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Phys.org / Electron-phonon interactions in crystals found to be quantized by a fundamental constant

A researcher at the Department of Physics at Tohoku University has uncovered a surprising quantum phenomenon hidden inside ordinary crystals: the strength of interactions between electrons and lattice vibrations—known as ...

Dec 9, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Fast-tracking a natural climate solution by compressing millennia of carbon capture into hours

What if it were possible to take a very slow geological process, one that takes thousands of years in nature, and speed it up so that it happens within hours, in order to slow the rate of global warming?

Dec 9, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Peculiar supernova SN 2021ukt transitions from Type IIn to Type Ib

Astronomers from the University of California (UC), Berkeley and elsewhere have performed spectroscopic and photometric study of a peculiar supernova designated SN 2021ukt, which underwent a transition from Type IIn to Type ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Hustle, muscle and grift: How the manosphere has grown into a money-making machine

The manosphere is big business today. Once a niche network lurking on the margins of the internet, this diverse community of male supremacist cultures has grown into a transnational profit-making enterprise.

Dec 10, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Horseshoe crab fossil reveals early mass-burial event and ancient microbial attack

A remarkably preserved horseshoe crab fossil from North America offers rare insight into some of the earliest known cases of animal disease in a Late Carboniferous swamp—some 50 to 70 million years before the age of dinosaurs.

Dec 9, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Unbee-lievable: Botswana elephants not easily fooled as scientists seek solution to human-elephant conflict

In Botswana, coexisting with the country's 130,000 elephants can be a daily negotiation. For rural families, tending a crop means hoping these "gentle giants" don't wander through and cause damage while searching for food ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Anxiety and insomnia may lower natural killer cell count, potentially repressing immune function

Natural killer (NK) cells are the bodyguards of our immune system. As a first line of defense, they destroy invading pathogens, foreign bodies, and infected cells in early stages, thereby preventing them from spreading. NK ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Immunology
Phys.org / Cracks in the Earth: Major gully erosion poses humanitarian crisis threats

Recent fieldwork by Griffith University researchers has highlighted an African country that is facing a rapidly escalating environmental crisis as severe gully erosion—locally termed "mega gullies"—advances across valuable ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Climate extremes trigger rare coral disease and mass mortality on the Great Barrier Reef

University of Sydney marine biologists have identified a devastating combination of coral bleaching and a rare necrotic wasting disease that wiped out large, long-lived corals on the Great Barrier Reef during the record 2024 ...

Dec 9, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Ozempic can reduce metabolic risks in schizophrenia patients, multicenter study finds

Semaglutide medications like Ozempic and Wegovy can help lower the risk of heart and metabolic diseases in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Dec 8, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Climate change puts riverbed microbes under constant stress, study finds

From tiny streams to gigantic rivers like the Mississippi—microbes in sediments work tirelessly to maintain key biogeochemical cycles. However, as temperatures rise, they tend to operate frequently in stress mode. This ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Black hole ejects matter at 20% light speed in sun-like magnetic event

An international team of astronomers, led by SRON, has observed a sudden outburst of matter near the supermassive black hole NGC 3783 at speeds reaching up to 20% of the speed of light. During a 10-day observation, mainly ...

Dec 9, 2025 in Astronomy & Space