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Phys.org / More detail on what clothes feel like could make life easier for shoppers, and save retailers money

Clothing is one of the top categories in online sales worldwide, with expected revenues of more than US$920 billion (£702 billion) this year. And for clothing businesses, like many others, online retail opens the door to ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Why art is a prime target for organized crime

In 2024, the global art market hit an estimated $57.5 billion (€49.5 billion) in sales, according to the Art Basel and UBS Art Market Report 2025, underscoring art's significance as an asset class. Art is traditionally ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Distance from natural habitat doesn't reduce pollination in tropical smallholder farms

Being close to a natural habitat such as a forest doesn't necessarily make farmland more attractive to pollinators, a new study shows.

Dec 4, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / New universal law predicts how most objects shatter, from dropped bottles to exploding bubbles

When a plate drops or a glass smashes, you're annoyed by the mess and the cost of replacing them. But for some physicists, the broken pieces are a source of fascination: Why does everything break into such a huge variety ...

Nov 28, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Update made to cervical cancer screening guideline

The American Cancer Society (ACS) released updated guidelines today for cervical cancer screening, reflecting advances in disease detection and accessibility in the United States. The updated guideline for women at average ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / New maps reveal the loss of a wildebeest migration in the Mara ecosystem

Just north of the great Serengeti wildebeest migration, a smaller migration across the Mara ecosystem is collapsing. New maps published in the Atlas of Ungulate Migration reveal the dramatic impact of fencing on the long-distance ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Secrets of human behavior come to light in a (very) smart kitchen

By transforming a kitchen into a fully instrumented research environment, a team led by EPFL neuroscientist Alexander Mathis opens a new window onto the fine-grained mechanics of human movement.

Dec 3, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Cover crop adoption doubles in farm demonstration network, study finds

Cover crops improve soil health and water quality, prevent nutrient loss, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but they're only grown on about 5% of U.S. agricultural lands. That's despite billions in annual federal investments, ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England

Women are largely absent from the questions, sources, and mark schemes that shape how history is taught and assessed in schools in England.

Dec 4, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / To treat long COVID, we must learn from historical chronic illnesses, medical researchers say

In a paper published in Trends in Immunology, scientists and doctors highlight the importance of studying long COVID in the context of other post-acute infection syndromes or chronic illnesses. By analyzing historical accounts ...

Phys.org / A new tunable cell-sorting device with potential biomedical applications

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) hydrogel undergoes significant but precise changes in size between 20°C and 40°C, making it an excellent candidate for use in variable-size deterministic lateral displacement (DLD) array ...

Dec 3, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Gestational diabetes: Continuous glucose monitoring can reduce risk of excessive birth weight

An international research team led by the Medical University of Vienna has shown that continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in women with gestational diabetes can reduce the risk of a newborn with above-average birth weight. ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Diabetes