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Tech Xplore / Login system helps spot online hacks without sacrificing privacy

A new system developed by Cornell Tech researchers helps users detect when their online accounts have been compromised—without exposing their personal devices to invasive tracking by web services.

Aug 25, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Phys.org / Plant cell wall mechanics informs how to grow sustainable architectural forms

Clothing that adapts to one's needs and senses the external habitat. A lunar lava tunnel that uses bacteria, plants and fungi to create sustainable human habitats within otherwise unlivable places. Buildings grown from living ...

Aug 25, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / AI model decodes animals' emotional states from their calls

How is an animal feeling at a given moment? Humans have long recognized certain well-known behavior like a cat hissing as a warning, but in many cases we've had little clue of what's going on inside an animal's head.

Aug 25, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / 'I beat a Thai': How Muay Thai tourism reinforces white masculinity in Thailand's fight culture

A provocative new study has revealed how Western men participating in Muay Thai fighting tourism in Thailand use the sport to perform and affirm white masculinity—often through complex, racialized encounters with Thai fighters.

Aug 26, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Immune system markers could unleash personalized veterinary care for dogs

New research, published in ImmunoHorizons, paves the way for more personalized veterinary care for dogs that could help dog owners make informed decisions that keep their pets healthier longer. The researchers identified ...

Aug 26, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Gene–diet interactions help regulate the body's daily rhythms, research reveals

Our bodies follow a natural 24-hour cycle known as the circadian rhythm that influences everything from sleep to metabolism. While scientists have long known that certain core circadian clock genes help regulate these rhythms, ...

Aug 25, 2025 in Genetics
Phys.org / Turning spin loss into energy: New principle could enable ultra-low power devices

A research team has developed a device principle that can utilize "spin loss," which was previously thought of as a simple loss, as a new power source for magnetic control.

Aug 25, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Roman Space Telescope joins Earth's asteroid defense team

When NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches in October 2026, it won't just be peering into the distant universe to study dark energy and exoplanets. This powerful observatory will also serve as Earth's newest guardian, ...

Aug 26, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Phoenician oil bottles of Motya reveal the role of scent in the Iron Age Mediterranean

Pottery shards, coins, and bones can survive for millennia beneath the soil, but the scents of antiquity typically escape archaeological recovery. Now, for the first time, an interdisciplinary team of researchers has comprehensively ...

Aug 25, 2025 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / New age-gating laws aimed at making the internet safer actually threaten free speech

The United Kingdom recently launched a broad system of age verification that requires any platforms that host pornography or other "harmful" content to ensure their users are 18 or older.

Aug 26, 2025 in Internet
Medical Xpress / Americans prioritized preventing lockdown harms over COVID-19 deaths

When asked to choose between bad outcomes from lockdowns, most Americans said they'd rather risk more COVID deaths than allow more child abuse, domestic violence or deaths caused by economic hardship.

Phys.org / Astronomers map star spots using Tess and Kepler

Scientists have devised a new method for mapping the spottiness of distant stars by using observations from NASA missions of orbiting planets crossing their stars' faces. The model builds on a technique researchers have used ...

Aug 25, 2025 in Astronomy & Space