A Ravens-backed nonprofit has opened a 35,000‑sq‑ft Blackbird BioHub at City Garage, bringing wet labs, a vivarium and shared resources for early‑stage biotech startups.

A Haidilao service robot in San Jose toppled plates during a promo, with staff wrestling the machine to a stop. The viral clip has raised safety questions.

UCSF surgeons moved a patient from a total artificial heart to a human donor organ, giving a Bay Area cook who’d lived months on a mechanical pump a new chance with his family. The case highlights device options — and persistent donor shortages.

A San Antonio firm demonstrated a prototype lunar excavator and partnered with Astrolab to outfit FLEX rovers with interchangeable tools for landing pads, roads and reactor sites on the Moon.

NOAA reached an agreement to fund nine Alaska seismic stations, restoring near-real-time data that tsunami forecasters use to speed alerts for the Aleutians and Pacific Northwest.

Ryan Clarkson says class actions accuse major insurers of using algorithms to cut rehab stays and deny claims, leaving patients with surprise bills.

A new alliance report finds Israeli‑founded firms support about 22,650 California jobs and add billions in output. The data arrives as state political debate over Israel intensifies.

An Ohio State randomized trial found adding a stellate ganglion block to therapy produced fast, durable drops in veterans' PTSD symptoms. The nerve block sped recovery in many participants.

Pfizer reported mid‑stage results showing atirmociclib plus fulvestrant cut progression or death risk by about 40% in patients previously treated with CDK4/6 inhibitors.

Skild AI will integrate its Skild Brain into Nvidia Blackwell production lines via Foxconn, tying a Pittsburgh startup to the global AI hardware supply chain.

Hyundai and Kia expanded a tie with Nvidia to bring DRIVE Hyperion into select models and support Motional’s planned Level‑4 robotaxis in Las Vegas.

University of Houston physicists used a pressure‑quench protocol to stabilize superconductivity at 151 K under ambient pressure — a new record with implications for power transmission.

WPI researchers say an AI model flagged Alzheimer’s‑linked brain volume loss in hundreds of MRIs with about 93% accuracy and uncovered age‑ and sex‑specific patterns. The team is testing follow‑ups.