Scientific Frontline
Scientific FrontlineKnots are everywhere — from tangled headphones to #DNA strands packed inside #viruses — but how an isolated #filament can knot itself without collisions or external agitation has remained a longstanding puzzle in soft-matter physics.
#Physics #MaterialScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/phy12152501.html
Scientific FrontlineThe battle between #ant hosts and their social #parasites is strongly influenced by #climate . Temperature and humidity shape how the ants behave, communicate, and even #evolve — while host and parasite respond with very different genetic strategies.
#EvolutionaryBiology #MolecularBiology #Ecology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/ebio12152501.html
Scientific FrontlineScientists have tested, for the first time, how #biodegradable wet wipes break down when flushed rather than composted discovering that most wipes remain after five weeks – a finding the research team says challenges the marketing of these products.
#Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/env12152502.html
Scientific FrontlineResearchers at LMU University Hospital have elucidated how diseases of small blood vessels in the #brain develop. So-called #cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) can lead to widespread consequences such as circulatory disorders, hemorrhages, and often severe #strokes , and is considered one of the main causes of #dementia
#Neuroscience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/ns12152501.html
Scientific FrontlineAs fossil #fuels rise in cost and green initiatives gain traction, alternative methods for producing useful compounds using #microorganisms have the potential to become sustainable, #environmentally friendly technologies.
#Biotechnology #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/btech12152501.html
Scientific FrontlineIn some regions in Africa, large #herbivores struggle to get enough sodium. As many of the continent’s protected areas are in regions where salt levels are low, this scarcity may also affect conservation efforts
#Ecology #Conservation #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/eco12092501.html
Scientific FrontlineThe year 2025 marks a definitive inflection point in the history of neuroscience and #geriatric medicine. For decades, the field of #dementia care was characterized by a certain fatalism—a paradigm of "diagnose and manage" where the clinician’s role was largely to document decline and support the family.
#WhatIs #Neuroscience #Psychiatry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/wi12062501.html
Scientific FrontlineResearchers shows the #mammary glands of #pigs #sheep #goats #beef #cattle #alpacas and #humans are biologically suitable to be infected by #H5N1 avian influenza, which has so far affected mostly #poultry and #dairy cattle.
#Veterinary #Virology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/vet12062501.html
Scientific FrontlineA new study has identified a critical “pressure sensor” inside the #kidney that helps the body control #blood pressure and fluid levels. The finding helps explain how the kidneys sense changes in blood volume — something #scientists for decades have known occurs but didn’t have a mechanistic explanation.
#Biochemistry #MolecularBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/bchm12052501.html
Scientific FrontlineThe #contraceptive pill has been hailed as one of the most revolutionary health technologies of the 20th century – a tool that gave #women control over their #fertility and paved the way for education and careers. But a new study suggests that this freedom may have come at a hidden cost: impaired #mental health.
#Medical #Psychology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/12/med12022501.html