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Proton Therapy

Proton Therapy Breakthroughs 2025: Cutting-Edge Cancer Treatment Promises Fewer Side Effects, New Hope

September 17, 2025
Proton therapy is an advanced form of radiation treatment that is rapidly gaining attention for its precision and potential to spare healthy tissues. Unlike traditional X-ray (photon) therapy, proton therapy uses beams of accelerated protons that stop directly in tumors, minimizing collateral
Helix humanoid robot

Helix, the Humanoid Brain That Won’t Stop Learning: How Figure’s VLA Just Taught Robots to Fold Laundry, Load Dishwashers – and Tackle Real Work

September 16, 2025
What is Helix (VLA)? Helix is a generalist “pixels‑to‑actions” model that runs entirely onboard Figure’s humanoid robots. It unifies perception, language understanding, and learned control so the robot can see a scene, understand a spoken/text instruction, and execute dexterous bimanual motions in
Viruses Building Batteries

Viruses Are Building Better Batteries?! The Wild Science Turning M13 & TMV Into Power‑Packed Electrodes

September 16, 2025
Scientists have learned to reprogram viruses as nanoscale construction crews that “grow” battery parts in water at room temperature. Engineered M13 bacteriophages (which infect bacteria, not people) and plant viruses like tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) act as scaffolds that self‑assemble metal‑oxide nanowires
SDA Tranche‑1

Inside SDA Tranche‑1: The Space ‘Mesh’ That Could Kill Hypersonics and Link Every Jet, Ship — Launches, Timelines, and What’s Next

September 16, 2025
Executive summary (as of September 16, 2025) What is Tranche‑1? (Quick primer) SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) is a layered, LEO‑based network fielded in two‑year “tranches.” Tranche‑1 (T1) adds regional persistence beyond Tranche‑0 demos: Transport Layer (T1TL) for data relay to
Autonomous Combat Aircraft

“AI Wingmen Are Here: How Autonomous ‘Loyal Wingmen’ (Collaborative Combat Aircraft) Will Rewrite Air Combat—Sooner Than You Think”

September 15, 2025
What is a “loyal wingman” / CCA? “Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA)” is the U.S. term for AI‑enabled, uncrewed jets that fly with or in support of crewed fighters/bombers, or operate autonomously when comms are jammed. Think of them as missile trucks, sensor
AI Fake News

AI Fake News Crisis: Deepfakes, Chatbots and the Fight for Truth

September 15, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way information spreads – for better and worse. On one hand, powerful AI tools can churn out realistic videos, images and articles almost instantly, enabling a new wave of fake news. On the other, researchers and