Python scales host microstructures that block bacterial biofilms—revealing potential for antimicrobial materials

Materials inspired by nature, or biomimetic materials, are nothing new. Scientists have designed water-resistant materials ...
WinBuzzer

OpenAI Acquires Python Toolmaker Astral to Boost Codex AI Agent

OpenAI has acquired Astral, the company behind Python tools uv and Ruff, to integrate them into its Codex platform as it ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Patient-Controlled Analgesia

Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is a pain-management technique that allows patients to self-administer predetermined doses of pain medication using a programmable pump. 1 This approach offers ...
New York Post

LI principal uses student funds for steak-and-lobster dinners, booze, jet-ski rentals: audit

A Long Island high school principal dropped thousands of dollars on steak-and-lobster dinners, boozy staff parties and jet-ski rentals using funds meant for a youth mentor program, a scathing audit ...
The New York Times

This A.I. Tool Is Going Viral. Five Ways People Are Using It.

Claude Code generates computer code when people type prompts, so those with no coding experience can create their own programs and apps. By Natallie Rocha Reporting from San Francisco Claude Code, an ...
PC World

Pretty much no one is using Microsoft’s Copilot AI, report suggests

PCWorld reports that Microsoft’s Copilot AI holds only 1.1% of the web AI market share, declining from 1.5% over the past year. ChatGPT dominates with 64.5% market share while Google’s Gemini has ...
The Boston Globe

Live-in personal care attendants no longer subject to income tax

Personal care attendants in Massachusetts who assist people they live with will no longer be required to pay state or federal income tax, Governor Maura Healey announced Monday, a change that could ...
Tri-City Herald

Partial shutdown of Eastern WA paper plant will cut 200 jobs

Packaging Corporation of America announced a partial shutdown of its Wallula containerboard plant that will cut production by nearly half. Officials said in a Dec. 4 announcement via Business Wire ...
Pew Research Center

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...
Recycling Today

PCA says corrugated volumes reflect ‘cautious ordering patterns’

The company’s third-quarter net sales were flat and net income slightly down, though CEO Mark Kowlzan says ordering patterns are improving. Packaging Corp. of America's third-quarter net sales were ...
Food Safety News

Ten years after PCA: Reflections on a trial, its impact, and what still needs to change

This is the final installment of a three-part series marking the 10th anniversary of the historic sentencing in the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) case. To read Part 1, click here. To read Part 2 ...