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Medical Xpress / Exploring why some people tend to persistently make bad choices

When people learn that surrounding visuals and sounds may signify specific choice outcomes, these cues can become guides for decision making. For people with compulsive disorders, addictions, or anxiety, the associations ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Cannabis products with more THC can slightly reduce pain but cause more side effects

A new systematic evidence review finds that cannabis products that carry relatively high levels of the psychoactive compound tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly known as THC, may provide short-term improvements in pain and function.

Dec 22, 2025 in Medical research
Tech Xplore / Lab produces first-ever fuel for fast molten salt reactor experiment

Scientists at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) have achieved a historic breakthrough in nuclear energy by launching full-scale production of enriched fuel salt for the Molten Chloride Reactor Experiment (MCRE)—the world's ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Sentinel-6B extends global ocean height record

On November 16, 2025, the Sentinel-6B satellite launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California.

Dec 22, 2025 in Engineering
Phys.org / A simple spin swap reveals exotic anyons

Researchers from the University of Innsbruck, the Collège de France, and the Université Libre de Bruxelles have developed a simple yet powerful method to reveal anyons—exotic quantum particles that are neither bosons ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Feel like your brain is a little sluggish? Try ten minutes of exercise

Charles Hillman has known for a long time that exercise has a positive impact on the brain. This effect has been demonstrated by the Northeastern University psychology professor and others in varied and robust experimental ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Tech Xplore / Putting the squeeze on dendrites: New strategy addresses persistent problem in next-generation solid-state batteries

New research by Brown University engineers identifies a simple strategy for combating a major stumbling block in the development of next-generation solid-state lithium batteries.

Dec 18, 2025 in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Italy fines Apple nearly 100 mn euros over app privacy feature

Italy's competition authority said Monday it had fined the US tech giant Apple 98 million euros ($115 million) for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the mobile app market.

Dec 22, 2025 in Business
Phys.org / Database integrates deep-sea multi-omics data to study adaptation in extreme environments

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), in collaboration with the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), has launched the world's first Deep Ocean Omics (DOO) database.

Dec 22, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Providing AI training leads to more critical and ethical use by university students

No longer a technological novelty, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has become a common tool for everyday academic tasks among the university community. In view of this, the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Ending federal housing support could raise US homelessness by 5% in one year

Eliminating federal funding for Housing First programs, initiatives that provide people experiencing homelessness (PEH) with stable housing without requiring sobriety or treatment, could lead to a sharp rise in homelessness ...

Dec 19, 2025 in Medical economics
Medical Xpress / A new strategy for immune tolerance: Engineered extracellular vesicles show promise

A research team at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) and the Faculty of Medicine at Kanazawa University has developed a new class of engineered extracellular vesicles (EVs) capable of inducing antigen-specific ...

Dec 22, 2025 in Immunology