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Phys.org / Floods hit Sri Lanka's capital as cyclone deaths near 200

Entire areas of Sri Lanka's capital were flooded on Sunday after a powerful cyclone triggered heavy rains and mudslides across the island, with authorities reporting nearly 200 dead and dozens more missing.

Nov 30, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Your dog is not a doomsday prepper—here's why they hide food and toys

Have you ever seen a dog focused on nuzzling their expensive treat under a blanket, behind a couch cushion, or into a freshly dug hole in the backyard? You might think they are behaving like a paranoid doomsday prepper, but ...

Nov 29, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Drones: An ally in the sky to help save elephants

They say an elephant never forgets—and it turns out they can learn to adapt to drones. Once seen as a source of alarm, drones are now proving to be surprisingly elephant-friendly and a valuable research tool. Previously, ...

Nov 27, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Metabolites produced in intestine play central role in controlling obesity and diabetes, study shows

A study conducted at Harvard University identified a group of metabolites that travel from the intestine to the liver and then to the heart, where they are pumped throughout the body. These metabolites play an important role ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Overweight & Obesity
Medical Xpress / How antibody therapy clears Alzheimer's plaques: Key immune mechanism identified

Lecanemab, sold under the name Leqembi, is a monoclonal antibody therapy for Alzheimer's disease that clears toxic amyloid plaques and delays cognitive decline. Researchers from VIB and KU Leuven have now demonstrated the ...

Medical Xpress / Narcissism and its role in sexually motivated serial killers

Researchers at the University of Bamberg have traced a darkly intricate form of narcissism in sexually motivated male serial killers, reporting that many offenders combine brittle sensitivity with a craving for admiration ...

Nov 24, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Consciousness as the foundation: New theory addresses nature of reality

Consciousness is fundamental; only thereafter do time, space and matter arise. This is the starting point for a new theoretical model of the nature of reality, presented by Maria Strømme, Professor of Materials Science at ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Earthquakes shake up Yellowstone's subterranean ecosystems

Up to 30% of life, by weight, is underground. Seismic activity may renew the energy supply for subterranean ecosystems. Published in PNAS Nexus, Eric Boyd and colleagues chronicled the ecological changes in subsurface microbial ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / RNA in action: Filming ribozyme self-assembly

RNA is a central biological macromolecule, now widely harnessed in medicine and nanotechnology. Like proteins, RNA function often depends on its precise three-dimensional structure. A recent study published in Nature Communications ...

Nov 27, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Non-toxic solvent enables near-perfect recycling of mixed-fiber textiles

We are producing more textiles than ever before: worldwide, well over one hundred million tons of textiles are manufactured every year—more than twice as much as in the year 2000. This makes it increasingly important not ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / 8 ways to drink less during the silly season

"We must have a drink before the end of the year!"

Nov 29, 2025 in Health
Tech Xplore / Researchers develop new algorithms for the efficient design of motorcycles in the digital environment

Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a set of innovative methods and algorithms that improve the performance and precision of vehicle design through topological optimization, a mathematical ...

Nov 29, 2025 in Engineering