Science Archives - Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/news/science/ A Daily Dose of Positive News to Enthuse Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:18:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-GNN-Logo-Circles-2017-1-32x32.png Science Archives - Good News Network https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/news/science/ 32 32 120051390 Moss is So Unique it’s Acted Like Fingerprints to Help Solve a Dozen Crimes https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/moss-is-so-unique-its-acted-like-fingerprints-to-help-solve-a-dozen-crimes/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/moss-is-so-unique-its-acted-like-fingerprints-to-help-solve-a-dozen-crimes/#respond Fri, 02 Jan 2026 20:18:04 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227614 Tiny plants, like moss, are easy to overlook. They’re often as small as an eyelash, and they tend to grow on the ground in dark, wet places. But these small plants sometimes turn out to be big clues in forensic cases. A team of scientists learned that firsthand in 2013, when they were asked to […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/moss-is-so-unique-its-acted-like-fingerprints-to-help-solve-a-dozen-crimes/feed/ 0 227614 4,500 years ago, Worship of the Sun Took Place in This Recently-Uncovered Temple in Egypt https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/4500-years-ago-worship-of-the-sun-took-place-in-this-recently-uncovered-temple-in-egypt/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/4500-years-ago-worship-of-the-sun-took-place-in-this-recently-uncovered-temple-in-egypt/#respond Thu, 01 Jan 2026 14:00:39 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227552 An Italian-Egyptian archaeological mission has finally excavated a temple for the worship of the sun after it was identified over 100 years ago. It’s only one of two sun temples that have been definitively identified, and dates to the reign of King Nyuserre, the sixth ruler of the Old Kingdom’s Fifth Dynasty. He is credited […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/4500-years-ago-worship-of-the-sun-took-place-in-this-recently-uncovered-temple-in-egypt/feed/ 0 227552 University in China Begins Installing World’s Strongest Gravity Centrifuge to Compress Space and Time https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/university-in-china-begins-installing-worlds-strongest-gravity-centrifuge-to-compress-space-and-time/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/university-in-china-begins-installing-worlds-strongest-gravity-centrifuge-to-compress-space-and-time/#respond Wed, 31 Dec 2025 19:30:22 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227512 What can you do if you want to test a dam, railway line, submersible, or a space capsule’s resistance to gravitational force without risking the destruction of it in the process? Well now, you can take a scale model to Zhejiang University in China, where the CHIEF1900 gravitational centrifuge can batter it with 300 times […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/university-in-china-begins-installing-worlds-strongest-gravity-centrifuge-to-compress-space-and-time/feed/ 0 227512 A Rare Cancer-Fighting Plant Compound has Finally Been Decoded https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-rare-cancer-fighting-plant-compound-has-finally-been-decoded/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-rare-cancer-fighting-plant-compound-has-finally-been-decoded/#respond Sun, 28 Dec 2025 23:21:19 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227410 Canadian researchers have figured out how plants make a rare natural substance—mitraphylline—with its potential for fighting cancer and becoming a sustainable new medicine. Mitraphylline is part of a small and unusual family of plant alkaloids, molecules that are defined by their distinctive twisted ring shapes, which help give them powerful anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory effects. For […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-rare-cancer-fighting-plant-compound-has-finally-been-decoded/feed/ 0 227410 New Eco-Friendly Tech Eliminates ‘Forever Chemicals’ With Record-Breaking Speed–And it’s Reusable https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-eco-friendly-tech-eliminates-forever-chemicals-with-record-breaking-speed/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-eco-friendly-tech-eliminates-forever-chemicals-with-record-breaking-speed/#respond Sun, 28 Dec 2025 14:27:36 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227366 University researchers in Texas and Korea have collaborated to developed an eco-friendly water purifier that captures—and destroys—toxic “forever chemicals” (PFAS) more than 1,000 times better than current methods. Their study marks a major milestone in addressing one of the world’s most persistent environmental and health threats. PFAS are synthetic chemicals first created in the 1940s […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-eco-friendly-tech-eliminates-forever-chemicals-with-record-breaking-speed/feed/ 0 227366 Welcome to the Lemon-Shaped Planet Where Rain Turns to Diamonds https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/welcome-to-the-lemon-shaped-planet-where-rain-turns-to-diamonds/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/welcome-to-the-lemon-shaped-planet-where-rain-turns-to-diamonds/#comments Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:00:37 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227215 An exoplanet located 2,000 light years from Earth is so unusual it’s given astronomers the idea that it could be a totally new type of object. That’s because it’s shaped like a lemon, with a small tip just like the fruit has, and a free-floating carbon atmosphere where rain might turn to diamonds in the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/welcome-to-the-lemon-shaped-planet-where-rain-turns-to-diamonds/feed/ 1 227215 Cave of Wonders: Where Prehistoric Bees Made Nests in the Bones of Animals Eaten by Colossal Owls https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cave-of-wonders-where-prehistoric-bees-made-nests-in-the-bones-of-animals-eaten-by-colossal-owls/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cave-of-wonders-where-prehistoric-bees-made-nests-in-the-bones-of-animals-eaten-by-colossal-owls/#respond Tue, 23 Dec 2025 06:54:31 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227143 Burrowing bees generally prefer to make their nests in the open, but some 20,000 years ago their ancestors lived in a cave where they used the bones of prey animals rather than soft soil. The groundbreaking discovery was made in a Caribbean cave that narrowly escaped being turned into someone’s toilet. The island of Hispaniola, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cave-of-wonders-where-prehistoric-bees-made-nests-in-the-bones-of-animals-eaten-by-colossal-owls/feed/ 0 227143 Microscopic ‘Christmas Tree’ is Remarkable Highlight of Science Project Comparing the Vast and Small https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/microscopic-christmas-tree-is-remarkable-highlight-of-science-project-comparing-the-vast-and-small/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/microscopic-christmas-tree-is-remarkable-highlight-of-science-project-comparing-the-vast-and-small/#respond Sat, 20 Dec 2025 17:26:02 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227036 A microscopic ‘Christmas tree’ is a seasonal highlight of a remarkable science project that found eerie comparisons between the vast and the tiny. Curated by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, the series of pairings reveal stunning connections between the vast universe and the microscopic world that we cannot see with the naked eye. Dubbed “New Perspectives”, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/microscopic-christmas-tree-is-remarkable-highlight-of-science-project-comparing-the-vast-and-small/feed/ 0 227036 Cheese May Help Stave Off Dementia Suggests Study of 27k People Followed Over 25 Years https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cheese-may-help-stave-off-dementia-suggests-study-of-27k-people-followed-over-25-years/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cheese-may-help-stave-off-dementia-suggests-study-of-27k-people-followed-over-25-years/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:30:19 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=227008 Researchers in Sweden found a link between eating more high-fat cream and high-fat cheeses and a lower risk of developing dementia. People who consumed 20 grams or more of high-fat cream daily had a 16% lower risk of dementia than those who consumed none. People who ate 50 grams or more of high-fat cheese—containing more […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cheese-may-help-stave-off-dementia-suggests-study-of-27k-people-followed-over-25-years/feed/ 1 227008 Cancer-Fighting Cells Engineered Inside Patients’ Bodies Rather Than Laboratory for the First Time https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cancer-fighting-cells-engineered-inside-patients-bodies-rather-than-laboratory-for-the-first-time/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cancer-fighting-cells-engineered-inside-patients-bodies-rather-than-laboratory-for-the-first-time/#respond Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:00:40 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226959 In a pair of groundbreaking studies, scientists replicated a time-consuming, laboratory-based, cancer therapy within myeloma patients’ own bodies. If standardized, such an advancement would allow for one of the most successful non-chemo cancer treatments to be done both faster and cheaper. CAR T-cell therapy involves retrieving a patient’s immune system component called a T-cell and […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/cancer-fighting-cells-engineered-inside-patients-bodies-rather-than-laboratory-for-the-first-time/feed/ 0 226959 Christmas ‘Miracle’ for 6-Year-Old with Leukemia Who’s Now Thriving After T-cell Therapy Instead of Chemo https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/christmas-miracle-for-6-year-old-with-leukemia-whos-now-thriving-after-t-cell-therapy-instead-of-chemo/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/christmas-miracle-for-6-year-old-with-leukemia-whos-now-thriving-after-t-cell-therapy-instead-of-chemo/#respond Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:00:29 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226878 Christmas 2025 is better and brighter for one family whose daughter is on the mend from a previously untreatable form of childhood cancer. Christmas 2024 saw then-5-year-old Bryn Ailinger isolated in a child cancer ward, having been diagnosed with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia which harbored a rare and aggressive mutation that rendered standard chemotherapies […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/christmas-miracle-for-6-year-old-with-leukemia-whos-now-thriving-after-t-cell-therapy-instead-of-chemo/feed/ 0 226878 Wireless Implant That ‘Speaks’ to the Brain with Light Paves Way To Potentially Restoring Lost Senses https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wireless-implant-that-speaks-to-the-brain-with-light-paves-the-way-to-potentially-restoring-lost-senses/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wireless-implant-that-speaks-to-the-brain-with-light-paves-the-way-to-potentially-restoring-lost-senses/#respond Mon, 15 Dec 2025 16:30:00 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226849 Around the size of a postage stamp and thinner than a credit card, a wireless implant that “speaks” to the brain could help restore lost senses. The device uses light to send information directly to the brain, bypassing the body’s natural sensory pathways in what scientists are hailing as a “leap” for neurobiology and bioelectronics. […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wireless-implant-that-speaks-to-the-brain-with-light-paves-the-way-to-potentially-restoring-lost-senses/feed/ 0 226849 Photographer Captures Incredible Luminous Event Over His Italian Town–For the Second Time (LOOK) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/photographer-captures-incredible-luminous-event-over-his-town-for-2nd-time/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/photographer-captures-incredible-luminous-event-over-his-town-for-2nd-time/#respond Sat, 13 Dec 2025 22:16:32 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226763 Incredible images captured by an amateur astrophotographer show a bizarre red ring, 143-miles wide, floating in the sky. Valter Binotto not only managed to capture the otherworldly sight over his hometown of Possagno, amazingly, it’s the second time he has recorded the rings from his location in northern Italy, nestled in the foothills of Monte […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/photographer-captures-incredible-luminous-event-over-his-town-for-2nd-time/feed/ 0 226763 Genetic Mutation Could Pave the Way for Self-Fertilizing Cereal Crops and a Revolution in Agriculture https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/genetic-mutation-could-pave-the-way-for-self-fertilizing-cereal-crops-and-a-revolution-in-agriculture/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/genetic-mutation-could-pave-the-way-for-self-fertilizing-cereal-crops-and-a-revolution-in-agriculture/#respond Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:01:36 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226666 Danish researchers have found a molecular switch that lets plants partner with nitrogen-fixing bacteria instead of fighting them, opening the way to self-fertilizing cereal crops like wheat and barley. Their new research highlights an important biological clue that could help reduce agriculture’s heavy reliance on artificial nitrogen fertilizer. Plants require nitrogen to grow, and most […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/genetic-mutation-could-pave-the-way-for-self-fertilizing-cereal-crops-and-a-revolution-in-agriculture/feed/ 0 226666 ‘Extinct’ Graceful Oryx Thriving in the Saharan Wilds Thanks to Decades of Captive Breeding https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/extinct-graceful-oryx-thriving-in-the-saharan-wilds-thanks-to-decades-of-captive-breeding/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/extinct-graceful-oryx-thriving-in-the-saharan-wilds-thanks-to-decades-of-captive-breeding/#respond Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:30:38 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226648 Even as the final scimitar-horned oryx was felled for meat and leather on the Saharan dunes, a network of zoos, hunting reserves, and even a royal menagerie, guaranteed they would live on in captivity. Now, 9 years after these graceful antelope were first introduced back into the lands they once roamed, they have become one […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/extinct-graceful-oryx-thriving-in-the-saharan-wilds-thanks-to-decades-of-captive-breeding/feed/ 0 226648 Teens May Have Come Up with a New Way to Detect, Treat Lyme Disease Using CRISPR Gene Editing https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teens-may-have-come-up-with-a-new-way-to-detect-treat-lyme-disease-using-crispr-gene-editing/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teens-may-have-come-up-with-a-new-way-to-detect-treat-lyme-disease-using-crispr-gene-editing/#respond Wed, 10 Dec 2025 14:00:12 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226644 From 60 Minutes comes the story of a Georgia science team that carried the Stars and Stripes to Europe for an international science competition and finished in the top ten by using genetic engineering to develop a superior testing and treatment method for Lyme disease. If the competition were held in the USA—where the burden […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/teens-may-have-come-up-with-a-new-way-to-detect-treat-lyme-disease-using-crispr-gene-editing/feed/ 0 226644 Scientists Document Over 16,000 Footprints in the World’s Most Extensive Dinosaur Tracksite https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-document-over-16000-footprints-in-the-worlds-most-extensive-dinosaur-tracksite/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-document-over-16000-footprints-in-the-worlds-most-extensive-dinosaur-tracksite/#respond Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:00:03 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226596 In Bolivia, the largest number of dinosaur footprints ever recorded in a single spot is yielding fascinating insight on how these prehistoric animals moved in a way that bones just can’t. 16,600 footprints, forming dozens of “trackways,” have been so far documented on what would have been the muddy floor of a waterway along what […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-document-over-16000-footprints-in-the-worlds-most-extensive-dinosaur-tracksite/feed/ 0 226596 Arctic Divers Reach Never-Before Explored Ocean Ridge Studded with Volcanoes https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/researchers-dive-to-never-before-explored-arctic-ocean-ridge-studded-with-volcanoes/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/researchers-dive-to-never-before-explored-arctic-ocean-ridge-studded-with-volcanoes/#respond Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:00:14 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226561 One of the most remote and unexplored parts of the planet has been visited by a  submersible crewed by Chinese geophysicists and marine scientists for the first time ever. Having been researched from the surface by Russian scientists, and the western side with robotic submersibles by a US-German team in 2001, no one has ever […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/researchers-dive-to-never-before-explored-arctic-ocean-ridge-studded-with-volcanoes/feed/ 0 226561 New Underwater Tool Lets Ecologists ID Fish From Their Sounds–46 Species So Far (LISTEN to 5 of Them) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-underwater-tool-can-id-fish-from-their-sounds-46-species-so-far/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-underwater-tool-can-id-fish-from-their-sounds-46-species-so-far/#respond Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:00:08 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226481 Underwater coral reefs are filled with thumps, pops, and snaps from shrimp and fish, and ecologists often use underwater microphones to monitor the health of marine environments. But until now, ecologists have largely been unable to interpret these sounds because reefs are crowded with hundreds of different species—very few of which have had sounds accurately […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-underwater-tool-can-id-fish-from-their-sounds-46-species-so-far/feed/ 0 226481 14-Year-Old Wins $25,000 for Origami That Can Hold 10,000 Times its Own Weight https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/14-year-old-wins-25000-for-origami-that-can-hold-10000-times-its-own-weight/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/14-year-old-wins-25000-for-origami-that-can-hold-10000-times-its-own-weight/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2025 13:00:51 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226388 A young man has folded his origami hobby into to a potential career path as an innovator, having used the Japanese artform to create a structure capable of holding 10,000 times its own weight. His demonstration, which included extensive testing and personal invention, took first prize at the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge in […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/14-year-old-wins-25000-for-origami-that-can-hold-10000-times-its-own-weight/feed/ 1 226388 Mosquitoes Can’t Resist Smell of Fungus That Lures Them to Their Death Inside Trap Patented by Researchers https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mosquitoes-cant-resist-smell-of-fungus-that-lures-them-to-their-death-inside-trap-patented-by-researchers/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/mosquitoes-cant-resist-smell-of-fungus-that-lures-them-to-their-death-inside-trap-patented-by-researchers/#respond Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:30:37 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226374 There are dozens of ways to implement mosquito control, but none have proved a cure-all against the deadliest animal on Earth. Now, researchers have genetically-engineered a natural enemy of the mosquito—with millions of years of evolution backing up its deadly design—to attract and kill the insects even when humans were also on the menu. It’s […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/wildlife-poachers-to-be-targeted-using-state-of-the-art-ai-listening-technology/feed/ 2 226322 Restless Legs Syndrome Linked to Parkinson’s Risk–Making it a Perfect Case for Early Treatment https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/restless-legs-syndrome-linked-to-parkinsons-risk-making-it-a-perfect-case-for-early-treatment/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/restless-legs-syndrome-linked-to-parkinsons-risk-making-it-a-perfect-case-for-early-treatment/#respond Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:00:54 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226314 South Korean scientists recently determined that patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) showed approximately double the Parkinson’s disease incidence. If that doesn’t sound like good news, it’s because you haven’t heard what they found next. Researchers from Korea University Ansan Hospital and collaborators then found that among those RLS patients, those who were treated with […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/restless-legs-syndrome-linked-to-parkinsons-risk-making-it-a-perfect-case-for-early-treatment/feed/ 0 226314 Tongue-Zapping Device Does More in 6 Months Than 4 Years of Normal Stroke Rehabilitation https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/226293-2/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/226293-2/#respond Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:30:39 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226293 A fall from a 10 foot ladder triggered a cascade of neurological problems that might have left an Ontario man paralyzed on his right side for life. But working with a device that delivers an electrical shock through the tongue has allowed him to recover movement and speech, and even has him looking towards a […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/226293-2/feed/ 0 226293 Stunning Photo Captures Gaseous Wings of Butterfly Nebula from the Gemini Telescope (LOOK) https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scalding-gas-spreads-out-like-wings-in-the-butterfly-nebula-a-new-photo-from-the-gemini-telescope/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scalding-gas-spreads-out-like-wings-in-the-butterfly-nebula-a-new-photo-from-the-gemini-telescope/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:00:25 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226179 There are a lot of nebulae in the universe, and they often get given catchy names like the Crab Nebula or Cat’s Paw Nebula. There needs no explaining the name of this nebula—seen in an image taken from the Gemini South Telescope in Chile. Located between 2,500 and 3,800 light years away in the constellation […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scalding-gas-spreads-out-like-wings-in-the-butterfly-nebula-a-new-photo-from-the-gemini-telescope/feed/ 0 226179 Ultrasonic Device Dramatically Speeds Harvesting of Water from the Air – Drinkable in Minutes Instead of Hours https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ultrasonic-device-dramatically-speeds-harvesting-of-water-from-the-air-drinkable-in-minutes-instead-of-hours/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ultrasonic-device-dramatically-speeds-harvesting-of-water-from-the-air-drinkable-in-minutes-instead-of-hours/#respond Sun, 30 Nov 2025 16:22:06 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226200 Even in desert conditions, there exists some level of humidity that, with the right material, can be soaked up and squeezed out to produce clean drinking water. In recent years, scientists have developed a host of promising sponge-like materials for this “atmospheric water harvesting.” But recovering the water from these materials usually requires heat — […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ultrasonic-device-dramatically-speeds-harvesting-of-water-from-the-air-drinkable-in-minutes-instead-of-hours/feed/ 0 226200 AI-Guided Robot Plants ‘Baby Corals’ Across the Great Barrier Reef https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ai-guided-robot-plants-baby-corals-across-the-great-barrier-reef/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ai-guided-robot-plants-baby-corals-across-the-great-barrier-reef/#respond Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:30:53 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226101 At the Australian Institute of Marine Science, artificial intelligence is being leveraged to help restore coral reefs after recent bleaching events. Following the autumn spawning season on the Great Barrier Reef, AIMS scientists are looking to give the corals a helping hand by dropping coral larvae down onto degraded reef segments. But in an effort […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ai-guided-robot-plants-baby-corals-across-the-great-barrier-reef/feed/ 0 226101 Scorpion Venom May Provide the Next Breast Cancer Breakthrough https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scorpion-venom-may-provide-the-next-breast-cancer-breakthrough/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scorpion-venom-may-provide-the-next-breast-cancer-breakthrough/#respond Thu, 27 Nov 2025 19:30:42 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=226056 Scientists in Brazil are currently testing to see if the venom of an Amazonian scorpion could be used to poison breast cancer tumors. Researchers at the University of São Paulo’s Preto School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (FCFRP-USP) have long worked to clone and express proteins from rattlesnake and scorpion venom with hopes of transforming these powerful […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scorpion-venom-may-provide-the-next-breast-cancer-breakthrough/feed/ 0 226056 More Efficient Way to Defrost Cars Using Electricity to “Zap” Ice Without Heat https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/more-efficient-way-to-defrost-cars-using-electricity-to-zap-ice-without-heat/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/more-efficient-way-to-defrost-cars-using-electricity-to-zap-ice-without-heat/#respond Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:30:39 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225664 There are large swaths of America where in order to have a safe drive into work, one has to start their car even before their coffee machine. Heating up a car and running the defrosters is a hugely energy intensive process, but researchers at Virginia Polytechnical Institute believe they’ve found a new and improved method […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/more-efficient-way-to-defrost-cars-using-electricity-to-zap-ice-without-heat/feed/ 0 225664 ‘Music to my Ears’: New Malaria Drug Succeeds in Large Clinical Trial to Combat Resistance https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/music-to-my-ears-new-malaria-drug-succeeds-in-large-clinical-trial-to-combat-resistance/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/music-to-my-ears-new-malaria-drug-succeeds-in-large-clinical-trial-to-combat-resistance/#respond Mon, 17 Nov 2025 19:30:38 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225576 Among the world’s manifold disease burdens, antibiotic resistant bacteria hold a special place of concern. But recent evidence points to the malaria parasite also developing resistance to drugs that have been working to killed it off for the last quarter-century. Therefore, news that a major drug trial looking at the efficacy of a new-class of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/music-to-my-ears-new-malaria-drug-succeeds-in-large-clinical-trial-to-combat-resistance/feed/ 0 225576 Shut Eye Without Shutting Off Lights and Devices Increases Risk of Heart Disease https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/shut-eye-without-shutting-off-lights-and-devices-increases-risk-of-heart-disease/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/shut-eye-without-shutting-off-lights-and-devices-increases-risk-of-heart-disease/#respond Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:00:55 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225568 A street lamp outside your window, the orange charging light on a plug adapter next to your nightstand, a flash of your phone late at night indicating you’ve received an email—these artificial light sources would never occur in nature, and recent studies suggest they harm your brain. Higher levels of artificial light at night were […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/shut-eye-without-shutting-off-lights-and-devices-increases-risk-of-heart-disease/feed/ 0 225568 Speaking Two Languages Seems to Slows Aging, Speaking Three or More Augments the Effect https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/speaking-two-languages-seems-to-slows-aging-speaking-three-or-more-augments-the-effect/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/speaking-two-languages-seems-to-slows-aging-speaking-three-or-more-augments-the-effect/#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2025 12:00:39 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225420 Speaking two or more languages is associated with a reduced risk of accelerated aging, according to data from more than 86,000 people across 27 European countries. It’s yet another great reason to learn a new language, or bring up a child in a bilingual household. Previous research has proposed that multilingualism can help maintain cognitive […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/speaking-two-languages-seems-to-slows-aging-speaking-three-or-more-augments-the-effect/feed/ 1 225420 New Gel Regrows Dental Enamel–Which Humans Cannot Do–and Could Revolutionize Tooth Care https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-gel-regrows-dental-enamel-which-humans-cannot-do-and-could-revolutionize-tooth-care/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-gel-regrows-dental-enamel-which-humans-cannot-do-and-could-revolutionize-tooth-care/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2025 19:30:39 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225380 Chemists in England have created a gel that can repair and regenerate tooth enamel, opening up new possibilities for effective and long-lasting dental treatment. The gel can be rapidly applied to teeth in the same way dentists currently apply standard fluoride treatments. However, this new protein-based gel is fluoride-free and works by mimicking key features […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-gel-regrows-dental-enamel-which-humans-cannot-do-and-could-revolutionize-tooth-care/feed/ 0 225380 Scientist Discovers New Bee Species with ‘Devil-like’ Horns–Names Her ‘Lucifer’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientist-discovers-new-bee-species-with-devil-like-horns-names-her-lucifer/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientist-discovers-new-bee-species-with-devil-like-horns-names-her-lucifer/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2025 14:00:14 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225373 She’s got devil-like horns, but she ain’t after your soul: she’s only looking for pollen. She’s Megachile lucifer, a new species of solitary bee identified in Western Australia’s Goldfields region by a team of scientists inspecting a rare wildflower habitat. She’s also the first new bee species added to the genus in 20 years, making this resident […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientist-discovers-new-bee-species-with-devil-like-horns-names-her-lucifer/feed/ 0 225373 Shipwrecked Cargo of Roman Lead Bars Provides a Chance to Observe Dark Matter on Earth https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/shipwrecked-cargo-of-roman-lead-bars-leads-the-way-towards-observing-dark-matter-on-earth/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/shipwrecked-cargo-of-roman-lead-bars-leads-the-way-towards-observing-dark-matter-on-earth/#respond Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:30:28 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225341 What do dark matter, the Roman Empire, and a toxic heavy metal have in common? The answer is Mr. Ettore Fiorini who helped excavate a 2,000-year-old shipwreck whose cargo of Roman lead bars could, he believed, help him unravel the secrets of the universe. If the second sentence made no more sense than the first, […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/shipwrecked-cargo-of-roman-lead-bars-leads-the-way-towards-observing-dark-matter-on-earth/feed/ 0 225341 Animal Origami: The Physics of Nature’s Folds – and How Technology is Adapting Them https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/animal-origami-the-physics-of-natures-folds/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/animal-origami-the-physics-of-natures-folds/#respond Sun, 09 Nov 2025 20:06:47 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225207 (Article by Rohini Subrahmanyam originally published by Knowable Magazine) As the microscopic, tear-shaped Lacrymaria olor  swims around hunting for food, it does something remarkable: In a blink, the tiny protist extends its neck more than 30 times its body length, snatching up unwitting prey. Then, just as quickly, the neck withdraws, returning to its original […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/animal-origami-the-physics-of-natures-folds/feed/ 0 225207 Why Would Visiting an Art Gallery Reduce Your Risk of Heart Problems and Disease? https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/why-would-visiting-an-art-gallery-reduce-your-risk-of-heart-problems-and-disease/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/why-would-visiting-an-art-gallery-reduce-your-risk-of-heart-problems-and-disease/#respond Fri, 07 Nov 2025 19:30:03 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225094 A new study shows that visiting an art gallery and appreciating the works therein can reduce your risk of heart disease and even boost your immune system. But how could that work? There are some general wellness maxims that could connect the large span between these two seemingly unrelated subjects though, and it may mean […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/why-would-visiting-an-art-gallery-reduce-your-risk-of-heart-problems-and-disease/feed/ 0 225094 Scientists Create a Google Maps of the Roman Empire–Plan Your Trip Along Their Famous Roads https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-create-a-google-maps-of-the-roman-empire-plan-your-trip-along-their-famous-roads/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-create-a-google-maps-of-the-roman-empire-plan-your-trip-along-their-famous-roads/#respond Fri, 07 Nov 2025 14:00:21 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225084 It was said that all roads lead to Rome, but from where do all the roads to Rome lead? Using a mountain of data, a team of two dozen scientists have created a digital road atlas of the Roman imperial world, complete with many features you’d recognize from Google Maps. Called Itiner-e, it displays the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/scientists-create-a-google-maps-of-the-roman-empire-plan-your-trip-along-their-famous-roads/feed/ 0 225084 Bizarre Deep-Sea Creature – a ‘Death Ball’ Sponge – Discovered in One of the Most Remote Corners of the Planet https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bizarre-deep-sea-creature-named-death-ball-sponge-discovered-in-remote-corner-of-the-planet/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bizarre-deep-sea-creature-named-death-ball-sponge-discovered-in-remote-corner-of-the-planet/#respond Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:30:33 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225061 30 previously unknown deep-sea species, including the carnivorous “death-ball” sponge, have been confirmed from one of the most remote parts of the planet. The animals were collected during a pair of 2025 research cruises to the waters around Antarctica which yielded stunning discoveries in their own right. But the honor of the discovery and the […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/bizarre-deep-sea-creature-named-death-ball-sponge-discovered-in-remote-corner-of-the-planet/feed/ 0 225061 After More Than Three Centuries, a Geometry Problem That Originated with a Royal Bet Is Solved https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/after-more-than-three-centuries-a-geometry-problem-that-originated-with-a-royal-bet-is-solved/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/after-more-than-three-centuries-a-geometry-problem-that-originated-with-a-royal-bet-is-solved/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2025 14:00:37 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=225007 A pair of European mathematicians have proven a 300-year-old inference on shapes wrong, and won a bet on behalf of a long-dead Englishmen who got into a famous argument with his prince. The story begins with an experiment: take two gaming dice, put one on top of the other, now think if you could position […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/after-more-than-three-centuries-a-geometry-problem-that-originated-with-a-royal-bet-is-solved/feed/ 2 225007 Greatest Spectroscope Ever Built Can Tell What 2,400 Cosmic Objects Are Made of Every 20 Mins. https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/greatest-spectroscope-ever-built-can-tell-what-2400-cosmic-objects-are-made-of-every-20-mins/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/greatest-spectroscope-ever-built-can-tell-what-2400-cosmic-objects-are-made-of-every-20-mins/#respond Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:30:02 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224915 The world’s largest spectroscopic telescope has just recorded the first observations from its new perch high in the mountains of Chile. Capable of revealing new information about any cosmic object or phenomena an astronomer cares to study, the telescope will feature in 25 important science programs over the next 5 years that involve 700 different […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/greatest-spectroscope-ever-built-can-tell-what-2400-cosmic-objects-are-made-of-every-20-mins/feed/ 0 224915 Evidence of Rhino Living in Frigid Arctic Circle 23 Million Years Ago Discovered in New Fossil https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/evidence-of-rhino-living-in-frigid-arctic-circle-23-million-years-ago-found-inside-new-fossil/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/evidence-of-rhino-living-in-frigid-arctic-circle-23-million-years-ago-found-inside-new-fossil/#respond Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:34:53 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224893 An extinct species of rhino that lived inside the Arctic Circle 23 million years ago has been discovered. The nearly complete fossilized skeleton was recovered from the fossil-rich lake deposits in Haughton Crater on Devon Island, in the Canadian High Arctic. It is the most northerly rhinoceros species known. Rhinos have an evolutionary history that […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/evidence-of-rhino-living-in-frigid-arctic-circle-23-million-years-ago-found-inside-new-fossil/feed/ 0 224893 Childbirth and Breastfeeding Can Reduce Breast Cancer Risk Shows New Study https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/childbirth-and-breastfeeding-can-reduce-breast-cancer-risk-shows-new-study/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/childbirth-and-breastfeeding-can-reduce-breast-cancer-risk-shows-new-study/#respond Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:30:16 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224695 Scientists in Australia, which endures the highest rates of breast cancer in the world, have presented multiple lines of evidence to suggest that breastfeeding and childbearing reduces a woman’s risk for developing breast cancer. The scientists started by first pointing out that as far back as 300 years ago, people noted that women who didn’t […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/childbirth-and-breastfeeding-can-reduce-breast-cancer-risk-shows-new-study/feed/ 0 224695 Peg–Legged Lizards Lead a Pirate’s Life On Caribbean Islands https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/peg-legged-lizards-lead-a-pirates-life-on-caribbean-islands/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/peg-legged-lizards-lead-a-pirates-life-on-caribbean-islands/#respond Wed, 29 Oct 2025 12:02:54 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224686 The Bahamas were once crawling with pirates, but have always been crawling with lizards. Do the two have anything in common? Well, much like the old trope of pirates missing legs and hands, many of the lizards of the Bahamas are too. The reason we know this is because there happened to be the right […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/peg-legged-lizards-lead-a-pirates-life-on-caribbean-islands/feed/ 0 224686 A Combination Implant and Augmented Reality Glasses Restores Reading Vision to Blind Eyes https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-combination-implant-and-augmented-reality-glasses-restores-reading-vision-to-blind-eyes/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-combination-implant-and-augmented-reality-glasses-restores-reading-vision-to-blind-eyes/#respond Tue, 28 Oct 2025 11:00:34 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224663 A “new era” has begun in the development of artificial vision after a combination electronic eye implant—with augmented reality glasses restored vision to blind eyes in patients with untreatable macular degeneration. Those treated with the device could read, on average, five lines of a vision chart, even though some could not even see the chart […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-combination-implant-and-augmented-reality-glasses-restores-reading-vision-to-blind-eyes/feed/ 0 224663 Iron-Air Batteries Powered by Rust Could Revolutionize Energy Storage By Using Only Iron, Water, and Air https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/iron-air-batteries-powered-by-rust-could-revolutionize-energy-storage-by-using-only-iron-water-and-air/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/iron-air-batteries-powered-by-rust-could-revolutionize-energy-storage-by-using-only-iron-water-and-air/#respond Sun, 26 Oct 2025 14:37:33 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224579 Edited with permission of EarthTalk® and E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: What’s new regarding more efficient batteries that can help usher in a new age of renewable energy? Batteries are everywhere—in your phone, your car—even the artificial organs many depend on for life. Fortunately, new innovations have increased the efficiency and sustainability of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/iron-air-batteries-powered-by-rust-could-revolutionize-energy-storage-by-using-only-iron-water-and-air/feed/ 0 224579 Quarter Century of Collecting Seeds From Around the World Safeguards Them From Extinction https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/quarter-century-of-collecting-seeds-from-around-the-world-safeguards-them-from-extinction/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/quarter-century-of-collecting-seeds-from-around-the-world-safeguards-them-from-extinction/#respond Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:30:23 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224506 After 25 years of diligent work, an English botanic gardens is ready to face whatever reality climate change may throw at us, safe in the knowledge that a large chunk of the world’s plant diversity lies safely tucked away underground for future generations. By the numbers, the Millennium Seed Bank holds over 2 billion seeds […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/quarter-century-of-collecting-seeds-from-around-the-world-safeguards-them-from-extinction/feed/ 0 224506 Graphene Dream Becomes a Reality as Miracle Material Enters Production for Better Chips, Batteries https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/graphene-dream-becomes-a-reality-as-miracle-material-enters-production-for-better-chips-batteries/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/graphene-dream-becomes-a-reality-as-miracle-material-enters-production-for-better-chips-batteries/#respond Thu, 23 Oct 2025 13:00:14 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224455 Graphene, a sort-of ‘miracle’ material derived from graphite, was adapted over a decade ago as a potentially revolutionary alternative to silicon and other minerals for the manufacturing of dozens of vital technologies. Now, after years of R&D, some of the material’s original promised potential now seems tantalizingly close at hand. To offer an idea of […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/graphene-dream-becomes-a-reality-as-miracle-material-enters-production-for-better-chips-batteries/feed/ 0 224455 Vitamin K Used in ‘Groundbreaking’ Prospective Treatment for Neurodegenerative Diseases https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/vitamin-k-forms-basis-of-groundbreaking-perspective-treatment-for-neurodegenerative-diseases/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/vitamin-k-forms-basis-of-groundbreaking-perspective-treatment-for-neurodegenerative-diseases/#respond Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:01:04 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224357 Vitamin K, an essential nutrient that prevents blood cots and aids in bone health could also be an effective long-term treatment for neurodegenerative diseases. A Japanese study team took the molecule, created a novel, altered form and used it to improve the transcriptions of cells into neurons at a rate 300% higher than controls. If […]

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]]> https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/vitamin-k-forms-basis-of-groundbreaking-perspective-treatment-for-neurodegenerative-diseases/feed/ 0 224357 New Way of Supercharging Prostate Cancer Treatments Can Weaken Tumors at Cellular Level https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-way-of-supercharging-prostate-cancer-treatments-can-weaken-tumors-at-cellular-level-2/ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/new-way-of-supercharging-prostate-cancer-treatments-can-weaken-tumors-at-cellular-level-2/#respond Sat, 18 Oct 2025 15:07:55 +0000 https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/?p=224238 Prostate cancer treatment could be “supercharged” by a new way of weakening malignant cells, say scientists. A new “vulnerability” in prostate cancer cells that could improve treatment for the second most common cancer in men worldwide (second only to skin cancer) was discovered by an international team of researchers. They found that two enzymes – […]

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