Toxic chemical in Martian soil leads to stronger brick-building bacteria

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have investigated how bacteria that can mould Martian soil into brick-like structures fare in the presence of perchlorate, a toxic ...
CNN

Supreme Court agrees to decide if police can seek sweeping cellphone location data in investigations

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review whether police warrants that allow access to large amounts of cellphone location data to identify people near a crime scene are constitutional. The practice ...
AOL

94 Random Facts That Nobody Really Asked For, But They Are Still Fun To Know

Learning doesn’t always mean flipping through heavy textbooks or sitting in a long lecture. Sometimes, it just takes scrolling through your feed and stumbling upon a fun fact that makes you go, “Wait, ...
Polygon

Alien: Isolation's Xenomorph doesn’t need to resort to try-hard jumpscares

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...
FOX13 Memphis

Female inmate found unresponsive inside cell dies at hospital, sheriff says

CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. - A woman incarcerated in Crockett County was found unresponsive in an isolation cell and later died at the hospital, the county sheriff's office said Thursday. The Crockett ...
FierceBiotech

Hope springs toward Parkinson's phase 3 despite divergent stem cell therapy data

Hope Biosciences has linked its stem cell therapy candidate to improved motor function in Parkinson’s disease patients in a phase 2 trial. The single-site study randomized 60 people with early to ...
Digi Times

Fuel cells and SMRs emerge as possible alternatives to AI data center power shortage

The US government is beginning to grow cautious of AI data centers (AIDCs) because of their enormous pressure on power grids. In facing the hard limits of energy resources, policymakers will be forced ...
pv magazine International

Hithium pushes into long-duration storage and AI data centres with 1,300Ah cell, 6.9 MW/55.2 MWh system, and lithium-sodium hybrid

At its annual Ecosystem Day on December 12, Hithium Energy Storage signaled a strategic improvement beyond conventional four-hour batteries, positioning long-duration storage as both a grid asset and ...
STAT

Fulcrum study suggests improved efficacy for higher dose sickle cell pill

Jason Mast is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the science behind new medicines and the systems and people that decide whether that science ever reaches patients. You can reach Jason ...
Healio

More data support cell-based vs. egg-based flu vaccines

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using data from the 2023-2024 influenza season, researchers determined cell-based influenza vaccines were ...
EurekAlert!

Ginkgo Datapoints launches the Virtual Cell Pharmacology Initiative to build a community-driven data standard for AI drug discovery

BOSTON — Nov. 20, 2025 — Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA) today announced the launch of the Virtual Cell Pharmacology Initiative (VCPI) through Ginkgo Datapoints. This open-source platform is designed to ...