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Boy, 12, with rare genetic skin disorder can now play football after breakthrough medical trial

Boy, 12, with rare genetic skin disorder can now play football after breakthrough medical trial

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Axial Seamount: Most Active Submarine Volcano In Pacific May Erupt In 2025, Offering Breakthrough Science Or Deep-Sea Devastation

Axial Seamount: Most Active Submarine Volcano In Pacific May Erupt In 2025, Offering Breakthrough Science Or Deep-Sea Devastation

A submarine volcano off the coast of the Pacific Northwest of the US is set to blow in 2025. Seamounts like this are providing scientists with the perfect opportunity to study the evolution of early life on Earth and the potential threat of deep-sea mining – that is, unless their equipment gets frazzled in the brewing eruption.  The Axial Seamount …

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Insomnia breakthrough as experts discover key ‘driver’ of the sleep problem that ruins millions of lives

Insomnia breakthrough as experts discover key ‘driver’ of the sleep problem that ruins millions of lives

By EMMA GRITT, ASSOCIATE HEALTH EDITOR Published: 15:57, 13 August 2025 | Updated: 16:01, 13 August 2025 Scientists have pinpointed why millions of people struggle to get a good night’s sleep—and it’s not lumpy pillows or a racing mind, the problem lies in their GUT.  In a new study, published in medical journal General Psychiatry, researchers explored the link between nodding …

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Breakthrough therapy helps worst chronic low back pain sufferers feel better… and it lasts for years

Breakthrough therapy helps worst chronic low back pain sufferers feel better… and it lasts for years

A groundbreaking therapy that encourages back pain patients to slowly take on movements they fear or that trigger pain, could relieve their suffering for at least three years, a study suggests. Researchers in Australia asked nearly 500 patients with chronic lower back pain that limited their daily movements to undergo cognitive functional therapy (CFT) for three months. The therapy involved participants …

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Room-Temperature Quantum Breakthrough Stuns Physicists – SciTechDaily

Room-Temperature Quantum Breakthrough Stuns Physicists  SciTechDaily Scientists freeze quantum motion without cooling  ScienceDaily High-purity quantum optomechanics at room temperature  nature.com World-first: Scientists unlock quantum state in objects at room temperature  Interesting Engineering New work achieves a pure quantum state without the need for cooling  Phys.org Source link

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Major pancreatic cancer breakthrough as experts pinpoint common habit that triggers the deadly disease

Major pancreatic cancer breakthrough as experts pinpoint common habit that triggers the deadly disease

Regular drinking could dramatically increase your risk of developing one of the world’s deadliest cancers, researchers have warned—and they believe they may have uncovered why. A new study by scientists in Miami, US, found that high alcohol consumption damages the cells in the pancreas responsible for producing digestive enzymes.  This damage triggers inflammation, harming the organ—which plays a vital role …

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Ford reveals breakthrough process for lower priced EVs

Ford reveals breakthrough process for lower priced EVs

Ford says its finally cracked the code on cheap EVs. The automaker announced plans to build “a family” of low-cost electric vehicles at its Kentucky assembly planrt, starting with a four-door, midsized $30,000 pickup truck in 2027. Ford touted the announcement as its “Model T moment” that will be more streamlined to help bring down costs and put the company …

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