N.C. A&T won approval to offer a Ph.D. in bioengineering — the first standalone doctorate of its kind at an HBCU — as the university pushes toward Carnegie R1 status.

Chicago buyout firm Thoma Bravo agreed to take Limerick‑based Kneat private in an all‑cash deal valuing the life‑sciences validation software maker at about C$650M.

Cedar Park's Firefly Aerospace will deliver four propulsive drones to the Moon’s south pole under a $75M JPL subcontract, stepping into NASA's Moon Base plans.

A UTEP analysis of NIH All of Us data found GLP‑1 drugs like Ozempic were linked to sharply lower odds of several substance‑use disorders, but authors say trials are needed.

Meta says a flaw in its AI account‑recovery tool let attackers reset passwords and hijack 20,225 Instagram accounts; high‑profile handles were briefly taken. The company has disabled the tool and is securing impacted users.

Avenzo will go public via a reverse merger with Rallybio, backed by a $215M financing and expected to trade as AVZO. The deal funds multiple clinical readouts through 2028.

A pre-dawn Falcon 9 launched 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral as booster B1067 completed a record 35th flight and landed on the droneship. The flight pushed the Space Coast’s busy 2026 manifest higher.

UNT Health Fort Worth consolidated six colleges into four to streamline administration and clear space for faster enrollment growth and expanded clinical training. Leaders say no programs were cut and students will remain in their current degrees.

Early human and lab results — from Vertex, Sana and other teams — show engineered or transplanted insulin‑producing cells surviving and functioning, prompting cautious optimism among Pittsburgh advocates.

La Jolla Institute researchers joined a PNAS study that introduced "superHLA," a computational pipeline that scanned more than 190,000 peptides and validated 24 superbinders. The method could help identify vaccine targets that work across diverse genetic backgrounds.

A unanimous DRC vote advances a $25M plan to remake the long-idle St. Petersburg Science Center into an AI hub with classrooms, labs and startup space.

UC San Diego researchers developed a non‑destructive “milking” method to extract therapeutic plant particles under simulated space stressors, pointing to on‑demand medicines for long missions.

Stockton police have equipped officers with Axon body cameras that translate 50+ languages in real time. Officials call it a service boost; advocates want tighter oversight.