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Japan's Eisai developing dementia drug for US market, Nikkei reports

Japanese drugmaker Eisai is developing a dementia treatment that it aims to commercialise in the U.S. by fiscal 2030, the Nikkei reported on Sunday.

Japan's Eisai developing dementia drug for US market, Nikkei reports
Health

AstraZeneca's COVID prevention drug application gets EU fast-track assessment

AstraZeneca said on Monday that the European Union drug regulator has accepted a market authorisation application for its investigational COVID-19 prevention drug, sipavibart, for an

AstraZeneca's COVID prevention drug application gets EU fast-track assessment
Science|Technology

SERA names India as partner country for Blue Origin space flight

The U.S.-based Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA) on Monday announced India as a partner country in its human spaceflight programme, which will see six citizen

SERA names India as partner country for Blue Origin space flight
Business|Science|Technology

Cassava Sciences forms internal panel after US probe into two employees

Cassava Sciences will form a committee to evaluatenew probes by U.S. regulators and investigate two senior employees, it said on Monday, days after a

Cassava Sciences forms internal panel after US probe into two employees
Health|Science

Fossil of child with Down syndrome hints at Neanderthal compassion

Living among a small band of Neanderthals in what is now eastern Spain was a child, perhaps 6 years old, with Down syndrome, as shown in a remarkable fossil preserving

Fossil of child with Down syndrome hints at Neanderthal compassion
Environment|Technology

In race to regain rare earth glory, Europe falls short on mineral goals

Four decades ago, a rare earth processing plant on France's Atlantic coast was one of the largest in the world, churning out materials used to make colour televisions,

In race to regain rare earth glory, Europe falls short on mineral goals
Education|News|Science

Study firms up date of famous ancient shipwreck off Cyprus

When scientists in the 1960s excavated the wreck of an ancient Greek merchant ship off the northern coast of Cyprus, what they found was an amazing time capsule

Study firms up date of famous ancient shipwreck off Cyprus
Business|Economy|Environment|Science

Disputed Sigma Lithium land has 'probable' reserves, study shows

Sigma Lithium, the biggest player in Brazil's booming lithium industry, told regulators late last year it had found likely mineral reserves on two plots of

Disputed Sigma Lithium land has 'probable' reserves, study shows
Environment|News|Science

Arctic wildfire emissions rise as blazes sweep Russia's North

Wildfires above the Arctic Circle in June have unleashed carbon emissions that are the third highest for the time of year in two decades of monitoring, European scientists

Arctic wildfire emissions rise as blazes sweep Russia's North
Science|Technology

Russian satellite breaks up in space, forces ISS astronauts to shelter

A defunct Russian satellite has broken up into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit, forcing astronauts on the International Space Station to take shelter for

Russian satellite breaks up in space, forces ISS astronauts to shelter
Environment|Science

Genome study deepens mystery of what doomed Earth's last mammoths

About 4,000 years ago, the last of Earth's woolly mammoths died out on a lonely Arctic Ocean island off the coast of Siberia, a melancholy end to one of the world's

Genome study deepens mystery of what doomed Earth's last mammoths
Business|Economy|Environment|News

US to start buying up to $2.7 billion in domestic nuclear reactor fuel

The U.S. is bidding to eventually buy up to $2.7 billion of domestically-supplied enriched uranium, in an effort to boost the supply chain for the nuclear

US to start buying up to $2.7 billion in domestic nuclear reactor fuel
Science|Technology

NASA, Boeing continue evaluating Starliner's propulsion system performance

NASA said on Thursday that it would continue to evaluate Starliner's propulsion system performance along with Boeing before the shuttle returns from the International Space Station (ISS).

NASA, Boeing continue evaluating Starliner's propulsion system performance
Business|Science|Technology

Huawei's Harmony aims to end China's reliance on Windows, Android

Packed into a small room, a drone, bipedal robot, supermarket checkout and other devices showcase a vision of China's software future - one where an

Huawei's Harmony aims to end China's reliance on Windows, Android
Environment|Health|Science

Climate change boosted deadly Saudi haj heat by 2.5 C, scientists say

The heatwave in Saudi Arabia blamed for the deaths of 1,300 people on the haj pilgrimage this month was made worse by climate change, a team of European scientists

Climate change boosted deadly Saudi haj heat by 2.5 C, scientists say
Environment|Science|World

Number of days over 35 C surges in world's scorching capitals

The number of days reaching a sizzling 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) in 20 of the world's largest capitals - from Delhi to Jakarta to Buenos Aires - has risen 52%

Number of days over 35 C surges in world's scorching capitals
Health|Science

Eisai and Biogen launch Alzheimer's drug Leqembi in China

Eisai and Biogen have launched their Alzheimer's treatment Leqembi in China, the third country after the United States and Japan, the companies said on Friday.

Eisai and Biogen launch Alzheimer's drug Leqembi in China
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Boeing Starliner's return from space to hinge on weeks of more testing

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will not return its two astronauts from the International Space Station until after engineers spend "a couple weeks" testing to

Boeing Starliner's return from space to hinge on weeks of more testing
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US professor charged with manipulating data for Alzheimer’s drug trial

A U.S. medical professor has been charged with fraud for allegedly submitting false data to get millions of dollars in public funds for research into a drug

US professor charged with manipulating data for Alzheimer’s drug trial
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Flying objects and shrunken heads: World UFO Day feted amid surge in sightings, government denials

World UFO Day is being celebrated amid a surge in sightings and government studies on unidentified flying objects

Flying objects and shrunken heads: World UFO Day feted amid surge in sightings, government denials
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A white rhino is born in a Chilean zoo, boosting the near-endangered species

Hannah, a 13-year-old white rhinoceros, has given hope to a Chilean zoo and conservationists worldwide, delivering a newborn calf in a rare zoo birth for the almost endangered species

A white rhino is born in a Chilean zoo, boosting the near-endangered species
Science|Technology

How Boeing's Starliner can bring its astronauts back to Earth

Problems with Boeing's Starliner capsule, still docked at the International Space Station (ISS), have upended the original plans for its return of its two

How Boeing's Starliner can bring its astronauts back to Earth
Environment|Science

Over 200 howler monkeys in Mexico perish in heatwave, says NGO

At least 234 threatened howler monkeys have died in tropical forests in the south-eastern Mexican state of Tabasco, wildlife non-profit Cobius said on Monday, a figure nearly

Over 200 howler monkeys in Mexico perish in heatwave, says NGO
Science|Technology

China's Chang'e-6 moon probe lands back on Earth

China's Chang'e-6 lunar probe landed on Tuesday in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, making the country the first to bring back samples from the

China's Chang'e-6 moon probe lands back on Earth
Health|Science

AstraZeneca's Imfinzi fails in late-stage trial to treat certain lung cancers

AstraZeneca's blockbuster cancer drug Imfinzi has failed as a follow-up therapy to improve disease-free survival in a late-stage trial in patients with a type of early-stage lung cancer,

AstraZeneca's Imfinzi fails in late-stage trial to treat certain lung cancers

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