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Ultrathin electrodes in the sciatic nerve and a spiking neural network decoder classify phantom leg movements in above-knee amputees, enabling bidirectional motor control and sensory feedback from one device.
The $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act expires September 30, 2026, threatening to slash highway, bridge, transit, and broadband funding to pre-2021 levels as Congress struggles to agree on reauthorization.
Data from the now-silent MethaneSAT satellite shows global oil and gas methane emissions far exceed inventories, prompting a U.S. Senate probe into Permian Basin operators.
The EU and US are finalizing a non-binding agreement to coordinate critical minerals supply chains and challenge China's processing dominance, while the DOE launches a $69 million funding program for domestic extraction and refining.
visionOS 26.4 brings NVIDIA CloudXR 6.0 for RTX-powered enterprise and gaming apps, while Valve launches a native Steam Link beta for PC game streaming on Vision Pro.
A European team eliminates mid-circuit measurements from fault-tolerant quantum computing, running Grover's algorithm on three logical qubits encoded in eight trapped ions without pausing to read error syndromes.
Webb telescope finds a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a tiny red dwarf has fewer heavy elements in its atmosphere than its own star, defying all existing formation theories.
The Boston biotech closes a Series D round to advance ER-100, the first FDA-cleared therapy that uses partial epigenetic reprogramming to reverse cellular aging in humans.
The OpenTelemetry-native observability startup closes a $110M Series B at a $1B valuation, betting that AI agents will replace manual incident response.
A study published in Science shows lithium dendrites snap like glass rather than bending, challenging decades of assumptions that solid electrolytes alone could block them.
Colorado, California, and Oregon are all enforcing or adopting wildfire-resistant construction standards in 2026, though municipal capacity and cost concerns threaten to slow the rollout.
A bipartisan Senate bill, a sweeping executive order on gain-of-function research, and a GAO report exposing transparency gaps converge to reshape how the United States governs biological risk.