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Phys.org / Evolution of human saliva tracked back to primates

Saliva is a bodily fluid most of us take for granted despite the significant roles it plays: aiding in digestion, maintaining strong teeth and defending against oral disease. However, the evolution of human saliva has been ...

Nov 7, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Rare meteoroid impact triggers dust avalanches and new streaks on slopes on Mars

When a meteoroid shook the edge of Apollinaris Mons on Mars, it triggered streaks that carved a hundred new scratches on the surface. The European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captured these dust avalanches on ...

Nov 7, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Open-source 'macroscope' offers dynamic luminescence imaging

A team of European researchers has developed a versatile, open-source luminescence imaging instrument designed to democratize access to advanced fluorescence and electroluminescence techniques across disciplines ranging from ...

Nov 7, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Table salt enables new metallic nanotubes with potential for faster electronics

For the first time, researchers have made niobium sulfide metallic nanotubes with stable, predictable properties, a long-sought goal in advanced materials science. According to the international team, including a researcher ...

Nov 7, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Single organic molecule triggers Kondo effect in molecular-scale 'Kondo box'

A research group led by Prof. Li Xiangyang from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has made a new discovery: a single organic molecule can induce the Kondo effect in a magnetic atom, ...

Nov 7, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Charge carrier pairs in cuprate compounds shed light on high-temperature superconductivity

High-temperature superconductivity is still not fully understood. Now, an international research team at BESSY II has measured the energy of charge carrier pairs in undoped La₂CuO₄. Their findings revealed that the interaction ...

Nov 7, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Mechanoluminescent sensors with dual-function polymer shell offer eco-friendly, high-resolution control

Mechanoluminescent (ML) materials are attractive for haptic interface sensors for next-generation technologies, including bite-controlled user interface, health care motion monitoring, and piconewton sensing, because they ...

Nov 7, 2025 in Chemistry
Phys.org / Nearby brown dwarf's 'weather' mapped in unprecedented detail

Researchers at McGill University and collaborating institutions have mapped the atmospheric features of a planetary-mass brown dwarf, a type of space object that is neither a star nor a planet, existing in a category in-between. ...

Nov 7, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Ultrafast VUV pulses fully characterized for probing valence electron dynamics

A team of researchers at the Max Born Institute have managed to fully characterize few-femtosecond-long light pulses tunable in the vacuum ultraviolet. These results unlock the possibility for studying valence electron dynamics ...

Nov 7, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / New molecular drivers of long COVID link nasal inflammation to lingering symptoms

A research team from the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center (FZB), Kiel University (CAU), the University of Lübeck (UzL), and the University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), together with additional partners, ...

Nov 7, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Lunar water traced to solar wind: Latitude and regolith maturity shape its abundance, study finds

The abundance, distribution, and origin of lunar surface water has recently drawn significant scientific interest, owing to its critical role in future space exploration.

Nov 7, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Death Valley plant yields blueprint for building heat-resilient crops

In California's Death Valley, where summer temperatures regularly soar above 120 degrees Fahrenheit, life seems almost impossible. Yet among the cracked earth and blinding sunlight, one native plant not only survives—it ...

Nov 7, 2025 in Biology