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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
Phys.org / Saturday Citations: Cute squid with scary name; potential detection of dark matter; fate of the AMOC

This week, researchers reported that weight and health markers may rebound when patients stop using some of the new hormonal gastric inhibitory polypeptide drugs. A prototype device can restore lost olfactory sense. And a ...

Nov 29, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Tiny reconfigurable robots can help manage carbon dioxide levels in confined spaces

Vehicles and buildings designed to enable survival in extreme environments, such as spacecraft, submarines and sealed shelters, heavily rely on systems for the management of carbon dioxide (CO2). These are technologies that ...

Nov 28, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Physicist delineates limits on the precision of quantum thermal machines

Quantum thermal machines are devices that leverage quantum mechanical effects to convert energy into useful work or cooling, similarly to traditional heat engines or refrigerators. Thermodynamics theory suggests that increasing ...

Nov 27, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Entanglement-enhanced optical lattice clock achieves unprecedented precision

Optical lattice clocks are devices that measure the passing of time via the frequency of light that is absorbed or emitted by laser-cooled atoms trapped in a repeating pattern of light interference known as optical lattice.

Nov 27, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Astronomers capture an exceptional gamma-ray flare from a blazar

Astronomers have performed very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) observations of a gamma-ray loud blazar known as TXS 2013+370. The observations, posted November 19 on the arXiv preprint server, resulted in the detection ...

Nov 27, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / First 'Bible map' published 500 years ago still influences how we think about borders, study suggests

The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago in 1525. The map was initially printed the wrong way round—showing the Mediterranean to the East—but its inclusion set a precedent which continues ...

Nov 28, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Secret behind Temple of Venus's resilient construction uncovered

The material used to build the Temple of Venus in Naples has remarkably endured even as Earth's surface around it sank from volcanic activity, and researchers were curious to know how.

Nov 27, 2025 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Humanoid robots reliably manipulate different objects with 87% success using new framework

Robotic systems that mirror humans both in their appearance and movements, also known as humanoid robots, could be best suited for tackling many tasks that are currently performed by human agents. These include household ...

Nov 27, 2025 in Robotics
Tech Xplore / New insight into why LLMs are not great at cracking passwords

Large language models (LLMs), such as the model underpinning the functioning of OpenAI's conversational platform ChatGPT, have proved to perform well on various language-related and coding tasks. Some computer scientists ...

Nov 27, 2025 in Security
Phys.org / Dark matter-dark energy interaction shapes cosmic halo spin and alignment, simulations show

A cosmological simulation study by researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has systematically revealed, for the first time, how the interaction between dark matter and dark ...

Nov 28, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / How phototherapy could reverse antibiotic resistance

Lars Stevens-Cullinane works in a dark room. But he's not processing negatives and printing photographs on light-sensitive paper; he's testing whether brief flashes of light can make drug-resistant bacteria sensitive to antibiotics.

Nov 28, 2025 in Chemistry