Deeptech startup Discovered Materials raises $9M in Seed round

Discovered Materials in building AI agents to discover and accelerate the adoption of new materials for semiconductor chips.

AI Is Helping Solve the Intricate Genetic Puzzle of Schizophrenia

Recent findings provide one of the most detailed pictures to date of the genetic architecture of schizophrenia, opening up new avenues for research into the disorder.

Hong Kong Introduces Digital Consent for School Influenza Vaccinations

Hong Kong’s Department of Health will introduce a new electronic consent system for the 2026/27 Seasonal Influenza Vaccination School Outreach Programme, allowing parents to submit vaccination consent forms through the eHealth mobile application from 17 August 2026. According to the announcement by the Centre for Health Protection, the initiative is intended to simplify administrative processes […]

China’s economic problems have been diagnosed. Will policymakers act?

For most of this year, the dominant framing of China’s economy has been “K-shaped”: strong technology and export sectors pulling away from a weaker domestic base. In July, at an online seminar hosted by Renmin University’s China Macroeconomy Forum, Tsinghua University economist Li Daokui said that framing was itself the problem. China’s real issue, he argued, was not divergence between a rising line and a falling one but a whole economy that had been running cold for three years. The strong...

STAT+: Why is MoonLake Immunotherapeutics scared of releasing data on its drug candidate?

Biotech companies don’t hide or obfuscate strong data.

Fly Baghdad plans comeback after US sanctions lifted

“I’m working in a hated environment. People think that I am now a traitor.” This is not the reaction you would expect from the CEO of an airline that has just been removed from a US sanctions list. But this is Fly Baghdad. And this is Iraq. “We are using social media incorrectly,” Alaulddin Abdulhrahman […]

China’s central bank targets global yuan in first solo 5-year plan in at least a decade

China’s central bank has set out its strategic priorities for the coming five years in a stand-alone plan, placing yuan internationalisation high on the agenda as Beijing seeks to build the country into a major “financial powerhouse”. The People’s Bank of China outlined its broad goals for the 15th five-year plan period under a new reform and development blueprint, which would be accompanied by nine specific action plans, in a statement released on Monday. According to the document, one of the..

Could we eliminate any particles from the standard model of physics?

The standard model of physics is one of the most successful scientific theories in existence, but do we need it all? Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explores whether it’s carrying any excess baggage

The young disruptors making their mark in African business

Africa's Young Disruptors: Part One