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Phys.org / Saturn's rings extend further above and below the ring plane, forming a 'halo'

The Cassini probe took its final orbits, referred to as the Grand Finale Orbits (GFOs), in 2017, before launching itself into Saturn's atmosphere. During these GFOs, the probe collected samples of dust above and below Saturn's ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Online psychoeducation underperforms existing digital cognitive behavioral therapy in trial

Big Health Inc, along with paid academic investigators, reports higher remission rates and lower anxiety symptom scores with their smartphone-delivered digital cognitive behavioral therapy, DaylightRx, compared with an online ...

Dec 19, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Pimple patches have hidden our blemishes for hundreds of years—historian explains

You may have noticed people out and about with little stickers on their faces. Perhaps you've seen moons, stars, clouds or even smiley faces adorning people's cheeks and chins. Maybe you wear them yourself. While some people ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Why shoppers buy fast fashion even if they disagree with it

Every December, many shoppers plan to buy fewer things and choose more sustainable options. Yet as the month goes on, spending rises and fast fashion becomes hard to resist. Christmas has become a moment when good intentions ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Quantum entanglement could connect drones for disaster relief, bypassing traditional networks

Any time you use a device to communicate information—an email, a text message, any data transfer—the information in that transmission crosses the open internet, where it could be intercepted. Such communications are also ...

Dec 20, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Violence against women and girls: 4 key takeaways from a strategy that aims to change society

As the UK government launches its violence against women and girls strategy, the situation it is seeking to remedy makes for hard reading.

Dec 22, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Study examines oligodendrocyte dynamics throughout the progression of multiple sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by the disruption of nerve signals and various associated neurological symptoms, ranging from vision problems to numbness, weakness, fatigue and cognitive ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / How a new diet of penguins is changing puma behavior and social lives in Patagonia

Penguins in the coastal steppes of Argentina have a new enemy to worry about: the increasing numbers of pumas in Monte León National Park (MLNP). These powerful mountain cats were once on the brink of disappearing from this ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Subtle twist in materials prompts surprising electromagnetic behavior

Materials react differently to electric and magnetic fields, and these reactions are known as electromagnetic responses. In many solid materials, unusual electromagnetic responses have been known to only emerge when specific ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Getting support for opening the 'Pandora's box' of DNA testing

In the last decade, the drive to understand who we are and where we've come from has been accelerated by DNA testing.

Dec 22, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Accelerated cancer drug approvals yield modest survival gains at significant Medicare cost

Early access to new cancer drugs, granted accelerated approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has provided mixed benefits for patients while costing Medicare billions of dollars, reveals research published ...

Dec 21, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Measurement properties of kidney disease symptom score explored in non-dialysis-dependent CKD

The Kidney Disease Symptom Score (KDSS) has temporal stability for patients with non-dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease (NDD-CKD) with stable kidney function, but responsiveness of the KDSS for physical symptoms and ...