The first RS‑25 engine for Artemis III arrived at Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building, a key milestone as teams ready the SLS for a 2027 orbital test.

Midjourney unveiled an AI‑powered full‑body ultrasonic scanner that it says can image a person in about 60 seconds. The company plans a Union Square spa rollout while experts call for independent validation.

Miami startup Karta landed $140M to expand U.S.-issued credit cards for international clients, pairing a Series A with a large credit facility to scale premium and corporate products.

Pfizer announced that CFO Dave Denton will step down Aug. 15; Cecile Guegan will serve as interim CFO while the company launches a search for a successor. The move follows several major deals that reshaped Pfizer’s balance sheet.

A $3.9M TSIF grant will back Schunk Xycarb's Georgetown expansion, which the state says will unlock more than $42M in investment and add roughly 25 jobs.

San José says its AI Upskilling Program has trained about 1,000 city workers who are building custom AI assistants to speed 311, permitting and emergency readiness.

An experimental vaccine developed at the University of Houston can trap fentanyl in the bloodstream and keep it from reaching the brain; early human testing is now underway. Researchers call the animal results dramatic but say human data are needed before any rollout.

Biogen agreed to buy San Diego‑based RayThera for up to $1 billion, adding early‑stage immunology candidates and a lead program heading into Phase 1.

NASA selected Relativity Space to fly the Aeolus Mars climate orbiter from Cape Canaveral; the mission will map winds, dust and temperatures to sharpen models and landing forecasts.

A DOE safety milestone and Meta’s backing have accelerated Oklo’s plan for a 1.2‑GW nuclear campus at the former PORTS site in Pike County, promising jobs and reviving safety debates. Local history and HALEU supply timelines will shape the next phase.

UC San Diego’s Moores Cancer Center won a five‑year NCI core grant renewal — roughly $25M — to speed trials, hire physicians and expand infusion capacity across San Diego.

Nokia is investing $30M to expand photonics manufacturing in Allentown, promising up to 10x capacity and hundreds of local tech jobs supported by state and CHIPS funding.

Allegheny General’s Mario Lemieux Center has opened a newly renovated $19M cath lab, bringing pulsed‑field ablation and upgraded electrophysiology tools to the North Side.