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FCC Grants Intel One-Year Waiver on Foreign-Made Fab Robots

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 20:01:38 GMT

Intel received a one-year FCC waiver to keep using foreign-made automated guided vehicles in its US chip fabs after saying the robotics ban's scope was unclear. Full report on PolarisWire →

Ancient Viral DNA in Chimp Genome Tied to Brain Gene Control

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 20:00:02 GMT

Researchers report that retroviral DNA present at 158 chimp genome sites but absent in humans may influence gene networks tied to neuron development. Full report on PolarisWire →

Personalized mRNA vaccine cuts melanoma recurrence risk by 42% in phase III trial

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:14:22 GMT

Phase III trial of intismeran with pembrolizumab in 1,137 melanoma patients cut death or recurrence risk by 42%, with experts seeking longer-term survival data. Full report on PolarisWire →

Personalised mRNA cancer vaccine cuts melanoma recurrence risk in trial

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:39:10 GMT

BBC reports a personalised mRNA vaccine with immunotherapy cut melanoma death or recurrence risk by 42% in a 1,137-patient trial; results await peer review. Full report on PolarisWire →

Quantinuum reports 99.9995% logical fidelity on Helios trapped-ion system

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:41:35 GMT

Quantinuum says its Helios trapped-ion computer hit 99.9995% logical fidelity using a color code, 10x better than its September result and within Apollo's target range. Full report on PolarisWire →

XENONnT detects lowest-energy solar neutrinos yet, down to 17 keV

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:40:20 GMT

The XENONnT dark matter detector has captured solar neutrinos at energies as low as 17 keV, far below the previous 200 keV threshold, showing its low-background sensitivity. Full report on PolarisWire →

Google Earth AI location embeddings tested across five public health studies

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:40:19 GMT

Google Research reports five partner-led studies testing its Population Dynamics Foundation Model embeddings on vaccination, disease and outbreak tasks. Full report on PolarisWire →

Quantinuum and UWA sign MOU to expand quantum access in Australia

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:40:18 GMT

Quantinuum and the University of Western Australia signed a non-binding MOU to give UWA researchers, students and entrepreneurs cloud access to Quantinuum's quantum systems, including Helios. Full report on PolarisWire →

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