million satellites that humanity is planning to launch into Earth's orbit in the coming years could contaminate almost all the images taken by space telescopes, NASA astronomers warned Wednesday.

Dec 3, 2025 in Astronomy & Space