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Electron micrograph of the HIV pathogen

Health

Human trials point the way towards an mRNA vaccine against HIV

We may be a step closer to a highly effective mRNA vaccine against HIV, but tests so far reveal that the approach can cause unpleasant skin reactions

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JIAXING, CHINA - JULY 27: Tourists watch tidal bore of the Qiantang River on July 27, 2025 in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province of China. A tidal bore of the Qiantang River arrives at its most heyday. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

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See the world’s largest tidal bore on the Qiantang river in China

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Marine tube worms in the deep-sea environment

Life

How life thrives in one of the most hostile environments on Earth

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Chemistry

Extra-hard hexagonal diamonds can now be grown in a lab

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Lung tissue samples from mice, showing the nuceli of cells (blue), cancerous cells (green) and markers of proliferation (magenta)

Health

Covid-19 and flu may reawaken dormant cancer cells in the lungs

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Dr Robert Mulvaney from BAS
Environment

Why climate scientists are analysing the world’s oldest ice core

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Life

New-to-science stick insect is the heaviest ever found in Australia

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Humans

Ancient pots found near Pompeii contain 2500-year-old honey

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Earth

Meltwater bursts through Greenland ice in first-of-a-kind eruption

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Environment

Rust-based battery connects to an electricity grid for the first time

An iron-air battery in the Netherlands, which can store energy for 100 hours or more to make renewable power sources more consistent, has become the world鈥檚 first 鈥渞ust鈥� battery to connect with an electricity grid

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Environment

California bets on iron-salt battery power to protect against wildfire

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Environment

Forests with robust animal populations store four times as much carbon

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Technology

Solar-powered ambush drones can wait for targets like land mines

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Health

Steadfast lifestyle changes seem best to improve cognitive decline

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