Advanced Materials Collaboration: TACC (LNJ Bhilwara) signed an MoU with NUS’s I-FIM to speed up research, validation, and commercialization of next-gen advanced materials, including graphene. AI Talent Retention: Jeonbuk National University is building a physical AI lab and industry-academia partnerships to keep students and researchers from migrating to Seoul. AI Chips Hit Consumer PCs: Nvidia’s RTX Spark was unveiled for Windows laptops, signaling a push into the PC “personal AI agent” era. Data-Center Reliability Testing: Gremlin launched Failure Flags, a no-code way to inject controlled outages and stress apps across serverless, containers, and hybrid setups without changing source code. Climate & Ocean Science Funding: The NSF plans to remove costly ocean research buoys, reallocating ship time to recover equipment while preserving long-term data access. Public Health Misinformation Watch: Experts say recent hantavirus and Ebola scares are being amplified online, but the transmission risks differ sharply from COVID-style spread. Ebola Vaccine Trial: Serum Institute of India will produce trial doses of an Oxford-AstraZeneca-based Ebola vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo strain. Heat Safety Tech in Sports: Alabama football will be the first customer for Heat Sense, a tracker that measures athletes’ core temperature to manage heat strain. Plastic Waste to Fuel: Indonesia’s BRIN developed a second-generation pyrolysis system that converts plastic waste into industrial fuel without prior sorting.