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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 / What do summer holidays look like in a changing climate?

We've made it. After another long and difficult year, frazzled Australians are now ready for some long-overdue rest and recreation.

Dec 29, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / 'Don't use them': Tanning beds triple skin cancer risk, study finds

When Heidi Tarr was a teenager, she used a tanning bed several times a week with her friends because they all wanted to glow like a celebrity.

Dec 28, 2025 in Health
Tech Xplore / New electrification technology converts high-emission metal heat treatment into a carbon-free process

Researchers at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), led by Dr. Hookyung Lee, have developed an electrified heat treatment technology that replaces fossil fuels with electricity in the metal heat treatment process ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Engineering
Medical Xpress / Low-dose peanut therapy shown to protect children with peanut allergies

Children with peanut allergies may not need large doses of peanut oral immunotherapy (OIT) to build protection against peanuts, finds a new study led by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and Montreal Children's Hospital.

Dec 29, 2025 in Immunology
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
Medical Xpress / Researchers turn cancer resistance mutations into targets for new immunotherapies

One of the most challenging moments in cancer treatment comes when a therapy stops working. In many metastatic cancers, drugs that are initially effective lose their potency over time, as malignant cells acquire mutations ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Visual analog scale has comparable validity for perennial allergic, nonallergic rhinitis

The visual analog scale (VAS) demonstrates comparable validity for perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR) and nonallergic rhinitis (NAR) severity and quality-of-life (QoL) impairment, according to a study published online Dec. ...

Medical Xpress / FDA approves Jascayd for progressive pulmonary fibrosis

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Jascayd (nerandomilast) tablets for the treatment of progressive pulmonary fibrosis in adults.

Dec 30, 2025 in Medications
Phys.org / New optical method reveals micellar structure changes under extensional stress

Complex fluids, such as polymer melts and concentrated suspensions, are foundational materials for industrial products, including high-strength plastics and optical components. The final performance of these materials depends ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Physics
Tech Xplore / Meta buys China-founded AI agent Manus

Facebook owner Meta has agreed to acquire Manus, an artificial intelligence agent created by a company founded in China but now based in Singapore, the two firms said.

Dec 30, 2025 in Business
Medical Xpress / What's the deal with ... banana water?

If a can of coconut water and a banana smoothie had a baby, it might be banana water. The latest plant-based hydration beverage on the market is being touted as "the peel good beverage" that offers "a bunch of nutrients." ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Health