ChristianaCare researchers identified a developmental genetic pattern that showed how colorectal cancer develops. The findings revealed that certain types of genes drive cancer growth and resistance, and how the precise timing of how they develop is linked to colon cancer formation.The research team’s work also showed the genes can predict survival in colorectal cancer patients, indicating it can be a marker of disease behavior and a target for future therapies.This week, Delaware Public Media’s Joe Irizarry sat down with Bruce Boman, M.D., senior author of the study and senior researcher at ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute to discuss this colorectal cancer research.

Kent County Levy Court is considering new rules to facilitate -and regulate- data centers in central Delaware.

Gov. Matt Meyer declared a statewide drought watch Wednesday because precipitation levels have seen a steep and steady decline for the second time in three years particularly in Kent and Sussex Counties.

The Delaware Department of Education partners with Healthy Foods for Healthy Kids to expand the state’s school garden education program.

Delaware takes a major step toward having its own in-state medical school, confirming an official partnership with Thomas Jefferson University.

The most recent round of funding from the Delaware Grocery Initiative and First State Food System Program sends more than $700,000 in grants to over two dozen organizations and businesses.

Construction for the Port of Wilmington’s Edgemoor expansion is expected to start this summer, with added money from the state to close an $185 million funding gap.

The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins on June 1st.NOAA’s National Hurricane Center predicts a below normal season with 8-14 named storms, of which 3-6 are hurricanes, including 1-3 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5 with winds of 111 mph or higher). An average season has 14 named storms with seven hurricanes, including three major hurricanes.But predicting and tracking hurricane activity is only one part of the equation. When storms hit, they can do major damage. With that in mind, research at the University of Delaware is trying to improve work to model what damage from a storm could look like.Thomas Florio – who graduated from UD last week with his degree in Meteorology & Climate Science – has been working with assistant professor of meteorology and climate science Shuai Wang to improve hurricane damage simulations. And Florio recently joined host Tom Byrne to discuss his work and its implications.

Delaware's Supreme Court rejects a challenge to a piece of US Wind project in the First State.

DNREC is using new tactics to improve breeding success for endangered beach-nesting least terns.