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1. An international probe into the human body’s proteins has revealed new clues about aging and how to track and treat destructive neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Research on the largest-ever protein library is helping bring humanity “closer than ever to the day when a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease stops being a death sentence”, said billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, who part-funded the work. The findings published yesterday in several Nature Medicine papers are part of an escalating effort to combine big biological datasets with artificial intelligence-enhanced analysis to find early predictors that can help detect and combat notoriously hard-to-treat conditions. (Source: ft.com)
2. Solar power generated 22.1% of EU electricity (45.4 TWh) in June 2025, more than any other power source. This is an increase of 22% from June 2024. In second place was nuclear with 21.8% (44.7 TWh), followed by wind with 15.8% (32.4 TWh). Solar reached new highs in the majority of EU countries in June 2025, with at least thirteen countries recording their highest ever month of solar generation. These solar records are largely a result of continuing installations of solar in recent years, alongside stretches of hot and sunny weather. Record solar helped the EU power system handle higher levels of demand resulting from heatwaves that gripped the continent towards the end of June. (Source: ember-energy.org)
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