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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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

GOV.UK Chat ‘beating industry standards’ for accuracy
In a newly filed transparency document, the Government Digital Service has provided details of the operation, safety measures, and performance so far of Whitehall’s chatbot, powered by the Claude LLM The new GOV.UK Chat artificial intelligence...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Personalizing Electrical Stimulation for Focal Epilepsy
In the relentless pursuit to refine treatments for focal epilepsy, a neurological disorder characterized by seizures originating from a localized brain region, researchers have taken a groundbreaking step forward by harnessing the intricate...

Bravo for achievements in military, space and community service
Ensign Ethan Christus of Mission Viejo is a student at Naval Submarine School at Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut, training to serve as a nuclear submarine officer. (Courtesy of Fire Control Technician Seaman Recruit Duncan Woodward,...

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...

Scientists Grow Mini Human Livers That Predict Toxic Drug Reactions
Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, working in partnership with Roche, have created a next-generation human liver organoid microarray platform designed to predict which medications might trigger harmful immune responses...

People: BANC; TrunkBBI; Applied Nutrition; Warden Construction; Fisher German; PushON; Profici
Manchester-based digital agency, BANC, has unveiled three new appointments to its team, strengthening the agency’s SEO, paid media and email/CRM services. Joining in her first full time role after graduating in 2024 with a BA in Liberal Arts,...

New technology enables fast and durable 3D-printed dental crowns
University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed a technology that enables same-day, 3D-printed dental restorations made of zirconia, the gold-standard material for permanent dental work. The team is working to make the technology, which...

Technology in new AirPods Pro 3 inspired by Colorado landscape
Just weeks after releasing the new AirPods Pro 3, Apple opened up its Boulder laboratory and offices for the first time to CBS News Colorado. The campus, located in the eastern part of Boulder, is where the tech giant conducts much of their design...