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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...

Reproduced human neural circuits show the crucial role of the thalamus in shaping the cortical circuit

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Assembloid [3D fluorescent staining] Axons in the thalamus (pink) extended toward the cortex, while those in the cortex (green) extended tow...

Raising strong yeast as a petroleum substitute

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Strengthened Saccharomyces cerevisiae    This common yeast is a strong contender for replacing petroleum in 2,3-butanediol production.    Im...

Farmers boosted Europe's biodiversity over the last 12,000 years

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Standing stones in Carnac, France. Built between 6,500 - 5,300 years ago by Europe's first farmers.  Photo Credit: Jonny Gordon. Althoug...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

What Is: Gravitational Microlensing

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Scientific Frontline / Stock image The universe, in its vastness, is largely composed of matter that does not shine. For centuries, the disc...
Tuesday, December 9, 2025

UCLA team discovers how to target ‘undruggable’ protein that fuels aggressive leukemia

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B-lymphoblastic leukemia, a type of blood cancer. Image Credit: Courtesy of the Rao Laboratory. Researchers at the UCLA Health Jonsson Compr...