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The NIH has launched a new autoimmune disease initiative aimed at coordinating research, improving data and tools, and accelerating progress across conditions that affect tens of millions of Americans. Read closer »

China has approved the NEO brain-computer interface for commercial medical use in some paralysis patients, a milestone that also sharpens concerns around neural data privacy, device security, and oversight. Read closer »

Researchers at the University of Bristol have developed a tiny soft pump aimed at solving a long-standing bottleneck in soft robotics: bulky, rigid pumping hardware that limits truly deformable machines. Read closer »

JUNO, a giant underground neutrino observatory in China, has published its first major physics result in Nature, using 59 days of data to deliver a highly precise measurement of neutrino oscillation behavior. Read closer »

Daraxonrasib is designed to target KRAS-driven pancreatic tumors, a long-standing challenge in drug development. Early clinical results point to longer survival and renewed momentum for KRAS-focused therapies. Read closer »

EPFL researchers report a chip-scale ultrafast laser with performance comparable to tabletop femtosecond systems, using integrated photonics to shrink a cornerstone tool for precision measurement and manufacturing. Read closer »

Researchers stabilized an unobserved crystal phase by stacking custom silver nanoparticles with atomic precision. The work clarifies a long-standing materials puzzle and hints at new routes for quantum-ready materials. Read closer »

MIT scientists have created a new lithium extraction approach aimed at lowering cost and environmental impact, with potential to diversify supply chains and reduce reliance on dominant refining hubs. Read closer »

A UC Davis team has built an AI-powered spectrometer chip that compresses optical and chemical analysis into a grain-of-sand-scale device, hinting at new ways to embed lab-style sensing into everyday hardware. Read closer »

Columbia Engineering researchers report a faster way to pull lithium from underground brines using temperature-sensitive chemistry, pointing to a potential alternative to evaporation ponds and some conventional direct-extraction routes. Read closer »

An OpenAI-built AI system has produced a result tied to Paul Erdős' decades-old unit distance conjecture. The episode highlights how modern AI can search, conjecture, and sometimes surprise in pure mathematics. Read closer »

A Finnish research team has demonstrated an ultra-sensitive superconducting sensor that can register energy below one zeptojoule, a regime relevant to single-photon counting, quantum tech, and certain dark-matter experiments. Read closer »

Researchers report a nanotechnology approach that restored the brain's waste-clearing pathway in mice, reduced amyloid buildup, and improved blood-brain barrier function-pointing to a different way to target Alzheimer's biology. Read closer »

A newly developed ultra-black coating combines strong light absorption with thinness and durability-traits that could make it practical for starshades and other optics designed to directly image exoplanets and search for biosignatures. Read closer »

University of Hong Kong researchers report an ultra corrosion-resistant stainless steel for seawater electrolysis, using an unexpected two-layer protection mechanism that could improve electrolyzer durability for green hydrogen. Read closer »