Science & Technology

Published: 15 August 2025 — The English Chronicle Desk A 12-year-old boy with a rare and debilitating genetic skin disorder can now enjoy playing football and riding his bike, thanks to a groundbreaking medical trial. Gabrielius Misurenkovas, who has lived with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) since infancy, has experienced a significant improvement in his condition through the experimental treatment. RDEB is an inflammatory genetic disease that leaves the skin...

Published: 12 August. The English Chronicle Desk The United Kingdom is swiftly restoring its prominent status within the European Union’s prestigious Horizon Europe science research programme, securing €735 million in grants in 2024 alone. This resurgence comes just 18 months after the UK rejoined the initiative as an associate member following post-Brexit disputes. For three years, the UK had been excluded from Horizon Europe due to a political standoff linked...

Published: 12 August | The English Chronicle Desk The skies above the northern hemisphere are set to deliver one of the year’s most anticipated celestial displays as the Perseids meteor shower reaches its annual peak tonight. Known for its abundance of bright meteors and high visibility, the event draws amateur astronomers and casual stargazers alike to fields, parks, and dark-sky reserves in the hope of catching nature’s most fleeting fireworks....

Published: 11 August 2025. The English Chronicle Online A recent study conducted by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has revealed alarming evidence that artificial intelligence (AI) tools deployed by more than half of England’s local councils may be downplaying women’s physical and mental health needs. This emerging gender bias in AI-generated summaries of social care case notes could lead to unequal and potentially inadequate care provision...

Published: 06 July '2025. The English Chronicle Desk In a striking initiative aimed at tackling the growing menace of street crime in central London, Britain’s largest electronics retailer, Currys, has unveiled a bold new campaign on Oxford Street urging pedestrians not to use mobile phones near the edge of the pavement. Named “Mind the Grab”, the campaign is a creative twist on the famous “Mind the Gap” warning used on...

Published: 05 August '2025 | The English Chronicle Online In a historic milestone for the UK space industry, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has officially granted permission for the first vertical rocket launch from British soil by a domestic company. Glasgow-based Skyrora has been authorised to launch its Skylark L rocket from the SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands, marking a significant step toward establishing sovereign UK launch capabilities. The...

Published: 04 August '2025 | The English Chronicle Desk In a groundbreaking move to combat the rapid rise of sexually transmitted infections, the UK today becomes the first country in the world to launch a nationwide vaccination programme against gonorrhoea. The rollout, announced earlier this year by NHS England, comes at a critical time, with confirmed diagnoses of the disease reaching an alarming 85,000 cases in 2023 — the highest...

Published: 04 August '2025 | The English Chronicle Desk In a quiet, sterile room at the Zoological Society of London, the lifeless body of a harbour porpoise lies stretched on a cold steel table. Once a graceful swimmer in the British seas, it is now the subject of a grim dissection — not for curiosity, but for answers. This scene is part of the vital yet often overlooked work carried...

Published: 31 July '2025. The English Chronicle Online The UK’s media regulator, Ofcom, has formally launched investigations into four companies behind a network of 34 pornography websites to determine whether they are complying with new legislation requiring stringent age verification measures for adult content. The move marks a significant step in the enforcement of the Online Safety Act, which came into effect just last week, aiming to ensure that minors...

Published: 30 July' 2025. The English Chronicle Desk In a pioneering step toward enhanced global environmental monitoring, India and the United States are preparing to launch a satellite that promises unprecedented precision in tracking changes across Earth’s land, seas, and ice sheets. The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, a joint effort between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), is slated for launch from India’s Satish Dhawan Space...