October 2026

A new survey will evaluate school library services in Michigan. Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images Fewer than 10% of Michigan public schools report having a school library staffed with a trained school librarian. Although Michigan strongly recommends that schools employ certified librarians, the state does not require them. In the 2023–24 school year, the state ranked 46th […]

Scientists at UC San Diego have developed a surprising new way to store digital information using light instead of magnets, potentially paving the way for smaller, faster, and more energy-efficient memory devices. By precisely shaping and shrinking an ultrafast laser beam, researchers demonstrated that they could switch magnetic states in a material, the basic process

Scientists have created one of the largest and most detailed simulations of the early universe ever made, offering an extraordinary new glimpse into the cosmos shortly after the Big Bang. Called Lumina, the groundbreaking simulation recreates the universe’s first 2 billion years, showing how dark matter, gas, and radiation interacted to give rise to the

A scorching lava planet 280 light-years away has surprised astronomers by apparently maintaining a thick atmosphere despite conditions that should have stripped it away billions of years ago. James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest that TOI-561 b reflects about 75% of incoming starlight, possibly because of mineral clouds that act like a giant sunscreen. The

A surprising discovery reveals that widely used anti-inflammatory drugs may unintentionally help dangerous viruses spread through the body. Scientists found that JAK inhibitors, prescribed for rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases, can weaken a crucial immune defense against influenza, COVID-19, and other infections. By suppressing genes that normally fight viruses, these medications may leave patients

Cent, a preventive health intelligence startup, has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round co-led by Blume Ventures and existing investor South Park Commons, on October 27. “India’s healthcare system is still built to treat illness, not to find it early. We believe the next shift is preventive care that is precise and

CoRover.ai has listed three BharatGPT models on AIKosh, the government-backed National AI Datasets and Models Platform under the IndiaAI Mission. The models cover multilingual language processing, text generation, reasoning and Hindi speech recognition. The listing follows a review, testing and approval process conducted by IndiaAI and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), according

Anthropic’s Mythos 5 AI agent kept carrying out a hack even when it was told that its actions were hurting real people. The grim finding was detailed in simultaneous reports from Anthropic and the AI Security Institute published Friday. Together, they take a second look at a security incident that occurred while the AISI was

HCLTech has completed its acquisition of 100% of Robotic Process Automation d.o.o., a Croatia-based enterprise robotic process automation (RPA) provider operating as Robotiq.ai. A regulatory filing said the transaction was completed at 4:58 p.m. IST on October 26. HCL Technologies Austria GmbH, a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of HCLTech, acquired the stake in Robotiq.ai. HCLTech

Tech Mahindra has partnered with Mastercard to integrate virtual card and payment capabilities into enterprise resource planning (ERP) and procurement platforms, aiming to automate business-to-business (B2B) payments and reconciliation. The partnership will combine Tech Mahindra’s enterprise technology services with Mastercard’s payment capabilities. The companies plan to integrate payments into existing procurement, finance, and supplier management