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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 16-Jul-2025 22:11 ET (17-Jul-2025 02:11 GMT/UTC)
Keeping the lights on with nuclear waste
University of Nevada, Las VegasTariffs, explained — and explored
University of California - San DiegoUnlocking the secrets of Viking and medieval walrus tusk trade
Norwegian University of Science and Technology- Journal
- Quaternary Science Reviews
Tea and the gut: Unlocking health through its bioactive compounds
The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityUBC Okanagan professor spearheads global effort to translate, analyze rare 13th century text
University of British Columbia Okanagan campusOne of the world’s most unique and important texts—the General e grand estoria will soon be translated, analyzed and made widely available, thanks to a global endeavour led by a UBC Okanagan researcher.
Dr. Francisco Peña, Professor in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, is leading a team of international scholars in the collaborative effort to translate and digitally preserve the General estoria (GE)—the largest universal history written in Medieval Europe.
CNIO and Highlight Therapeutics test a compound against the most common skin cancer
Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas (CNIO)Findings from the Melanoma Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) led to the creation of the Spanish company Highlight Therapeutics, which has developed the compound BO-112.
BO-112 is the first cancer drug candidate based on CNIO research to reach studies in patients, where it has shown activity against different cancer types.
Highlight Therapeutics and CNIO are collaborating to proof BO-112 effectiveness against the most common form of skin cancer, which is linked to sun exposure and is on the rise.
It is a private-public collaboration project, which has received almost three million in funding from the Spanish Ministry of for Science, Innovation and Universities.
CNIO researcher Marisol Soengas says, “it’s a thrill for us to contribute to the testing of BO-112 in basal cell carcinoma, one of the most common types of cancer, is exciting.”
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- Spanish Ministry of for Science, Innovation and Universities
Approaching life-changing diagnosis for "missing millions" with ME/CFS
University of OtagoEmeritus Professor Tate and his team are now closer to being able to determine the genetic differences (molecular signatures) between long covid and LC and ME/CFS. As a result, they’re now closer to their ultimate goal of developing diagnostic tests to identify both syndromes together/separately at community pathology labs and being able to treat each condition more effectively.
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- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Smart, carbon-free agriculture powered by renewable energy
National Research Council of Science & Technology- Funder
- Ministry of Science and ICT
How smarter incentives could help save forests—and support farmers
Stanford UniversityStanford researchers are developing new ways to curb deforestation while boosting rural incomes. Their work pairs economic theory with on-the-ground trials to advance practical climate solutions.
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- Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment