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Dr Chris Whitewoods, a specialist in leaf development, returns to the John Innes Centre as a tenure track group leader in 2026.

Although solid facts about Magellan’s life are limited, the narrative that often prevails is about his heroism. Diaz’s Magellan, on the other hand, takes an unflinching look at what we know about his treatment of his crew members aboard the…

“Unfortunately, antidepressants are no more effective than a sugar pill for depressive symptoms among older people with dementia. So, it is becoming increasingly recognized that we need to focus on non-drug approaches. Interestingly, musical…

Here is our daily pick of stories from across local websites in the West of England, and interesting content from social media.
ITV West Country has shared a video of Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner Phillip Wilkinson talking about the…

Computational art receives a boost from a new approach to image manipulation, as Jui-Ting Lu, Henrique Ennes, and Chih-Kang Huang, alongside Ali Abbassi and colleagues, demonstrate with their development of ‘Variational Quantum Brushes’….

The Pakistani rupee (PKR) closed in green against the US Dollar (USD) for the 76th consecutive day on Friday.
Meanwhile, it posted gains against all of the other major currencies during today’s session.
The PKR closed at 280.02 after gaining two paisas against the US Dollar today.
The PKR was green against all of the other major currencies in the interbank market today.
It again ended on a positive note against both the UAE Dirham (AED) and gained one paisa against the Saudi Riyal (SAR).
| Currency | 07-Jan
2026 |
08-Jan
2026 |
09-Jan
2026 |
Change
+/– |
| USD | 280.0621 | 280.0518 | 280.0235 | 0.0283 |
| EUR | 327.1686 | 327.0165 | 326.1434 | 0.8731 |
| GBP | 377.8038 | 376.5017 | 376.0716 | 0.4301 |
| AUD | 188.7199 | 187.6907 | 187.0837 | 0.6070 |
| MYR | 69.0149 | 68.9189 | 68.7934 | 0.1255 |
| CNY | 40.0650 | 40.1094 | 40.1053 | 0.0041 |
| CAD | 202.5839 | 201.8755 | 201.8042 | 0.0713 |
| AED | 76.2489 | 76.2461 | 76.2384 | 0.0077 |
| SAR | 74.6783 | 74.6805 | 74.6709 | 0.0096 |
It gained 43 paisas against GBP and 60 paisas against the Australian Dollar.
MELBOURNE, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) — Researchers in Australia have solved a long-standing mystery in cell biology, revealing how cells decide when to grow and when to stop.
This marks a breakthrough that could open new paths in treating cancers,…

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is one of the most prevalent and deadly malignancies worldwide.1 In recent years, immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs), such as programmed death-1 (PD-1) and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1)…