New Delhi, India -- The World Health Organization opens a major conference on traditional medicine on Wednesday, arguing that new...
Paris, France -- There is no clear link between pregnant women taking the common painkiller paracetamol and autism in their...
Paris, France -- The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded on Monday to three scientists for discovering how a particular...There are now over 200 clinical trials testing treatments involving regulatory T-cells, according to the Nobel ceremony.
However the breakthroughs which won Monday's Nobel have not yet led to a drug that is currently in wide use.
Sydney, Australia - The makers of over a dozen suncreams have halted sales in Australia after a consumer advocacy group...Long, hot days in the sun are a fixture of daily life in Australia, famous for its good weather and outdoors-loving lifestyle
But the country also has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world -- almost 19,000 Australians were estimated to be diagnosed with melanoma in 2024
Tokyo, Japan -- An artificial intelligence tool that can detect tiny, hard-to-spot brain malformations in children with epilepsy could help...It is the latest example of how AI, which can crunch vast amounts of data, is changing healthcare by assisting doctors with diagnoses.
Epilepsy has several different causes, and overall around three in 10 cases are down to structural abnormalities in the brain, experts say.
Paris, France -- Scientists said Wednesday they have turned human skin cells into eggs and fertilized them with sperm in...The technology is still years away from potentially becoming available to aspiring parents, the US-led team of scientists warned.
But outside experts said the proof-of-concept research could eventually change the meaning of infertility, which affects one in six people worldwide.
- Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - The Center of Smart Robotics Research at the College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud...
The system can detect fires in their early stages through smart sensors that transmit data to a mobile robot equipped with a fire extinguisher
Its applications span industrial facilities, commercial buildings, hospitals, data centers, and laboratories, providing an advanced safety solution for hard-to-reach locations
Washington, United States - Colorful, speckled rocks found on the surface of Mars have offered among the most encouraging evidence...The Perseverance Mars rover collected the "Sapphire Canyon" rock samples in July 2024 from what's thought to be an ancient lakebed
If the features resulted from microbial activity that created minerals in the way they do on Earth -- well, that might point to life on Mars
Oslo, Norway -- An electric plane took to the skies between the Norwegian airports Stavanger and Bergen on Thursday, simulating...The small aircraft -- an Alia built by US aircraft manufacturer Beta -- flew the 160 kilometers in a test run by the Norwegian affiliate of the transport company Bristow.
The flight took 55 minutes and simulated a cargo flight route in southeastern Norway.
Abu Dhabi, UAE -- Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have developed an ingestible device that uses light to activate...The technology was created by Khalil Ramadi, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at NYU Abu Dhabi and NYU Tandon, and his team.
The capsule works without a battery, receiving power wirelessly through magnetic induction from an external transmitter.
- San Pedro, United States -- Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port of Los...
Floating paddles on a dock move with the waves, causing hydraulic pistons to push a fluid.
The pressurized fluid then spins a turbine to generate electricity.
- AlUla, Saudi Arabia - AlUla Governorate achieved a new international milestone, showcasing the clarity of its skies, after a sky...
The image captured a green glow from a meteor crossing the Pleiades star cluster in a one-hour-long exposure, reinforcing AlUla's standing as a global destination for stargazing
NASA published the image on August 25 under the title "The Meteor and the Star Cluster,” marking the first appearance of an image captured from AlUla on its platforms
