Author: Claudia López Lloreda

Claudia López Lloreda is a senior contributor at Undark and a freelance science journalist covering life sciences, health care, and medicine.

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Trumps Wants A “Nuclear Renaissance” In The U.S. — But Is It Even Possible?

The Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, located just south of the Watts Bar Reservoir on the Tennessee River near Spring City, U.S.

President Trump’s push to revive nuclear energy relies on deregulation, but experts say that strategy is misplaced.

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Future In The News Society

CAR-T To mRNA: Inside The Next Generation Of Tailored Cancer Therapies

Janusz Racz receives an mRNA-based lung cancer immunotherapy, BNT116, at University College London Hospital — part of BioNTech’s first UK clinical trial of the vaccine, which aims to train the immune system to fight non-small cell lung cancer.

Following immunotherapy treatments in the last decade, new therapeutic strategies for cancer are beginning to emerge.

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How A Supreme Court Ruling Paved The Way For Today’s Flood Of DEI Lawsuits In Academia

Photo of a Black researcher working in a lab
The loss of DEI programs could have a detrimental effect on scientific research. Kate Holt/Wikimedia Commons

Organizations that advocate against DEI programs in education are suing universities and research facilities that seek diversity in their scholarship and research grant practices. The Supreme Court fired the starting gun.

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