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Trump Weighs Limiting Defense Contractors' Shareholder Payouts, CEO Compensation Major defense contractors like Boeing and Raytheon depend on government contracts for at least half the dollars they take in - and times have been 'good' particularly in the last several years of geopolitical hotspots and raging wars from Ukraine to Gaza.Contractor CEOs have as expected really been raking it in as well, though some government accountability watchdogs have long complained that huge CEO compensation, also through ample bonuses, does nothing to advance the defense of the United States.But alas, it remains that ultimately it's the taxpayers subsidizing these more-than-ample paychecks. This trend jumped significantly starting in 2022 into 2023 - which marked the first year of the Russia-Ukraine war, and Washington's policy of arming Kiev to the teeth.Getty ImagesOne industry watchdog had this to say from that year: "The United States spent more last year on defense than the next 10 nations combined. A deal just brokered by the White House and House Republicans increases that amount even further — to $886 billion. Defense contractors will pocket about half of that.""Just eight years ago, the national defense community made do with over $300 billion less. But making do with "less" doesn’t come easy to corporate titans like Dave Calhoun, the CEO at Boeing, the nation’s second-largest defense contractor," the report added.According to a Tuesday report from Punchbowl News, the White House is drafting an executive order that would place restrictions on stock repurchases, dividend payments, and executive pay at defense contracting firms.Among the leading firms are Lockheed Martin, RTX (Raytheon), Boeing, L3 Harris Technologies, as well as the familiar names Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics.The proposed order would apply to some of these largest companies which provide military equipment to the Pentagon, the report said, citing multiple sources."The executive order is the latest effort by the Trump administration to challenge the generational dominance of the defense prime contractors, the biggest beneficiaries of nearly $1 trillion in annual defense spending," Punchbowl writes. "But some worry that such an executive order could have a chilling effect on investments in the broader defense industrial base."An unnamed industry official was quoted as saying, "The fear is the investors are going to leave the industry, the value of the companies is going to go down, and it’s going to be harder for them to get capital in the future" - and so "It’s not clear how they do this." However, so far the Trump admin has only said this is "speculation" when asked if an executive order is incoming.The material basis for why the EU is dead set on killing a Ukraine peace deal. pic.twitter.com/t6IoKkyDmB— Mark Ames (@MarkAmesExiled) December 16, 2025Punchbowl adds: "The push comes as the Trump administration and the Pentagon in particular have put public pressure on longstanding defense primes. DOD officials have also prompted those companies to invest more of their own internal dollars into research and development work before receiving money from the government."Smaller new start-ups related to defense tech have meanwhile aimed to disrupt how business with the Pentagon is typically done, vowing to be more nimble, invest their own funs up front in research and development, and to do away with "cost-plus" contracts. Tyler DurdenWed, 12/17/2025 - 09:40
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The United States aims to embark on its most active new nuclear construction program since the 1970s. In its most high-dollar nuclear deal yet, the Trump administration in October launched a partnership to build at least $80 billion worth of new, large-scale nuclear reactors, and chose Westinghouse Electric Company and its co-owners, Brookfield Asset Management and Cameco, for the job.The money will support the construction of AP1000s, a type of pressurized water reactor developed by Westinghouse that can generate about 1,110 megawatts of electric power. These are the same reactors as units 3 and 4 at the Vogtle nuclear plant in Georgia, which wrapped up seven years behind schedule in 2023 and 2024 and cost more than twice as much as expected—about $35 billion for the pair. Along the way, Westinghouse, based in Cranberry Township, Penn., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.Chief executives of investor-owned utilities know that if they were to propose committing to similar projects on the same commercial terms, they’d be sacked on the spot. As a result, the private sector in the United States has been unwilling to take on the financial risk inherent in building new reactors.The $80 billion deal with the federal government represents the U.S. nuclear industry’s best opportunity in a generation for a large-scale construction program. But ambition doesn’t guarantee successful execution. The delays and cost overruns that dogged the Vogtle project present real threats for the next wave of reactors.Streamlining AP1000 Reactor ConstructionWhat might be different about the next set of AP1000s? On the positive side, delivering multiple copies of the same reactor ought to create the conditions for a steady decline in costs. Vogtle Unit 3 was the first AP1000 to be built in the United States, and the lessons learned from it resulted in Vogtle Unit 4 costing 30 percent less than Unit 3. (Six AP1000s are currently operating outside the United States, and 14 more are under construction, according to Westinghouse.)There’s been a bipartisan effort in the United States to streamline regulatory procedures to ensure that future projects won’t be delayed by the same issues that hampered Vogtle. The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act that was signed into law by former U.S. President Joe Biden in 2024, includes several measures intended to improve processes at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The last nuclear reactors to be built in the United States—Vogtle Units 3 and 4 in Waynesboro, Georgia—were completed seven years behind schedule and cost more than twice as much as expected.Georgia Power Co. That included a mandated change in the NRC’s mission statement, setting a goal of “enabling the safe and secure use and deployment of civilian nuclear energy technologies”. It was a symbol of Congress’s intent to encourage the commission to support nuclear development.In May President Trump built on that legislation with four executive orders intended to speed up reactor licensing and accelerate nuclear development—a framework that has yet to be tested in practice. In November the NRC published regulations setting out how it planned to implement the president’s orders. The changes are focused on removing redundant and duplicative rules.One of President Trump’s orders included a series of provisions intended to help build the U.S. nuclear workforce, but it’s clear that that will be a challenge. The momentum gained in training skilled workers during the construction at Vogtle is already dissipating. Without other active new reactor projects to move on to immediately in the United States, many of the people who worked there have likely gone into other sectors, such as liquified natural gas (LNG) plants.Around the time that construction was wrapping up at Vogtle, many employers in the industry were already reporting difficulties in finding the staff they need, according to the Department of Energy’s 2025 United States Energy and Employment Report. Surveyed in 2024, 22 percent of employers in nuclear construction said it was “very difficult” to hire the workers they needed, and 63 percent said it was “somewhat difficult”. In nuclear manufacturing, 63 percent of employers said hiring was “very difficult”.If reactor construction really begins to pick up, there is clearly a danger that those numbers will rise. U.S. Nuclear Power Expansion PlansSo just how many reactors will $80 billion buy? Assuming an average of $16 billion per AP1000—slightly less than for Vogtle, and allowing for cost reductions from economies of scale and learning-by-doing—the plan would mean five new reactors. That would represent an increase of about 5.7 percent in total U.S. nuclear energy generation capacity, if all the reactors currently in service remain online.The full details of the $80 billion deal, including the precise allocation of financing and risk-sharing, have not been specified. But Westinghouse’s co-owner, Brookfield, did disclose that the partnership includes profit-sharing mechanisms that will give the U.S. government some of the upside if the initiative succeeds.The Washington Post reported that after the U.S. signs the final contracts for $80 billion worth of new reactors, it will be entitled to 20 percent of all Westinghouse’s returns over $17.5 billion. And if Westinghouse’s valuation surpasses $30 billion, the administration can require it to be floated on the stock market. If that happens, the government will get a 20 percent stake. Enriched uranium is loaded at Vogtle Unit 4.Georgia Power Co. Japan’s government is also playing a key role. As part of a $550 billion U.S.-Japan trade deal struck in July, the Japanese government pledged large-scale investment in U.S. energy, including nuclear. Japanese companies, including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Toshiba Group, and IHI Corp., are interested in investing up to $100 billion in the United States to support the construction of new AP1000s and small modular reactors (SMRs), the two governments said.The Westinghouse deal supports a range of the administration’s objectives, including power for AI and investment and job creation in the American industrial sector. The focus on AP1000s also makes it possible to rely on U.S.-produced fuel, strengthening energy security. (Many of the designs for SMRs, which have garnered a considerable amount of excitement globally, use high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel, which is not currently produced on a large scale in the United States).U.S. Nuclear Energy InvestmentThere have been other recent moves to add additional nuclear capacity in the United States. Santee Cooper, a South Carolina utility, announced plans for completing the construction of two AP1000 reactors that had been abandoned in 2017 at the V.C. Summer site in Jenkinsville, S.C.Separately, Google announced in October a deal with NextEra Energy to reopen a 615-MW nuclear plant in Iowa. The Duane Arnold Energy Center was shut down in 2020, and the aim is to have it operational again by the first quarter of 2029. Google has agreed to buy a share of the plant’s output for 25 years. Construction of two AP1000 reactors at the V.C. Summer nuclear site in Jenkinsville, S.C. were abandoned in 2017 after delays and cost overruns. Executives leading the projects were charged with fraud. Chuck Burton/AP But the plans that have been announced so far pale in comparison to the Trump administration’s nuclear ambitions. Earlier this year, President Trump set a goal of adding a whopping 300 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2050, up from a little under 100 GW today. That would mean much stronger growth than is currently projected in Wood Mackenzie’s forecasts, which show a near-doubling of U.S. nuclear generation capacity to about 190 GW in 2050.The main driver behind the Trump administration’s interest in nuclear is its ambitions for artificial intelligence. Chris Wright, the U.S. energy secretary, has described the race to develop advanced AI as the Manhattan Project of our times, critical to national security, and dependent upon a steep increase in electricity generation. Speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations in September, Wright promised: “We’re doing everything we can to make it easy to build power generation and data centers in our country.” One of the hallmarks of the Trump administration has been its readiness to intervene in markets to pursue its policy goals. Its nuclear strategy exemplifies that approach. In many ways, the Trump administration is acting like an energy company: using its financial strength and its convening power to put together a deal that covers the entire nuclear value chain. Throughout the history of nuclear power, the industry has worked closely with governments. But the federal government effectively taking a commercial position in the development of new reactors would be a first for the United States. In the first wave of U.S. reactor construction in the 1970s, federal government support was limited to R&D, uranium mining and enrichment, and indemnifying operators against the risk of nuclear accidents.Before the partial deregulation of U.S. electricity markets that began in the 1990s, utilities could develop nuclear plants with the assurance that the costs could be recovered from customers, even if they went far over budget. With many key markets now at least partially deregulated, nuclear project developers will need other types of guarantees to secure financing and move forward.The first new plants that result from the $80 billion deal will come online years after President Trump has left office. But they could play an important role in boosting U.S. electricity supply and developing advanced AI for decades.
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“Tell Me Everything,” Moshe Rosenthal’s sophomore feature that’s set to world premiere at Sundance in the world cinema dramatic competition, has been acquired by Paradise City Sales (formerly Memento International) for world sales. Set amid the late 80s pop craze and rising HIV epidemic, “Tell Me Everything” follows twelve-year-old Boaz as he uncovers a devastating [...]
DENVER — Exclusive Resorts Investments LLC (“Exclusive Investments”), the parent company of Members-only club Exclusive Resorts, today announced the launch of The Exclusive Collective, a new multi-brand luxury travel and lifestyle platform serving high-net-worth individuals and families seeking a richer, more intentional way of living. Built on the understanding that how people travel evolves over [...]
Warner BrosStephen King’s history in cinema has been a wild one, with the horror author helping to fuel the creation of some of the creepiest movies to ever hit the screen. Thanks to Pennywise the Clown’s recent success, King’s body of work is finding audiences outside of movie theaters. It: Welcome to Derry might have just [...]The post Stephen King’s Biggest Ever Movie Becomes #1 Streaming Hit, 8 Years Later (& There’s a Good Reason Why) appeared first on ComicBook.com.
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U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 150 points on Wednesday.Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.31% to 48,264.92 while the NASDAQ rose 0.12% to 23,139.88. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.13% to 6,809.04.Check This Out: Wall Street’s Most Accurate Analysts Spotlight On 3 Tech Stocks Delivering High-Dividend YieldsLeading and Lagging SectorsEnergy shares rose by 1% on Wednesday.In trading on Wednesday, information technology stocks fell by 0.1%.Top HeadlineJabil Inc (NYSE:JBL) posted better-than-expected earnings for its first quarter.The company posted adjusted earnings of $2.85 per share, beating market estimates of $2.70 per share. The company's quarterly sales came in at $8.305 billion versus expectations of $8.086 billion.Equities Trading UP Vyne Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VYNE) ...Full story available on Benzinga.com
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Stock analysts at Citizens Jmp started coverage on shares of Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT – Get Free Report) in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage set a “market outperform” rating and a $800.00 price target on the stock. Citizens Jmp’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 38.10% from [...]
T. Rowe Price Group (NASDAQ:TROW – Get Free Report) had its price target upped by Morgan Stanley from $126.00 to $128.00 in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports. The brokerage presently has an “equal weight” rating on the asset manager’s stock. Morgan Stanley’s target price would suggest a potential upside of 21.79% [...]
Aviat Networks (NASDAQ:AVNW – Get Free Report) was downgraded by research analysts at Zacks Research from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report released on Monday,Zacks.com reports. Other equities analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. B. Riley reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $35.00 price target (up [...]
Blackstone (NYSE:BX – Get Free Report) had its price objective boosted by stock analysts at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft from $164.00 to $185.00 in a note issued to investors on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports. The firm currently has a “buy” rating on the asset manager’s stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 19.58% from [...]
Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH – Get Free Report) had its price objective dropped by Piper Sandler from $69.00 to $61.00 in a research report issued on Wednesday, Marketbeat reports. The brokerage currently has an “overweight” rating on the stock. Piper Sandler’s price target indicates a potential upside of 41.37% from the stock’s current price. Several other analysts [...]
Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI – Get Free Report) had its price target reduced by equities researchers at Jefferies Financial Group from $102.00 to $90.00 in a report released on Tuesday,MarketScreener reports. The brokerage currently has a “hold” rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s target price would indicate a potential upside of [...]
Crown Castle (NYSE:CCI – Get Free Report) had its target price lowered by equities research analysts at Jefferies Financial Group from $102.00 to $90.00 in a research note issued on Tuesday,MarketScreener reports. The firm presently has a “hold” rating on the real estate investment trust’s stock. Jefferies Financial Group’s price objective would indicate a potential [...]
Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW – Get Free Report)‘s stock had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by equities research analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a research report issued on Wednesday,Benzinga reports. They presently have a $235.00 price target on the network technology company’s stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co.‘s target price would indicate a potential upside [...]
Celsius (NASDAQ:CELH – Get Free Report) had its target price decreased by investment analysts at Piper Sandler from $69.00 to $61.00 in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. The brokerage currently has an “overweight” rating on the stock. Piper Sandler’s price objective suggests a potential upside of 41.37% from the [...]
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) had its price target raised by Keefe, Bruyette & Woods from $58.00 to $64.00 in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports. The firm presently has an “outperform” rating on the financial services provider’s stock. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods’ target price suggests a potential upside of 15.52% from the [...]
Blackstone (NYSE:BX – Get Free Report) had its price objective upped by analysts at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft from $164.00 to $185.00 in a research report issued on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports. The firm presently has a “buy” rating on the asset manager’s stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft’s price objective points to a potential upside of 19.58% from the [...]
Coupang (NYSE:CPNG – Get Free Report) had its target price dropped by analysts at Nomura from $38.00 to $30.00 in a report released on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports. The firm currently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Nomura’s target price indicates a potential upside of 30.67% from the stock’s current price. A number of other analysts [...]
The British government says it has given Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich a final chance to hand over 2.5 billion pounds or $3.25 billion to the victims of Russia's war in Ukraine
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New York got a championship while a high-stakes meeting between the Thunder and Spurs showed where the NBA, and the NBA Cup, is todayAfter toppling the defending champion Boston Celtics in a shocking upset in the Eastern Conference semi-finals this spring, The New York Knicks immediately became the favorites to represent the conference in the NBA Finals. The Indiana Pacers, a team that will no doubt go down as having one of the most compelling Cinderella stories in modern NBA history, had other plans. Continue reading...
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WATERTOWN, Mass., Dec. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acrivon Therapeutics, Inc. (“Acrivon” or “Acrivon Therapeutics”) (Nasdaq: ACRV), a clinical stage biotechnology company discovering and developing precision medicines utilizing its proprietary Generative Phosphoproteomics AP3 (Acrivon Predictive Precision Proteomics) platform designed to...
NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Hall, one of the world's greatest concert halls, is partnering with leading AI and knowledge graph company Stardog to introduce an AI-powered tool that helps online visitors to search and explore the Hall's vast performance database of more than 62,000 events. This new digital resource invites everyone—from music lovers and students to historians and artists—to easily learn more about the incredible array of concerts and events that have taken place at the iconic music venue over the last 130+ years.Online visitors can now ask questions through a conversational AI chat interface (carnegiehall.org/voicebox), inquiring about the wide variety of artists who have appeared on the Hall's illustrious stages, discovering which musical compositions or songs were performed, how often, and by whom—making Carnegie Hall's performance history accessible to fans in a new, exciting way."As an organization, we're always looking at how technology ...Full story available on Benzinga.com
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Hilaria Baldwin and her husband, Alec Baldwin, have reportedly been searching for a new place as the celebrity couple is looking forward to moving. The news came around the same time as the ongoing rumors about issues in their married life, which have been swirling all around the internet for quite some time. Now, news [...]The post Alec & Hilaria Baldwin Make New Move Amid Marriage Drama — Report appeared first on Mandatory.
The move by the Trump administration to designate fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction could mark a significant step in the U.S. military's campaign against drug trafficking.
Actor Gil Gerard, best known for playing the title character in the popular TV series “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,” has died. He was 82.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is warning that Moscow will extend its gains in Ukraine if Kyiv and its Western allies reject the Kremlin's demands in peace talks. Speaking at an annual meeting with top military officers Wednesday, Putin said Moscow...
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Sylvester Stallone, a 2025 Kennedy Center Honoree, speaks to "CBS Mornings" about his childhood, challenges he's faced and creating some of his iconic films. He also reveals what he wants his legacy to be.
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MCLEAN, Va., Dec. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Acentra Health, a technology and health solutions company dedicated to accelerating better health outcomes for government and commercial clients and the populations they serve, today announced the appointment of Meghan Harris, President...
SUZHOU, China, Dec. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- YXT.com Group Holding Limited (NASDAQ: YXT) (“YXT.com” or the “Company”), a provider of AI-enabled enterprise productivity solutions, today announced the filing of a shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (the "Registration Statement")...
FREUDENSTADT, Germany, Dec. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SCHMID Group N.V. (NASDAQ: SHMD) (the "Company"), a global leader in providing solutions to the high-tech electronics, photovoltaics, glass, and energy systems industries, announced today that it signed an agreement for a...
Warner Bros. Discovery urged shareholders to stay with Netflix’s offer, saying Paramount’s bid undervalues the company, has shaky financing and has no better path to regulatory approval.
'Mistletoe' is rapidly becoming an Independent Artist success story by repeated inclusion on charts dominated by major artists.NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "Missing You Underneath the Mistletoe" by Dionya Marie is again in good company with major artists on the holiday music charts. Last year the song peaked at #8 on the HOT A/C Recurrents chart, lifting Dionya to #2 among independent artists on that chart. This year so far her radio play is ahead of last year at this time. It is available on all major streaming platforms per her label Billeegee Productions. It combines a timeless melody with a familiar theme of how much we miss our distant loved ones at Christmas, but with a special twist. The song is accompanied by an award-winning official music video on YouTube.Dionya's vocals are reminiscent of Karen Carpenter, "Several years ...Full story available on Benzinga.com
The December 17 'Survivor' finale will be paused for an address by President Donald Trump.
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Vivek Ramswamy used to be a darling of the far right. A biotech entrepreneur from Cincinnati, he went from his own presidential candidacy in 2024, to Donald Trump surrogate, to co-heading Trump's Department of Government Efficiency task force, and now he's running for governor of Ohio on a MAGA platform.But his Indian-American heritage has become a huge target for attack in right-wing circles — and on Wednesday, he released a New York Times op-ed warning that this rising racism is on the brink of tearing the conservative movement apart."Americanness isn’t a scalar quality that varies based on your ancestry. It’s binary: Either you’re an American or you’re not. You are an American if you believe in the rule of law, in freedom of conscience and freedom of expression, in colorblind meritocracy, in the U.S. Constitution, in the American dream, and if you are a citizen who swears exclusive allegiance to our nation," wrote Ramaswamy. "As Ronald Reagan quipped, you can go to live in France, but you can’t become a Frenchman; but anyone from any corner of the world can come to live in the United States and become an American ... This is what makes American exceptionalism possible."The problem, he warned, is that a growing contingent of right-wing activists and strategists no longer believe this, and instead subscribe to an "identitarian" vision of America based on ancestry and ethnicity, where outsiders don't belong."The divide between these two views is more foundational than policy divides between Republicans and Democrats," wrote Ramaswamy. "Older Republicans who may doubt the rising prevalence of the blood-and-soil view should think again. My social media feeds are littered with hundreds of slurs, most from accounts that I don’t recognize, about 'pajeets' and 'street s------s' and calls to deport me 'back to India' (I was born and raised in Cincinnati and have never resided outside the U.S.)."Indeed, he warned, the "online right" class spreading this hate and taking over thought in GOP policy circles reminds him of exactly what he hates in the left."As one of the most vocal opponents of left-wing identity politics, I now see real reluctance from my former anti-woke peers to criticize the new identity politics on the right," wrote Ramaswamy. "This pattern eerily mirrors the hesitance of prominent Democrats to criticize woke excess in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election, even though most Democratic voters clearly never believed that math is racist, or that hard work and the written tradition are hallmarks of whiteness. That’s a big part of why Kamala Harris lost in such spectacular fashion. If the post-Trump G.O.P. makes the same mistake with our own identitarian fringe, we will meet a similar fate."Republicans need to forcibly condemn white supremacists like "Groyper" founder Nick Fuentes, Ramaswamy concluded, and focus on policies to lift everyone up like affordability reforms, so young conservatives won't get radicalized."The uplifting truth is that the solution to identity politics needn’t be one camp defeating the other, but instead achieving together a national escape velocity to more promising terrain," he wrote.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Photonic Inc., a global leader in distributed quantum computing, today announced that its Founder and Chief Quantum Officer, Dr. Stephanie Simmons, has been included in the Quantum 100, a major global initiative as part of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ 2025). The Quantum 100 celebrates the people advancing [...]
Protein diffusion, critical for cellular metabolism, occurs in the highly crowded cytoplasm. Understanding how this dynamics changes when organisms are adapted to different thermal niches is a fundamental challenge in microbiology and biophysics. In Escherichia coli, protein diffusion undergoes a pronounced slowdown at temperatures near cellular death, coinciding with the early stages of unfolding. To [...]The post Cytoplasmic Fluidity And The Cold Life: Proteome Stability Is Decoupled From Viability In Psychrophiles appeared first on Astrobiology.
Planetary impact events have profoundly influenced the origin of life and the habitability of Earth in both constructive and destructive ways. The constructive effects of impacts include building Earth into a habitable world and providing the key ingredients for life, including carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, sulfur, and energy. The destructive effects of impacts include a [...]The post Planetary Impacts: Friend Or Foe? appeared first on Astrobiology.
Astronomers using W. M. Keck Observatory and the Subaru Telescope on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island have discovered a massive planet and a brown dwarf orbiting distant stars—two rare companions that deepen our understanding of how giant planets and substellar objects form and evolve. These discoveries are the first results from the OASIS program (Observing Accelerators with [...]The post Discoveries From Maunakea Reveal Hidden Worlds Around Accelerating Stars appeared first on Astrobiology.
At TU Wien, researchers are developing three-dimensional (3D) printing techniques that can be used to create living biological tissue—for example, to study skin diseases.
Who really makes Tekton tools? We dug into their manufacturing origins and found a surprising mix of US and global production that sets them apart.
And they absolutely swear by it.The post People Are Injecting Themselves With an Experimental New Weight Loss Drug appeared first on Futurism.
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA / ACCESS Newswire / December 17, 2025 / Radiant, a pioneer in portable, mass-produced nuclear microreactors, today announced that it has raised more than $300 million in a new round of funding.
Researchers at Leipzig University's Carl Ludwig Institute for Physiology, working in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, have achieved an important breakthrough in brain research. The so-called zap-and-freeze technique, which allows processes of signal transmission between nerve cells to be visualized within milliseconds, has now been successfully applied for the first time to acute brain slices from both mice and humans.
Oracle's latest mega–data center project is moving ahead in Michigan—but without its usual financial backer. The Financial Times , citing people familiar with the talks, reports that private capital firm Blue Owl Capital, Oracle's biggest partner on US data center builds, has walked away from a planned financing package of...
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.Harvey Risch, MD, PhD, a Yale emeritus professor who was appointed chairman of the President's Cancer Panel, has speculated about links between turbo cancers and...
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Rust Mobile has officially taken its first proper step into the wild, with the first closed beta now live following more than one million pre-registrations. Registration is still open until December 19th, and if that number tells you anything, it’s that the appetite for a handheld version of Rust is very real.The timing makes sense. Rust Mobile just showed off a new cinematic trailer during The Game Awards 2025, giving everyone a clearer idea of what’s coming. It leans into the same harsh, unpredictable survival fantasy the PC version is known for, where scavenging, base-building, and sudden violence are always just a few seconds apart. The only difference here is that everything has been rebuilt with phones in mind. ... [MORE]
The new design could be adapted to assist the elderly, sort warehouse products, or unload heavy cargo. In the horticultural world, some vines are especially grabby. As they grow, the woody tendrils can wrap around obstacles with enough force to pull down entire fences and trees. Inspired by vines’ twisty tenacity, engineers at MIT and [...]
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One person is dead after being struck by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 601 on Tuesday night. According to N.C. State Highway Patrol Troopers on scene, a white Ford SUV was traveling south on Highway 601, towards Salisbury, when it struck a man near the White Farm Road intersection and in front of Rowan Memorial [...]
It looks like Android phone users are experiencing crashes when using the Google Play Store app. Reports surfacing online indicate that as soon as the search button inside Play Store is tapped, the app crashes. From Samsung Galaxy users to those with Motorola, OnePlus, and even Pixel phones, everyone seems to be experiencing the problem. [...]The post Google Play Store crashing upon tapping Search button? You aren’t alone appeared first on PiunikaWeb.
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A cousin of Ahmed al Ahmed who disarmed one of the apparent gunman on Sydney's Bondi Beach praised his act of heroism, expressing pride in the fact he did not hesitate to save innocent people's lives.
Wilcox Family Farms is continuing its holiday tradition of donating nearly one million eggs to food banks across the region, according to a news release from the company. Starting with a ...
DURHAM, N.C. — The most noteworthy thing about Duke’s win Tuesday over Lipscomb was that it gave Blue Devils coach Jon Scheyer his 100th career win. But few could have expected No. 100 to be quite as hard to get....
A Spokane woman whose furnished basement was flooded with sewage following city maintenance behind her home will receive a $62,000 settlement, which the City Council unanimously approved Monday.
Louisiana resident Micah James Legnon has been arrested by agents from the FBI's New Iberia office for allegedly planning an attack on federal agents.
Rocket Lab Corporation (NASDAQ:RKLB – Get Free Report) CEO Peter Beck sold 1,560,254 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $57.47, for a total value of $89,667,797.38. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 939,746 shares in the [...]
Golden Matrix Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:GMGI – Get Free Report) CEO Anthony Brian Goodman sold 50,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $0.80, for a total transaction of $40,000.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 7,270,483 shares in [...]
Air Lease Corporation (NYSE:AL – Get Free Report) Director Steven Udvar-Hazy sold 48,632 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $64.18, for a total transaction of $3,121,201.76. Following the transaction, the director owned 14,050 shares of the company’s stock, valued at [...]