A Houston startup says its field kit spots corrosive microbes in hours, not months, promising fewer leaks, less chemical use and lower emissions. Pilots in Houston and Brazil are already underway.

Houston geothermal startup Fervo closed a $462M Series E with Google among the backers, accelerating its Cape Station build in Utah and a wider western pipeline.

Two businessmen have been arrested for smuggling advanced AI technology to China, violating U.S. export controls, with one pleading guilty to exporting NVIDIA GPUs worth $160 million.

Avance Biosciences opened a 75,000-square-foot GMP potency and cell-based assay center in northwest Houston to support vaccines and cell and gene therapies.

Lexicon Pharmaceuticals of The Woodlands licensed LX9851 to Novo Nordisk in a deal worth up to $1B, delivering upfront cash and renewed momentum for the local life‑science cluster.

A small asteroid with a non-zero percent chance of hitting the Moon in 2032 has scientists from the Bay Area to Houston and New York scrambling to refine its orbit. As teams weigh everything from reconnaissance missions to nuclear disruption, the question is whether the odds will shrink before time runs out.

Aboard the ISS, astronauts shared packaged turkey, lobster and even a can of Russian cranberry sauce during a Thanksgiving meal after a Soyuz crew arrived. The multinational dinner came from a specially packed "BOB" flown up on a resupply run.

State grants steer more than $120M to Houston hospitals, startups and prevention programs in CPRIT's latest round.

Houston broke ground on a VA‑campus disease‑testing lab officials say will process thousands of samples daily, a project that moved forward after federal funding was cut.

Houston Independent School District introduces a secure version of ChatGPT designed to help teachers with administrative tasks without changing teaching methods or curriculum.

A UTHealth Houston‑led trial finds the oral GLP‑1 pill orforglipron produced dose‑dependent weight loss and improved blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes.

We tried to check our own website this morning and got an error message, joining millions of users locked out when the company protecting a fifth of the internet went dark. Whether you can read this right now depends on where you're sitting—a fitting introduction to the fragile infrastructure holding the digital world together.

An mRNA vaccine developed by the Houston Zoo and Baylor College of Medicine appears to help elephants fight a deadly herpesvirus, with early successes at Cincinnati and other U.S. zoos. If trials hold up, the shot could cut juvenile elephant deaths worldwide.