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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...

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...

With a new vision, clear goals and full buy-in, reinventing high school can happen
A student shares her research results during a class presentation. Credit: Photo by Allison Shelley/The Verbatim Agency for EDUimages For decades, we’ve watched and studied our public schools and education system struggle, caught in a cycle of...

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...

Is This the End of the Silicon Era? Scientists Unveil World’s First 2D Computer
This conceptual illustration of a computer based on 2D molecules displays an actual scanning electron microscope image of the computer fabricated by a team by researchers at Penn State. The keyboard features highlighted keys labeled with the...

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,...

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...

Tiny eye implant restores eyesight for patients with incurable blind spots, trial finds
Published on 20/10/2025 - 17:25 GMT+2 A tiny electronic eye implant is helping people with incurable vision loss to see again, according to a small new trial that has been hailed as a “breakthrough” in artificial vision. The implant, which is...

Measuring Stabbing Force in Intracranial Homicides
In a groundbreaking study that promises to reshape the forensic analysis of violent deaths, researchers have for the first time successfully quantified the stabbing intensity involved in an intracranial stabbing death. This landmark investigation,...

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....

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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...

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...
Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi announces November opening date
The Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi will open to the public on November 22. The museum is already a landmark structure in Saadiyat Cultural District, spanning 35,000 square metres, making it the largest institution of its kind in the region....

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...

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...
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Modern physicians are confronted with a world of endless data, yet they have little ability to process any of it effectively, since it is spread through information silos and nearly impossible to leverage for effective care. Artificial...