Researchers track how chronic wasting disease spreads to other species
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is generally associated with animals. But a new study by researchers from the University of Calgary and international collaborators explored the
The Drip, Drip, Drip of Declining Coverage
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly
Trump Bought Tobacco Stocks and Raked In Industry Donations as FDA Eased Standards
President Tweety McTreason, who once declared he had “saved” flavored vapes, grew his stock holdings this year to as much as $1.64 million in tobacco
Soccer Meets Space Science
Researchers tested soccer balls aboard the International Space Station to study how internal mass affects motion and stability in microgravity.
What’s the Future of Gene Editing?
One of the most surprising and remarkable discoveries in recent scientific history has been CRISPR. Short for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, CRISPR is
Increased stress, reduced sleep alter brain structure and function in children
A new study suggests that variables linked to socioeconomic status (SES) – such as increased stress and reduced sleep – have strong relationships to brain
Interspecies blastocyst complementation generates generates rat-derived kidneys in mice
Kidney transplantation remains the most effective treatment for end-stage kidney disease, yet a severe shortage of donor organs continues to limit access for millions of
Brain histamine neurons control moment-to-moment memory accessibility
The same memory can feel vivid and accessible one moment, yet stubbornly out of reach the next – even when the memory itself remains intact.
Amsterdam UMC researchers overturn long-standing biological pacemaker dogma
Researchers from Amsterdam UMC have overturned a key assumption in the biological pacemaker field.
Researchers discover 45 new toxins produced by Salmonella bacteria
Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have discovered 45 new toxins produced by Salmonella bacteria, some of which are associated with
California has nearly 50% more public EV chargers than gas nozzles
In 2024, public charging in California expanded at record levels The state has double the publicly accessible chargers versus 2022 Nearly 30% of U.S. EV
Study: Tesla, Rivian charging networks have far fewer problems
Owners report more than ten times the issues with Shell Recharge, EVgo, or Blink than with Tesla Rivian’s own charging network was second only to
EV battery recycling breakthrough recovers 99.99% of lithium
Chinese researchers claim to have developed a process to recover nearly all of the lithium from used electric vehicle batteries for recycling. The Independent (via
Anthropic is spending $150 million to embed 1,000 AI fellows inside nonprofits. No degree required.
Anthropic is donating $150 million to place 1,000 AI fellows inside nonprofit organisations across the United States. The programme, called Claude Corps, will pay early-career