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Google is giving college students a new reason to bring artificial intelligence into their studies. The company has announced a free one-year offer for qualifying college students, along with additional Gemini tools designed to make studying, research and schoolwork easier.

Krypton gas is emerging as an unlikely fix for one of quantum computing’s manufacturing headaches. Cornell researchers have found that replacing argon with krypton gas during a key fabrication step allows tantalum, a metal prized for superconducting devices, to be deposited at much lower temperatures.

Platinum group metals, especially platinum and palladium, have for long depended on the automotive industry as their main demand driver . Internal combustion engine vehicles use these PGMs in catalytic converters, but the rise of hybrids and EVs has eroded some of the demand for platinum and palladium.

AINewsWire Editorial Coverage : Artificial intelligence is often framed as a purely digital phenomenon, yet its financial reality is grounded in concrete, copper and steel just as much as code. According to International Data Corporation figures, worldwide spending on AI infrastructure is expected to hit approximately $487 billion in 2026 and climb past $1 trillion by 2029, with a large share of that money flowing toward securing land, power and network connectivity rather than semiconductors alone. AZIO AI Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AZIO) ( Profile ) is one of the companies aiming to serve this emerging market. The firm is building out Atlas One, the inaugural development stage of its broader Project Atlas initiative, which combines AZIO AI’s south Texas property holdings, contracted behind-the-meter natural gas power generation, dedicated fiber connections and modular computing infrastructure. This project is helping build momentum for the company as it works alongside major industry players shaping the AI sector, such as Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), Super Micro Computer Inc. (NASDAQ: SMCI), Dell Technologies Inc. (NYSE: DELL) and..

VolitionRx Limited (NYSE American: VNRX), a multinational epigenetics company, announced the publication of a peer-reviewed paper reporting that its Nu.Q NETs H3.1 biomarker is an independent predictor of 28-day mortality and the need for renal replacement therapy in patients with sepsis and septic shock. Published in Critical Care Medicine, the study found significantly higher Nu.Q NETs H3.1 levels in septic shock patients than in sepsis patients and a dose-response relationship with acute kidney injury severity, supporting its potential use for risk stratification and early intervention. The journal also published an independent editorial examining H3.1 nucleosomes as a potential marker of NET-mediated organ injury.

Xiaomi has delivered over half a million units of the SU7 electric sedan, a significant milestone for a company that has been producing cars for a little over two years.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has unveiled a proposed framework aimed at changing how some crypto ventures can secure funding in the American market.

Greenland Mines (NASDAQ: GRML) announced the pricing of its previously announced public offering, which is expected to generate approximately $20 million in aggregate gross proceeds before placement agent fees and other offering expenses. The offering covers 4 million shares of common stock, or common stock equivalents, to new and existing mining-focused institutional investors and is expected to close on or about Aug. 27, 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Greenland Mines intends to use the net proceeds to fund the acquisition of the Sarfartoq Nd-Pr Rare Earth Element Project, working capital and other general corporate purposes. A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners acted as sole placement agent.

Cardio Diagnostics Holdings (NASDAQ: CDIO), an AI-driven precision cardiovascular medicine company, announced the release of a new edition of its “State of Rural Hospitals and Cardiovascular Care” report, designed to help rural healthcare leaders, policymakers and community-based organizations improve cardiovascular care quality and outcomes. The report examines challenges including specialist and physician shortages, limited broadband access and higher cardiovascular disease risk among rural populations and presents an updated four-part care model focused on upskilling primary care clinicians, advancing care through epigenetic-genetic testing, implementing population-wide health strategies and integrating remote care options in rural communities. Cardio Diagnostics said the revised report also addresses the role of technologies including virtual cardiac care and precision-medicine testing in strengthening early detection, access and personalized care.

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AZIO AI Holdings (NASDAQ: AZIO) is positioning its Atlas One development in south Texas to address growing demand for the physical infrastructure supporting artificial intelligence, including land, power, connectivity and modular computing capacity. The project spans more than 548 acres and is engineered for up to 500 MW of planned behind-the-meter power capacity, with approximately 6 MW of off-grid power already installed to support modular data centers and enterprise fiber connectivity secured through a Master Services Agreement with AT&T. AZIO is directing capital, equipment and engineering resources toward the initial 11 MW phase as worldwide investment in AI infrastructure continues to expand and computing capacity increasingly emerges as a long-duration, revenue-generating infrastructure asset.

Global markets came under pressure last week as investors sold shares linked to AI, while higher oil prices and elevated government bond yields added to concerns about the outlook for equities.

Nanox (NASDAQ: NNOX) is focused on driving the world’s transition to preventive health care by delivering an integrated, end-to-end medical imaging and healthcare services platform.

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Greenland Mines (NASDAQ: GRML), a Western-aligned critical minerals developer, announced plans to offer shares of common stock, or common stock equivalents, in a public offering, with all securities to be offered by the company. Greenland Mines intends to use the net proceeds, together with existing cash and cash equivalents, to fund the acquisition of the Sarfartoq Nd-Pr Rare Earth Element Project, working capital and other general corporate purposes. The offering is subject to market and other conditions, with no assurance regarding its completion, size or terms. A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners is acting as sole placement agent.

Rail Vision (NASDAQ: RVSN, FSE: C80), an early commercialization stage technology company developing AI-integrated railway safety systems, reported revenue of $1.015 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026, up 328% from $237,000 a year earlier, with revenue primarily generated from ShuntingYard Systems delivery for Railserve and services to existing customers. Gross profit increased to $317,000 from $48,000, while GAAP net loss was $7.31 million, or $3.30 per share, compared with $5.68 million, or $3.38 per share, a year earlier. Recent commercial developments included integration of ShuntingYard technology into Railserve YardGUARD safety system in the U.S., completion of field testing with Israel Railways and continued evaluation of potential opportunities in India and other international markets. Rail Vision ended the period with approximately $15.6 million in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and no financial debt.

Nanox (NASDAQ: NNOX), an innovative medical imaging technology company, announced it will report financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, before market open on Sept. 9, 2026. CEO and Acting Chairman Erez Meltzer and CFO Guy Nathanzon will host a conference call beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET to review the results and provide a business update. A live webcast will also be available through the Investor Relations section of the Nanox website.

Recurrent glioblastoma leaves patients with almost no effective treatments to fall back on. Standard therapies typically combine surgery with chemotherapy, but the disease usually comes back in a harsher, harder-to-treat form.

Scientists have developed a new quantum material that can work at normal room temperature, a breakthrough that could help make quantum technology easier to use and more widely available.

China is highlighting a growing problem in the global transition to renewable energy: electricity grids are struggling to absorb rapidly expanding supplies of renewable power.

Citius Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CTXR) is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing first-in-class critical care products. The company has built a diversified portfolio spanning oncology, anti-infectives in adjunct cancer care, stem cell therapy and prescription products, with a strategy centered on assets that address significant unmet medical needs and offer differentiated commercial opportunities.

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AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ: ASTS), which is building a space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by everyday smartphones for commercial and government applications, closed a $1 billion aggregate principal amount offering of 1.625% convertible senior notes due 2034 in July 2026. The initial purchasers also exercised in full their option to purchase an additional $150 million principal amount of notes. As part of the transaction, AST SpaceMobile purchased a capped call hedge that increased the effective conversion price to $149.20 per share. The company said the financing provided capital to pursue growth opportunities, continue vertical integration and secure additional access to orbit, while the capped call transactions were designed to mitigate potential dilution or cash obligations upon conversion of the notes.

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Annovis Bio (NYSE: ANVS), a Phase 3 clinical-stage biotechnology company developing the investigational oral therapy buntanetap for neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease (“AD”) and Parkinson’s disease (“PD”), announced it will host a corporate update webinar Sept. 2, 2026, at 4 p.m. EDT, followed by a live question-and-answer session. Founder, President and CEO Maria Maccecchini, Ph.D., will discuss recent progress, ongoing clinical programs and upcoming milestones, including the fully enrolled pivotal Phase 3 AD trial, with top-line data and regulatory submissions expected in 2027. Annovis also plans to begin enrolling patients in an AD open-label study in October 2026 to generate long-term safety data, while its PD open-label study is underway and discussions continue regarding initiation of a Parkinson’s disease dementia program.

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Moody Capital, a relationship-driven investment bank providing advisory services and transaction execution, announced that H. John Zhang has joined the firm as managing director, focusing on capital markets and mergers and acquisitions advisory engagements. Zhang brings more than 30 years of capital markets and investment banking experience, most recently serving as managing director at Roc Global, where he executed capital formation and M&A transactions in the metals and mining sector and developed relationships with Asian institutional investors. His previous experience includes managing director roles at Bank of America, Citigroup and Crédit Agricole Lazard Financial Products, as well as serving as a founding partner of a global macro hedge fund and commodity trading advisor.

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Whether you’re on the battlefield, in a tense SWAT operation, or working in a loud factory, hearing protection that keeps you safe, but doesn’t hurt your ability to hear your surroundings and communicate with others, is crucial to your success and comfort. Without an effective solution, you can miss critical commands, warnings, or other vital information, or can permanently damage your hearing.

FingerMotion (NASDAQ: FNGR) CEO Jolie Kahn outlined the company’s strategy to expand into modular artificial intelligence and high-performance computing infrastructure in North America while continuing to strengthen its existing mobile data, payment and recharge platform business in China. FingerMotion is evaluating smaller, modular facilities that can be deployed incrementally based on contracted or demonstrable customer demand, including behind-the-meter facilities in Western Canada near natural gas resources. The company recently acquired a 9.9% interest in Lyken AI Computing Inc., operating as Lyken.AI, which provides access to outsourced cloud-compute capacity and is developing enterprise offerings spanning compute infrastructure, secure storage, private low-latency networking and deployment support. Kahn said FingerMotion plans to deploy capital in stages, with progress tied to due diligence, definitive agreements, project economics, customer demand, financing arrangements and deployment milestones.

Wrap Technologies (NASDAQ: WRAP) is featured in a NetworkNewsWire editorial examining the evolving counter-drone defense market and growing demand for integrated sensing and low-cost interception technologies. The editorial highlights Wrap’s exclusive U.S. and NATO commercialization rights to Frenel Imaging’s TPiCore polarimetric sensing platform and the company’s work to integrate physics-based detection and laser directed-energy interception within its WrapShield open architecture. The coverage notes that WrapShield is structured around Detect, Orchestrate and Respond capabilities and is being positioned for Department of War force protection, Department of Homeland Security border security, critical infrastructure and specialized tactical law enforcement applications.

NetworkNewsWire Editorial Coverage : For most of the past decade, counter-drone defense was framed as a capability question. It has quietly become a question of arithmetic, and the answer the defense establishment has converged on is directed energy, which trades a multimillion-dollar interceptor for a laser that fires for pennies. That fix has exposed a second and harder problem sitting underneath it. Aiming a laser demands a class of perception that most of the deployed world does not have, and the threat itself has just gone silent. Wrap Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: WRAP) ( Profile ) has spent the summer assembling a position at exactly that seam, anchored by an exclusive U.S. and NATO license to a physics-based sensing technology that it has now paired with laser directed-energy interception through an expanded relationship with Israeli sensing firm Frenel Imaging. The work is the newest layer in WrapShield, the open architecture Wrap has been building in public, and it points the company at Department of War force protection, DHS border security, critical infrastructure and specialized tactical law-enforcement markets. That position does not map neatly onto any single peer. LightPath Technologies Inc . (NASDAQ: LPTH), AeroVironment Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) each hold part of the same landscape, whether in public safety platforms, decision architecture, directed energy at scale or interceptor economics. None of them sits on the specific seam where physics-based perception meets low-cost interception, which is…

For a long time, storage chips have been a standardized commodity whose market is cyclical . First comes a growth in demand from segments like consumer electronics, then comes a ramp-up of manufacturing capacity by all fabs, next is oversupply once all producers pour huge amounts of interchangeable products onto the market, and then the inevitable bust happens as all manufacturers lower prices to get rid of the excess inventory that has flooded the market.

The United States consumes roughly 6% of global copper, yet now holds nearly 70% of the copper stored across major global futures exchanges: the London Metal Exchange, COMEX, and the Shanghai Futures Exchange. Ole Hansen, Saxo Bank’s Head of Commodity Strategy, argues that this unusual concentration is largely driven by expectations of America imposing tariffs on imported refined copper.

A new study whose results are yet to be peer-reviewed has shown that a personalized mRNA vaccine made from the tumor tissue of a patient can prevent the cancer from recurring years after the treatment is given.

Coal companies are making record profits as instability in the Gulf region continues to disrupt normal energy flows and force countries to seek alternative energy sources. The ongoing U.S.-Iran war has resulted in the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a channel through which 20-25% of the world’s crude oil and petroleum passes every single day.

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) companies are accelerating their expansion into international markets as demand for their vehicles slows at home. After years of strong growth in China, automakers are increasingly looking abroad for new customers and opportunities.

FingerMotion (NASDAQ: FNGR), a mobile data and telecommunications services company expanding into the enterprise AI compute market, noted that Lyken AI Computing Inc., operating as Lyken.AI, entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) with Singapore-based SWARMNET SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD. The MOU outlines an indicative framework under which Lyken would lease, host, manage and/or otherwise make available a 128-node NVIDIA B300 AI compute cluster to Swarmnet for inference workloads, along with token optimization services and related commercial arrangements. FingerMotion acquired a 9.9% interest in Lyken in an all-stock transaction valued at $500,000 that closed Aug. 17, 2026. The contemplated arrangement calls for an indicative five-year term, but remains subject to Lyken securing sufficient funding, execution of definitive agreements and other conditions, with aggregate indicative revenues to be determined and disclosed upon execution of definitive agreements.

India’s next major manufacturing opportunity may emerge not from information technology or semiconductors, but from medical devices. An observation from business developer Shaad Merchant, quoting a recent report from Rubix Industry Insights, shows India’s medical-device market projected to increase from $15.2 billion in 2025 to $50.1 billion by 2030, representing a compound annual growth rate of 26.9%. That projected expansion would place medical devices among India’s faster-growing industrial and healthcare segments ( https://ibn.fm/19Onj ).

AZIO AI Holdings (NASDAQ: AZIO) announced its placement in an AINewsWire editorial examining the multibillion-dollar buildout of physical infrastructure supporting artificial intelligence. The editorial notes that global AI infrastructure spending is projected to reach approximately $487 billion in 2026 and surpass $1 trillion by 2029, with significant investment directed toward land, power and connectivity. AZIO AI is developing Atlas One, the first named development phase within Project Atlas, which brings together the company’s South Texas land, secured behind-the-meter natural gas generation, dedicated fiber and modular compute infrastructure as it seeks to expand its role in the AI infrastructure market.

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Greenland Mines (NASDAQ: GRML), a Western-aligned critical minerals developer, released an independent Initial Assessment (“IA”) for its Sarfartoq Nd-Pr Rare Earth Element Project in southwest Greenland, outlining a high-case pre-tax net present value of up to approximately $2.05 billion at an 8% real discount rate and an internal rate of return of 118.6%, including Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resources. The high case estimates a pre-tax NPV of up to $1.49 billion and an IRR of 92.7% when Inferred Mineral Resources are excluded. The assessment outlines a nine-year mine life processing 12.2 million tons at 1.4 million tons annually and states that, at 2025 consumption levels, planned Sarfartoq NdPr oxide production would represent approximately 34% of NdPr oxide refined outside China during each scheduled operating year.

GlobalTech (OTC: GLTK), a publicly traded technology platform company building AI and data companies inside real operating infrastructure, announced a 1-for-3 reverse stock split expected to become effective Aug. 27, 2026, at 12:01 a.m. PST, with split-adjusted trading expected to begin that day or as soon thereafter as FINRA announces effectiveness. The reverse split is expected to reduce outstanding common shares from approximately 152 million to approximately 50 million and is intended to help the company satisfy Nasdaq minimum bid price and/or closing stock price requirements as part of its effort to uplist to the Nasdaq Capital Market. Globaltech has applied for a Nasdaq listing but has not been approved and does not currently meet all uplisting requirements. Following FINRA effectiveness, the shares are expected to trade under the temporary symbol GLTKD for 20 trading days before reverting to GLTK.

Knightscope (NASDAQ: KSCP), a security technology company building the nation’s first Autonomous Security Force, announced it will exhibit at GSX 2026, the Global Security Exchange, Sept. 14-16 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, where it will debut its Autonomous Security Force to the public. The company will showcase its integrated Hardware + Software + Humans operation, including the new K7 Autonomous Security Robot, K5 Autonomous Security Robot, K1 Hemisphere, K1 Capsule and K1 Super Tower in 7-, 14- and 21-foot configurations, as well as the H1 Augmented Security Agent prototype and Signals, its forthcoming command interface and operational digital twin. Knightscope, which serves 434 clients across 42 states, said its machines have logged more than 4.4 million autonomous hours in the field.

Wearable Devices (NASDAQ: WLDS), a technology growth company specializing in artificial intelligence (“AI”)-powered touchless sensing wearables, reported revenue of $350,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2026, compared with $294,000 in the prior-year period, driven by commercial sales of Mudra Link and Mudra Band. Net loss increased to $5.5 million, or $3.50 per basic and diluted share, from $3.7 million, or $20.71 per basic and diluted share, a year earlier, primarily due to investments in new initiatives, increased headcount and other operating expenses. During the first half, the company also advanced its Large MUAP Model (“LMM”), introduced Mudra Pro and Mudra Ultimate hardware architectures for physical AI and human-machine interaction, released its Mudra Studio development platform and continued advancing its ai6 Labs innovation engine and patent portfolio.

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As digital assets mature, the opportunity is increasingly extending beyond simply owning cryptocurrency. For corporations and institutional investors, the next challenge is building infrastructure that can help manage digital assets, generate potential returns and maintain appropriate financial controls.

Beeline Holdings (NASDAQ: BLNE) is developing a residential equity strategy designed to give qualified homeowners access to liquidity without taking on additional debt, and a recent Regulation D filing by TYTL Corp. provides new details on the potential capital infrastructure that could support that model.

Coal has always been valued for what it produces when burned. Frontieras North America has built a business around what it produces when it isn’t burned. The company’s FASForm(TM) process fractionates coal into its molecular components without combustion, generating diesel, naphtha, jet fuel, ammonium sulfate fertilizer, sulfuric acid, and FASCarbon(TM), a solid carbon product with sulfur content below 1%. That specification puts Frontieras directly inside the industrial carbon market that steel manufacturers, cement producers and heavy industrial operators depend on, and that consistently rewards suppliers who can deliver cleaner, more consistent carbon inputs.

Greenland Mines (NASDAQ: GRML) announced an independently prepared S-K 1300 Technical Report Summary (“TRS”) for its Sarfartoq Nd-Pr Rare Earths Project in southwest Greenland, marking the first time the project has reported a portion of its resource in the Indicated Mineral Resource category under an SEC-recognized reporting standard. The report, prepared by Tetra Tech Canada Inc. and GeoSim Services Inc. with an effective date of July 31, 2026, also provides Sarfartoq’s first combined open pit and underground resource estimate. Under the hybrid scenario, which Greenland Mines considers the most representative view of the project’s development potential, Sarfartoq contains an Indicated Mineral Resource of 6.9 million tonnes grading 1.60% total rare earth oxides (“TREO”) and an Inferred Mineral Resource of 5.3 million tonnes grading 0.96% TREO, totaling approximately 12.2 million tonnes at 1.32% TREO. Mineral resources are not mineral reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.

Datavault AI (NASDAQ: DVLT) announced that Optoma’s HCPro-5400 and UHZ58LV true 4K UHD laser projectors, along with 66 additional models sharing their platforms, have received WiSA SoundSend Certification from the WiSA Association, a division of Datavault AI’s Acoustic Sciences division. The certification confirms compatibility with WiSA SoundSend universal wireless audio transmitters, including the original SoundSend and forthcoming SoundSend E, enabling the projectors to connect wirelessly with WiSA Certified speakers from multiple brands. SoundSend E will use WiSA E technology and work with the new WiSA Connect mobile application, which is designed to provide system controls including equalization, bass management and custom user profiles.

Two leading copper producers in Chile have cut their 2026 guidance after severe storms disrupted their operations in northern Chile. Combined, Antofagasta and Lundin reduced their production expectations by up to 55,000 tons when compared to the production guidance they had initially released for 2026.

AINewsWire Editorial Coverage : Artificial intelligence has always been described as a software story, but its economics increasingly run through concrete, copper and steel. Global spending on AI infrastructure is projected to reach roughly $487 billion in 2026 and surpass $1 trillion by 2029, according to International Data Corporation figures, and much of that capital is chasing land, power and connectivity rather than chips alone. Among the companies positioning to serve that buildout is AZIO AI Holdings Inc . (NASDAQ: AZIO) ( Profile ). The company is developing Atlas One, the first named development phase within Project Atlas, which brings together AZIO AI’s south Texas land, secured behind-the-meter natural gas generation, dedicated fiber, and modular compute infrastructure. Project Atlas is strengthening the company’s growing momentum as AZIO is focused on joining an elite group of leading companies that are playing key roles in the AI space, including NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA), Arista Networks Inc. (NYSE: ANET), Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE: VRT) and Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO).

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American Fusion (OTC: AMFN), developer of the proprietary Texatron(TM) Fusion Engine(TM), announced it has reached 100 pending patent applications after filing 17 additional U.S. applications covering key aspects of its fusion technology platform. The new filings expand the company’s intellectual property strategy around the Texatron(TM) platform, including aluminum fusion-confinement structures, clam-shell and unitary housings, hollow toroidal interior chambers, rifled interior geometries, electromagnetic field structures, fuel-injection systems, coil configurations and related system architectures. American Fusion said its strategy is designed to protect multiple embodiments, configurations, manufacturing approaches, operating architectures and potential future generations of the platform as it works toward commercialization.

Solowin Holdings (NASDAQ: AXG), a financial technology firm bridging traditional and digital assets, is celebrating its 10th anniversary, marking a decade of compliance-led financial innovation. Tracing its operating history to 2016, the company has evolved from traditional finance into a fully compliant dual-token digital economy platform built around Digital Asset Tokens, focused on stablecoins and tokenized real-world assets, and AI Tokens, integrating artificial intelligence infrastructure, agent governance and intelligent financial services into the token economy. AXG began operations in Hong Kong in 2016, listed on Nasdaq in 2023, completed its Hong Kong virtual-asset business upgrade in 2024 and expanded its tokenization and AI capabilities through its 2025 acquisition of AlloyX Limited. In 2026, subsidiary AX Coin Bahrain B.S.C. (c) secured a full stablecoin issuance license from the Central Bank of Bahrain and obtained what the company describes as the world’s first Sharia-compliant stablecoin certification.

Xeriant (OTCQB: XERI) highlighted the potential of its NexBoard composite panel to serve as a universal construction board, citing independent laboratory testing showing that the product outperforms conventional drywall, magnesium oxide board, oriented strand board, medium-density fiberboard and plywood across critical performance categories. According to the company, NexBoard combines fire performance, impact and mechanical strength, water and moisture resistance, mold resistance, fastener pull-through resistance and compressive strength, potentially allowing a single material to be used for interior walls, semi-structural applications, subflooring, roofing underlayment, exterior sheathing and other applications. NexBoard and companion finishing compound NexPatch(TM) are marketed under Xeriant’s DUREVER(TM) advanced materials brand, and the company continues to advance commercialization and provide samples to homebuilders and commercial contractors evaluating the panel for multi-application use.

AZIO AI Holdings (NASDAQ: AZIO) is featured in an AINewsWire editorial examining the growing investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure and the increasing importance of land, power and connectivity alongside computing hardware. The editorial highlights AZIO’s Atlas One, the first named development phase of Project Atlas, a South Texas compute campus spanning more than 548 acres and designed for up to 500 MW of planned behind-the-meter capacity. The article notes that roughly 6 MW of off-grid power has been deployed to support modular data centers at the site and highlights the company’s Master Services Agreement with AT&T for enterprise fiber connectivity, backed by an approximately $2.4 million commitment. The editorial positions AZIO’s integrated model of GPU and compute-system sales, energy-backed hosting infrastructure and company-operated computing workloads within a broader AI infrastructure investment cycle that increasingly treats compute as a long-duration, revenue-producing asset.

VERAXA Biotech (NASDAQ: VRXA) and Secarna Pharmaceuticals GmbH & Co. KG announced initial positive results from their strategic research collaboration to develop next-generation antibody oligonucleotide conjugates (“AOCs”) for autoimmune and chronic immune diseases. In early in vitro studies, an AOC candidate combining the companies’ technologies demonstrated greater potency than the equivalent unconjugated oligonucleotide, supporting the potential of the approach to selectively deliver therapeutic oligonucleotides to disease-specific cells. The companies said they are discussing next steps in the collaboration, which VERAXA noted demonstrates the potential application of its proprietary click chemistry-powered conjugation technology beyond its primary focus on solid tumors.

Scinai Immunotherapeutics (NASDAQ: SCNI), a biopharmaceutical company combining therapeutic development with a revenue-generating contract development and manufacturing organization (“CDMO”), reported first-half 2026 revenue of $949,000, up from $773,000 in the prior-year period, while committed customer orders reached approximately $3.1 million as of Aug. 16, 2026, including approximately $2.1 million already invoiced. The company is also advancing an expanded clinical manufacturing and chemistry, manufacturing and controls (“CMC”) program for a U.S.-based biopharmaceutical company, with approximately $650,000 in cash payments and advances received and substantive activities underway while a definitive agreement remains under negotiation. The program is intended to support an investigational drug product toward a U.S. investigational new drug (“IND”) submission and Phase III clinical development. Scinai continues to pursue approximately $5 million in CDMO revenue for 2026.

VERAXA Biotech (NASDAQ: VRXA), an emerging leader in designing novel cancer therapies, has moved its VXA-222 bispecific antibody-drug conjugate program into the next stage of development after completing the initial phase of its collaboration with OmniAb, giving the biotechnology company a new development milestone while it continues expanding the intellectual-property estate underpinning its antibody technology portfolio.

Market Street Capital was featured in a recent article that discusses how the expanding private credit sector is giving middle-market founders more options when evaluating debt and equity financing. The article explores the long-term implications of each approach, noting that debt can preserve ownership and provide cost-efficient capital for established businesses with predictable cash flows, while equity can offer greater flexibility for transformational initiatives but comes with ownership dilution and potential changes in governance. As traditional bank lending remains less accessible to some middle-market companies, private credit has emerged as an increasingly important source of financing through structures such as senior debt, unitranche, mezzanine and asset-based lending. Against this backdrop, Market Street’s capital markets practice helps founders assess financing alternatives and structure capital solutions designed to support growth, acquisitions, recapitalizations and long-term enterprise value.

VERAXA Biotech (NASDAQ: VRXA) recently received favorable Scientific Advice from Germany’s Paul-Ehrlich-Institute (“PEI”) regarding the development strategy for its lead BiTAC-TCE cancer therapy, providing regulatory guidance on the program’s biological rationale, pharmacokinetics and planned non-clinical safety studies ahead of potential clinical trials. The company views the feedback as an early regulatory validation that could reduce development uncertainty and clarify the path toward the clinic. VERAXA’s lead candidate previously produced encouraging preclinical results presented at the 2026 AACR Annual Meeting, where the company reported selective targeting of cancer cells carrying two biomarkers while sparing cells with only one, potentially improving the therapeutic window of conventional T-cell engagers. The company is now focused on completing non-clinical studies, advancing manufacturing and preparing for future regulatory submissions, while continuing to develop a broader oncology pipeline spanning bispecific T-cell engagers, ADCs and other engineered antibody therapies.

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American Fusion (OTC: AMFN),developer of the proprietary Texatron(TM) Fusion Engine(TM), announced that OTC Markets Group has approved the company to trade on the OTCQB Venture Market under its existing AMFN ticker, effective Aug. 21, 2026. The approval follows completion of the FINRA Form 211 process and advances American Fusion from an unsolicited-only quotation environment to one in which broker-dealers can publish proprietary quotations. The company views OTCQB as an intermediate step toward its longer-term objective of qualifying for a national securities exchange and intends to evaluate the Texas Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Capital Market, among other potential venues. American Fusion is also advancing preliminary discussions regarding potential offtake arrangements and power purchase agreements for future Texatron(TM)-generated electricity while continuing to pursue a secondary quotation or listing in Frankfurt.

Greenland Mines (NASDAQ: GRML) announced that the Government of Greenland, through the Ministry of Business and Mineral Resources, has formally approved the indirect transfer of Mineral Exploration License MEL 2020-32 covering the Sarfartoq Carbonatite Complex from Neo Performance Materials Inc. to Greenland Mines. The approval satisfies a key regulatory closing condition for the company’s previously announced acquisition of the Sarfartoq Neodymium-Praseodymium (“Nd-Pr”) Rare Earths Project. Sarfartoq has a historic NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate and Preliminary Economic Assessment and is supported by more than 15 years of exploration work, over 23,000 meters of drilling, extensive metallurgical test work and environmental baseline studies. The project, together with Greenland Mines’ flagship Skaergaard palladium-gold-platinum project, forms the foundation of the company’s North Atlantic Critical Metals Corridor strategy.

The Strait of Hormuz closure that began in late February 2026 removed more than 11 million barrels of Middle Eastern crude per day from global markets and sent Brent crude from roughly $62 a barrel in December 2025 to more than $117 by April 2026. Diesel and jet fuel wholesale prices are forecast to rise more than 60% in 2026 compared to preconflict projections. The disruption has made one argument hard to ignore: Energy systems built around imported feedstocks and foreign supply chains are exposed to risks that domestic production does not carry. Frontieras North America is a company built on exactly that premise. Its patented FASForm(TM) technology converts domestic coal into diesel, naphtha, jet fuel, hydrogen, FASCarbon(TM), ammonium sulfate fertilizer and sulfuric acid using a feedstock that is abundant, domestically produced and priced independently of global oil markets.

Public safety agencies are increasingly confronting a technology environment in which detection, response, training and digital evidence must work together rather than operate as isolated systems. As agencies modernize their operations, the opportunity is expanding beyond individual products toward connected platforms capable of supporting multiple stages of the public safety workflow.

A new study has confirmed that a simple fix in the way patients are treated in emergency rooms (ERs) can speed up care and reduce the amount of time patients wait before being attended to. The fix involves treating selected patients while they are seated instead of waiting for an ER bed to become available so they can be attended to.

The world’s policymakers and automakers have real lessons to draw from how China built its electric vehicle industry, and the useful ones have little to do with copying an all-powerful state. Start with technological range: China backed multiple pathways simultaneously, battery-electric, hybrid, fuel-cell, and alternative fuels, rather than committing early to one winner.

Washington is planning to warn nations that participation in a U.S.-backed AI partnership could be jeopardized if they also join a competing Chinese initiative, according to a U.S. official and a draft State Department letter.

The ongoing conflict between the conflict between the U.S.-Israeli alliance and Iran has threatened the global economy in many ways, and it has also brought to the fore the previously under-reported vulnerabilities of the semiconductor industry and the AI industry in general.

Big Tech’s climate pledges are quietly buckling under the weight of AI . Microsoft has struck a gas-supply agreement with Chevron to power a Texas data center, and Google has pursued similar gas arrangements in the state. Amazon has reportedly sought out sites near existing gas plants.

President Donald Trump’s crypto business World Liberty Financial (WLF) is working with Hong Kong’s WorldClaw, a company that provides access to AI systems developed by both Chinese and American firms.