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Tech Xplore / AI system protects wireless networks from jamming attacks in real time

A research team at the University of Ottawa has developed an advanced artificial intelligence system designed to autonomously defend wireless networks from jamming attacks, operating much like a digital immune system. This ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Telecom
Phys.org / A 3D-printed Christmas tree made entirely of ice

A team of physicists from the University of Amsterdam's Institute of Physics has 3D-printed a Christmas tree made entirely of ice. Researchers Menno Demmenie, Stefan Kooij and Daniel Bonn used no freezing technology or refrigeration ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / New fossil lungfish from Yunnan sheds light on critical stage of early vertebrate evolution

A research team led by Prof. Zhu Min—a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and affiliated with the CAS Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP)—has identified a new species of fossil ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / You have your mother's eyes and your father's heart disease—now what?

The American Heart Association says upcoming family holiday gatherings are a good time to talk about your family health history and how it can play an important role in heart disease.

Dec 19, 2025 in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / Microbiome may aid in healthy pregnancies by training maternal immune system

Gut microbes may play a key role in training a mother's immune system to adapt to the developing fetus during pregnancy, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Dec 17, 2025 in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Phys.org / Ancient genetic 'start' signal found in bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes

A newly discovered promoter element "start" points to a shared regulatory syntax for controlling transcription initiation in bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes.

Dec 15, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / 40% of MRI signals do not correspond to actual brain activity, study suggests

For almost three decades, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been one of the main tools in brain research. Yet a new study published in Nature Neuroscience fundamentally challenges the way fMRI data have so ...

Dec 16, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Catch or release: Angler characteristics and location influence which fish make it back into the water

Whether a caught fish is released back into the water or removed for consumption depends on more than just the fish species and size. Researchers from the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / To feel lonely is to be human: Here's how to handle it at Christmas

Christmas is often considered a time of connection, warmth and belonging. That's the script, anyway. But for many people, the reality feels different; isolating, emotionally weighted and filled with comparisons that sting.

Dec 18, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Comprehensive study settles debate over diet safety for patients with cancer

For decades, patients undergoing blood cancer treatment have been told to avoid certain foods to reduce infection risk, guidance that some physicians hoped could safely be relaxed. Now, a University of Florida study offers ...

Dec 19, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / New evidence about dopamine delivery explains why current Parkinson's treatments succeed—and their limitations

A McGill-led study is challenging a popular theory about how dopamine drives movement, a discovery that could shift how scientists think about Parkinson's disease treatments.

Dec 17, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / GoMars model simulates 50-year Martian dust cycle

Mars is a dusty planet dominated by vast, dry deserts, with no easily accessible sources of liquid water. Much like on Earth, dust is lifted from Mars's surface by wind and rotating air columns, transported through the atmosphere, ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Astronomy & Space