A personalized mRNA vaccine combined with pembrolizumab reduced the risk of melanoma returning or death by 42% in a phase III trial.
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Anthropic is planning to launch its IPO in mid‑November, aiming to beat the traditional Thanksgiving deal‑making freeze, with analysts projecting a valuation between $1.2 trillion and $1.5 trillion.
Fortune reports Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox Helix could retail between $1,200 and $1,800 in 2028, prompting debate over subsidies, subscription models and the future of console pricing.
A security researcher has achieved a software-only partial jailbreak of the Switch 2, enabling homebrew, game modding and peripheral access through userland exploits.
MIT researchers observed that AI agents left to explore a virtual desert island for 30 hours invented games and outperformed control agents on later tasks.
A new study of the Barnes Ice Cap on Baffin Island suggests that rising carbon emissions in the 20th century reversed a 2,000‑year ice expansion, potentially preventing a new glacial period.
A helicene molecule suspended between gold electrodes rotates with 100% directional preference when voltage is applied, and its electrical conductance rises sharply above a threshold.
Japan's JAXA has launched the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission, aiming to land a rover on Phobos in 2029 and return samples to Earth by 2031.
France reported its first human case of the livestock‑borne Shamonda virus, resulting in a fatality, but officials say there is no broader public health threat.
A sharp rise in measles cases in Pennsylvania has prompted emergency actions in New York and sparked concerns about the disease’s spread beyond U.S. borders.