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Phys.org / Texas Humane Legislation Network has pushed to improve animal welfare laws for 50 years

Fifty years ago, Cile Holloway attended a national animal welfare conference and realized there was nobody working on legislation to improve the lives of animals in Texas.

Dec 29, 2025 in Biology
Tech Xplore / Robotic arm successfully learns 1,000 manipulation tasks in one day

Over the past decades, roboticists have introduced a wide range of systems that can effectively tackle some real-world problems. Most of these robots, however, often perform poorly on tasks that they were not trained on, ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Robotics
Phys.org / New method uses spin motion to control heat flow in magnetic materials

NIMS, in joint research with the University of Tokyo, AIST, the University of Osaka, and Tohoku University, have proposed a novel method for actively controlling heat flow in solids by utilizing the transport of magnons—quasiparticles ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Biophobia: Why some people hate nature—and what you can do about it

We're constantly told that spending time in nature is good for the body and the mind alike. A large body of research shows multiple health benefits from contact with nature, ranging from stress reduction to an improved immune ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / How doubting your doubts may increase your commitment to goals

When it comes to our most important long-term goals in life, it is not uncommon to face obstacles that may lead us to doubt whether we can achieve our ambitions.

Dec 29, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
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 / Archimedean screw inspires new way to encode chirality into magnetic materials

In physics and materials science, the term "spin chirality" refers to an asymmetry in the arrangement of spins (i.e., the intrinsic angular momentum of particles) in magnetic materials. This asymmetry can give rise to unique ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / We discovered an ancient 'party boat' in the waters of Alexandria. Here's what might have happened on board

Beneath the shifting waters of Alexandria's eastern harbor, on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, lie the drowned remnants of a once-splendid city—ports, palaces and temples swallowed by the sea. Submerged by earthquakes and ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / New model showcases microbubble behavior in viscoelastic fluid under ultrasound forcing

Encapsulated microbubbles (EMBs), tiny gas-filled bubbles coated in lipid or protein shells, play a central role in biomedical ultrasound. When exposed to ultrasound waves, EMBs contract, resulting in oscillations that enhance ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Rb1 identified as predictive biomarker for new therapeutic strategy in some breast cancers

A new study published in Science Translational Medicine by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center details a therapeutic vulnerability in patients with an aggressive subtype of triple-negative breast ...

Dec 24, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / The health benefits of swearing

You stub your toe on the bedpost. Before your brain even registers the pain, a word explodes from your mouth—sharp, loud and oddly satisfying.

Dec 29, 2025 in Health
Phys.org / A molecular switch for green hydrogen: Catalyst changes function based on how it's assembled

Hydrogen production through water electrolysis is a cornerstone of the clean energy transition, but it relies on efficient and stable catalysts that work under acidic conditions—currently dominated by precious metals like ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Chemistry