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Medical Xpress / Cerebrospinal fluid motion in the brain captured in remarkable detail

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear and watery liquid that flows in and around the brain and spinal cord. Its functions include protecting parts of the nervous system, delivering nutrients and removing metabolic waste.

Nov 20, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Satellite mapping reveals rapid shifts in Antarctic glacier grounding lines

A University of Houston scientist has teamed with international partners to examine how Antarctica's massive glaciers are shifting and how that could predict sea level changes. Their latest collaboration offers the most precise ...

Nov 24, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Are aliens real? Do aliens exist? Technosignatures may hold new clues

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that finding—which won the scientists a portion of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics—researchers have discovered ...

Nov 24, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Kelp farming is expensive, but a new resource points to lower costs

Farming kelp to sell as food, beauty products, fertilizer additives and other goods is a growing industry in Maine, but also a costly one. One key barrier for new farmers is a lack of cost-analysis tools to help reduce expenditures ...

Nov 24, 2025 in Biology
Tech Xplore / Clean energy found in old coal mines

Cumberland, B.C. was built on coal mining—both literally and practically. Thousands of workers were employed and millions of tons of coal were exported over 80 years before the mines were shuttered, leaving deep holes in ...

Nov 24, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Researchers model how encapsulation shapes the evolution of living cells

A cell is fundamentally a container—a vessel that encapsulates life at the most basic level. Many biologists believe encapsulation of chemicals may have been necessary for evolution to gain traction.

Nov 24, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / South Africa's G20 presidency: Diplomatic victory, but a weak final declaration

US president Donald Trump's efforts to derail a successful wrap-up of the G20 summit in Johannesburg failed. Trump boycotted the meeting and the US told other countries through diplomatic channels not to sign a communiqué. ...

Nov 24, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Strangulation laws potentially saved 1,500 lives

US legislation making strangulation a serious criminal offense has been linked to reduced intimate partner homicide rates, with 14% fewer women killed and 27% fewer male victims in the 18-49 age group.

Nov 24, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Antimicrobial resistance risks from bacteria in 'Trojan horse' amoebae

Amoebae living in a creek in Mumbai are acting as a "Trojan horse," harboring and protecting multidrug resistant bacteria, according to new research.

Nov 24, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / How brain tumors respond to low-nutrient environments

A new study led by Peter Mac Professor Louise Cheng on fruit-fly brains has uncovered how cells that form the brain's protective barrier can act as "gatekeepers" and slow down the growth of some brain tumors.

Nov 24, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / 3D printing: The future of food

In a perfect world, people would have easy access to fresh fruits and vegetables at affordable prices. They would not live in food deserts and 30% to 40% of food produced in the U.S. would not be lost annually through overproduction, ...

Nov 24, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Fishing for phages in botanical gardens

Kompetensportalen, Lucat, Lupin, Lubas and LUCRIS. Those are the names of some of Lund University's administrative systems. They are now also the names of five new bacteriophages that have recently been discovered in the ...

Nov 24, 2025 in Biology