The safety of medicines can be hurt by light and heat, so scientists must test how drugs stand up to these forces. Traditional tools like HPLC, DSC and GC‑MS take time, need extra steps, and often look at light damage and heat damage separately. A new approach called microwave plasma torch mass spec
The study looks at why young people in China become obsessed with pop idols. It follows a group of teenagers and adults as they start to admire singers, actors or dancers. Researchers noticed that the first step is curiosity. Seeing a new music video or a viral dance clip sparks interest, a
A recent investigation revealed that a popular Solana‑based trading platform may have let insiders use hidden data to profit from other traders. The platform, part of a well‑known startup accelerator, earned over $390 million largely from volatile meme tokens. A senior employee reportedly accessed a
The U. S. Justice Department announced it has taken control of more than $578 million in digital money linked to foreign crime rings. The assets were found through a special unit that focuses on scams involving cryptocurrency in Southeast Asia. The operation was carried out by the District of Col
In a surprising move, former Vice President Kamala Harris has thrown her weight behind Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett in the Texas Senate race. This marks Harris’s first big political endorsement since her 2024 presidential bid ended in defeat. The announcement came after a Harris‑voiced
Machine learning has changed how we predict weather and decode proteins, but scientists who study the ocean still face a problem: most models act like black boxes that give answers without explaining why. A new idea tackles this issue by using a technique called symbolic regression, which searche
Scientists are trying new ways to fix big bone gaps, like those that can happen in the jaw. One idea is to put a special scaffold with living cells into the empty spot. The scaffold holds the cells and helps them grow. A new material called GelMA‑RF is made from gelatin. It can harden when exposed
Nine U. S. senators, many of whom helped draft the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Attorney General Pam Bondi. They want the agencies to investigate Binance’s compliance with sanctions and its safeguards against illicit money, after reports sug
The United States has recently taken a bold step against a private artificial‑intelligence firm, demanding that it remove built‑in ethical safeguards from its software. The move was sparked by a high‑level executive who labeled the company “radical left” and warned that its technology could threaten
A man from North Hollywood joined a gang that stole from 12 shops in Los Angeles and Orange counties during a short, frantic period in early 2024. The group included Ronnie Tucker from Long Beach and Abigail Luckey, also from North Hollywood. They targeted places like 7‑Eleven stores, doughnut shops
