New therapeutic target for rare type of childhood epilepsy identified

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, UCL and MSD have identified a potential treatment target for a genetic type of epilepsy. Developmental and epileptic encephalopathies are…

French AI start-up Mistral AI raises 385 mn euros

Credit: CC0 Public Domain French artificial intelligence start-up Mistral AI announced Sunday it had raised 385 million euros ($414 million), becoming one of Europe’s two AI leaders. Founded in May…

Newest Alzheimer’s drug slows disease — but costs over $25,000 per year. Who will pay for it?

Majlis brings fossil fuel views into the open

Sign up to get our weekly newsletter straight to your inbox, plus breaking news, investigations and extra bulletins from key events For those who want Cop28 to agree to quit fossil…

Cell therapy appears safe and effective for lymphoma in remission

Credit: University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine A study led by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine suggests…

Some Seattle cancer center patients are receiving threatening emails after last month’s data breach

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Some patients of a Seattle-based cancer center received threatening emails following a data breach last month. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center officials said a Nov. 19 hack…

What is Alterra, the UAE’s $30 billion green investment fund?

A big part of the $83 billion “mobilised” at Cop28, Alterra is primarily a profit-seeking fund with some development goals Perhaps the most eye-catching announcement of the first day of…

Downloading NASA’s Dark Matter Data from Above the Clouds

Data from a NASA mission to map dark matter around galaxy clusters has been saved by a new recovery system designed by scientists at the University of Sydney. The system…

Using hierarchical generative models to enhance the motor control of autonomous robots

Mechanical thrombectomy safe, effective for high-risk pulmonary embolism

Mechanical thrombectomy (MT) is safe and effective in real-world, high-risk patients with pulmonary embolism (PE), according to a study published online Oct. 31 in the Journal of the Society for…