The future leaves
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Synopsys is joining OpenAI in what is described as a leap of faith in AI-native integrated circuit design, augmenting frontier models with EDA tools.

ITER reports that all MITICA components are now onsite. The feed provides no further details.

ITER reports that the final installation phase for the MITICA testbed is scheduled to begin. The item provides limited context and does not specify a timeline or further technical details.

A new nanoparticle therapy reduced lung tumors in mice while also targeting cachexia, the severe muscle wasting that can accompany cancer. By delivering follistatin mRNA directly to tumors, the approach could eventually offer a way to fight both the disease and one of its most dangerous complications, though the evidence so far comes from mouse studies.

Statkraft and Greenvolt Power have signed a 10-year tolling agreement covering 400MW of battery energy storage systems (BESS) across two operating projects in Poland, which the report describes as the largest EU battery energy storage tolling agreement.

Scientists have discovered a human gene called BC200 that appears to play an important role in brain cells while retaining the ability to jump around the genome. Evolved from a transposon millions of years ago, it never lost its mobility, and researchers found it embedded in a human poxvirus, suggesting it may have jumped from infected skin cells into the virus.

OpenAI has introduced a new visual ad format in ChatGPT and is expanding measurement tools, attribution partnerships, and brand suitability offerings for advertisers.

PV Magazine reports that the EU has granted priority status to the cross-border Deploy project, which plans to build 180 MW of solar and wind in Poland, with the electricity generated to be converted into heat for industrial offtakers in Germany.

Scientists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center identified a signaling molecule called MEK that pushes tumor-fighting T cells to burn through their energy while producing cancer-killing proteins. In animal and laboratory studies, blocking MEK helped the cells conserve energy, survive longer, and remain active in the harsh environment around tumors.

Chinese researchers used Prussian Blue nanoparticles to improve the efficiency and stability of perovskite solar cells, achieving efficiencies of up to 26.9%. The approach also enabled fabrication of large-area modules with certified efficiencies of 22.9% and promising results in accelerated aging and outdoor stability tests.

An ITER Scientist Fellow has been appointed director of the Spanish National Fusion Laboratory, according to ITER's website. The feed does not name the appointee or provide further details.

According to STAT+, a melanoma vaccine succeeded in a late-stage clinical trial. With divergent results across the cancer vaccine field, the question now is whether other cancer vaccines will work — and whether mRNA is up to the task.

A look at particle physicist Hideki Yukawa, Japan's first Nobel laureate, who laid the foundation for an active postwar generation of particle physicists in Japan.

Debmalya Sen, president of the India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), discusses India's dynamic battery storage market landscape of tenders, tariffs and the race to build a domestic battery storage manufacturing ecosystem.

Waaree Power, a subsidiary of Waaree Energies, has begun commercial production on a new solar inverter line with 1.1 GW annual capacity at its Sarodhi facility in Valsad, Gujarat, bringing total string inverter manufacturing capacity to 4.15 GW.

Wärtsilä has moved its battery energy storage system (BESS) business into a 50/50 joint venture with RCT Solutions called Valo, which the company expects to remain loss-making until late 2027.

Onyx Renewables CEO Mary Beth Mandanas explains that, amid rising utility rates, grid congestion and shifting power markets, commercial and industrial companies are increasingly turning to distributed generation, with onsite solar and battery storage providing a physical hedge against gas price swings, lowering structural energy costs and delivering speed to power.