Researchers are exploring a targeted therapy for Alexander disease, a rare neurological condition, after decades of work on the GFAP protein. Early findings described in the available source require confirmation through primary regulatory records and a published trial report.

New theoretical work from Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory suggests that the order of heating and compressing plasma may matter on the path toward fusion ignition.

Researchers reconstructed antimicrobial peptides from extinct mammalian ancestors and tested them against several disease causing bacteria. Some peptides from more recent ancestral lineages performed better in laboratory tests than corresponding modern human versions. The work is early stage, but it suggests that evolutionary history may help researchers identify useful starting points for future treatments against antibiotic resistant infections.

A newly completed wind turbine in Brandenburg, Germany, reaches 365 meters above a landscape shaped by lignite mining. Its unusual tower is designed to reach steadier winds at higher altitudes, though its expected electricity output remains a projection until operating results are available.