A Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research study estimated 27 million tons of nanoplastic particles are floating in the North Atlantic, solving the ‘missing plastic’ paradox. A July 21, 2025 Nature Reviews Biodiversity Perspective proposes using museum DNA and related species to reintroduce lost genes into endangered animals, exemplified by Mauritius’s pink pigeon, to boost immunity, climate resilience, and fertility. University of Pennsylvania researchers used a Mannich-reaction modification to lipid nanoparticles, creating C-a16 LNPs that in mice produced fivefold stronger COVID-19 vaccine responses and doubled CRISPR liver-disease gene editing efficacy, while reducing inflammatory side effects. The GW231123 black hole merger

Google will invest over $25 billion in U.S. AI-related data centers and infrastructure over the next two years, plus $3 billion to modernize two Pennsylvania hydropower plants to power AI data centers, under the AI Works for America initiative. Project Stargate, originally pitched as a $500 billion effort with $100 billion upfront, is being scaled back to building a small data center by year-end (likely in Ohio) after term disputes between OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle. Moonvalley raised an $84 million funding round led by General Catalyst, bringing total funding to $154 million to develop licensed-content based, ethical AI video tools