Duchenne muscular dystrophy promises a bleak future. Gene therapy may change that.
The treatment of Duchenne's is in the midst of a revolution, bringing hope to a disease that inevitably left boys in a wheelchair in their teens.
30/04/2023 USA Today
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California approves rule phasing out big diesel trucks
California air regulators approved a rule to stop selling new big rigs and buses that run on diesel starting in 2036
29/04/2023 The Independent
How shading crops with solar panels can improve farming, lower food costs and reduce emissions
Canada can meet its carbon emission reduction targets, make food cheap again and open up a gigantic trade surplus with the U.S. by shading farm crops with solar panels.
26/04/2023 The Conversation
How to make low-carbon concrete from old cement
The world gets a little greyer every year. According to a paper published in 2014 concrete—an aggregate material made by mixing cement, sand and gravel—is the second-most consumed substance in the world after water.
26/04/2023 Economist
Dutch government outlines new package to reduce emissions
The Dutch government has unveiled a new package to slash carbon emissions by promoting clean energy, sustainable homes and industry and the use of electric cars among other a raft of measures to combat climate change
26/04/2023 The Independent
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An experimental hormone-free drug shows promise against menopausal hot flashes
The drug would be useful for women with a history of cancer or who are reluctant to accept hormonal treatments
26/04/2023 El País
Climate change: How can we make flying greener?
Biofuels, alternative flight routes and newer, more efficient aircraft can make flying better for the environment. How close are we to introducing these climate-friendly alternatives?
26/04/2023 Deutsche Welle
Can Long Haul Trucks Be Powered Like Trams and Trains?
A new study has explored the feasibility of large scale overhead power line trucking.
26/04/2023 Reset.org
Dam fine work: record number of barrier removals helps restore rivers across Europe
A record number of river barriers, including dams and weirs, were removed across Europe in 2022, with at least 325 taken down in 16 countries, allowing rivers to flow freely and migratory fish to reach breeding areas.
25/04/2023 The Guardian
Healing seagrass ‘scars’ to make Sydney Harbour cleaner and clearer
The world’s biggest harbour restoration project is focusing on an ancient, self-cloning species of seagrass.
24/04/2023 Sydney Morning Herald
Tracking health threats, one sewage sample at a time
Researchers in Virginia Beach, Va., show how they test wastewater for signs of COVID-19, and how they're preparing to look for other health threats.
24/04/2023 NPR
Cities reviving downtowns by converting offices to housing
A growing number of developers are considering converting empty office towers into housing as part of an effort to revive struggling downtown business districts that emptied out during the pandemic
24/04/2023 The Independent
Champion of the gorillas: the vet fighting to save Uganda’s great apes
The Bwindi Impenetrable Forest is tucked away in a remote corner of southwest Uganda. Meaning “place of darkness” in the Runyakitara language, this dense, mist-swathed rainforest makes for a good hiding place for half of the world’s remaining…
23/04/2023 The Guardian
Historic investment in urban trees underway across the U.S.
A historic amount of money is being spent on urban tree planting and maintenance in underserved, often concrete-covered neighborhoods across the country
21/04/2023 The Independent
California researchers attempt ocean climate solution
Engineering faculty at the University of California Los Angeles say they have developed a technique that can remove carbon dioxide from seawater and produce green hydrogen, a clean fuel, in the process
20/04/2023 The Independent
Cutting-edge advances in cancer treatment are underway. Here are 3 that could change lives.
A look at some of the most hopeful, surprising advances in cancer treatment and research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research.
20/04/2023 USA Today
Volcanic microbe eats CO2 ‘astonishingly quickly’, say scientists
A microbe discovered in a volcanic hot spring gobbles up carbon dioxide “astonishingly quickly”, according to the scientists who found it.
19/04/2023 The Guardian
UK rivers are too polluted to swim in – but European countries offer solutions
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19/04/2023 Positive News
‘Totally pristine’: Researchers discover new coral reef in the Galapagos
Until now, scientists believed the only Galapagos reef to survive El Nino weather in 1982 and 1983 was Wellington reef, along the coast of Darwin Island.
19/04/2023 Sydney Morning Herald
Building telescopes on the Moon could transform astronomy – and it's becoming an achievable goal
Lunar exploration is undergoing a renaissance. Dozens of missions, organised by multiple space agencies – and increasingly by commercial companies – are set to visit the Moon by the end of this decade.
18/04/2023 The Conversation
Kelp forests capture nearly 5 million tonnes of CO2 annually
Towering underwater kelp forests generate a potential value of $500 billion each year by providing a boost to commercial fishing, as well as nitrogen and carbon removal
18/04/2023 NewScientist
Scientists create ‘mini beating heart’ in a petri dish in major medical breakthrough
A team of scientists have developed a beating “mini-heart” formed in only a small petri dish – paving the way for future treatments.
17/04/2023 The Independent
Ghana first to approve Oxford malaria vaccine
An Oxford University malaria vaccine has been approved for use in Ghana. The African country is ramping up efforts to combat the mosquito-borne disease that kills a child every minute.
13/04/2023 Deutsche Welle
The eye-popping new school designed by its pupils
What happens when you let children design their school? For clues look to Madrid, where this fantastical property has opened
12/04/2023 Positive News
Chilean Congress approves bill reducing work week to 40 hours
Chilean legislators have overwhelmingly passed a bill reducing the country’s work week from 45 to 40 hours in a bid to improve the quality of life and rights of workers in the South American nation.
12/04/2023 Al Jazeera
Scientists design robot hand that can grasp objects based on wrist movement
Scientists have designed a robotic hand that can grasp objects – and not drop them – using just the movement of its wrist and the feeling in its “skin”. Researchers from the University of Cambridge said that this mechanical hand does not require its…
12/04/2023 The Independent
How electric tuk-tuks could become a 'virtual power plant' for this country
The streets of Dhaka are filled with constant clamor. Among the chorus of honking horns and ringing bells, roaring cars and rattling rickshaws, you can hear the electric hum of the city's three-wheeled open taxis, called tuk-tuks, as they weave…
11/04/2023 CNN
Hope on the Front Lines of the Drug Overdose Crisis
In 2021, the first overdose prevention center opened in the United States. WIRED spoke to its director about what “harm reduction” really means.
10/04/2023 Wired
How Liquid Trees Could Help to Clean Up Our Urban Jungles
It might be desirable to live in the leafy suburbs, but for urban dwellers green spaces may be few and far between. Microalgae liquid trees might provide an alternative.
10/04/2023 Reset.org
New Orleans teens’ Pythagorean proof gains compelling evidence
Compelling evidence supports the claims of two New Orleans high school seniors who say they have found a new way to prove Pythagoras’s theorem by using trigonometry, a respected mathematics professor said, even if the students’ “really important…
08/04/2023 The Guardian
