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Jul 15
2025

Fighting leukemia by breaking a hidden cell loop

A Hollings researcher led a group that developed an immunotherapy to target leukemia stem cells; they hope to move to clinical trials soon.

Jul 15
2025

Vitestro’s robotic blood drawing device meets trial endpoints

The device had a success rate of 95%, with 83% of the participants finding the procedure comparable or less painful than manual blood draws.

Jul 15
2025

200 million tons of rare metal rocks found in seabed off Japan island

Over 200 million tons of manganese nodules, seabed mineral concretions rich in rare metals, have been found densely packed in the deep sea off the coast of Japan’s easternmost island within its exclusive economic zone, a Japanese survey team said Friday.

Jul 15
2025

A Fundamental Unit Of Intelligence

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Jul 15
2025

NASA’s Parker Probe Just Dived Into the Sun’s Atmosphere and Solved a Fiery Solar Mystery

The ‘helicity barrier’ has been directly confirmed, offering new insights into the heating and formation of the solar wind. Scientists have long been puzzled by an unusual solar mystery: the Sun’s outer atmosphere, called the corona, is vastly hotter than the surface below it. Adding to the intrigu

Jul 15
2025

South Korea’s LG Unveils AI Model in Quickening Global Race

LG Group is rolling out a new version of its flagship artificial intelligence model, billing it as South Korea’s first hybrid-reasoning AI system.

Jul 15
2025

The Australia-Tuvalu climate migration treaty is a drop in the ocean

Australia has offered a lifeline to the people of Tuvalu, whose island is threatened by rising sea levels. But the deal comes with strings attached – and there will be millions more climate migrants in need of refuge by 2050

Jul 15
2025

Korean Researchers Turn Cancer Cells Back Into Normal Cells

Imagine a world where cancer cells can be reverted back to normal—Korean scientists are turning this into reality with their latest breakthrough.

Jul 15
2025

Revolutionary brain implant converts thoughts to text with over 90% accuracy

Miniaturized brain-machine interface translates thoughts into text, promising new communication possibilities for paralysis patients.

Jul 15
2025

Antibiotic resistance predicts higher mortality risk in 17-year follow-up—linked to diet and gender

A population-based study led by the University of Turku, Finland, investigated factors associated with the prevalence of antibiotic resistance. In addition to antibiotic use, diet, gender, living environment, income level and certain gut bacteria were associated with a higher burden of resistance. A higher resistance burden was associated with a 40% higher risk of all-cause mortality during the follow-up.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria cause more than one million deaths per year worldwide, and the number is rising fast.

A recent study shows that an increase in relative mortality risk can be predicted by high resistance burden as well as by elevated blood pressure or type 2 diabetes. The number of antibiotic resistance genes found in gut bacteria predicted the risk of sepsis or death during a long follow-up period of almost two decades.