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Medical Xpress / Alternative sweetener sorbitol linked to liver disease

Sweeteners such as aspartame, found in Equal packets, sucralose (Splenda), or sugar alcohols are often seen as healthier alternatives to food with refined sugar (glucose). But that assumption is being challenged with new ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Health
Phys.org / Examining why some species developed consciousness while others remained non-conscious

What is the evolutionary advantage of our consciousness? And what can we learn about this from observing birds? Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum published two articles on this topic.

Nov 24, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / COVID lockdown linked to increase in early child development issues

Lockdown and social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic were associated with increased developmental concerns about young children in Scotland, research suggests.

Nov 27, 2025 in Pediatrics
Phys.org / Anomalous electronic state opens pathway to room-temperature superconductivity

Superconductive materials can conduct electricity with no resistance, but typically only at very low temperatures. Realizing superconductivity at room temperature could enable advanced, energy-efficient electronics and other ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Growing human organs for medical implants: New method gives human stem cells an edge in chimeric embryos

Scientists have discovered a method of helping human stem cells thrive in an animal embryo—a key development in efforts to grow human organs in animals for medical transplants.

Nov 25, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Mini-fridges on a nanoscale? New cooling technique could make computer chips more powerful

As more devices get piled onto computer chips to increase processing power capacity, heat generation becomes increasingly concentrated. This heat must be removed to keep chip performance high, but is currently achieved by ...

Nov 26, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Tech Xplore / Snapchat is nearing 1 billion monthly users: Why can't it turn a profit?

Snapchat, an app whose disappearing messages and silly face filters made chatting with loved ones more casual, is close to a milestone that few social media platforms achieve: reaching 1 billion monthly users.

Nov 29, 2025 in Consumer & Gadgets
Phys.org / Distance learning changes lives, but comes with its own challenges

Across Africa, distance education has become one of the most powerful forces for expanding access to higher learning. Open and distance learning institutions such as the Open University of Tanzania, the Zimbabwe Open University ...

Nov 29, 2025 in Other Sciences
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 / 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