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Monday, December 15, 2025

Scientists create stable, switchable vortex knots inside liquid crystals

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Vortex knots inside a chiral nematic liquid crystal Image Credit: Ivan Smalyukh The knots in your shoelaces are familiar, but can you imagin...

Rice researchers uncover the hidden physics of knot formation in fluids

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From left to right, top to bottom: Sibani Lisa Biswal, Fred MacKintosh, Lucas H.P. Cunha and Luca Tubiana. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Rice Un...

AI helps explain how covert attention works and uncovers new neuron types

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Image Credit: Scientific Frontline / AI generated Shifting focus on a visual scene without moving our eyes — think driving or reading a room...

Climate shapes arms race between ants and their social parasites

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The "slave-making ant" Temnothorax americanus (left) and its host Temnothorax longispinosus Photo Credit: ©: Romain Libbrecht The ...

Biodegradable wet wipes remain in rivers for more than five weeks

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Photo Credit:  Christine Sandu Scientists have tested, for the first time, how biodegradable wet wipes break down when flushed rather than c...

Stroke and dementia: combating loss of function in small vessels of the brain

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Professor Martin Dichgans Photo Credit: © LMU / Stephan Höck Researchers at LMU University Hospital have elucidated how diseases of small bl...

Fine particles in pollution are associated with early signs of autoimmune disease

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Photo Credit:  Chris LeBoutillier A new study has linked air pollution exposure and immune-system changes that often precede the onset of au...

Lowering blood sugar cuts heart attack risk in people with prediabetes

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Lowering blood sugar levels halves the likelihood of serious heart problems in people with prediabetes. Photo Credit:  isens usa According t...

Electrodes created using light

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Researcher at LiU have developed a technique where visible light can be used to create electrodes from conductive plastics completely withou...

Scientists identify small RNA molecule that regulates cholesterol and heart disease

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Xiuchun Li is the first author of the research paper. Photo Credit: UCR/Zhou lab A team of researchers led by University of California, Rive...