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NSF mandates immediate open access while disallowing grant funds to pay for it
BioPharma Supply Chain & Logistics Nexus returns to San Diego in November
Elkem Silicones rebrands as Bluestar Silicones after ownership change
Boltz built its drug-discovery API ‘for agents as much as for people’
NVIDIA Announces BioNeMo Agent Toolkit with traction from nearly 50 partners, including Lilly, Thermo Fisher and Dassault
OpenAI and Molecule.one report a near-autonomous AI chemist that improved a stubborn coupling reaction
MilliporeSigma’s CTO on AI retrosynthesis, the Merck KGaA–Siemens deal and the chemistry that runs the autonomous lab
How Cypris evolved from selling patent reports to agentic R&D intelligence
Medable’s Digital Data Flow Agent focuses on protocol translation as the agentic race accelerates
How a new permafrost climate model fits a dangerous pattern in climate science
The NIH is proposing a grant cap that could help some labs and strain others
AI image firm Midjourney spins up health division, unveils ‘Ultrasonic CT’
How the return of the spoils system could reshape U.S. federal science
SpaceX is now worth nearly as much as 41 aerospace peers combined. Its revenue is another story
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Princeton researchers uncover hidden mathematical link between origami and structural design
Designing irregular structures often means wrestling with huge systems of equations. Princeton engineers have found a shortcut, using a mathematical bridge between origami and tensegrity to preserve known mechanical properties as a structure shifts into a more complex shape. Tensegrity is a structural principle where a continuous network of tension (cables or strings) and a…
NTT Research taps Tetsuomi Sogawa to lead PHI Lab as optical-computing work advances
IBM physicist and Montreal computer scientist share Turing Award for quantum information breakthroughs
Research team shows nanoparticles adhere to quantum mechanics
Researchers could be one step closer to understanding the origin of matter thanks to a new study
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Why drive system design is vital for automated liquid dispensing systems
Automated liquid dispensing machines must deliver high precision, repeatable performance, and compact design to function effectively in laboratory environments. A crucial factor in meeting these requirements is the electric drive system that powers the movement of the pipetting head. Sandro Walter, maxon’s Business Development Manager for Laboratory Automation, outlines the essential engineering considerations behind these…
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Six months in, Lilly says its supercomputer is starting to change the work with ‘near-infinite’ AI tokens
When Eli Lilly and NVIDIA unveiled what they called the pharmaceutical industry’s most powerful supercomputer in October 2025, the story was mostly about scale. The Lilly-owned system, now branded LillyPod, brings more than 1,000 Blackwell Ultra GPUs into a DGX SuperPOD designed to support drug discovery, manufacturing, medical imaging and enterprise AI agents. At January’s…
Boltz built its drug-discovery API ‘for agents as much as for people’
NVIDIA Announces BioNeMo Agent Toolkit with traction from nearly 50 partners, including Lilly, Thermo Fisher and Dassault
MilliporeSigma’s CTO on AI retrosynthesis, the Merck KGaA–Siemens deal and the chemistry that runs the autonomous lab
Medable’s Digital Data Flow Agent focuses on protocol translation as the agentic race accelerates
Nanotechnology See More >
Researchers developed quantum nanosensors that can measure the temperature of a single cell
Researchers have developed molecular quantum nanosensors (MoQNs) designed to operate in the cytoplasm and nuclei of living cancer cells to map radical-generation processes and thermal dynamics that are linked to cancer-associated cellular physiology. The sensors use molecular-level uniformity to achieve a threefold enhancement in spectral resolution and superior thermometric specificity. The platform enables absolute temperature…
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DOE announces first selections for nuclear energy DOME program
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center have announced the first selections for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad. Deployable Energy, General Matter, NuCube Energy and Radiant Industries were selected from an initial pool of Reactor Pilot Program and Fuel Line Pilot Program applicants, the two precursor programs to…
Chemistry See More >
Elkem Silicones rebrands as Bluestar Silicones after ownership change
The specialty materials maker Elkem Silicones has rebranded as Bluestar Silicones, reviving a name the business used from 2007 to 2017. The change follows the April 30 close of Bluestar’s acquisition of the majority of Elkem’s silicones division. The company says manufacturing sites, production processes, raw materials, product names and commercial trademarks all stay the same,…
Martian chemistry: how the Curiosity rover detected organic compounds on Mars
Sandia scientists develop rapid PFAS test using desorption electrospray ionization
MXenes, the family of 2D transition metal carbides, get a clean surface, and a 160-fold conductivity jump
A dual-energy catalyst breaks down drug pollution where conventional treatments fail
Material Science See More >
Elkem Silicones rebrands as Bluestar Silicones after ownership change
The specialty materials maker Elkem Silicones has rebranded as Bluestar Silicones, reviving a name the business used from 2007 to 2017. The change follows the April 30 close of Bluestar’s acquisition of the majority of Elkem’s silicones division. The company says manufacturing sites, production processes, raw materials, product names and commercial trademarks all stay the same,…
Five costly mistakes when scaling spray drying from lab to commercial production
How Atomis is using AI simulations to commercialize MOFs
Sandia turns to lightweight AI to speed up ceramic inspections for nuclear weapons components
AI agent mines 3,000+ papers to create comprehensive lithium metal battery database
Semiconductors See More >
SK Telecom puts SK hynix fabs into an NVIDIA Omniverse twin, following Samsung and TSMC
SK Telecom said on June 1 that it has put SK hynix’s semiconductor fabs into a digital twin built on NVIDIA Omniverse libraries, with commercialization to follow in stages under SK hynix’s “Autonomous Fab 2030” roadmap. SK hynix’s news is part of a trend involving Omniverse-based fab twins. SK hynix and SKT first surfaced the…
What Apple’s new CEO could mean for its R&D strategy
Copper is hitting its physical limit with AI. Why NTT thinks photonics is could unblock it.
Nanoscale ridges in a substrate add 15 K and 50 Tesla to a superconductor’s limits
Marktech expands large-area silicon photodiode portfolio for spectroscopy, medical diagnostics
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The science behind the Prada-designed spacesuit for Artemis
Axiom Space and Prada unveiled the Liquid Cooling and Ventilation Garment (LCVG), the inner layer of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit (AxEMU), this week. The garment was designed for NASA’s Artemis IV, which is scheduled to land on the moon in 2028. “By bringing together the best in both aerospace engineering as well as luxury…
