10 out of 10 Patients with Congenital Deafness Have Hearing Restored in Children’s Gene Therapy Trial
A trial investigating the potential for a gene therapy to correct congenital deafness in children and young adults saw all…
Coastal Winds Not Only Ripen Grapes, They Power Vineyard’s Winemaking Sustainably
As green as the Chardonnay grapes they grow, a winery along the base of California’s coastal Santa Lucia Mountains run…
The Baltimore Homicide Rate Has Fallen to Near 50-Year Low
The beleaguered city of Baltimore, once a posterchild for crime infested American cities, has seen substantial year on year reductions…
Creating – not just awaiting – the future. What to expect in the new issue of Positive News magazine
Editor-in-chief Lucy Purdy introduces the latest issue of Positive News magazine, which is out now The post Creating – not…
Flint Finishes Replacing 11,000 Lead Pipes, Concluding Activists’ Decade-Long Effort to Secure Clean Water
If there were one place in America where you’d decline a glass of tap water it would be Flint, right?…
By Turning Themselves to Stone, These Remarkable Fig Trees Sequester CO2 Far Longer Than Normal
Some species of fig trees store calcium carbonate in their trunks—essentially turning themselves (partially) into stone. This ‘auto-petrification’ may offer…
Years After She Saved a Magpie it Returns the Favor Saving Her Life After She Fell from Window
When Sandie Gillard fell from a two-story window, the impact knocked the senior citizen unconscious, a state that may have…
Spore and peace: fungi power a quiet revolution in nappy waste
A US-based biotech firm has developed a plastic-eating fungi, offering an eco-friendly solution to tackle the global nappy waste crisis…