☀️ Solar power generated more electricity than coal in EU last year
Solar panels generated 11 percent of EU electricity in 2024, while coal power plants accounted for 10 percent. The use of fossil fuels decreased for the fifth consecutive year.
👴 Life expectancy continues to increase and surpasses expert predictions
Life expectancy has increased continuously for over a century. Progress in medicine, public health and living standards drives development. Scientific predictions about maximum life expectancy are constantly surpassed.
🧬 New gene editing technique may have cured one-year-old's deadly disease
A child with a deadly metabolic disease has been successfully treated with a new type of gene editing called ARCUS. The treatment allowed the child to stop their special diet after three months.
👩🏿💻 AI-based teaching delivered two years of learning in six weeks
In a pilot project in Nigeria, students got to use AI as a virtual teacher. They performed significantly better than other students in all tested areas.
🤰 Next generation of weight loss drugs shows even better results
New drugs under development against obesity show weight reductions of up to 22 percent of body weight after 48 weeks of treatment. The drug retatrutide, which combines three appetite-regulating hormones, shows the best results so far in clinical trials.
👂 New AI system translates speech and text in real time across 100 languages
Meta's new AI model can translate between 101 spoken languages and 96 written languages directly. Using streaming-based processing, the model starts translating speech while it is still being received, minimizing delays. This enables real-time translation delivery.
🧠 New technology revives brain several hours after death
Yale researchers have managed to restore basic cellular functions in a pig brain four hours after death using a specially developed perfusion machine. The technique is now being tested on human brains to develop better treatments for neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
💉 Measles vaccine has saved 94 million lives since 1974
Measles vaccines have saved 94 million lives globally since 1974, of which 92 million were children. The measles vaccine has saved more lives than any other childhood vaccine in the last 50 years.
🎮 Create your own game worlds directly from text with new AI model
Google Deepmind has developed Genie 2, an AI that transforms text descriptions into fully playable 3D worlds. The technology opens new possibilities for game developers to quickly test and create game concepts.