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Phys.org / Mysterious, thermally insulating patches at the base of Earth's mantle

With modern seismic tomography, Earth scientists have discovered that above Earth's core-mantle boundary (CMB), about 2,900 kilometers beneath our feet, there is a thin layer about 300 kilometers thick with remarkable structural ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Drug-resistant Candida auris harnesses CO₂ to survive on skin, research reveals

A new study involving the Medical University of Vienna shows how the multi-resistant fungus Candida auris utilizes carbon dioxide (CO₂) to survive on the skin and become resistant to antifungal therapies. The research team ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / New ALS drug stabilizes decline with a trend toward improved strength and mobility for some

Historically, people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) experience a relentless decline in neurological function that eventually robs them of the ability to move, speak, eat or breathe. Now, researchers from Washington ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Scientists grow mini brains to uncover cells behind autism-related brain overgrowth

A new study in the lab of Jason Stein, Ph.D., modeled brain development in a dish to identify cells and genes that influence infant brain growth, a trait associated with autism.

Dec 23, 2025 in Autism spectrum disorders
Phys.org / More than 16,000 dinosaur tracks discovered at a site in Bolivia

Scientists have discovered the single largest dinosaur track site in the world in Carreras Pampa, Torotoro National Park, Bolivia. The tracks were made about 70 million years ago, in the late Cretaceous Period, by theropods—bipedal ...

Dec 25, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Fathers' microplastics exposure tied to their children's metabolic problems

A study led by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has shown for the first time that a father's exposure to microplastics (MPs) can trigger metabolic dysfunctions in his offspring. The research, ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Molecular difference in autistic brains may explain signaling imbalance

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) scientists have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to their neurotypical counterparts.

Dec 23, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Inflammation fuels one of the most aggressive forms of lung cancer

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is one of the most aggressive forms of lung cancer, with a five-year survival rate of only 5%. Despite this poor prognosis, SCLC is initially highly responsive to chemotherapy. However, patients ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Worried about statins? Here's what the evidence shows

Few medicines have sparked as much debate as statins. Cardiologists often describe them as life-saving, while some patients remain wary of side effects or uneasy about taking a daily pill.

Dec 26, 2025 in Medications
Medical Xpress / Modified tau thwarts aggregation in neurodegenerative disease—while retaining its biological function

A designer version of the tau protein, developed by a team led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers, maintains its biological function while resisting aggregation, a pathological trait linked to neurodegenerative ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / System replicates womb lining to 'listen in' to embryo-mother interactions during implantation

By engineering a system replicating the womb lining with high biological accuracy, researchers at the Babraham Institute and Stanford University have been able to study the implantation of human embryos, opening up this enigmatic ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Phys.org / What 38 million obituaries reveal about how Americans define a 'life well lived'

Obituaries preserve what families most want remembered about the people they cherish most. Across time, they also reveal the values each era chose to honor.

Dec 26, 2025 in Other Sciences