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Phys.org / New review highlights the pathway to ecological success

A new study has revealed that successful environmental restoration is dependent on bridging the gap between ecological science and understanding the social and economic forces that drive change.

Nov 29, 2025 in Biology
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
Tech Xplore / Can bigger-is-better 'scaling laws' keep AI improving forever? History says we can't be too sure

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman—perhaps the most prominent face of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom that accelerated with the launch of ChatGPT in 2022—loves scaling laws.

Nov 29, 2025 in Machine learning & AI
Medical Xpress / 'Cognitive Legos' help the brain build complex behaviors

Artificial intelligence may write award-winning essays and diagnose disease with remarkable accuracy, but biological brains still hold the upper hand in at least one crucial domain: flexibility.

Nov 26, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Metabolic roots of memory loss: Early obesity and low choline levels linked to brain inflammation risk

For decades, scientists have known that what harms the body often harms the brain. Conditions such as obesity, high blood pressure and insulin resistance strain the body's vascular and metabolic systems. Over time, that stress ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Social media research tool can lower political temperature—it could also lead to more user control over algorithms

A new tool shows it is possible to turn down the partisan rancor in an X feed—without removing political posts and without the direct cooperation of the platform.

Nov 27, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Largest analysis confirms medication and CBT as top ADHD treatment options

The most comprehensive review to date of ADHD treatments has found that medication for children and adults, and cognitive behavioral therapy for adults, remain the most effective approaches, backed by the strongest short-term ...

Nov 27, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Uncovering a new genetic code in archaea opens doors for bioengineering applications

The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 amino acids. But certain groups of microbes have an expanded genetic code, in which one or two additional ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Ancient hominin fossils reveal two human ancestors lived side by side

With the help of newly identified bones, an enigmatic 3.4-million-year-old hominin foot found in 2009, is assigned to a species different from that of the famous fossil Lucy providing further proof that two ancient species ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Biology
Tech Xplore / Programmable metamaterial can morph into more configurations than there are atoms in the universe

The Wave Engineering for eXtreme and Intelligent maTErials (We-Xite) lab, led by engineering assistant professor Osama R. Bilal, has developed a reconfigurable metamaterial that can control sound waves—bending them, dampening ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Engineering
Phys.org / Ultrafast UV-C laser pulses generated and detected using 2D materials

Scientists have developed a new platform for the generation and detection of ultrashort UV-C laser pulses on femtosecond timescales. This breakthrough could unlock new opportunities for transforming optical wireless communication ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Brain's GPS hasn't changed in millions of years: Specialized neurons may be vital to evolutionary survival

The same brain cells linked to disorientation in Alzheimer's disease have been preserved—and even slightly increased—across millions of years of evolution.

Nov 26, 2025 in Biology