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Phys.org / Stripe patterns in blood cells offer new clues for diagnosing disorders and understanding natural designs

Stripe patterns are commonly seen in nature—for instance, birds and fish move in coordinated flocks and schools, fingerprints form unique designs, and zebras can be identified by their distinctive stripes.

Dec 22, 2025 in Biology
Tech Xplore / Lowering barriers to explainable AI: Control technique for LLMs reduces resource demands by over 90%

Large language models (LLMs) such as GPT and Llama are driving exceptional innovations in AI, but research aimed at improving their explainability and reliability is constrained by massive resource requirements for examining ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Software
Medical Xpress / Key enzyme controls both weight gain and cholesterol levels in animal models

Obesity is a global epidemic and a major cause of morbidity and mortality because it increases the risk for comorbidities, including heart disease and fatty liver disease (MASLD). Rates of these disorders have risen as the ...

Dec 24, 2025 in Overweight & Obesity
Phys.org / Ultrafast fluorescence pulse technique enables imaging of individual trapped atoms

Researchers at the ArQuS Laboratory of the University of Trieste (Italy) and the National Institute of Optics of the Italian National Research Council (CNR-INO) have achieved the first imaging of individual trapped cold atoms ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Rare Hall effect reveals design pathways for advanced spintronic materials

Scientists at Ames National Laboratory, in collaboration with Indranil Das's group at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (India), have found a surprising electronic feature in transitional metal-based compounds that could ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Higher maternal vitamin D during pregnancy tied to less childhood tooth decay

Zhejiang University School of Medicine investigators reported that higher maternal plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels across pregnancy aligned with lower odds of early childhood caries in children.

Dec 15, 2025 in Dentistry
Phys.org / Good listeners connect more easily with strangers, study finds

With many people now heavily relying on electronic devices to communicate with others, connecting on a deeper level with others, particularly face-to-face, can prove challenging. Recent nationwide surveys and psychological ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Hidden clay intensified 2011 Japan megaquake, study confirms

An international research expedition involving Cornell has uncovered new details as to why a 2011 earthquake northeast of Japan behaved so unusually as it lifted the seafloor and produced a tsunami that devastated coastal ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Possible 'superkilonova' exploded not once but twice

When the most massive stars reach the ends of their lives, they blow up in spectacular supernova explosions, which seed the universe with heavy elements such as carbon and iron. Another type of explosion—the kilonova—occurs ...

Dec 16, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Robotic system synthesizes hundreds of metal complexes to find potential new antibiotic

Researchers have used a cutting-edge robotic system capable of synthesizing hundreds of metal complexes to develop a possible antibiotic candidate—offering fresh hope in the global fight against drug-resistant infections.

Dec 23, 2025 in Chemistry
Phys.org / Muddy eruption at Yellowstone's Black Diamond Pool captured on video

"Kablooey!" That's the word U.S. Geological Survey volcanic experts used to describe a muddy eruption at Black Diamond Pool in Yellowstone National Park on Saturday morning.

Dec 21, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Saturn's rings extend further above and below the ring plane, forming a 'halo'

The Cassini probe took its final orbits, referred to as the Grand Finale Orbits (GFOs), in 2017, before launching itself into Saturn's atmosphere. During these GFOs, the probe collected samples of dust above and below Saturn's ...

Dec 17, 2025 in Astronomy & Space