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Brazil and China sign MoU on radioisotopes
Brazil's National Nuclear Energy Commission and China Isotope & Radiation Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding "to ensure the continuous and stable supply of radioisotopes used in areas vital to scientific and social development"....

A Google AI model has discovered a promising new cancer treatment method, described as 'a milestone for AI in science'
Google has announced a new AI model as part of a research collaboration with Yale University. If that sounds a little dry and unexciting, well, you've probably got AI fatigue like the rest of us. However, this one may well be worth paying...

Research: Italy’s Piracy Shield Is Just As Big A Disaster As Everyone Predicted
from the copyright-breaks-everything dept Walled Culture first wrote about Piracy Shield, Italy’s automated system for tackling alleged copyright infringement in the streaming sector, two years ago. Since then, we have written about the serious...

Advancing Rare Disease Research: Insights and Future Directions
In a groundbreaking initiative spotlighting the often-overlooked realm of rare diseases, a recent comprehensive study has emerged from the European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP RD). This elaborate five-year research project has revealed...

French pharmacies attract American visitors
Some visitors to France find that medicine prices are less expensive than in their home country Sibuet Benjamin / Shutterstock American tourists are avoiding US pharmacy prices by purchasing medication in France, confirms a French pharmacy union....

Idahoans deserve science on Stibnite project
As the former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, my job was to protect both public health and the environment, including protecting Americans from toxic exposures. In that mission, the EPA and the Make America Healthy Again...

THG veteran joins Applied Nutrition – follow the BusinessBite live tech blog
Bite-size news in business & technology, from big breaking stories to funding, appointments & deals Fourteen IP Group in US merger Published: October 17, 2025 at 9:15 am Eversheds Sutherland advised Fourteen IP Group, a portfolio company of Beech...


Cutting-edge technologies, premium design, and tailored experiences define Haier’s future as a smart home appliance leader
Haier, the world’s number one brand in major home appliances for over 16 years, fully embodies its new Naturally Connected vision in the new appliances it has just unveiled and others that will launch in the UK in the coming months and in 2026....

New study finds creativity supports learning through novel mental connections
A new study published in npj Science of Learning provides evidence that creative thinking may help students remember new information, such as foreign language vocabulary, by boosting their ability to form meaningful mental connections. The...

Apple's research explains how AI can identify bugs in code and generate QE tests
Apple's new studies explain how AI can be used to streamline QE workflows. New papers on Apple's machine learning blog detail how AI can be used for faster, cheaper, and more effective QE testing, as well as for bug fixing and identification. In...

Safer Batteries, Reliable Power: Guiding Research for Next-Generation Energy Storage
Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Tucked into your pocket, packed into warehouses, and embedded into critical infrastructure — lithium-ion batteries are quietly powering much of modern America. Demand for...

Applied Materials and Arizona State University opening ‘materials-to-fab’ centre
$270 million research, development and prototyping facility inside the university’s MacroTechnology Works at ASU Applied Materials Inc. and Arizona State University (ASU) officially opened a Materials-to-Fab Centre, a shared world-class $270...

Technology and winter maintenance – adapting to today’s innovations
The winter maintenance industry has undergone a significant transformation over the past two decades. Long gone are the days of relying on paper logs, TV forecasts and radio updates to manage operations. Today’s contractors have access to a wide...

Applied Digital (APLD) Stock Hits A New All-Time High: What's Going On?
Shares of Applied Digital Corp (NASDAQ:APLD) are trading sharply higher Wednesday morning, continuing a rally fueled by better-than-expected first-quarter financial results and an expanded partnership with AI hyperscaler CoreWeave Inc...

Population Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modeling Analysis of rhIL-7-hyFc, a Hybrid Fc-Fused Long-Acting Interleukin-7, to Support Optimal Dosing Regimens in Patients with Solid Cancer
Introduction Interleukin-7 (IL-7) is a non-redundant homeostatic cytokine that plays a pivotal role in T-cell biology. As a member of the common gamma-chain cytokine family, IL-7 is essential for the development, survival, and homeostatic...

They’re not politicians, they’re OB-GYNs—and their podcast might change how you talk about abortion
At Duke University, two OB-GYNs want to help you start the hard conversations. Before Dr. Beverly A. Gray and Dr. Jonas Swartz slip on their headphones and mic up, the two podcasters can be found in clinics or research meetings at Duke University....

Scientists identify neural pathway underlying contagious aggression
A new study published in The Journal of Neuroscience has found that aggression can spread socially among mice, but only when there is a pre-existing bond between the observer and the aggressor. Researchers from Southern Illinois University School...

Science review doubles down on 'particularly fragile', underfunded system
The Science System Advisory Group was led by Sir Peter Gluckman. Photo: Supplied / University of Auckland The final report of a major review of the science sector underscores its fragility, due to what authors claim are decades of underinvestment,...

Type 1 diabetes increased among young people during the pandemic, reveals research
During the Covid-19 pandemic, there was an unexpected increase in the number of cases of type 1 diabetes in Sweden, particularly among children under five and young adult men. The infection accelerated the onset of diabetes among children between...