All News

Phys.org / Seeing rich people increases support for wealth redistribution, study finds

If people do not observe inequality, they are less likely to favor policies that redistribute wealth, such as taxation—but they are also more satisfied with their lot, according to online experiments involving 1,440 US-based ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Expanding seasonal immunization access could minimize off-season RSV epidemics

Providing year-round access to RSV immunization would minimize the risk of large seasonal outbreaks across the nation, including in both urban and rural areas.

Nov 26, 2025 in Pediatrics
Phys.org / The ingenuity of white oval squid camouflage brought to light

White oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana sp. 2), known locally as shiro-ika, are medium-sized squids naturally distributed in the Indian and western Pacific oceans, flittering in and out of a wide range of different habitats—from ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Island-wide field surveys illuminate land-sea connections in Mo'orea

A massive, multi-year scientific expedition led by researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara and collaborating institutions, including the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa, determined that land use ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Scientists detect new climate pattern in the tropics

Tropical cyclones can unleash extensive devastation, as recent storms that swept over Jamaica and the Philippines made unmistakably clear. Accurate weather forecasts that buy more time to prepare are crucial for saving lives ...

Nov 24, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Volcanic bubbles help foretell the fate of coral in more acidic seas

By 2100, Australian and global coral reef communities will be slow to recover, less complex, and dominated by fleshy algae, as high carbon dioxide changes ocean chemistry.

Nov 24, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Focused ultrasound with chemotherapy shows survival benefit for brain cancer patients, clinical trial finds

Patients with the deadliest form of brain cancer, glioblastoma, who received MRI-guided focused ultrasound with standard-of-care chemotherapy had a nearly 40% increase in overall survival in a landmark trial of 34 patients ...

Nov 24, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Using peat as sustainable precursor for fuel cell catalyst materials

Iron-nitrogen-carbon catalysts have the potential to replace the more expensive platinum catalysts currently used in fuel cells. This is shown by a study conducted by researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), Physikalisch-Technische ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Climate change links Tibetan lakes to Yangtze River, fueling flood risks

Climate change is accelerating the reorganization of river-lake systems on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, reshaping hydrological and ecological processes in the "Asian Water Tower."

Nov 24, 2025 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Doctors still outperform AI in clinical reasoning, study shows

AI may ace multiple-choice medical exams, but it still stumbles when faced with changing clinical information, according to research in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Nov 24, 2025 in Medical research
Phys.org / COVID vaccine tech could limit snakebite venom damage

The same technology used in COVID-19 vaccines could help prevent muscle damage from snakebites, according to a study published in Trends in Biotechnology.

Nov 24, 2025 in Biology
Tech Xplore / A new route to optimize AI hardware: Homodyne gradient extraction

A team led by the BRAINS Center for Brain-Inspired Computing at the University of Twente has demonstrated a new way to make electronic materials adapt in a manner comparable to machine learning. Their study, published in ...

Nov 24, 2025 in Hardware