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Medical Xpress / PFAS mixture disrupts normal placental development, which is important for a healthy pregnancy

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of nearly 10,000 long-lasting chemical compounds that stay in the environment and have been linked to adverse health effects on humans, including pregnant women and their ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Medical Xpress / Small team, big impact: Automation helps relieve symptoms to keep cancer patients out of the ER

For many people living with cancer, symptoms such as pain, anxiety or insomnia can quickly spiral into an emergency room visit. Such visits can be financially costly and take an emotional toll on patients and their caregivers.

Dec 3, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Sunlight, water and air power a cleaner method for making hydrogen peroxide

Cornell scientists have discovered a potentially transformative approach to manufacturing one of the world's most widely used chemicals—hydrogen peroxide—using nothing more than sunlight, water and air. The research is ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Chemistry
Phys.org / CRISPR-based platform shines a brighter light on the link between cells and disease

For years, Yale researchers David Breslow and Mustafa Khokha have worked together with a similar challenge in their sights—trying to capture the interplay between certain genes and the pediatric developmental disorders ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Shapeshifting gates guard the cell nucleus, challenging old ideas

An international study led by the University of Basel has discovered that nuclear pore complexes—tiny gateways in the nuclear membrane—are not rigid or gel-like as once thought. Their interiors are dynamically organized, ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / AI method recovers missing movement data to enhance behavioral analysis

Scientists learn about the brain's inner workings by studying what animals or people do, how they move, react, and make choices. Behavior is complex, as animals and humans can move in countless different manners. Yet, neuroscience ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Neuroscience
Tech Xplore / EU hits Meta with antitrust probe over WhatsApp AI features

The EU said Thursday it had opened an antitrust probe to determine if the way Meta is rolling out AI features in WhatsApp breaches the bloc's competition rules.

Dec 4, 2025 in Business
Phys.org / How sound moves on Mars

Acoustic signals have been important markers during NASA's Mars missions. Measurements of sound can provide information both about Mars itself—such as turbulence in its atmosphere, changes in its temperature, and its surface ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Researchers highlight need for caution in selecting global soil moisture data

A new study led by Prof. Duan Weili from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography (XIEG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences emphasizes the importance of selecting appropriate datasets for global soil moisture research. ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Earth
Tech Xplore / How scientists are growing computers from human brain cells—and why they want to keep doing it

As prominent artificial intelligence (AI) researchers eye limits to the current phase of the technology, a different approach is gaining attention: using living human brain cells as computational hardware.

Dec 4, 2025 in Engineering
Medical Xpress / New insight into how protein TDP-43 affects gene expression in ALS and FTD

Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are medical conditions characterized by the progressive degradation of cells in the brain, ...

Nov 28, 2025 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / A molecular 'reset button' for reading the brain through a blood test

Tracking how genes switch on and off in the brain is essential for understanding many neurological diseases, yet the tools to monitor this activity are often invasive or unable to capture subtler changes over time. One emerging ...

Dec 3, 2025 in Neuroscience