Chris Baraniuk

Few companies have the technology to make aircraft windows which are getting harder to make.

Few companies have the technology to make aircraft windows which are getting harder to make.

Batteries based on sodium-ion technology could be made in the US with locally sourced materials.

A new drug for Parkinson’s disease that seem to cause fewer serious side effects than some existing treatments has been approved in the US following phase 3 trial results.1 Called Juvmo (tavapadon), the drug is a dopamine agonist. Previous versions of this class of medicine have been associated with concerning behavioural side effects, including impulsive decision making, shopping, and gambling.2 But clinical trials indicate that tavapadon is less likely to trigger such behaviours as well as other major side effects including hallucinations and blood pressure changes, said Claire Bale, associate director of research at Parkinson’s UK. She described the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) approval of tavapadon as “an encouraging milestone.” “Tavapadon targets slightly different types of dopamine receptors to the dopamine agonists currently on the market,” she said, adding that she hoped approvals in Europe and the UK would follow “as soon as …

Chris Baraniuk - Technology Reporter When the first day of the apple harvest rolled around in Washington State last year, the fruit was ripe and the pickers were ready – but the weather had other ideas.

Just 26.6% of year 13 school leavers in England have received their first of two meningitis B vaccine doses, with health officials expressing their “concern” over the low uptake. This equates to only 212 549 getting the jab out of nearly 800 000 eligible individuals.1 The data from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) do not cover other regions of the UK, and details of how many young people have had a second dose of the vaccine will be …

A multi-year investigation identified Aspergillus westerdijkiae as the culprit behind decaying cheese rinds and provided a way to stop this fungal menace.

Consultants in England will strike for two days in November after negotiations on pay and working conditions broke down, the BMA says. The NHS’s most senior hospital doctors plan to walk out from 7 am on 25 November to 6 59 am on 27 November. The BMA’s Consultants Committee has been locked in a dispute with the government since May 2025. In July this year consultants voted for strike action1 unless an improved offer was made. Current …

Attaching listening devices to the seals is one of the best ways of studying remote ocean environments.

Prescriptions of two treatments for endometriosis and fibroids have nearly tripled, with millions of the pills now issued annually by the NHS, data show. Figures from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) show that relugolix combination therapy or linzagolix was prescribed to more than 12 000 patients in England from April 2025 to March 2026. This was nearly three times the number who received such prescriptions the previous year. NICE, which advises the NHS on clinical guidelines and spending on treatments, …