Scripps Research won $2M from the Gates Foundation to expand its Freyja wastewater tools and build AI that links sewage and clinical data for earlier outbreak warnings. Pilots will start in Africa and the tools will remain open‑source.

Solstice will acquire Fort Lauderdale’s Element Solutions in a $14.5B cash-and-stock deal that links electronics materials with data‑center cooling and AI hardware.

UCSF has launched a nationwide Alzheimer’s trial testing whether combining an anti‑amyloid drug with an experimental tau therapy beats single drugs; initial screenings have begun.