Researchers have uncovered a surprising way triple-negative breast cancer may turn the body against itself. Tumors appear to recruit macrophages—immune cells normally involved in healing and fighting infection—and use them to release a protein called BDNF that draws nerves into the tumor. Those nerves may then help the cancer grow, resist treatment, and potentially spread.

Caltech scientists have created ultra-low-loss optical pathways on silicon chips that approach the efficiency of fiber optics and dramatically outperform existing technology at visible wavelengths. The breakthrough could unlock more powerful lasers, miniature atomic sensors and clocks, quantum systems, and more energy-efficient data centers.

Scientists are searching some of Earth’s oldest rocks for tiny fossils that could reveal how simple microbial life made the extraordinary leap toward plants, animals, and other complex organisms. Solving that ancient mystery may also help determine whether complex life could emerge on worlds beyond Earth.

Astronomers may finally have a clue to what happens to the mysterious “little red dots” that crowded the early universe. By studying a spiral galaxy nicknamed the “Saguaro,” researchers found a compact, bright red center that closely resembles these distant objects—but with something Webb usually can’t see around them: a full galaxy. When the team

This should be a golden era of launch. During the last three years, an average of 270 orbital rockets have launched from Earth, a more than three-fold increase from only a decade ago. By every metric available, the launch industry is crushing it: Prices have never been more competitive, launches never more frequent, and access

Hi-tech cameras orbiting Earth and on the ground, along with AI, help firefighters extinguish blazes before they spread The fires in Spokane, Washington, this summer are the latest reminder that when a wildfire is detected can be just as important as where it starts. A blaze found within minutes can often be contained before it

New cloud-native offering gives SAP teams centralized control, server-side scheduling, and auditability without the cost of on-premises infrastructure Precisely, the global leader in data integrity, today announced the release of Automate Evolve Cloud Essentials. As a cloud-native SAP® automation solution, Automate Evolve Cloud Essentials gives IT and SAP Center of Excellence (CoE) teams centralized control, governance, and

Trusted coverage now extends to cover three fronts of AI risk: attackers using AI, employees misusing it, and the AI systems themselves [TL;DR / Key Takeaways] What: Expel today became the only managed detection and response (MDR) provider delivering detection across the full AI attack surface: attacks launched with AI, employee AI misuse, and exposure inside

SuperApp Inc., formerly Instabase Inc., today announced the launch of its flagship product of the same name and its transition from Instabase to the new name. The new platform provides teams with a Slack-like communication interface on the web, iOS, Android and Windows, with a document library similar to Google Docs and deep access to

New release cuts data processing overhead, reduces document extraction setup from minutes to seconds, and adapts to changing data layouts Astera today announced Astera 11.2, the latest version of its no-code data and AI platform, delivering up to 2X faster high-volume processing, improved server stability and job processing, an enhanced user experience, and built-in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). Available across Centerprise,