Experimental compound helps burn fat without muscle loss
TOFA increased energy use by up to 18% in mice while reducing body fat without significant muscle loss. The compound also improved blood sugar, triglycerides, and fatty liver disease, with stronger results when combined with GLP-1 drugs.
Nuclear power is China’s key for transitioning to a fully renewable grid design
China connected 27 nuclear reactors to its grid between late 2016 and August 2026, compared to two in the United States. These reactors stabilize China's power grid, which relies heavily on renewables like wind and solar that fluctuate significantly.
Alibaba is raising $10.2bn and spending all of it on AI
Alibaba is raising $10.2 billion through a Hong Kong share placement to fund AI infrastructure and capabilities. The company reported a 75% quarterly net profit decline due to elevated AI spending.
Teófimo López outpoints Rolly Romero to win title in third weight class
Teófimo López won a 12-round majority decision over Rolly Romero with scores of 115-113 and 116-112 to claim the WBA welterweight title. López became a three-division champion, adding the welterweight belt to his previous 135-pound and 140-pound titles.
Building an End-to-End Document Intelligence Pipeline with deepDoctection
A document intelligence pipeline using deepDoctection configures layout analysis, DocTR OCR, and table extraction to process documents. Custom services for entity recognition generate structured JSONL data designed for RAG workflows.
Vercel Introduces ‘Is Agentic’, a Free Agent-Readiness Scoring Tool That Audits Public Websites Using Ora’s 100+ Checks
A free audit tool called Is Agentic evaluates whether public websites are ready for AI agents by running 118 checks. Vercel and Ora developed this scoring system to assess website compatibility with agent-based interactions.
Alibaba Raises $10 Billion in Record Hong Kong Share Sale
Alibaba raised $10.2 billion through a Hong Kong secondary share sale, the largest in the city's history. The funds will support the company's spending on artificial intelligence development and expansion globally.
Scientists turn tiny “defects” into a 5.5x heat transfer boost
Researchers created an ultrathin polymer coating that increases heat transfer during condensation by 5.5 times on copper tubes compared to conventional copper. The coating uses tiny structures to form water droplets that detach quickly, continuously exposing fresh surface area for condensation.
This common vitamin was linked to 13% better cognitive scores
Older adults with mild cognitive impairment and sleep problems who took at least 5,000 IU of vitamin D daily scored over 13% higher on cognitive tests than those taking none. The findings suggest vitamin D deserves further study as a potentially modifiable factor during early cognitive decline.
Skubal fans 11 to score first win with Dodgers
Tarik Skubal struck out 11 batters while allowing the Dodgers to overcome a 3-0 first-inning deficit against Pittsburgh. Los Angeles won 4-3 in Skubal's first game with the defending World Series champions.
Senate to vote on Clarity Act Sept. 15, key step for crypto regulation
The Senate will vote on the Clarity Act on September 15, marking a significant step in establishing regulatory frameworks for cryptocurrency. The legislation aims to define which federal agencies should oversee different types of digital assets in the United States.
‘Double Spiral’ Secret of Narwhal’s Twisted Tusk Revealed By High Tech X-Rays
High-tech X-rays revealed that narwhal tusks contain a double spiral internal structure. The Arctic whale's tusk features this spiral pattern that was previously unknown due to the difficulty of studying the living animals' tusks.
The Developer’s Guide to NeMo Guardrails for Enterprise AI Safety
NeMo Guardrails provides a layered architecture for LLM safety that includes deterministic PII redaction, retrieval filtering, output masking, and policy-based tool gating beyond simple prompt filtering. The framework integrates stateful multi-turn evaluation and detailed activation tracing to enable auditable, secure AI assistants for sensitive financial interactions.
How we found Haida Gwaii's first marbled murrelet nest in more than 30 years
A marbled murrelet nest was discovered in Haida Gwaii for the first time in over 30 years, located within dense forest vegetation among western red cedars. Researchers found the nest after traveling through challenging terrain and waters, including crossing Dixon Entrance in an open skiff.
Gas Station Goes Viral For Offering a Discount For Dance Moves – And Then Posts a Video
A gas station near Albany, New York offered customers discounts on fuel in exchange for dancing. The Halfmoon Sunoco promotion encouraged patrons to dance as an alternative way to reduce gas prices.
A free AI model is winning over developers. And nobody knows whose servers it runs on
An anonymous AI model called Ox Alpha with a one-million-token context window appeared on OpenRouter last week and has impressed developers with its free availability. The unidentified provider retains prompts and completions according to OpenRouter's listing, while the model's creator remains publicly unclaimed.
FASB Proposes Guidance on Stablecoins as Cash Equivalents
The Financial Accounting Standards Board proposed guidance allowing certain stablecoins to qualify as cash equivalents under U.S. accounting standards. The update would provide illustrative examples to promote consistent treatment of digital assets in financial reporting.
Enterprises winning with AI agents are limiting how much the agents can do alone
Enterprises are limiting AI agent autonomy rather than maximizing it, with successful deployments restricting agents to specific responsibilities within clear rules. Gartner forecasts that over 40 percent of current agentic AI projects will fail by 2028 due to escalating costs, unclear business value, and inadequate risk controls.
Nvidia AI server prices are rising more than 15% from early next year
Nvidia is raising prices on AI servers containing its chips by more than 15% starting early next year, driven by memory costs. The price increases will affect many of the company's largest customers across various server configurations.
Zoo Plucks 21 Snails From Extinction and Returns Hundreds to Pristine Atlantic Island (WATCH)
Chester Zoo's breeding program restored hundreds of Pingelap reed snails to their Atlantic island habitat after the species nearly vanished. The zoo began with just 21 snails from the last wild population and successfully bred them for reintroduction.
Computer models pinpoint catalysts for replacing fossil-fueled ammonia production
Computer models identified catalytic materials that could enable sustainable ammonia production to replace fossil fuel-dependent methods currently responsible for 1.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The research focused on finding catalysts that improve the efficiency of ammonia synthesis, which currently consumes up to 2% of worldwide energy.
Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods after trade talks break down
Canada announced dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods following failed trade negotiations between the countries. Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement on Saturday as a response to the breakdown in talks.
Nvidia Customers Notified About AI-Related Price Hikes Above 15%
Nvidia is raising server prices containing its AI chips by more than 15% for many major customers, driven by soaring memory chip costs. The price increases are affecting servers that contain Nvidia's artificial intelligence processors across multiple customer accounts.
Mars Curiosity rover discovers massive field of polygons
The Curiosity rover discovered a massive field of polygons on Mars's surface. These formations exist because Mars lacks resurfacing processes like plate tectonics and volcanism that reshape Earth.
Ripple Price Analysis: Major Breakout Confirmed – How High Can XRP Go?
XRP broke out of a descending channel after months in a downtrend, showing improved short-term structure. The price is now testing significant resistance after becoming highly extended on the daily chart.
AI mapping reveals hidden stage of Arctic freeze with climate implications
Scientists produced high-resolution maps showing the Arctic zero curtain, a phase where soils remain near freezing for days or weeks during autumn-to-winter transitions. The NASA-led research reveals this previously difficult-to-detect stage using AI mapping technology with climate implications for the Arctic region.
Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC’s 25% Rally Faces Its First Serious Threat
Bitcoin has rallied 25% after breaking through multiple resistance levels following a period of compressed price action. The cryptocurrency now faces a major supply area, making whether this breakout can sustain itself the critical question.
Apollo finds AI is hitting paychecks rather than payrolls
Wages in jobs highly exposed to AI grew 6.7% more slowly after 2023 across 321 occupations studied, with the largest gap of 10.7% occurring in lowest-paid positions. No statistically significant employment losses were detected in these roles.
China’s AI and chip firms are handing out shares to keep their engineers
Chinese chip companies are implementing equity schemes covering most of their workforce to retain engineers, with Cambricon extending shares to 85.3% of employees and AMEC to over 97%. These programs represent an unusually broad approach to employee compensation rather than typical bonus structures.
BounceBit Retires Its Chain After Attacker Moves 286.5 Million Tokens
An attacker moved 286.5 million BB tokens from nine mainnet accounts through a protocol-level authorization exploit. BounceBit will shut down its Layer 1 blockchain and reissue the token as a BEP-20 asset on BNB Chain.