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Phys.org / A new framework addresses fair distribution of emissions

Ten years ago, on 12 December 2015, the Paris Climate Agreement was signed at the UN Climate Conference. In order to limit global warming to well below two degrees, only a certain amount of CO2 may be emitted worldwide. While ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Cosmic gas flows, not collisions, explain Milky Way's double chemical signature

Clues about how galaxies like our Milky Way form and evolve and why their stars show surprising chemical patterns have been revealed by a new study.

Dec 8, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Simulation may illuminate safer cannabinoid drugs

New psychoactive substances, originally developed as potential analgesics but abandoned due to adverse side effects, may still have pharmaceutical value if researchers could nail down the causes of those side effects. A ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Chemistry
Phys.org / A 6.9 magnitude earthquake causes small tsunami waves off northeastern Japan

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after a stronger quake in the same region.

Dec 12, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Sub-Saharan Africa has lost 24% of its biodiversity since pre-industrial times, study finds

Researchers from the School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences (APES) have contributed significantly to a major African-led study revealing that sub-Saharan Africa has already lost 24% of its biodiversity since pre-industrial ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Next-generation CAR T cells show stronger, safer response in animal models

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a new type of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell that elicits a more controlled immune response to cancer in mice—effectively killing cancer cells, ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / The 'hobbits' mysteriously disappeared 50,000 years ago. Our new study reveals what happened to their home

About 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as "the hobbit" thanks to its small stature). The cause of its disappearance, after more than a million years ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / With feathers into the afterlife: New results on the Bad Dürrenberg shaman burial

The approximately 9,000-year-old grave of the shaman from Bad Dürrenberg (Saalekreis district) is one of the most spectacular finds in Central European archaeology. Excavated under considerable time pressure in 1934, subsequent ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Modified bacterial transport system imports artificial amino acids for efficient designer protein creation

Researchers from ETH Zurich have succeeded in introducing large quantities of unnatural amino acids into bacteria, enabling the creation of innovative and highly efficient designer proteins. These can be used as more efficient ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / How the immune system stalls weight loss

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have uncovered a surprising new function for immune cells: preventing excess weight loss.

Dec 10, 2025 in Immunology
Medical Xpress / AI identifies key mpox protein for new vaccine and antibody therapies

With the help of artificial intelligence, an international team of researchers has made the first major inroad to date toward a new and more effective way to fight the monkeypox virus (MPXV), which causes a painful and sometimes ...

Tech Xplore / Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years for fraud

A US court sentenced cryptocurrency tycoon Do Kwon to 15 years in prison Thursday over fraud linked to his company's failure, which wiped out $40 billion of investors' money and shook global crypto markets.

Dec 12, 2025 in Business