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Phys.org / Induced pluripotent stem cells: From dish to freezer and back

With a Kobe University-developed procedure, induced pluripotent stem cells can now be frozen directly in their dishes without losing their viability or undifferentiated state after thawing. This marks a significant step for ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Embrace chaos to get lifelike movement from synthetic materials, researchers say

When people think of high-powered machines, they'd likely think of muscle cars before their own muscles. But muscles and other living tissues can do energetic things very quickly—they twitch, snap and beat—which is how ...

Dec 16, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Understanding climate change in America: Skepticism, dogmatism and personal experience

Scientists are trained to be professional skeptics: to always judge the validity of a claim or finding on the basis of objective, empirical evidence. They are not cynics; they just ask themselves and each other a lot of questions.

Dec 18, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / From cages to fields: Lab mice lose their anxiety after a week outdoors

When postdoctoral researcher Matthew Zipple releases lab mice into a large, enclosed field just off Cornell's campus, something remarkable happens.

Dec 15, 2025 in Biology
Tech Xplore / Harry Potter-style 'moving invisibility cloak' technology developed

What do Harry Potter's invisibility cloak and stealth fighter jets that evade radar have in common? They both make objects invisible despite their physical presence. Building upon this concept, a research team has taken it ...

Medical Xpress / HHS cuts funding for American Academy of Pediatrics' programs

The U.S. government has ended several health grants to one of the nation's largest pediatricians' groups, a move the organization says could hurt children and families across the country.

Dec 19, 2025 in Health
Phys.org / Using bent light to map complex planetary architectures

With new technologies comes new discoveries. Or so Spider Man's Uncle Ben might have said if he was an astronomer. Or a scientist more generally—but in astronomy that saying is more true than many other disciplines, as ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / How AI helps solve problems it doesn't even understand

Researchers at TU Wien have discovered an unexpected connection between two very different areas of artificial intelligence: Large Language Models (LLMs) can help solve logical problems—without actually "understanding" ...

Dec 16, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Phys.org / Hidden bias gives 'swing state' voters more influence over US trade policy

Americans living in political "swing states" have a significantly louder voice in national trade policy—effectively making their votes worth more than others—according to a new study published in the Journal of International ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Most Americans still get nicotine wrong

Nicotine is the drug that keeps people coming back to cigarettes, but not the substance that causes serious health effects in people who use tobacco. It is the tar and toxic chemical mix in tobacco and tobacco smoke that ...

Phys.org / Your body is full of medicine. Researchers can now synthesize it

Northeastern University researchers have made a breakthrough drug discovery, developing the first synthetic endogenous cannabinoid compound, with repercussions for new therapeutics from pain and inflammation to cancer.

Dec 16, 2025 in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / Scientists map structure of antibodies driving rare autoimmune brain disease

MOG antibody-associated disease (MOGAD) is a rare autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. The blood of patients contains antibodies against myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG), a protein in the myelin layer ...

Dec 18, 2025 in Neuroscience