Auckland‑born Zenno Astronautics is redomiciling to Los Angeles after a successful orbital test of its superconducting device. The company says it will grow U.S. staff while keeping New Zealand R&D ties.

A small phase 2b study found olorofim helped many patients with severe Valley Fever, offering a potential new treatment as California cases rise.

USC was named a lead institution on the Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission to build AI that predicts turbulent flows. The award puts the university at the center of a national push to speed scientific discovery with AI.

SpaceX’s staggered post‑IPO lockup will open Aug. 6, potentially freeing up 911.5M shares (about $116B at recent prices) and widening the tradable float; markets are braced for volatility.

Caltech dedicated the Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Center, a 70,000‑sq‑ft facility with below‑grade labs and collaboration space to advance quantum sensing and gravitational‑wave research.

Fragments pulled from Arlington Canyon on Santa Rosa Island date to about 13,000 years and bolster a coastal‑migration story of early Americans.

K2 Space is opening a Seattle‑area engineering hub to support production of large, high‑power satellites after its Gravitas demonstrator reached orbit. The move taps local aerospace talent and follows new defense and commercial contracts.

Cedars‑Sinai opened a Neuro NICU that pairs neonatology, neurology and rapid genomic testing to speed diagnosis and treatment for newborns with complex brain conditions.

YouTube reached a confidential settlement with a Florida teen who sued over alleged social‑media addiction, exiting a California bellwether trial while Meta, Snap and TikTok face a July jury.

CHLA and UCLA were awarded up to $17.25M to form IMPACT‑LA, a West Coast site in ARIA’s international autism trials network that aims to speed therapies and build inclusive datasets.

UCLA published a step‑by‑step protocol and open code for an AI‑assisted platform that tracks drug responses in thousands of bioprinted tumor organoids. The methods aim to speed functional testing and move personalized therapy screening closer to clinical use.

SpaceX has agreed to provide Reflection AI with GB300-class compute at its Colossus campus near Memphis in a deal that could reach $6.3 billion.

A Parkfield study using machine learning found short slow‑slip events that boost low‑frequency quakes, prompting scientists to rethink how California's hazard models account for transient stress.