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A Way Back to Everyday Conversation: A Brain Implant Helps Casey Harrell Talk With His Family

Casey Harrell, who lost his voice to ALS, uses an experimental brain-computer interface every day to talk with his wife, daughter, friends and colleagues. Implanted electrodes send signals to nearby computers, which translate his attempted speech into the words he intends to say.

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Major / Health & Medicine

Specialist surgery could reach beyond where doctors live: a Florida surgeon operated on a cancer patient 35 miles away

Dr Vipul Patel remotely removed a 66-year-old cancer patient’s prostate between two Florida hospitals, in what officials described as the first such operation between US hospitals. The investigational procedure offers evidence that surgeons can operate across distance, but wider access, safety and reliability remain under evaluation.

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Major / Health & Medicine

More Time Before Breast Cancer Advances: A New Combination Improved Disease Control in a HER2-Positive Trial

A reported Phase III trial offers evidence of a potential new way to delay progression of HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. According to the supplied account, anbenitamab plus HB1801 reduced the hazard of disease progression or death by 54% compared with trastuzumab, pertuzumab and docetaxel, without establishing longer overall survival.

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Brief / Planet & Nature

Fishing could be safer for seabirds: Cornwall fishers tested kites that lowered the odds of catching them

A trial with 10 Cornish fishers found that nets fitted with bird-of-prey kites had 71% lower odds of catching guillemots and razorbills, while spinning eye buoys had 59% lower odds. The results offer practical ways to protect diving birds, though weather, possible seal attraction and birds learning to ignore deterrents require further attention.

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Brief / Science & Technology

Getting Daily Life Back Is Possible: Crews Restore Power to Around 54,000 Customers After Storm Boelo

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks reported restoring electricity to around 54,000 customers by Sunday evening after Storm Boelo hit Scotland. Around 38,000 of its customers remained without power, making this substantial progress rather than a completed recovery.

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