NASA unveiled the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and moved its launch up; the wide-field observatory will survey roughly 12% of the sky and hunt exoplanets.

Chevy Chase’s Blue Energy raised $380M to prefab shipyard‑built nuclear plants and says the first 1.5GW Texas project could start construction in Q3 2026 with a gas‑to‑nuclear plan.

Eagle Nuclear says the Aurora site near McDermitt, Oregon contains roughly 37 million pounds of uranium and has begun permitting and drilling planning.

The Cancer Center at Illinois earned a rare National Cancer Institute designation in April 2026, joining a small group of lab-focused centers. The status could unlock federal infrastructure support and translational partnerships for Illinois.

An August Starlink outage left unmanned Navy vessels offline for nearly an hour, exposing risks as the Pentagon leans more on SpaceX's satellites.

A federal appeals court revived Teva’s patent fight with Eli Lilly and sent the case back to Massachusetts, reopening a dispute that once produced a $176.5M jury award.

Advertisers and some publishers have begun mass arbitration against Google, seeking billions after antitrust rulings that found parts of its ad tech unlawful.

Gallup’s latest workforce poll finds rising AI adoption, but about half of U.S. employees use AI only rarely or not at all, citing ethics, privacy and job concerns.

Ben Lamm says gene drives can curb a $5.4 trillion invasive‑species problem; safety and regulatory questions remain. The pitch puts Dallas biotech at the center of a fraught debate.

CIA deputy director says analysts will get AI "co‑workers" to draft judgments, flag trends and speed reporting while humans keep final say.

The FBI's IC3 warns foreign-developed apps can access contacts and other device data — even for people who never installed the app. Experts and local outlets name Temu, CapCut and SHEIN as examples.

A joint federal advisory says Iran‑affiliated actors have been exploiting Rockwell PLCs, manipulating HMI/SCADA displays and disrupting water and energy operations.

The FCC added foreign-made consumer routers to its Covered List, blocking new models from receiving U.S. authorization. Existing devices remain usable but future upgrades may slow.