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FDA approves first antisense oligonucleotide therapy for chronic hepatitis B: On October 20, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Hibsago (bepirovirsen), a landmark treatment for chronic hepatitis B co-developed by GSK and Ionis Pharmaceuticals.; Science & Technology 2026-11-10 19:52 Seungmin Shin

Light and ultrasound give scientists more control over CRISPR: On September 28, 2026, Stanford University researchers announced a new CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) system that uses light and focused ultrasound to control gene editing in specific parts of the body.; Science & Technology 2026-10-25 20:51 Esther Kim

Physical spaces influence how people feel and behave: A 2025 study on 131 adults over two weeks found that greater daily exposure to natural daylight was associated with positive emotions, even after researchers accounted for physical activity.; Science & Technology 2026-10-24 20:55 Gain Son

Developers and consumers of AI glasses envision a new future: Interviews with a developer and two consumers conducted in September 2026 revealed how AI glasses are beginning to change how people interact with the world.; Science & Technology 2026-10-22 20:31 Jungyeon Yim

Trained AI may become better at Cancer diagnosis than pathologists: Researchers led by University of Pennsylvania pathologist Zhi Huang have developed an artificial intelligence system trained to emulate how human pathologists search tissue slides, significantly improving cancer-spotting accuracy and pointing toward a new collaborative role for AI in medical diagnostics.; Science & Technology 2026-10-16 01:49 Seungmin Shin

Apple enters foldable phone market:different perspectives: On 10th September 2026, Apple introduced its first foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo, in response to the surging trend of foldable mobile devices following the first release of foldable phone, Galaxy Fold from Samsung in 2019.; Science & Technology 2026-10-15 20:45 Heo Younjae

NASA spacecraft discovers once-in-a-lifetime lunar crater: On September 16, NASA announced that images from its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) had revealed a large lunar crater formed by a 2024 space rock impact.; Science & Technology 2026-10-08 22:40 Ian Kim

Google launches Project Suncatcher by sending its first AI hardware servers to space: On September 24th, Google announced the scheduled launch of its first outer space AI hardware as a part of Project Suncatcher, aiming to test whether large-scale AI servers could be sustained in space.; Science & Technology 2026-10-08 19:47 Jaeah Kim

Helping others may be linked to healthier brain aging, study finds: On September 28, 2026, a study published in Translational Psychiatry discovered that adults who spent more time providing emotional and practical support to others tended to have brains that appeared younger than their chronological age.; Science & Technology 2026-10-07 07:24 Yezi Jang

Top AI firms sign White House self-regulation accord as calls for mandatory rules grow louder: President Donald Trump and the chief executives of several of the largest artificial intelligence companies in the United States signed a voluntary self-regulation agreement at the White House on September 29, formalizing a framework for industry oversight even as several of the same executives have publicly advocated for binding government rules on the technology.; Science & Technology 2026-10-04 19:28 Alice Hong