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Fixing Salty Soils Could Halve Nitrogen Pollution and Add Billions in Crop Value
Across the planet, more than a billion hectares of farmland are quietly being poisoned by salt. As irrigation water evaporates…
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Stress Tests Reveal the Hidden Weaknesses of AI Credit Scoring Models
The algorithms that decide who gets a credit card, a mortgage, or a business loan are among the most consequential…
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New Immune Checkpoint Discovery Explains Why Gastric Cancers Ignore PD-1 Drugs
One of the most stubborn puzzles in cancer immunotherapy may have just cracked open. In a study published in Advanced…
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Trump’s Department of War bets $47M on Flagship biotechs to develop countermeasures
The Department of War has awarded Flagship Pioneering $47 million to develop medical countermeasure technologies against emerging threats.
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Enveda reaps $311M series E to feed ambition to become a ‘household name’
Enveda has raised a $311 million series E round, positioning the nature-derived drug discovery company to pursue its goal of…
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Immunovant ends cutaneous lupus program after phase 2 flop
Immunovant has stopped development of IMVT-1402 in cutaneous lupus erythematosus after failing a midphase test, closing off one path to…
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Boehringer adds $250M to value of Variant pact by expanding into cardiovascular disease
Boehringer Ingelheim has dived deeper into its collaboration with Variant Bio by expanding the collaboration to cover cardiovascular disease to…
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AI-Powered Image Analysis Delivers Precise Rockfill Characterization for Dam Safety
Rockfill materials—the quarried rock masses that form the skeletons of embankment dams, road bases, and other heavy civil engineering structures—have…
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Heatwave Temperatures Reshape Soil Fungi in Surprisingly Species-Specific Ways
Beneath every scorched European heathland lies an invisible workforce: saprotrophic fungi that decompose dead plant material, recycle nutrients, and keep…
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Scientists Build Virtual Spacecraft to Predict Toxic Chemical Risks to Astronauts
Aboard a spacecraft, the air astronauts breathe is a closed loop, recycled endlessly through ducts, filters, and scrubbers with no…