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Medical Xpress / New clues to preventing stillbirth: Research highlights premature placental aging

Flinders University researchers have uncovered a biological process that could explain some stillbirths and pave the way for early detection and prevention.

Dec 22, 2025 in Genetics
Phys.org / Research uncovers the telltale tail of black hole collisions

When black holes collide, the impact radiates into space like the sound of a bell in the form of gravitational waves. But after the waves, there comes a second reverberation—a murmur that physicists have theorized but never ...

Dec 25, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Open-source software sheds light on cancer's hidden genetic networks

University of Navarra (Spain) researchers have developed RNACOREX, a new open-source software capable of identifying gene regulation networks with applications in cancer survival analysis.

Dec 22, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Genes aren't destiny for inherited blindness, study shows

A new study challenges what's long been assumed about genetic variants thought to always cause inherited blindness. Investigators from Mass General Brigham used large public biobanks to determine that genes thought to cause ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Genetics
Phys.org / It's been 25 years since America decided to save the Everglades: Where do we stand?

The 20th century was horrible for the Everglades. The broad shallow river, one of the most unique ecosystems on the planet, was labeled wasteland and ruthlessly dammed, carved into parcels, dried out and diverted into near ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Locals sound alarm as Bijagos Islands slowly swallowed by sea

Turquoise waves splash against the white sand beaches of the Bijagos archipelago, where locals fear rising sea levels will swallow their islands whole.

Dec 23, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / India space agency launches its heaviest satellite

India's space agency launched its heaviest ever payload on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling the deployment "a significant stride" for the space sector.

Dec 24, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Super Mario Bros. help fight burnout: Study links classic games to boosted happiness

A new study published by JMIR Serious Games reports that popular video games, such as the Super Mario Bros. and Yoshi games, may offer meaningful emotional benefits for young adults. The research, titled "Super Mario Bros. ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / First Bond game in a decade hit by two-month delay

A Danish video game studio said it was delaying the release of the first James Bond video game in over a decade by two months to "refine the experience."

Dec 24, 2025 in Business
Medical Xpress / Why so many young people in China are hugging trees

In Beijing's central district, trees are everywhere: in parks, along roadsides and in courtyards inside people's houses. Many have only been planted in recent decades.

Dec 25, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Reducing household waste poses serious challenges in residential high-rises

Like much of the Western world, Canada is facing a crisis in waste disposal as landfills reach their capacity. In Ontario, a live countdown gives municipal landfills just eight more years before they are full. We urgently ...

Dec 25, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Optimized nanotube shapes can amplify electromagnetic field concentration by over 30 times

Researchers have developed a powerful computational framework that shows how carefully optimized nanotube shapes can amplify electromagnetic field concentration by more than 30 times compared to conventional circular nanotubes. ...

Dec 23, 2025 in Nanotechnology