Beth Laster

The World’s First Malaria Drug For Babies Under 4.5kg, Coartem Baby Or Riamet Baby In Some Countries, Has Been Approved By Swiss Authorities. Developed By Novartis & MMV, It Will Be Rolled Out In Africa Soon. In 2023, Malaria Caused ~597K Deaths—76% Were Kids Under 5. This Not-For-Profit Drug Closes A Critical Care Gap For Newborn Babies.

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Oregon-Based Nuscale Has Built The First Nuclear-Powered Simulator Using Reversible Solid Oxide Fuel Cells To Model Zero-Emission Production Of 200+ Tons/Day Of Hydrogen, Electricity, & Freshwater All At Once. It Reuses Salty Water To Make Hydrogen, Saves Clean Water, & In Larger Setups, Could Power 400K Homes & Supply Water To 2.3M People.

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In Yunnan, China, Archaeologists Found 35 Wooden Tools (WT) From 250k–361k Yrs Ago—East Asia’s Oldest WT. Made During The Paleolithic Era. They Were Used To Dig Edible Plants, Not Hunt Like Spears From Schöningen, Germany. Preserved In Lake Clay, They Show East Asian Hominins‘ Strategic Planning. Dating Used Luminescence & Resonance (ESR).

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Nvidia, On 7/4/25, Briefly Became The World’s Most Valuable Company At $3.92T, Topping Microsoft ($3.7T, 2nd) & Apple ($3.19T, 3rd). A Fierce AI Race Among Tech Giants Has Driven Massive Demand For Nvidia Chips. Now Worth More Than All UK-Listed Firms & Canada+Mexico’s Markets, It Makes Up 7% Of The S&P 500, & 28% With Other Tech Titans.

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Carnegie Mellon Has Developed The World’s First Noninvasive Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) To Control A Robotic Hand Using Thought Alone. EEG Captures Brain Signals, And Deep Learning Decodes Them In Real Time For Precise, Multi-Finger Control. Surgery-Free & Adaptable, It’s A Major Breakthrough In Assistive Tech & Human-Machine Interaction.

For The First Time, Scientists In Scotland Beamed Light Through A Human Head Using Enhanced FNIRS By Boosting Laser Strength And Refining Photon Collection. Only 1 Of 8 Participants Showed Results, But It Proved A Breakthrough For Deeper, Affordable, & Portable Brain Scans—Potentially Revolutionizing Diagnosis For Strokes, Tumors, And More.

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The $1.2B New Harbor Bridge Connects Corpus Christi To North Beach And Is Now The Tallest Point In South Texas (538 Ft Above MSL) & The Longest U.S. Cable-Stayed Bridge (1,661 Ft). It Enhances Port Access, Reduces Traffic, & Boosts Economic Growth. The Southbound Lanes Opened On 6/28/25; The Northbound Lanes Are Set To Open In Early July.

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A New Blood Type, Gwada Negative, Was Found In A 68-Year-Old Woman From Guadeloupe. First Detected In 2011 In Paris, It Was Identified In 2019 Via Gene Sequencing As A Rare Pigz Gene Mutation. She’s The Only Known Match. It’s The 48th Blood Group; Only 8 Are Common. Blood Types Are Based On Antigens—The First, ABO, Was Discovered In 1901.

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JWST Has Directly Imaged Exoplanet TWA 7b—~100x Earth’s Mass & Located 111 Ly Away—Orbiting A Young 6.4-Myr-Old Star CE Antilae. It’s The Lightest Planet Ever Imaged In This Way, Enabled By JWST’s Infrared Vision & A Coronagraph That Blocks Starlight To Reveal Faint Nearby Planets. This Marks A Major Leap In Studying Early Planet Formation.

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Shubhanshu Shukla Became The 1st Indian To Board The ISS Via Axiom-4, Which Launched On 6/26/25 With Astronauts From India, Poland & Hungary. Led By NASA Veteran Peggy Whitson, The 2-Wk Mission Includes 60 Experiments (7 By ISRO). Shukla Is India’s 2nd Man In Space, After Rakesh Sharma’s 1984 Soviet Mission. ISRO Paid $59M For His Seat & Training.