Alain E. Andrea 2024-08-23 12:47 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
In response to the resurgence of mpox, the World Health Organization has declared, for the second time in two years, a "Public Health Emergency of International Concern." However, this viral disease is far from being the "new COVID-19." In 2022, as SARS-CoV-2 was mutating into less virulent strains, monkeypox (mpox) infections were gradually ...
Alain E. Andrea 2024-08-20 18:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Gene therapy is redefining modern medicine with its successes in hematological cancers and recent advances in treating solid tumors, particularly synovial sarcoma. Gene therapy is on the rise. Having made its first steps at the end of the 20th century, it has since accumulated several successes. This revolutionary approach, which involves ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-16 14:32 - Reading : less than a minute
The Mediterranean Sea reached its highest temperature on record Thursday, Spanish researchers told AFP on Friday, surpassing the previous record set in July 2023. "The maximum sea surface temperature record was broken in the Mediterranean Sea yesterday... with a daily median of 28.90C," Spain's leading institute of marine sciences said. The ...
Alissar Boulos 2024-08-16 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
In a recent discovery that could rewrite our understanding of Mars, a study based on data from a retired NASA mission has unveiled the presence of an underground reservoir of water in the rocky outer crust of the planet. The findings, published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shed light on a hidden world ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-08 14:04 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
It is "increasingly likely" 2024 will be the hottest year on record, despite July ending a 13-month streak of monthly temperature records, the EU's climate monitor said Thursday. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said last month was the second warmest on record books going back to 1940, only slightly cooler than July 2023. Between June ...
Alain E. Andrea 2024-08-08 11:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
From the modal music therapy of the Greeks and Arabs to contemporary neuro-music therapy, this field has evolved over the centuries, making use of the psychophysiological effects of music on both body and mind. According to Plato, if music soothes the soul, it also holds therapeutic virtues. Over the centuries, human experience has ...
This Is Beirut 2024-08-08 11:07 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
What was meant to be a weeklong trip to the International Space Station (ISS) for the first NASA astronauts to fly with Boeing could extend to eight months, with the agency considering bringing them home on a SpaceX spaceship. A final decision on whether to persist with Boeing's troubled Starliner — which experienced worrying propulsion issues ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-29 09:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Crews continued to fight a massive fire in northern California on Sunday, as authorities in the western US state warned of increasing winds and rising daytime temperatures. The so-called Park Fire outside of Chico had burned more than 357,000 acres (144,500 hectares) as of Sunday afternoon, said Cal Fire incident commander Billy See, making it ...
This Is Beirut 2024-07-28 12:59 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
A fire raging out of control in northern California has rapidly become among the biggest ever in the western US state, authorities said Saturday. The so-called Park Fire burned more than 350,000 acres (142,000 hectares) as of Saturday evening, making it the seventh-largest ever recorded in California history, the state agency Cal Fire said. The ...
Khalil Sehnaoui 2024-07-25 12:05 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Last Friday morning, the world was hit by one of the most significant IT blackouts in history. Thousands of Windows machines failed to boot up or reboot, disrupting banks, airlines, TV broadcasters, healthcare companies, major retailers, and numerous other businesses globally. While the cause of the outage is known and efforts to restore ...
2024-07-25 11:56 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A two-week-old baby weighing 1.3 kg has been saved from severe complications related to a heart condition. This new medical achievement at Hôtel-Dieu de France (HDF) brings hope amid the current tide of tragic news. What makes this intervention so unique? What factors contributed to its success? Professor Zakhia Saliba, a pediatric ...
Alain E. Andrea 2024-07-23 12:11 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
A recent clinical study has shown that gene therapy can restore hearing function, allowing five children with congenital bilateral deafness caused by genetic mutations to regain their ability to hear. DNA, RNA, molecular biology, genetic manipulation, and more recently gene therapy: so many words are coming to the forefront, and drawing a lot of ...