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Phys.org / The DEVILS in the details: How the cosmic landscape impacts the galaxy lifecycle

A team of astronomers from the International Center for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has released new data from an extensive galaxy evolution survey that found a galaxy's "neighborhood" plays a major role in how it changes ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / The real reason states first emerged thousands of years ago: New research

Globalization, migration, climate change and war—nation states are currently under huge pressure on many fronts. Understanding the forces that initially drove the emergence of states across the world may help explain why.

Nov 25, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Adaptive method helps light-based quantum processors act more like neural networks

Machine learning models called convolutional neural networks (CNNs) power technologies like image recognition and language translation. A quantum counterpart—known as a quantum convolutional neural network (QCNN)—could ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / New protections for oceanic whitetip sharks, but not eels

The world's top wildlife trade body voted Thursday to effectively ban all international trade in the critically endangered oceanic whitetip shark but rejected a proposal to protect more species of eel.

Nov 27, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Scientists develop one-product-fits-all immunotherapy for pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest forms of cancer, with most patients diagnosed after the disease has already spread throughout the body. The five-year survival rate for metastatic cases hovers around 2–3%, and median ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / New protocol for Treg expansion uses targeted immunotherapy to reduce transplant complications

In preclinical studies, researchers found that priming the immune system with a Treg-expanding therapy before stem cell transplant boosted survival, protected vital organs, and promoted a balanced gut microbiome—offering ...

Nov 27, 2025 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Study reveals unexpected link between dopamine and serotonin in the brain

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Columbia University and the University of San Francisco, have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which dopamine, a key brain chemical vital for movement and motivation, can affect ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / New X-ray method captures 3 image-contrast types in a single shot

University of Houston researchers developed a new X-ray imaging method capable of revealing hidden features in a single shot, a breakthrough that could advance cancer detection, disease monitoring, security screening and ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Therapeutic climbing lifts mood and sharpens focus for inpatients with depression, anxiety and OCD

Researchers at the University of Innsbruck and Schoen Clinic Roseneck report that structured therapeutic climbing sessions were experienced as emotionally lifting, mentally focusing, socially connecting, and physically strengthening ...

Nov 21, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Ancient wolves on remote Baltic Sea island reveal link to prehistoric humans

Scientists have found wolf remains, thousands of years old, on a small, isolated island in the Baltic Sea—a place where the animals could only have been brought by humans.

Nov 24, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Looping long-necked dinosaur site reveals its secrets

An analysis of a unique looping trail of ancient footprints in the United States reveals the dinosaur which made it may have been limping.

Nov 25, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Fame itself may be critical factor in shortening singers' lives, research suggests

Fame itself may be a critical factor in shortening singers' lives beyond the hazards of the job—at least those in the UK/Europe and North America—suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry