Lu Li, a physicist who studies advanced materials, knows that people often want to hear how his research could lead to new technologies or practical breakthroughs. But sometimes, what he uncovers is so unusual that its value lies purely in revealing how strange the universe can be. Working with an international team of scientists, Li…
Published November 8, 2025 Supima, the non-profit luxury brand dedicated to promoting American-grown Pima cotton, has named Varvara ‘Bobby’ Diakonenkova of Drexel University as the winner of the 2025 Supima Design Competition. Drexel’s Varvara (Bobby) Diakonenkova wins 2025 Supima Design Competition. – Getty Images for Supima This year marked a new era for Supima as…
By AFP Published November 9, 2025 For now, the Asian platform Shein has avoided suspension in France. While it no longer sells “any illicit products” online, it remains “under close surveillance by state services,” the government announced on Friday, hailing a “fundamental victory.” Shutterstock “Legal proceedings against Shein are continuing,” the French government said in…
By Bloomberg Published November 9, 2025 US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer held a video call with top Swiss officials following this week’s diplomatic mission to the White House from captains of Swiss industry, as the country looks to negotiate a reduction in the punishing 39% tariff the US has imposed on Switzerland. Jamieson Greer –…
Roughly one in three people over the age of 80 experiences age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition that affects the retina and leads to central vision loss. In the United States, about 20 million adults aged 40 and older are currently living with AMD. The vast majority have the “dry” form, which develops gradually and…
In Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia, microglia (the brain’s immune cells) play a double role. They can protect the brain by clearing harmful debris or, under certain conditions, contribute to damage and inflammation. How these cells behave can strongly influence how the disease unfolds. Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at…
The brain’s ability to interpret the visual world does not depend solely on its advanced outer layer, the cortex. A new study in PLOS Biology reveals that an evolutionarily older brain region, the superior colliculus, contains neural networks capable of carrying out fundamental visual computations. These circuits enable the brain to separate objects from their…
Superconductors work like express trains for electricity. Once electric current enters one, it can travel through without resistance or energy loss. Because of this remarkable efficiency, superconductors are already key to technologies such as MRI scanners and particle accelerators. However, these “conventional” superconductors only operate at extremely cold temperatures. They must be kept in specialized…
A new study from the University of Hawai’i (UH) at Mānoa, published on November 6 in Nature Communications, provides the first direct evidence that waste from deep-sea mining could disrupt vital ecosystems in the Pacific Ocean’s Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). This area, one of the most biologically rich regions of the deep sea, is now the…
Black holes are often described as cosmic gluttons, consuming everything that drifts too close — including light itself. This is what makes the images of the supermassive black holes at the centers of the galaxy M87 and our own Milky Way so remarkable. Captured by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration a few years ago,…
