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Microgravity Protein Crystallization Could Cut Cancer Drug Administration Costs Up to 90% as UK’s BioOrbit Completes Baby BOX-E ISS Mission

BioOrbit’s six-week Baby BOX-E mission achieved the largest-scale production of protein crystals in a space environment to date, supporting a route from hospital infusion to at-home injection for cancer therapies.

Tags: Space Biotechnology · Protein Crystallization · Cancer Therapeutics · In Space Manufacturing

Research

Partnership Network of 5,622 Organisations Runs Through Six Platforms While Joint Ventures Carry 31.2% High Momentum Against 11.9% for Research Collaborations

An analysis of 2,041 partnered announcements and 13,384 co-announcement links finds that partnerships committing supply, data or clinical capacity carry 19.0 to 23.1 percent High momentum against 11.0 percent for distribution deals, while Microsoft, Google, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Amazon and Anthropic form the network’s hubs.

Tags: Partnership Ecosystem · Joint Ventures · Platform Hubs · Licensing Deals

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Black Hole Splitting May Be Possible Near Maximum Rotation Rate, University of Southern Denmark Model Shows, With Fermi-LAT as a Test Path

A theoretical study from the University of Southern Denmark and collaborators finds that rapidly rotating black holes, or black holes under extra-dimensional theories, may overcome the thermodynamic barriers that normally prevent a split into two.

Tags: Black Holes · Quantum Gravity · Theoretical Physics · Astrophysics

Research

Product Launches Carry High Momentum at 9.2% Across 2,144 Launches but 24.4% at Major Trade Shows and 17.6% With a Published Figure

An analysis of 2,144 product launches and updates from 2,030 companies in 80 countries finds that a launch carries weight only when it brings something with it, while US companies launch 63.5 percent of products at 7.9 percent High momentum against 20.7 percent for Germany.

Tags: Product Launches · Launch Momentum · Trade Shows · AIAgents

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Anode-Free Lithium Metal Battery From HKUST Reaches 467 Wh/kg in Pouch Cell, Keeps 90% Capacity After 200 Cycles With AMI Additive

Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology used a silver-ion AMI additive to modify the copper current collector, form a dual-layered interphase and gel the electrolyte after cell assembly, delivering 467 Wh kg-1 in a pouch cell.

Tags: Lithium Metal Battery · Anode Free · Solid State Battery · Energy Storage

Research

AI for Scientific Discovery Splits as Public Awards Put $354M Into Autonomous Laboratories While 97.5% of $2,208M in Private Rounds Funds AI Drug and Protein Design

A cross-stream analysis of 445 research and 114 corporate records finds that autonomous laboratories are the fastest-rising thread, from 10.5 to 15.5 percent of research, yet not one of six disclosed private rounds funds an autonomous laboratory as its product.

Tags: AIfor Science · Autonomous Laboratories · AIDrug Discovery · Materials Discovery

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Blood-Based Cell-Free Methylated DNA Profiling Flags Prostate Cancer Risk 5 to 8 Years Before Diagnosis in Ontario Health Study Cohort of 491

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and Oxford researchers found that silencer and enhancer methylation in stored blood distinguished cancer risk years before diagnosis, with prostate cancer showing the strongest signal of the two cancers profiled

Tags: Cancer Research · Liquid Biopsy · Epigenetics · Early Detection

Research

Regulatory Pathway Sets the Clock as IND-Path Research Rates High Readiness in 0 of 248 Records and States 7.5 Years Against 4.0 for Other Pathways

An analysis of 3,581 research records and 905 corporate records naming a regulator finds that most innovation needs no regulator, 59.2 percent of research, but where one is needed clearances and designations carry 33.3 and 50.0 percent High momentum and sandboxes 60.0 percent on five records.

Tags: Regulatory Pathways · Approval Readiness · INDPath · Medical Devices

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Attosecond Hard X-Ray Pulses Reach Above 10²⁰ W/cm² in a 180 × 330 Nanometre Focus as European XFEL and DESY Shift the Bottleneck From Generation to Delivery

European XFEL, DESY and the Universities of Hamburg and Tokyo used a four-reflection Kirkpatrick–Baez mirror system to focus 300-attosecond hard X-ray pulses to a nanometre-scale spot, moving the constraint from generating pulses to delivering them.

Tags: Attosecond Science · XRay Physics · Ultrafast Science · Photonics