https://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Scientists working to enhance brain-computer interface (BCI) technology—which allows people to control devices with their thoughts—have found they can improve the performance of electrodes implanted in the brain by targeted delivery of anti-inflammatory drugs. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-platelet-nanoparticles-boost-brain-interface.html Bio & Medicine Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:10:01 EST news684493200 Social psychologists at UCLA have done what seems impossible, at least on the internet: getting liberals and conservatives to have meaningful and congenial political discussions. https://phys.org/news/2022-07-political.html Social Sciences Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:49:03 EDT news577550941 Deprived of oxygen, naked mole-rats can survive by metabolizing fructose just as plants do, researchers report this week in the journal Science. https://phys.org/news/2017-04-naked-mole-rats-oxygen.html Plants & Animals Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:00:03 EDT news411912246 The international community must wake up to the reality of cyberwar and strive to find ways to stem it, the head of the UN's telecommunications agency said Monday. https://phys.org/news/2013-07-cyberwar-reality-world.html Internet Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:00:01 EDT news293111118 Epilepsy arises when the brain is temporarily swamped by uncoordinated signals from nerve cells.  Research at the Vetmeduni Vienna has now uncovered a cause of a particular type of epilepsy in cats.  Surprisingly, an incorrectly channelled immune response seems to be responsible for the condition, which closely resembles a form of epilepsy in humans.  The work is published in the current issue of the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. https://phys.org/news/2013-02-cats-humans-similar-epilepsy.html Plants & Animals Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:00:01 EST news278929623