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More research is needed to understand the long-term benefits of exercise on depression, however.
A new video shows the evolution of Kepler’s Supernova Remnant using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory captured over more than two and a half decades.
Neuromorphic computers, inspired by the architecture of the human brain, are proving surprisingly adept at solving complex mathematical problems that underpin scientific and engineering challenges.
Australia is baking through another extreme heat wave, with temperatures forecast to reach above 45°C for multiple days in a row across large swaths of the country.
The space agency said Wednesday it was postponing a spacewalk because of a medical concern with an unidentified astronaut.
The lab, which expands upon an effort by UCSD and Scripps Research, will use wastewater analysis to detect flu, COVID and RSV with additional viruses to come.
The idea of longevity has become an obsession, driven not by the healthcare industry but instead by tech giants — corporations and engineers who view aging as a technical problem that can be solved.
New Yorkers grumbled when the fees arrived, but the numbers suggest they may be grumbling in faster traffic. A year into Manhattan's congestion pricing program—tolls of up to $9 for most vehicles driving on surface streets below 60th Street during peak travel windows—the New York Times reports that...
A low-cost, simple robotic apple picker arm developed by Washington State University researchers may someday help with fruit picking and other farm chores.
When oily plastic and glass, as well as rubber, washed onto Florida beaches in 2020, a community group shared the mystery online, attracting scientists' attention. Working together, they linked the black residue-coated debris to a 2019 oil slick along Brazil's coastline. Using ocean current models and chemical analysis, the team explains in Environmental Science & Technology how some of the oily material managed to travel over 5,200 miles (8,500 kilometers) by clinging to debris.
Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal species, offering new insights into how parasitic infections emerge and spread to people.
It was a question I heard lots this past weekend. “What’s that bright star near the Full Moon?” That ‘star’ was actually a planet, as Jupiter heads towards opposition rising ‘opposite’ to the setting Sun this coming weekend. This places the King of the Planets high in the northern sky, in the same general spot the Full Moon occupies in January.
Donald Trump has promised to build fleets of new reactors to help 'win' the AI race. But many think the goals are unrealistic
The piece of Iron Age history is 33 percent gold and headed to auction.The post Rare Celtic coin found by metal detectorist appeared first on Popular Science.
To get a better look at brains, Harvard researchers are making microscopes work more like human eyes.
Parkinson's disease is no longer viewed as a faraway neurological ailment buried in textbooks. More than 10 million people are already affected worldwide, and the number is continually climbing. Men are somewhat more impacted than women, with the largest rise occurring in aging populations throughout Europe, North America, and portions of Asia.
In the aftermath of the giant asteroid that crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula about 66 million years ago, approximately 75% of all species on Earth were wiped out, including the dinosaurs. Among those thought to have perished at this K-Pg (Cretaceous-Paleogene) boundary were the ammonites. These were coiled-shelled mollusks with long tentacles related to modern octopuses and squids, and they are known today for their distinctive spiral-shaped fossils.
Centrus Energy's facility will now make commercial-scale production of High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU).
SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / January 7, 2026 / Revelation Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:REVB) (the "Company" or "Revelation"), a clinical-stage life sciences company that is focused on rebalancing inflammation, today announced the start of GMP manufacturing of GEMINI and...
Equities researchers at Oppenheimer initiated coverage on shares of Legend Biotech (NASDAQ:LEGN – Get Free Report) in a note issued to investors on Wednesday. The firm set an “outperform” rating and a $75.00 price target on the stock. Oppenheimer’s price target suggests a potential upside of 257.48% from the company’s previous close. A number of [...]
A team of international researchers, led by a University of British Columbia astrophysicist, has discovered a young galaxy cluster that was producing hot gas at a rate five times hotter than previously theoretically thought possible.
China's government has long made efforts to tempt top scientists from abroad, but researchers say its institutions themselves are increasingly attracting talent thanks to their generous funding and growing prestige.
Environmentalists are suing the federal government over what they say is a failure to protect the horseshoe crab, a prehistoric-looking species that is important to the survival of shore birds in South Carolina and other coastal states.
A research team led by Kuang Guangli and Jiang Donghui at the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CHMFL), has developed a "pocket-type" high-temperature superconducting (HTS) coil, achieving a record combined magnetic field of 44.86 tesla.
Why the discovery of hot gas between galaxies is exciting Canadian researchers CBCUBC researchers delve into deep space to answer mysteries of galaxy formation The Globe and MailSunyaev–Zeldovich detection of hot intracluster gas at redshift 4.3 NatureDalhousie prof helps find galaxy cluster with hot gas 1.4 billion years after Big Bang CTV NewsWeird clump in the early universe is piping hot and we don’t know why New Scientist
Astronomers using the U.S. National Science Foundation National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NSF NRAO) instruments Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and, the U.S. National Science Foundation Very Large Array (NSF VLA), and the W. M. Keck Observatory have uncovered the hidden lives of some of the most massive galaxies in the early Universe, revealing that while some shut down star formation quickly, others continue forming stars behind thick veils of cosmic dust.
A research team provides an overview of how engineered probiotics--genetically modified beneficial microbes--are being transformed into living medicines capable of sensing disease, delivering therapies, and reshaping diseased microenvironments.
A research team has delivered an overview of how computational tools are reshaping the design of nonnatural metabolic pathways--engineered biochemical routes that do not exist in nature but enable microorganisms to produce valuable chemicals, fuels, and materials.
You may think that the goal of movie studios is to churn out as many sequels as quickly as possible, but there's so much more strategy that goes into sequel production than what meets the eye.
The Huíla plateau, bounded by dramatic cliffs and chasms, stands above the arid coastal plains in the country's southwest.
Triacetic acid lactone (TAL) has the potential to serve as a bioderived platform chemical for commercial products, including sorbic acid. However, TAL currently lacks a global market as its chemical synthesis is prohibitively expensive.
Quantum mechanics and relativity are the two pillars of modern physics. However, for over a century, their treatment of space and time has remained fundamentally disconnected. Relativity unifies space and time into a single fabric called spacetime, describing it seamlessly. In contrast, traditional quantum theory employs different languages: quantum states (density matrix) for spatial systems and quantum channels for temporal evolution.
Astronomers from Cardiff University, UK, have employed the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter-wave Astronomy (CARMA) to explore the nearby Andromeda galaxy. Results of the observational campaign, published December 27 on the pre-print server arXiv, yield important insights into the molecular cloud system of this galaxy.
One of the main questions in exoplanet science concerns M dwarfs (red dwarfs) and the habitability of exoplanets that orbit them. These stars are known for their prolific and energetic flaring, and that's a problem. M dwarfs are so small that their habitable zones are in tight proximity to them, putting any potentially habitable planets in the direct line of fire of all this dangerous flaring.
Have you ever found something unexpected in your hamburger? Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) were surprised to discover the very earliest phases of giant planet formation between the dense layers of gas and dust in the "Gomez's Hamburger" system, referred to as GoHam. This research, currently in preparation for publication, was presented at a press conference at the American Astronomical Society's annual meeting (AAS 2026), held January 4–8 in Phoenix.
Stars and planets are inextricably linked. They form together and stars shape the fate of planets. Stars create the dusty protoplanetary disks that give birth to planets of all kinds. And when a star dies, planets are either blown apart, swallowed, or doomed to spend an eternity in cold and darkness.
Researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), have designed innovative technology that can generate both high-energy and high-brightness electron bunches in an accelerator that is a fraction of the size of current particle accelerators.
Nicknamed “Cloudâ9,” this is the first confirmed detection of such an object in the Universe.
Dow High graduate Margaret Hitt wasn't expecting the research of her and her fellow Space Farmers to be published in a major scientific journal.
Astronomers have finally confirmed the existence of RELHICs—a long-theorized class of dark, starless clouds from the early universe.
The National Rifle Association is now in court against its own charity, accusing the NRA Foundation of hijacking its name, brand, and donor money. In a federal lawsuit filed Monday in Washington, DC, the gun rights group says the foundation has been raising money off the NRA's reputation while operating...
In Kosciuszko National Park in Australia's alpine region, the landscape is slowly changing. Patches of native vegetation cropped bald by horses are regrowing. Some long-eroded creek banks look less compacted along the edges. Visitors come across fewer horses standing on the roads, a real traffic hazard.
A judge has ordered the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to pay $115,220 in attorney's fees to a retired Anchorage lawyer and wildlife advocate who successfully sued the state over a wolf-killing policy on the southern Kenai Peninsula.
An avalanche in California's Sierra Nevada on Monday buried a snowmobiler in snow and killed him, authorities said. Rescuers responded after a 911 call around 2:20pm reported a possible avalanche near Johnson Peak and Castle Peak in Truckee, the AP reports. The snowmobiler was initially reported missing but then...
The object's close pass allowed an unusual scientific test.
A new study by Canadian and U.S. researchers is shedding light on how the social media platform TikTok can be used to recruit young stem cell donors.
When wildfires began racing through the Los Angeles area on Jan. 7, 2025, the scope of the disaster caught residents by surprise. Forecasters had warned about high winds and exceptionally dry conditions, but few people expected to see smoke and fires for weeks in one of America's largest metro areas.
Artificial intelligence may be figuratively reshaping police work, but in one Utah city it briefly tried to reshape an officer into a fairy-tale amphibian. Heber City police say an AI report-writing tool recently produced a document claiming an officer had transformed into a frog—courtesy not of sorcery, but of...
The U.S. Space Force aims to attract new launch capabilities for the Western Range to bolster domestic access to space. Responses are due by Feb. 12, 2026.
The United States on Monday reached a deal with Dominica to start sending foreigners seeking US asylum to the small Caribbean nation, the AP reports. Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit described the deal as "one of the primary areas of collaboration" after the country was recently hit with partial US...
Like other developing countries, Indonesia is facing a familiar dilemma: how to feed a growing population while protecting its extraordinary biodiversity.
SAN DIEGO, CA, Jan. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice. Always consult a qualified healthcare professional before starting supplements. If you purchase through links in this article, a commission may be earned at no additional cost to you.The company behind Synaptigen recently announced expanded market availability and continued educational initiatives following its September 2025 formula introduction that positioned probiotic-based cognitive support within mainstream wellness markets. The announcement comes as public trend-analysis tools commonly show seasonal interest patterns for cognitive wellness topics during early January, compared with typical mid-year periods, with specific interest clustering around terms including brain fog relief, post-holiday cognitive recovery, memory support for professionals, and probiotic brain supplements.Some consumer research firms have reported increased interest in mental clarity and memory-support topics entering 2026, reflecting broader attention to cognitive wellness as a lifestyle category. The company reports that these seasonal demand patterns align with commonly observed seasonal behavior showing peak interest in cognitive wellness during early January, when New Year resolution-setting, post-holiday recovery needs, and first-quarter professional performance goals create heightened demand for brain health solutions.Synaptigen's formulation features Lactobacillus paracasei, Lactobacillus reuteri, Bifidobacterium lactis BL-04, inulin, and botanical compounds. The company describes the formulation as being inspired by emerging research exploring how glucose metabolism and inflammatory signaling may influence synaptic communication—an area that remains under active scientific investigation within nutritional neuroscience. This metabolic phenomenon, which researchers are examining in relation to cognitive performance, represents growing interest in connecting metabolic health to cognitive function through gut-brain modulation rather than stimulant-based neural activation.January 2026 Market Context: Post-Holiday Cognitive Wellness and New Year Resolution PositioningThe timing of Synaptigen's expanded market presence coincides with commonly observed seasonal patterns. Category reporting often notes that New Year resolution-setting, post-holiday recovery needs, and first-quarter professional performance goals create heightened demand for brain health solutions during early January periods.According to the company, market feedback suggests growing mainstream awareness of cognitive wellness as a preventive health category distinct from pharmaceutical interventions for diagnosed conditions. The company notes that Synaptigen's non-stimulant structure aligns with consumer preferences for approaches that address cognitive fatigue, mental fog, and reduced processing speed potentially related to dietary factors, sleep disruption, and stress accumulation.Building on September 2025 Launch: Market Education and Industry ResponseThe company's initial formula introduction in September 2025 emphasized ingredient transparency and manufacturing standards as competitive differentiators in a category often criticized for proprietary blends and unsubstantiated claims. That earlier announcement positioned Synaptigen within growing market interest in gut-brain axis research and probiotic applications beyond digestive health.According to company representatives, the September launch generated market interest in the formulation's approach to probiotic-based cognitive support. Market feedback indicated that consumers appreciated specific probiotic strain identification, clear ingredient dosing, and educational content explaining biological mechanisms within the context of ongoing research.The previous distribution announcement established market positioning emphasizing clean-label formulation, non-GMO ingredients, and FDA-registered manufacturing facilities. The current phase builds on that foundation by addressing seasonal demand patterns and expanding consumer education initiatives regarding realistic timeline expectations for probiotic-based approaches.Addressing Counterfeit Distribution Concerns and Authenticity VerificationThe company issued clarifications regarding unauthorized distribution channels following reports of products appearing on major e-commerce platforms without proper authorization. Representatives state Synaptigen is distributed through the brand's direct website to support quality control and batch traceability, including handling practices the company describes as important for probiotic products.Consumer protection organizations have reported widespread supplement counterfeiting on third-party marketplaces, with cognitive supplements representing categories that face authenticity challenges. The company reports that products identified on unauthorized platforms contained incorrect ingredient ratios or different formulations despite packaging that could appear authentic to consumers.This authentication concern reflects broader supplement industry challenges where premium products face counterfeiting risks as demand increases. The company's direct-distribution model addresses these concerns by maintaining control over handling practices, batch freshness, and formula authenticity the company considers important for probiotic supplement quality.The Metabolic Research Context: Scientific Investigation and Mechanism OverviewSynaptigen's formulation rationale references ongoing research into metabolic factors that scientists are examining in relation to cognitive wellness. Peer-reviewed research has examined the gut-brain axis, including studies exploring relationships between microbiome patterns, inflammatory signaling, and cognitive health outcomes.Research institutions have published findings examining age-related glucose metabolism changes in relation to cognitive patterns, supporting continued investigation into metabolic approaches for cognitive wellness. Researchers have documented metabolic phenomena where glucose handling in neural tissue represents an area of active investigation in nutritional neuroscience.The company states that Synaptigen was formulated based on published research examining probiotic strains for associations with glucose modulation, inflammatory response, and stress signaling. Lactobacillus ...Full story available on Benzinga.com
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A new study from a team of researchers that includes faculty from the University of California San Diego and Princeton University shows how a mix of subsidies for clean energy and taxes on pollution can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.
Englander Institute for Precision Medicine Seminar Series “From Organoids to Algorithms: Translational Platforms for Precision Oncology in Solid Tumors” Presented by Marianna Kruithof-de Julio, Ph.D.Associate Professor of Experimental Urology,Director, Clinical Translation Research Program,Director, Organoid CORE,University of Bern, CH. Biography: Marianna Kruithof-de Julio is a Professor of Experimental Urology and Director of Clinical Translation Research at the University of Bern. She leads the Urology Research Laboratory and the Organoid Core Facility, developing patient-derived organoid and organ-on-chip models to better understand cancer and support therapy decisions. Her work focuses on prostate, bladder, renal, and pancreatic cancers, combining advanced technologies such as spatial transcriptomics and AI-driven histopathology with functional drug screening. In addition to her research, she serves as Editor-in-Chief of Gene and is Founder of OnconiX, committed to translating science into practical solutions that improve patient care. Abstract: The complexity of solid tumors such as pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and bladder cancer (BLCa) demands integrative approaches that combine biological fidelity with computational power. Here we outline a multi-modal translational framework that leverages patient-derived organoids, spatial transcriptomics, microfluidic platforms, and artificial intelligence to accelerate personalized cancer therapy development. Feasibility trials in PDAC have demonstrated the successful acquisition of high-quality biopsies for downstream applications, including organoid generation and spatial profiling. These models recapitulate key histopathological and molecular features, enabling functional drug screening and predictive modeling. AI-based classifiers trained on transcriptomic data further stratify tumors by therapeutic response, even in cases where organoid derivation is not feasible. Complementing this, the iBloC (immune Bladder-on-Chip) platform introduces a microfluidic system tailored for bladder cancer, simulating tumor-immune interactions under physiologically relevant conditions. This chip-based model supports dynamic drug testing and real-time molecular analysis, bridging the gap between preclinical research and clinical application. Together, these platforms represent a scalable and clinically relevant pipeline for precision oncology, integrating experimental and computational tools to guide individualized treatment strategies. Category: Events & Seminars Date and Time: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm Event Location: Belfer Research Building Source link: https://events.weill.cornell.edu/event/eipm-seminar-series-from-organoids-to-alg...
Have you ever found something unexpected in your hamburger? Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) were surprised to discover the very earliest phases of giant planet formation between the dense layers of gas and dust in the "Gomez's Hamburger" system, referred to as GoHam. This research, currently in preparation for publication, was presented at a press conference at the American Astronomical Society's annual meeting this January.
Scientists have long puzzled over the mysterious red supergiant star Betelgeuse's changes in brightness and surface features. The mystery intensified after the enormous star became unexpectedly faint in 2020. Now, using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes, astrophysicists have for the first time found firm evidence that a companion is disrupting the atmosphere of Betelgeuse. Like a boat moving through water, the companion star creates a ripple effect in Betelgeuse's atmosphere. Astronomers now see direct signs of this wake, confirming that Betelgeuse really does have a hidden companion shaping its appearance and behavior.
A research team led by Prof. Wang Zhenyou at the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (AIRCAS) has developed a microscopic time-gated Raman spectrometer capable of non-destructive, micrometer-scale chemical analysis of fragile archaeological ivory—even when strong fluorescence would normally obscure the signal. The study was published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.
With the help of gene editing tools, scientists uncovered hundreds of genes required for brain cell differentiation and implicated one gene, PEDS1, in a severe neurodevelopmental disorder.The post CRISPR Screen Uncovers Genes Driving Brain Cell Development, Neurodevelopmental Disorder appeared first on GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News.
Antimony-119 (Sb-119) is a potentially promising radioactive isotope for targeted cancer therapy. Researchers recently identified a binding molecule for Sb-119 that can forms a highly stable, protective molecular cage around it.
Samuel Ariaratnam's research has driven the development and application of innovative technologies to install, repair and maintain the underground utilities critical to communities and economies around the world. He recently was elected president of the Utility Engineering and Surveying Institute, or UESI, part of the American Society of Civil Engineers, or ASCE.
It's that time of year when the internet turns into a giant group chat about self-improvement. New year, new you. Better habits. Better boundaries. A year older, and maybe wiser.
A new study of the impact of the 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires has found that even after fires are extinguished, residents who return to their homes may remain at risk of exposure to known carcinogens because of smoke damage.
Researchers from King's Business School and partner institutions have published a major reflective article in the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS), one of the world's leading business and management journals.
A National Taiwan University study reveals how intracellular bacteria co-opt mitochondrial transporters to evade immune defenses, suggesting that blocking this pathway could sensitize drug-resistant pathogens to host immunity.
Imagine walking your dog on a warm summer day. They've just run off the path to sniff in some long grass, maybe eat some kangaroo poo. Suddenly, there is a yelp and you see a snake slither away. With panic rising, you realize the clock is now ticking to get your dog to the vet.
As the New Year rolls around, dating apps often see a surge in new sign-ups. Some are dipping their toes in for the first time, while others are rejoining with renewed hope of finding love after a break.
Optimizing tree architecture is a long-standing challenge in fruit production, as branch orientation directly affects light interception, labor requirements, and yield efficiency. This study shows that silencing a single gravity-related gene, LAZY1, can permanently reshape tree growth patterns.
Explore how cutting-edge technology and advancements in artificial intelligence are moving the continent forward to boost Africa’s health care, agriculture sector, and economy.
New analysis by U of T atmospheric physicists shows error in widely cited snow cover observations University of Toronto
A new study reveals that microplastics are impairing the oceans' ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a process scientists find crucial for regulating Earth's temperature.
A scientific study has shown that most people don't even try to achieve their resolution after three months, so let's flip the concept on its head this year.
Shifting from numerical to narrative-based performance reviews can significantly impact employees’ perceptions of fairness and their likelihood of improving performance based on the feedback, according to Cornell-led research.
Fischer investigates how cells detect and repair organelle damage, and how these processes influence inflammation and the progression of neurodegenerative disease.
Initiation of eAArly DETECT 2 - U.S. Clinical Study to Evaluate Performance of Next Generation Test on Advanced Adenomas over Large Patient Population in Preparation for ReconAAsense U.S. FDA Pivotal Trial
CU Boulder researchers have developed a laser-based imaging method called stimulated Raman scattering to improve the performance of desalination plants by allowing real-time detection of membrane fouling. The advance could help make desalination more efficient and reliable as global demand for clean water rises.
Some animals can sleep with just half their brain at a time. Understanding this phenomenon can help us learn more about human sleep, too.
The devastating Los Angeles fires in the very heart of a built-up urban interface sparked global interest, including in Australia, as communities, media and governments asked how the fires happened and could such a catastrophe happen here.
Varonis Systems (NASDAQ:VRNS – Get Free Report) was upgraded by equities research analysts at Piper Sandler from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating in a note issued to investors on Monday. The brokerage presently has a $47.00 target price on the technology company’s stock. Piper Sandler’s target price suggests a potential upside of 46.69% [...]
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(MENAFN - PR Newswire)Quick Fix Synthetic reminds laboratory professionals and researchers that specimen temperature remains the most common reason for sample rejection, with industry data showing ...
The first results on the iconic active galactic nucleus MCG–6-30-15 captured with the XRISM mission show the most precise signatures yet of its supermassive black hole’s extreme gravity and the outflows that shape its galaxy.
Engineers and computer scientists are developing AI-powered robots that look and act human. Boston Dynamics invited 60 Minutes to watch its humanoid, Atlas, learn how to work at a Hyundai factory.
Astronaut Suni Williams says when she looked at America while in orbit, she thought of the innovation behind the U.S. space program. She wonders "where we as a country will be" in the next 250 years.Contains video courtesy Sen.com
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5 January 2026 - Taiwanese pharmaceutical company ScinoPharm Taiwan (TWSE: 1789) said on Monday that it has received US Food and Drug Administration approval for its Glatiramer Acetate Injection for t...
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Editor’s note: NASA has just authored a paper on a new way for people with a wide variety of interests to use – and build – sensor technology that is a preview of the devices we will use to explore other planets. The paper is online here: Science and Technology Education for Land / Life [...]The post Tricorder Tech For Everyone: NASA’s STELLA Open Science Instrument appeared first on Astrobiology.
Marie Palmer has helped bring closure to families by identifying unknown individuals through genetic genealogy—and now she’s sharing her process with the public at a special event in Squamish.
A philosopher and bioethicist whose research focuses on conceptual and ethical issues arising from advances in genetics and biotechnology.
2025 marked a turbulent year in tech, with breakthroughs in AI integration, quantum computing, robotics, sustainable energy, blockchain, and spatial computing shifting from hype to real-world applications. Amid ethical concerns, regulations, and workforce disruptions, innovations reshaped industries, urging responsible advancement for future resilience.
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The administration has made it clear that Nicolás Maduro's capture was tied to Venezuela's vast oil reserves. Much less certain is how US companies will actually access them—or if they even want to.
AI is evolving faster than our vocabulary for describing it. We may need a few new words. We have “cognition” for how a single mind thinks, but we don't have a word for what happens when human and machine intelligence work together to perceive, decide, create and act. Let’s call that process intelition. Intelition isn’t a feature; it’s the organizing principle for the next wave of software where humans and AI operate inside the same shared model of the enterprise. Today’s systems treat AI models as things you invoke from the outside. You act as a “user,” prompting for responses or wiring a “human in the loop” step into agentic workflows. But that's evolving into continuous co-production: People and agents are shaping decisions, logic and actions together, in real time. Read on for a breakdown of the three forces driving this new paradigm. A unified ontology is just the beginningIn a recent shareholder letter, Palantir CEO Alex Karp wrote that “all the value in the market is going to go to chips and what we call ontology,” and argued that this shift is “only the beginning of something much larger and more significant.” By ontology, Karp means a shared model of objects (customers, policies, assets, events) and their relationships. This also includes what Palantir calls an ontology’s “kinetic layer” that defines the actions and security permissions connecting objects.In the SaaS era, every enterprise application creates its own object and process models. Combined with a host of legacy systems and often chaotic models, enterprises face the challenge of stitching all this together. It’s a big and difficult job, with redundancies, incomplete structures and missing data. The reality: No matter how many data warehouse or data lake projects commissioned, few enterprises come close to creating a consolidated enterprise ontology. A unified ontology is essential for today’s agentic AI tools. As organizations link and federate ontologies, a new software paradigm emerges: Agentic AI can reason and act across suppliers, regulators, customers and operations, not just within a single app. As Karp describes it, the aim is “to tether the power of artificial intelligence to objects and relationships in the real world.” World models and continuous learningToday’s models can hold extensive context, but holding information isn’t the same as learning from it. Continual learning requires the accumulation of understanding, rather than resets with each retraining. To his aim, Google recently announced “Nested Learning” as a potential solution, grounded direclty into existing LLM architecture and training data. The authors don’t claim to have solved the challenges of building world models. But, Nested Learning could supply the raw ingredients for them: Durable memory with continual learning layered into the system. The endpoint would make retraining obsolete. In June 2022, Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun created a blueprint for “autonomous machine intelligence” that featured a hierarchical approach to using joint embeddings to make predictions using world models. He called the technique H-JEPA, and later put bluntly: “LLMs are good at manipulating language, but not at thinking.”Over the past three years, LeCun and his colleagues at Meta have moved H-JEPA theory into practice with open source models V-JEPA and I-JEPA, which learn image and video representations of the world. The personal intelition interface The third force in this agentic, ontology-driven world is the personal interface. This puts people at the center rather than as “users” on the periphery. This is not another app; it is the primary way a person participates in the next era of work and life. Rather than treating AI as something we visit through a chat window or API cal, the personal intelition interface will be always-on, aware of our context, preferences and goals and capable of acting on our behalf across the entire federated economy. Let’s analyze how this is already coming together.In May, Jony Ive sold his AI device company io to OpenAI to accelerate a new AI device category. He noted at the time: “If you make something new, if you innovate, there will be consequences unforeseen, and some will be wonderful, and some will be harmful. While some of the less positive consequences were unintentional, I still feel responsibility. And the manifestation of that is a determination to try and be useful.” That is, getting the personal intelligence device right means more than an attractive venture opportunity. Apple is looking beyond LLMs for on-device solutions that require less processing power and result in less latency when creating AI apps to understand “user intent.” Last year, they created UI-JEPA, an innovation that moves to “on-device analysis” of what the user wants. This strikes directly at the business model of today’s digital economy, where centralized profiling of “users” transforms intent and behavior data into vast revenue streams.Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, recently noted: “The user has been reduced to a consumable product for the advertiser ... there's still time to build machines that work for humans, and not the other way around." Moving user intent to the device will drive interest in a secure personal data management standard, Solid, that Berners-Lee and his colleagues have been developing since 2022. The standard is ideally suited to pair with new personal AI devices. For instance, Inrupt, Inc., a company founded by Berners-Lee, recently combined Solid with Anthropic’s MCP standard for Agentic Wallets. Personal control is more than a feature of this paradigm; it is the architectural safeguard as systems gain the ability to learn and act continuously.Ultimately, these three forces are moving and converging faster than most realize. Enterprise ontologies provide the nouns and verbs, world-model research supplies durable memory and learning and the personal interface becomes the permissioned point of control. The next software era isn't coming. It's already here.Brian Mulconrey is SVP at Sureify Labs.
If you’re a gardener – and definitely if you’re a farmer – you want to spend less on fertilizer but while growing more food. Well, it’s time to send your thank-you basket of fruits and vegetables to researchers at the National University of Singapore, because they’ve created a magic wand for doing just that. Well, actually, a magic needle.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: National University of Singapore, Microneedles, Plants, Agriculture, Crops
The interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, discovered in 2025, features three symmetrical jets at 120-degree intervals observed by Hubble, defying typical cometary explanations. Harvard's Avi Loeb speculates on artificial origins, while most scientists favor natural processes despite no detected alien signals. This enigma fuels ongoing debates and research.
The Trump administration has ordered the permanent closure of NASA's largest research library at Goddard Space Flight Center on January 2, 2026, amid budget cuts, risking the disposal of irreplaceable space history documents. Scientists and historians decry the move as a catastrophic loss to human knowledge and innovation.
Subsurface microbiology is at a crossroads, evolving from asking ‘who’s home’ to seeking clarity on microbes’ functionality and the key processes that constrain subsurface life. Importantly, the processes subsurface microorganisms mediate are central to societal needs to mitigate climate change and address waste storage, as proposed solutions to both involve subsurface habitats. However, subsurface sampling [...]The post Subsurface Microbiology And The Pressing Societal Need To Support Future Exploration appeared first on Astrobiology.