Friday, July 10, 2026

Harvard scientists have created a silicon chip that can write dozens of DNA sequences simultaneously using electricity and water-based enzymes, offering a cleaner alternative to conventional DNA manufacturing that could eventually support portable DNA-writing devices and DNA-based data storage.^[1]

Researchers have filmed the elusive goblin shark alive in its natural deep-ocean habitat for the first time, greatly expanding knowledge of the 125-million-year-old "living fossil" species' range and depth.^[2]

South Korea's Supreme Court finalized a seven-year prison sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges including obstruction of an arrest warrant, the first top-court ruling among the criminal cases he faces over his failed martial law declaration in 2024.^[3]

Australia and India have signed an agreement to export Australian uranium to India for nuclear energy, allowing long-term uranium supplies for "exclusively peaceful purposes" as India pursues its target of 100 gigawatts of nuclear energy capacity by 2047.^[4]

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched for a record-breaking 36th time on Thursday, carrying 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Cape Canaveral as the company continues to expand its broadband constellation now numbering over 10,700 active satellites.^[5]

University of California Berkeley researchers have identified the brain circuitry linking deep sleep with growth hormone release, discovering a feedback loop that helps explain why poor sleep interferes with growth, muscle repair, fat metabolism, and brain function.^[6]

South Korea has officially launched its digital nomad visa with relaxed eligibility requirements, allowing foreign nationals employed by overseas companies to live in Korea while working remotely for up to two years.^[7]

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung began a state visit to Mongolia—the first by a South Korean president in 15 years—to strengthen cooperation on supply chains including rare earth minerals, with the two countries expected to declare a "golden era" of bilateral ties.^[8]

SK hynix, the world's second-largest memory chipmaker, is listing American depositary receipts on the Nasdaq market, planning to raise up to 43 trillion won ($28.6 billion) to build a new semiconductor fabrication plant and advanced chip packaging facility.^[9]

Scientists at the University of Osaka used an AI model to resolve how supercooled water's microscopic structure behaves, cracking one of water's biggest mysteries by comparing different theoretical descriptions that had long divided researchers.^[10]