August 2026
All columns and Brief analyses.
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Desert rain now flags leishmaniasis a year out in a Barcelona study as Europe's mosquito control stays patchy
Atlantic climate patterns flag North African leishmaniasis up to 12 months ahead in Barcelona work. Europe found active mosquito control in only 20 of 29 countries as dengue and chikungunya climb. An internal antibody protected mice from Crimean Congo fever.
Firefighters receive a glutathione warning; surgeons want crash alerts freed from subscriptions
A firefighters' union said glutathione treatments promoted for smoke exposure were unapproved. Trauma surgeons called for automatic crash alerts to become free standard equipment in new vehicles.
Foreign money returns to India as Latin American markets rise
Foreign investors bought a net 23,544 crore rupees of equities in August. Mining and bank shares rose in two markets, while a third market's country-risk measure fell for the first time in 14 sessions.
Gold climbs to 4,603 dollars as Bitcoin reaches the edge of 78,000 dollars
Spot gold rose 2 per cent on Friday to 4,603 dollars and finished the week 5 per cent higher. Bitcoin climbed 22.9 per cent to 78,000 dollars after fund inflows and Treasury buybacks.
Hard carbon bends, an electrolyte nucleates, and a chip releases its signal
Medium-range order in carbon, nanometre-scale nucleation in a solid electrolyte and a wettability threshold in a diagnostic chip turn small structures into visible performance.
Harvey puts its legal model on Moonshot's Kimi K3
Harvey trained Tenet, its first in-house legal model, on Moonshot's open-weight Kimi K3 instead of rented US lab systems. Nigeria's Curacel already routes high-volume claims and fraud work to Chinese models.
Heavy trucks broke the talks; Trump says Canada wants a state's benefits
Talks broke after Washington pulled Ford's Ontario heavy trucks from tariff relief. Tariffs of 50 per cent now hit 20 billion dollars of Canadian goods, and the USMCA pact covering 2 trillion dollars sits in question.
Human brain organoids kept maturing for seven years; heat left Morpho wings a duller blue
A Harvard-led team reported in Nature that human brain organoids kept changing for seven years in the dish. Morpho helenor pupae raised at projected heat took longer to emerge, died more often, and left a duller blue.
Interceptor and aid decisions are announced; strikes reach industrial and logistics sites
France promised interceptor missiles after Russian attacks. Germany announced 50 million euros in humanitarian aid and 10 million euros for energy defence. Ukrainian strikes inside Russia and occupied Ukraine killed at least 10 people, Russian officials said.
Iran defends the memorandum as Pakistan schedules Tehran talks
Pezeshkian defended the memorandum after its 60-day deadline expired without agreement. Pakistan's army commander Asim Munir is due in Tehran on Monday to discuss sanctions, the peace plan and the Houthis.