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NIH Institute Director Abruptly Replaced  MedPage Today Duke professor, JD Vance friend named director of NIH’s RTP office. Some see issue.  Raleigh News & Observer Duke professor Kyle Walsh to lead environmental institute of NIH after atypical selection process  The Duke Chronicle Close Friend of JD Vance Skirts Normal Channels to Take Over NIH Environmental Health Institute  Inside Climate News Duke brain cancer researcher …

New research from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) has revealed that neurons in the brain use fats for energy, challenging decades of scientific thinking and opening the door to new treatments for neurological disease. For years, scientists believed that healthy neurons, the brain’s communication cells, relied solely on glucose and its metabolites to power their activity. But …

Monday, September 29, 2025 Anthony Letai, MD, Ph.D., was sworn in today as director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Dr. Letai takes the helm of the world’s most prestigious cancer research agency after serving as professor of medicine at Harvard Medical …

The threat of increased rates is real, but good policy can bring lower prices as demand grows. Electricity has recently replaced eggs, beef, and gasoline as the inflation concern du jour. Reporters looking for a new angle on rising prices have grabbed onto recent BLS data of escalating electricity rates. More complete data from the Energy Information Administration indicate that, …

Trump Says U.S. Will Institute $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas  The New York Times Trump imposes $100K fee on H-1B visas in new immigration action  CNN Trump imposes $100K H-1B visa fee from Sept 21; could impact Indian tech workers  Hindustan Times US Department of Labor launches Project Firewall to protect America’s highly skilled workforce  U.S. Department of Labor (.gov) Trump adds $100,000 fee …

Monterey’s Defense Language Institute despite executive order renaming DoD  KSBW RESTORING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF WAR  The White House (.gov) The Donald “Genius” Trump Space Center? Melania’s Harvard School of Government? What’s Next On Trump’s Rebrand List?  Vanity Fair Pentagon officials fume over Trump’s Department of War rebrand  Politico President of Peace, Department of War. A New Name Sends Mixed Signals.  The New York …

Weizmann Institute combats weight loss in cancer patients | The Jerusalem Post Jerusalem Post/Health & Wellness Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science discovered a way to use pre-existing treatments to fight often terminal side effects of serious illnesses. PhD student, Nir Livnat, works at the laboratory on models of an early-stage human embryo, created by Israeli scientists without using …

Award-winning HIV scientist Shan Liang, a tenured associate professor at the Washington University School of Medicine (WashU Medicine), has taken up a full-time role in Shenzhen, southern China’s tech and innovation hub. He has joined the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART) as a senior researcher and will head its Institute of Human Immunology, according to an announcement …

MGM+ has renewed “The Institute” for Season 2. The second season will consist of eight episodes. News of the renewal comes just ahead of the show’s Season 1 finale, which is scheduled for Aug. 24. The series is based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Stephen King. Per MGM+, the show ranks as the network’s best premiere …

The Institute will be back for another go-round. MGM+ has renewed the thriller series based on the 2019 Stephen King novel for an eight-episode second season. Watch King’s renewal announcement below. The Institute, which ranks as the best premiere ever on MGM+, comes from King, who executive produces, Jack Bender (Lost, Game of Thrones, Mr. Mercedes, From), writer and executive producer Benjamin Cavell (Justified, The …