A $2M construction phase at the historic Cincinnati Observatory will finish a basement overhaul and open more of its 30,000‑item collection to the public.

Bay Area-built FireSat satellites launched Tuesday, promising higher-resolution wildfire detection and faster alerts for firefighters.

Thermo Fisher says the RapidINTEL Plus cartridge is now NDIS‑approved for qualifying crime‑scene samples, letting rapid DNA profiles be searched in CODIS when labs meet FBI standards.

Monarch Fire Protection District has begun carrying blood and plasma on EMS vehicles so paramedics can start life‑saving transfusions at emergency scenes.

UF field tests suggest routine fungicide sprays can loft bacterial spot across tomato rows, prompting UF/IFAS trials of new sprayer setups and timing.

Atrium Health agreed to a $1.8M settlement after lawsuits alleged tracking pixels sent patient portal activity to ad platforms. Eligible users can file claims by Sept. 28, 2026.

Vertex will buy Crinetics for about $10 billion, adding an FDA‑approved oral acromegaly drug and a late‑stage CAH candidate. The deal is expected to close in Q3 2026.

BioTechnical Institute of Maryland will close July 31 after revenue plunged from $1.27M to $537K, leaving local life‑sciences training in flux.

Dunwoody‑based Insight Global plans to hire more than 1,700 workers in 2026 to scale AI services and build an early‑career technical pipeline.

UGA researchers found pot marigold petals contain roughly 9% protein and functional traits that could make them useful as binders and emulsifiers in plant-based foods.

Novartis agreed to buy Myricx Bio for up to $1.5 billion, adding a novel ADC payload platform and underscoring the Boston‑area connections between small biotech and big pharma. The deal could reshape local hiring and partnership flows as programs move toward clinical development.

Ohio State researchers say a CRISPR vaccine beat leishmaniasis in animals as U.S. clinicians report rising cases. The team is preparing human trials.

More than 100 authors sued Anthropic in federal court, alleging the company used pirated books to train its Claude models and seeking statutory damages and a jury trial. The filing lists roughly 500 registered works and arrives amid other high‑profile AI copyright cases.