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Medical Xpress / Study explores whether sustainable development research is really focused on well-being

The success of the United Nations' global sustainability targets is often measured through economic growth—but what about how people feel and live?

Nov 14, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / AI detects hidden objects on chest scans better than radiologists

Researchers at the University of Southampton have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can spot hard-to-see objects lodged in patients' airways better than expert radiologists.

Nov 12, 2025 in Radiology & Imaging
Phys.org / China's stranded astronauts 'in good condition' after space debris delays planned return

The stranded crew of a Chinese space mission is "in good condition, working and living normally," China's Manned Space Engineering office said on Tuesday.

Nov 11, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Artificial enzyme combines vitamin B2 with metal for next-generation catalysts

Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) acts as an important coenzyme that helps convert food into energy within the body. Korean researchers have successfully created a new artificial enzyme for the first time in the world by combining ...

Nov 11, 2025 in Chemistry
Phys.org / A single gene may shape the taste of tea

Tea (Camellia sinensis) is one of the world's most widely consumed beverages, and the size of young buds directly influences both yield and quality. Larger buds can increase leaf mass, while different tea types require specific ...

Nov 15, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Experimental drug protects mitochondria and prevents kidney injury in mice

Serious damage to short-term kidney function—known as acute kidney injury, or AKI—can be fatal and also increase the risk of irreversible chronic kidney disease. It can be triggered by stressors ranging from sepsis to ...

Phys.org / Bees thrive in overlooked pockets of Puget Sound

To the casual observer, it's nothing more than an abandoned golf course. But the land, along with other weedy, minimally maintained "marginal lands" in the Puget Sound area, is home to scores of wild bee species, including ...

Nov 12, 2025 in Biology
Tech Xplore / New recharge-to-recycle reactor turns battery waste into new lithium feedstock

As global electric vehicle adoption accelerates, end-of-life battery packs are quickly becoming a major waste stream. Lithium is costly to mine and refine, and most current recycling methods are energy- and chemical-intensive, ...

Nov 10, 2025 in Engineering
Medical Xpress / Cancer care crowdfunding increasingly common, but rarely successful

A growing number of desperate cancer survivors are turning to crowdfunding to help pay for their treatment and living expenses, a new study says.

Nov 14, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Infants born with hearing loss show disruptions in brain design, underscoring the urgency of intervention

Infants born deaf or hard of hearing show adverse changes in how their brains organize and specialize, but exposure to sound and language may help them develop more normally, according to new research.

Nov 11, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Electric fields steer nanoparticles through a liquid-filled maze, offering improved drug delivery and purification

In the home, the lab and the factory, electric fields control technologies such as Kindle displays, medical diagnostic tests and devices that purify cancer drugs. In an electric field, anything with an electrical charge—from ...

Nov 11, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Could altering mosquitoes' internal clocks stop them from biting?

People who live in the tropical areas where Aedes aegypti mosquitoes reside have probably known for centuries, or even millennia—thanks to their itchy bites—that the mosquitoes hunt most often at dawn and dusk. A new ...

Nov 12, 2025 in Biology