Waiting for a plan to rescue COP28 breakthrough

Dubai pledges “at risk” Although it now feels like a different lifetime, it was only 18 months ago that UN climate boss Simon Stiell hailed “the beginning of the end”…

Gene therapy may slow loss of motor function in ALS

Capsid selection and AAV-miAtxn2-mediated reduction of ataxin-2 in target cells. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60497-8 Researchers have developed a gene therapy that significantly slowed motor function loss in preclinical…

Li-Fi technology offers enhanced security and speeds 100 times faster than Wi-Fi

Dwarf galaxy glows red in the Hunting Dogs constellation photo of the day for June 25, 2025

Deep in the constellation Canes Venatici, also called the Hunting Dogs, lies the dwarf galaxy NGC 4449. It’s part of the M94 galaxy group, near a group of galaxies to…

Philly psychology students map out local landmarks and hidden destinations where they feel happiest

What makes you happy? Perhaps a good night’s sleep, or a wonderful meal with friends? I am the director of the Happiness Lab at Drexel University, where I also teach…

More than half of US teens have had at least one cavity, but fluoride programs in schools help prevent them – new research

Programs delivering fluoride varnish in schools significantly reduce cavities in children. That is a key finding of our recently published study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Fluoride varnish…

Long-term isolated environments may blur boundaries for space crews

Young Mozambican inventor bringing the blind smart ‘vision’

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When Armando Ernesto Chau straps on the futuristic smart glasses that a young Mozambican robotics student is developing in the family dining room, he has a…

Researchers capture first signs of ovarian cancer risk

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Little is known about what causes ovarian cancer, and there is no way to detect it early yet. About 75% of the time when someone is…

Medicine vs. MAGA: Doctors and Insurers Scramble as RFK Jr. Dismantles U.S. Vaccine System

Professional medical societies, pharmacists, state health officials and vaccine manufacturers, as well as a new advocacy group, are mobilizing behind the scenes to preserve access for vaccines as Health Secretary…