Fusion startup Xcimer Energy on Wednesday flipped the switch on its Phoenix laser system, which the company says is the largest privately owned example in the world. Xcimer’s approach to fusion power is modeled after the National Ignition Facility (NIF), which proved in December 2022 that a controlled fusion reaction could release more power than required to ignite it. The...
Every founder who applies to Startup Battlefield wants the same thing: the Disrupt Main Stage. Six minutes to pitch and demo live, in front of top-tier Silicon Valley investors. A dedicated TechCrunch article published as you present. A shot at the $100,000 equity-free prize and the Disrupt Cup. And all of that could be yours, but every path to Startup...
As SpaceX counts down to what could be the largest IPO in history, the race to build the next generation of launch vehicles is heating up. Asia wants in. Startups across Australia, India, Japan, and South Korea are racing to establish themselves in a market long dominated by the U.S. and China. One of them is Unastella, a four-year-old South...
Y-shaped biomolecules called antibodies are scientific workhorse tools that researchers use to bind to and track specific proteins.Credit: Nemes Laszlo/Science Photo LibraryCatalogue entries for more than 100 antibodies sold by the research services and supply company Thermo Fisher Scientific contain images that have apparently been manipulated, according to a pair of researchers who specialize in scientific integrity issues.On 28 May,...
A year after the Air India crash, a mother still speaks about her dead son in the present tense and a brother waits for answers. Source link...
A person and a firefighter were hospitalized due to a house fire in Prince George County on Sunday afternoon. Source link...
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Cancer becomes more common with age and is often harder to treat in older adults. Yet most cancer studies in mice do not reflect that reality. Fewer than 10% of mouse experiments use aged animals, with researchers typically relying on mice that roughly correspond to humans in their early 20s. That gap may help explain why many cancer therapies that...
The brain has its own built in immune defenses that help detect threats and protect nerve cells. But growing evidence suggests that in Alzheimer's disease, these immune cells become stuck in a state of chronic activation. Instead of helping, they trigger ongoing inflammation that can damage the connections between brain cells. Now, researchers at Scripps Research have identified a molecular...
May 31, 2026; Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; United States forward Christian Pulisic (10) reacts after scoring in the first half at Bank of America Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-Imagn Images The first of two friendlies for the U.S. men's national team before opening the 2026 FIFA World Cup on June 12 vs. Paraguay wasn't meant to be a definitive statement...
