Gene Therapy, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41434-026-00641-1 Mapping the global trends and hotspots of research on gene therapy and hair cell regeneration for hearing loss: a comprehensive data-mining-based study

This is a crucial moment for international law in the face of concerted efforts by the Trump administration to undermine and discredit it.

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for June 2026 (most recent available) rose compared to the previous month’s value. The latest rise continues a trend of upward trajectory for the CEPCI since August 2025. All four subindices — Equipment, Construction Labor, Buildings and Engineering & Supervision — saw increases, with the […] The post Economic Indicators: September 2026 ap…

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued two decisions today in related appeals arising from inter partes review (IPR) proceedings between Apple Inc. and Smart Mobile Technologies LLC. In the case, Apple Inc. v. Smart Mobile Technologies LLC, the CAFC affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) determination that Apple failed to prove certain claims of two Smart Mobile …

The FDA approved a new medicine from Roivant and its subsidiary Priovant for the treatment of dermatomyositis, a rare autoimmune disease.

Anthropic has introduced a Model Hardware Standard (MHS) research preview that aims to help AI agents operate physical laboratory and industrial equipment. Early pilots at Genentech, HHMI Janelia Research Campus and quantum-computing company QuEra show the approach being applied to lab automation, microscopy and laser control. The significance is not simply that an AI model can issue commands. MH…

Dechert is seeking U.S. discovery for UEFA as it considers a Swiss criminal complaint over FIFA’s failed FFE plan.

Fossilized teeth from at least seven shark species have been discovered in the Egyptian desert, hinting at its complex, watery past.

Built in the final years of United National Movement rule, the building’s ultra-contemporary design symbolized the era's pro-European leanings.

AI tools can easily create practice passages. Are they comparable to those written by humans?

Nature Communications, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-76597-y Earth’s first rise in atmospheric oxygen was marked by extreme climatic instability. Phosphorus phase partitioning and biogeochemical modelling show that feedbacks between nutrient availability, redox and deglaciation controlled oxygenation.

Nature Communications, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-77211-x Multiplexed assays of variant effect (MAVEs) and computational variant effect predictors (VEPs) are two key tools for the interpretation of genetic variants. Here the authors compare the results from these two approaches and investigate instances where they produce conflicting evidence.

When ocean temperatures soar, the consequences reverberate beyond the water. In coastal communities, marine heat waves threaten livelihoods, food security and human health—particularly the well-being of children.  New research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that greater exposure to marine heat waves increases the odds of children dying, suffering stunted growth [&…

Today, you can buy almost anything with a few clicks on your phone. Online shopping has created millions of small deliveries, and a lot of them could be handled more efficiently if humans had a little mechanical help. That’s where delivery robots come in. Continue Reading Category: Robotics , Engineering Tags: Quadruped , Delivery robots

American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Published online: 27 August 2026; doi:10.3844/ajbbsp.2026.22.03.037 Rice false smut, caused by Ustilaginoidea virens, is an important fungal disease that reduces both grain yield and quality. To dissect the molecular basis of resistance, we combined transcriptome sequ...

Published on August 27, 2026 7:21 PM GMT By Luisa Rodriguez and Elizabeth Cox | Watch on Youtube | Listen on Spotify | Read transcript Last year, Daniel Kokotajlo and his colleagues published AI 2027 — a scenario read by millions, including US Vice President Vance. AI 2027 ended in human extinction or an irreversible concentration of power caused by superintelligent AI. Now his team has published…

Google’s Go programming language has been updated with changes across the language, toolchain, runtime, and standard library. Released August 19, Go 1.27 brings three notable enhancements to the language specification, the Go team said. First, Go now supports generic methods , in which a method declaration may declare its own type parameters . Second, a key in a struct literal may now be any vali…