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Samsung SDI and BMW announce joint project on all-solid-state EV car battery: On October 31, 2025, Samsung SDI signed a trilateral agreement to work on an all-solid-state battery validation project with BMW Group, a premium automaker in Germany, and Solid Power, a battery technology business based in the United States.; Science & Technology 2026-01-18 22:13 June Kim

CAR-T cell therapy transforms relapsed Leukemia treatment with high remission rates: In a 2014 New England Journal of Medicine study, researchers led by Shannon L. Maude reported that CAR-T cell therapy achieved complete remission in about 70 to 90 percent of children and young adults with relapsed acute lymphoblastic leukemia.; Science & Technology 2026-01-12 19:46 Noelle Chun

In December, John Carreyrou and a group of authors filed a lawsuit against major AI companies including Elon Musk’s xAI: In December, John Carreyrou, an investigative journalist at The New York Times best known for exposing fraud at a blood-testing startup in Silicon Valley called Theranos, along with five other authors, filed a lawsuit against several major artificial intelligence (AI) companies including Google, OpenAI, Meta, Elon Musk’s xAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity.; Science & Technology 2026-01-11 03:37 Jiwon Huh

Leading automakers introduce next-generation performance cars for 2026: Ferrari revealed their first electric model, Elettrica, on October 9, 2025, during their Capital Markets Day in Maranello, Italy.; Science & Technology 2026-01-03 07:27 Jason Lee (Jaewon Lee)

Mazda reveals carbon capture exhaust tech to reduce car emissions: Japanese automaker Mazda unveiled a prototype exhaust system in the last week of October that it claims can capture up to 20% of the CO2 emissions from its internal combustion engine vehicles' tailpipes.; Science & Technology 2026-01-03 07:09 June Kim

Novo Nordisk's Wegovy weight loss pill is approved by the FDA: A daily pill version of Novo Nordisk's weight-loss medication Wegovy was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration on December 23rd, offering patients a new option for the treatment of obesity.; Science & Technology 2026-01-01 14:56 Sian Choi

Satellite surge raises new fears for space telescopes and orbital safety: Recent NASA-supported research shows that commercial satellites are now appearing in images captured by major observatories, including the Hubble Space Telescope, which has operated for over three decades.; Science & Technology 2026-01-01 05:42 Yeojun Jung

Hemifusome: A wider understanding about cells is opened: On June 25, 2025, the journal Nature Communications officially announced the discovery of a new mammalian cell organelle: the hemifusome.; Science & Technology 2025-12-31 17:19 Eunseo Choi

Researchers find that brain goes through five distinct phases: In a study published on November 25th in the scientific journal Nature, researchers at the University of Cambridge have identified five distinct phases of brain structure as people grow, develop, and eventually deteriorate, with their brains restructuring to support various modes of thinking.; Science & Technology 2025-12-27 22:31 Sangmin Lee

Google’s Gemini 3 release reshapes competition across the AI industry: Google’s release of Gemini 3 on November 18th, 2025, has reshaped the AI industry, drawing immediate and strong reactions from major players such as OpenAI, Nvidia, Meta and Anthropoic. The model’s exceptional performance and the adoption of its censure the OpenAI’s model leadership, signaling a broader shift toward diversified strategies in both software and compute infrastructure.; Science & Technology 2025-12-22 05:55 Hannah Jang