August 2026
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Kospi enters a selling trend as Unitree surges in Shanghai
Sales in AI shares pulled the Kospi down 5.8 per cent. Unitree closed its first day in Shanghai with a strong increase, while Hong Kong exchange's northbound trading fees doubled.
Krypton tantalum at 200 °C, a superconducting memory light erases and parallel photonic blocks
Three Nature studies advance quantum hardware: qubit-grade tantalum at 200 °C, a gate-written superconducting memory erased by light, and parallel photonic blocks. Each remains a laboratory demonstration.
Lab-grown heart muscle enters failing hearts; traffic causes most brain injuries in low-tier areas; delayed adjuvant strengthens mRNA vaccine
10 of the 20 patients received heart muscle cells in the HEAL-CHF trial. Traffic injuries account for most brain injuries in low tiers. Delaying the adjuvant lets an mRNA cancer vaccine build immunity.
LandSpace lands its Zhuque-3 booster as SpaceX completes mission 100
LandSpace successfully recovered an orbital rocket booster on its legs for the first time in China, while SpaceX reached a new milestone by completing 100 launches this year.
LRO measures the Falcon 9 Moon crater while ISS spacewalkers remove a failed antenna without installing the spare
LRO imaged the roughly 18-metre lunar crater a Falcon 9 upper stage opened on 5 August after launching Blue Ghost 1 in January 2025. Menon and Adenot removed a failed Space-to-Ground antenna; delays left the spare uninstalled.
Measles risk crossed the threshold unseen, and floods and hunting are also running ahead of the models
Three models published in Nature journals reevaluate global risk assumptions: a US transmission model shows school-level measles risk crossing epidemic thresholds, global river flood intervals vary sharply across climate zones, and hunting footprints expand into remote tropical regions.
MOSAIC method builds gene fragments by hybridisation; living E. coli cells run nitrene transfer; copper catalyst converts amines under blue light
The MOSAIC method allows more than 1,000 gene fragments in a one-pot reaction. Living E. coli cells run an intermolecular nitrene transfer. A copper catalyst converts tertiary amines under blue light.
NATO tightens security in Bulgaria as Iran warns Gulf states hosting American forces
Bulgaria tightened security at an air base hosting American aircraft amid reports of Iranian strike plans against United States sites in Europe, while Tehran warned Gulf neighbors that assisting American forces constitutes participation in military operations.
OpenAI halts its biggest training run while ChatGPT starts showing ads in Europe
OpenAI halted its biggest training run after a cyber risk, while ChatGPT started showing ads across 31 European markets. Google won a bankruptcy auction for Spirit Airlines' internal data for AI training.
Pathogens adapt through cellular aging and linker DNA as Salmonella resistance rises
Invasive Salmonella shows increasing azithromycin resistance despite poor sampling, a lung bacterium evades immunity by aging host cells, and HIV targets the exposed DNA connecting nucleosomes.