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Verdict: RoutineSTAT+: FDA OKs generic HIV prevention shot, widening access for lower-income countries
The FDA has approved a generic HIV prevention shot, a key step in widening access for dozens of lower-income countries.
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News
What happened in research today, from the outlets and labs that report it.
Edition No. 36
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Top stories
1. Why large dogs age faster than small ones, and other October research highlights
Plus invisible tattoos, medieval skeleton gets an ID, trapping a single antimatter particle, and more.
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A person in Washington state has died from complications of the bird flu, the first such U.S. death in a year.
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More top stories
- MIT Newsby Zimmerman
Powering up for a pivotal moment
From a nuclear revival to qubits, the MIT Energy Initiative’s annual research conference tracked deployment of today’s technologies to discovery of tomorrow’s breakthroughs.
No.03Verdict: RoutineScore█████░░░░░4.7 - Ars Technicaby Timmer
Most of our measures of a key cognitive process don't agree
A big study with very little beyond negative results still gets published.
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Scaling Git at OpenAI
How OpenAI built Pando, a Git-compatible backend designed for the scale of development that Codex makes possible.
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STAT+: The health care affordability midterms, and billing urgent care as ER
Health care affordability is a major issue for voters, and a new kind of medical clinic sticks some patients with big bills.
No.06Verdict: RoutineScore████░░░░░░4.5 - Quanta Magazineby Musser
Is There Anything Left in the Dream of Cold Fusion?
Dig a little deeper and you’ll find a thriving research program with exotic atoms that won’t solve the energy crisis but stretches the boundaries of physics.
No.07Verdict: RoutineScore████░░░░░░4.5 - STATby Keshavan
STAT+: Psilocybin’s lasting benefits prove elusive in mice
Five Bay Area labs teamed up to compare lasting effects of psilocybin on anxiety and depression-like behavior in mice, with limited results:
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Briefs
- Carbon Brief
Interactive: Who wants what at the COP31 climate change summit
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Introducing the Grid Protectors Program
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A STAT reporter on covering MRT as an experimental fertility treatment
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The world has a new plan to save nature, but it still needs the money
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The Moon may have squeezed Earth’s first continents into existence
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Laser cavity boosts nitrogen–vacancy magnetic sensor
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Castration extends life span, but in a surprising way, mouse study suggests
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Are you pursuing MRT as a treatment for infertility? Tell us about your experience
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STAT+: Coming readout of Kymera eczema trial is a high-stakes moment in a bid to rival Dupixent
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Women travel thousands of miles for a reproductive moonshot. Scientists say they’ve been misled
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LifeVal
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A flexible new route to designer materials built from nanoparticles
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