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Russian rouble in free-fall – BBC News
A new personalised vaccine given in combination with a drug has stopped skin cancer returning in patients during a trial, representing a potentially watershed moment in cancer treatment. Scientists used mRNA technology, which was used for some Covid-19 vaccines.
But that technology – and vaccines more generally – have become increasingly controversial in the United States since the Covid-19 pandemic. The Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, is a vaccine sceptic.
In August 2025 cancelled $500m (£376m) in funding for mRNA vaccine research. The move impacted 22 projects being led by major pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Moderna, for vaccines against bird flu and other viruses, according to Kennedy’s department.
We speak to Tom Whipple, host of the BBC’s Inside Science programme, about the science of this new vaccine. And we ask how funding cuts for vaccine research could impact health outcomes not just for Americans, but for the world.
0:00 How does the new mRNA skin cancer vaccine work?
2:56 How effective is the new cancer vaccine?
5:06 How do mRNA vaccines work?
6:51 How was mRNA technology developed?
10:26 How did Covid change mRNA vaccines?
12:01 Why is RFK Jr cutting mRNA funding?
15:19 Are mRNA vaccines safe?
18:48 Why is the FDA approving an mRNA flu vaccine?
21:00 What does the future of mRNA research look like?
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Historic first as Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt’s 100m world record at Beijing games | BBC News
A Chinese humanoid robot has run 100 metres in 9.39 seconds in a preliminary heat at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, surpassing the men’s world record time held by Jamaican sprinting great Usain Bolt.
Tiangong Ultra, developed by the Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center, won its heat at the opening of the games’ second edition. The robot overtook smartphone maker Honor’s Lightning near the finish after falling behind early in the race. Lightning finished in 9.47 seconds, also faster than the 9.58-second record Bolt set at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin.
The results marked a remarkable improvement from last year’s inaugural games, when Tiangong Ultra won the 100 metres in 21.50 seconds. Tiangong also won the world’s first humanoid robot half-marathon, held in Beijing last year.
The 100 metres is among 51 events at the games, which include football, dancing and contests to complete industrial tasks.
China is promoting humanoid robots as a strategic emerging industry, with policymakers and companies betting that advances in AI and hardware will accelerate their use in manufacturing, logistics and consumer applications.
Investor enthusiasm for the sector was underscored recently when shares in Unitree, China’s best-known humanoid robot maker, jumped more than five fold in its Shanghai trading debut, giving the company a market value of about $50 billion.
This year’s games have drawn 2,056 robots from 666 teams across 16 countries and six continents, up from 280 teams at the inaugural event.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Laura Bicker in Beijing.
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Every year, new reports warn that our roads are getting worse and potholes are becoming more common. Experts say the cost of …
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Artificial intelligence was the technology lots of people wanted to talk about at the Dentistry Show in Birmingham, UK.
From 3D printing to digital scanners and AI receptionists, there are many ways in which technology is helping dentists’ workflow.
We tried some of the tech on display.
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There was a time when sleeping was simple – but now, it’s a bit more complicated.
Sleep has rules – there’s the right bedtime, the right temperature, and the right amount of deep sleep.
It’s not just something we do, it’s something we measure.
But is all this number punching actually helping us rest?
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@europeunited-
January 18, 2024 at 6:55 pm
And I'm free
Free fallin'
Yeah, I'm free
Free fallin'
@ianoian1
January 18, 2024 at 6:55 pm
The rouble fell by 30% overnight. That basically means Putin's $250 billion is now worth $175 billion. Ouch!! And my message to this arse? Your wealth is gonna fall even more this week!!
@noirrachel
January 18, 2024 at 6:55 pm
Russian should learn not to worship one person. It is wrong to give much power into one man's hand. It is wrong to allow a president to stay in power for more than 8 years, because he will go crazy. Licking a president's butt is expensive pleasure.
@thekaiser4333
January 18, 2024 at 6:55 pm
Vot?! The Russians will survive? Thatz not part of the deal!
@just4visit
January 18, 2024 at 6:55 pm
China pledges to help Russia overcome economic hardships, December 22, 2014 – http://rt.com/news/216563-china-russia-economic-hardships/
@viktortsimakouridze5861
January 18, 2024 at 6:55 pm
this time no chance for russia,
putin and his kremlin clique, the russo-fascist will be destroyed and be sentenced in the hague tribunal ,
@keghamminasarmeniansoul
January 18, 2024 at 6:55 pm
This is an example of the financial-currency terrorist war ,as part of the cold war declared by
the US against Russia ,with the complicity of the western bankers' lobbies ,the Opec oil exporting
countries like Saudi Arabia and the other gulf states, willing to bring Russia to it's knees ;
but why ? The US declares cold and economic war on Russia to isolate it from joining the
agonizing €uropean Union ; therefore to stay the unique super-power ,even on the expence
of the €uropean allies ; however ,for Russia , it's only one more failed conspiracy that will
blow back against the desperate Westerns .
@yugine1000
January 18, 2024 at 6:55 pm
'It's what Russians have always done' – What was that? О_о Do you think it is a good approach? It only points out the horrible and mocking attitude towards us.
Likewise, that what we 'have always done' was not without your 'help'. Do you think paying out all Soviets' debts including even Lend-Lease, renting fucking own Crimean naval base for 100 million dollars per year, being isolated, and moreover, sanctioned, is a good thing to the economy? Bah! You must stop pretending to be 'good guys' and begin making indeed good relationships.
@just4visit
January 18, 2024 at 6:55 pm
Wrong, They can survive at 40 per barrel. Yet UK at 60 will fail oil production.
@TheMrNalsur
January 18, 2024 at 6:55 pm
Aha…
I remember the internet was mocking fun at Obama and the EU for "drawing red lines in sand" earlier this year… It seems that this lines are starting to take effect.
@CasperLabuschagne
January 18, 2024 at 6:55 pm
50% of Russia's economy is energy exports, oil and gas. The oligarchs control the commodities and they support Putin. This is hurting the power behind the throne and they are being hurt badly. Putin is increasingly isolated and behaving as a megalomaniac whose fanatical supporters are a fascist Russian underclass prepared to invade Russia's neighbors in the hope of regaining the glory the Soviet empire once had. This is a recipe for a major war. On the plus side, I can partake in bating Ivan-the-Rooshkie, a favorite activity with hilarious results – just think of all the Russian brides coming at a deep discount due to the fall of the rouble.