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Phys.org / Inside Asia's Amazon—camera traps reveal the secrets of the Annamite Mountains

A camera-trap survey conducted throughout 2025 has revealed the bewildering breadth of biodiversity hidden within the Annamite Mountains, a largely unexplored forest haven stretching for 1,100 kilometers through Laos and ...

14 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Distrust and disempowerment, not apathy, keep employees from supporting marginalized colleagues

What really holds people back from stepping up as allies in support of their marginalized colleagues? For example, why don't more men say something when they see a colleague or a customer make a sexist remark about a female ...

12 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / When it comes to homelessness, what we call 'compassion fatigue' is something else entirely

The 20th-century French philosopher Simone Weil once said that compassion was an impossibility. She said it is "a more astounding miracle than walking on water." The word she used for meeting the needs of the sufferer is ...

14 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Replacing humans with machines is leaving truckloads of food stranded and unusable

Supermarket shelves can look full despite the food systems underneath them being under strain. Fruit may be stacked neatly, chilled meat may be in place. It appears that supply chains are functioning well. But appearances ...

16 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Want a tall, smart child? How IVF tests are selling a dream

Prospective parents are being marketed genetic tests that claim to predict which IVF embryo will grow into the tallest, smartest or healthiest child. But these tests cannot deliver what they promise. The benefits are likely ...

12 hours ago in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Phys.org / Key yeast enzyme discovered after 15 years reveals how sugar-donor DLOs are regulated

After a long search, RIKEN researchers have identified an enzyme crucial for keeping lipid-linked sugar chains in check in yeast cells. This finding, published in the Journal of Cell Biology, reveals a novel regulatory mechanism ...

15 hours ago in Biology
Tech Xplore / Feeling 'AI anxiety'? Here are the risks people fear most

A patient said to me the other day, half-smiling but clearly unsettled: "I think I've got anxiety about AI." They weren't having a panic attack or describing clinical anxiety. What they were expressing was a persistent sense ...

15 hours ago in Consumer & Gadgets
Phys.org / Astronomers trace a star's three-year infrared glow to black hole birth

In 2014, a NASA telescope observed that the infrared light emitted by a massive star in the Andromeda galaxy gradually grew brighter. The star glowed more intensely with infrared light for around three years before fading ...

17 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / When AI meets physics: Unlocking complex protein structures to accelerate biomedical breakthroughs

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how scientists understand proteins—these are working molecules that drive nearly every process in the human body, from cell growth and immune defense to digestion and cell signaling. ...

17 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / African indigenous foods that fight inflammation may help people with diabetes

African indigenous food groups present an exciting area to explore when it comes to taste and nutrition. They may even offer potential as nutritional therapy for people with health problems.

15 hours ago in Diabetes
Medical Xpress / UK focus groups find support for sharing health data for AI is conditional

Public support for sharing health data for artificial intelligence (AI) research depends on clear public benefit, strong safeguards, and meaningful consent, according to a new NDORMS study based on in-depth focus groups with ...

14 hours ago in Health informatics
Phys.org / Testing confirms chemical-free future for fighting flystrike in sheep

Researchers have successfully shown a technology developed at the University of Queensland can improve the efficacy of a chemical-free flystrike treatment for sheep. The technology, BenPol, addresses the limitations of double-stranded ...

20 hours ago in Biology