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Some people with advanced retinitis pigmentosa could detect and locate objects using light-stimulating goggles after an experimental gene therapy. In the 10-person trial, six participants had clinically meaningful improvements in light sensitivity, but the approach does not restore full sight.
Source: theguardian.com
Read the original story →Green turtles have moved from endangered to least concern in global conservation rankings after decades of efforts including egg relocation, marine protection and trade bans. Their recovery shows that sustained protection can change a species’ prospects, although some regional populations remain endangered and are declining.
Source: straitstimes.com
Read the original story →Independent teams in Vienna and Beijing have built the world’s first two operating nuclear clocks, turning an ambition pursued by physicists for almost 50 years into working instruments. The devices could eventually improve timekeeping and tests of fundamental physics, although they do not yet outperform the best conventional atomic clocks.
Source: straitstimes.com
Read the original story →A Hunter Valley community group has won Australia's first climate change case before its highest court, which upheld a decision blocking the Mount Pleasant coal mine extension. The proposed expansion would have allowed an additional 406 million tons of coal to be extracted.
Source: english.kyodonews.net
Read the original story →More than 9.5 million people have received subsidised petrol through Pakistan’s fuel relief scheme, according to minister Shaza Fatima Khawaja. The discount offers some help with rising costs, but excludes public transport and diesel vehicles, leaving some vulnerable households without direct relief.
Source: aljazeera.com
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