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Smart glasses are widely recognized as a breakthrough technology because they can project digital information directly into a person’s line of sight. However, in the real world, its adoption is slow. The main reason for this is that the hardware required to power these displays is bulky and impractical. The main hurdle comes from classical optics, which suggests that scaling down efficient light-emitting pixels to the scale of light’s own wavelength should not work. Physicists at the Julius Maximilian University of Wurzburg (JMU) have overcome that barrier. Using a specially designed optical antenna, the team built what is described as…
Companies are secretly promoting the argument that the state should not be allowed to punish the fossil fuel industry. Lobbying state legislatures Pass legislation to ban climate change lawsuits against them. On the other hand, the Trump administration intervened in states including New Yorkseeks to repeal the state’s climate law. 16 state attorneys general I wrote a letter to Attorney General Pamela Bondi last June.warned that “some state and local governments continue to undermine U.S. energy production and use” and have “declared a de facto all-out war on traditional U.S. energy.” They said lawsuits were “growing at an alarming rate”…
Dr. Vijay Limaye is a climate and health scientist in the Natural Resources Defense Council Office of Science. Written by Dr.Vijay Limaye The EPA has stopped evaluating the lives it saves and has unleashed a deregulatory disaster that harms health. Over the past year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has repeatedly caved to the demands of fossil fuel lobbyists and abandoned its core mission of protecting Americans from deadly pollution of our air, water, and land. A startling and ironic new development in recent days shows how far the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency is willing to completely ignore the…
Researchers at Washington State University have developed a 3D-printed model of the left side of a contracting, beating heart, giving surgeons and medical students the opportunity to rehearse important heart surgeries with a model that behaves like the real thing. In fact, WSU researchers performed a valve repair in a heart model using ultrasound imaging and a customized sensor attached to the model and showed that the repair was successful. They report on their research in the academic journal Advanced Materials Technologies. It is very helpful for doctors and surgeons to practice while the heart is still beating, especially…
Nearly four years after the lawsuit was filed, and against a backdrop of significant changes in the COVID-19 vaccine landscape, Moderna has resolved its long-standing patent dispute. Moderna will pay $950 million upfront with no future royalties to settle a patent lawsuit over its mRNA-based vaccine Spikevax. The lawsuit, filed in 2022 by Roivant subsidiary Genevant and infectious disease biotech Arbutus, alleges Moderna infringed their patents with the lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery technology included in the blockbuster. The lawsuit ultimately led to the adoption of Moderna’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, mRESVIA, which was approved by the FDA in 2024.…
past 4 yearsJackie Medcalf tests groundwater in northwest Houston, where dry cleaning facilities decades ago dumped toxic chemicals used in the dry cleaning process over time into storm drains, gutters and alleys. The chemicals eventually seeped into groundwater and moved west into the Cyprus region, but Medcalf and her team at the Texas Health and Environmental Alliance are still finding contamination. The Environmental Protection Agency placed the area, known as the Jones Road groundwater plume, on the Superfund National Priorities List for cleanup in 2003. “These chemicals are not detectable by the population living above them. They are strongly associated…
A recent study found that Black employees find it harder to excel and succeed at their jobs if they believe their bosses support former President Donald Trump. This result occurs because these employees perceive pro-Trump managers as less inclusive, which creates a work environment that limits their professional growth. This study human resource management journal. Workplace power relations are often shaped by broader sociopolitical and domestic debates. In recent years, management scholars have begun to examine how right-wing political movements specifically impact corporate diversity and inclusion efforts. The main focus of this research area is the impact of Donald Trump…
Medication noncompliance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a result of affordability and lack of drug knowledge, among other things, leads to increased exacerbations and a rapid decline in lung function, two new studies have found. This study will be published in the January 2026 issue. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: COPD Foundation Journala peer-reviewed open access journal. COPD, which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis, affects more than 30 million Americans and is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide. It can be caused by genetics or irritants such as smoke or pollution. Inhaled medications can help improve symptoms…
Nubeka and Kerendia, the main growth drivers for Bayer’s pharmaceutical division, are performing even better than the company expected, and the momentum is expected to continue in 2026. But that won’t translate into overall growth for Bayer’s pharmaceutical business this year, as the two contraction drivers, Xarelto and Eylea, are working in opposite directions. Bayer Pharmaceuticals President Stefan Erlich said on a quarterly conference call that this year will be the last year of the sector’s “recovery period” and prepare it for growth in 2027. In a sense, Bayer’s pharmaceutical business is a company in microcosm. A recovery is finally…
Dyslipidemia, or abnormal levels of lipids in the blood, often occurs before symptoms of cardiovascular disease appear. Recent research suggests that gut microbes play an important role in the production, regulation, and breakdown of the body’s lipids, but the relationship is unclear. This week microbiology spectrumMicrobiologists in Seoul are advancing scientists’ understanding of this relationship by identifying microbial taxa that are more likely to be found in people with dyslipidemia than in people with normal levels of cholesterol and triglycerides. Remarkably, they reported clear differences in the structure of the gut microbial community between the two groups. A better understanding…