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$2.6 million NIH grant backs search for genetic cure in deadly heart disease
Fourteen million people worldwide suffer from enlarged hearts, or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic disease that thickens the heart’s walls,…
Progress towards potassium-ion batteries
In a review published in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, researchers have surveyed the battery technologies that will…
Chinese researchers uncover mechanisms of locust swarming, paving way for targeted pest control
A team of Chinese researchers has uncovered the biological mechanisms behind locust swarming, offering new insights into how…
Breaking new ground: Novel human stem cell-derived liver organoids
Adding bile acids as farnesoid X receptor agonists to the culture medium supported the growth and development of…
Google Purchases 200MW of Fusion Power from US$2 Billion Startup
Google signed a deal to purchase 200MW of power from Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) on June 30, 2025,…
Simplified science communication via videos tempt people to overestimate their ability
A research team at the University of Cologne has found that video summaries of scientific studies, which are…
Culture
India’s culture of coping with cancer
Dwaipayan Banerjee’s new book examines the psychological and social terrain of living with cancer in a country where the disease has long been downplayed.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna
Nobel Prize in chemistry 2020 has been awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing.”
Nobel Prize in Physics 2020 awarded to Roger Penros, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded jointly to Roger Penros, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez for exploring Black holes and the Milky Way’s darkest secret.
COVID-19 race: forty Covid-19 vaccines in clinical trials worldwide
A Covid-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc throughout the world, and will likely continue to for months to come.
