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New research from the University of Oklahoma has revealed how an aggressive type of breast cancer can manipulate the immune system to draw nerves into tumors, creating conditions that may help the cancer grow. Scientists have known for years that many solid tumors contain extensive nerve networks. What has been less clear is how those nerves enter the tumor in the first place. The new study, published in Cell Death & Differentiation, provides an explanation for this process in triple-negative breast cancer, a particularly difficult form of the disease to treat. Immune Cells Help Draw Nerves Into Tumors The researchers…

Dickson said conscientious objection was also delaying and obstructing access to abortion care in NHS settings in Wales.The Abortion Act 1967 allows those with a conscientious objection to refuse to be part of treatment unless that care is immediately necessary to save life or prevent grave permanent injury to a pregnant woman.These can be religious, moral or personal objections to termination of pregnancy.Dickson described one case where a woman who had an abnormality in her pregnancy had her care delayed by six weeks, and another where a woman couldn’t afford to travel.”The only appointment availability was in England,” she said.”She…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the country will build the largest clean energy investment in North America’s history—a package of hydropower, onshore wind and transmission projects aimed at meeting electricity needs while also exporting power to Massachusetts and New York. The investment of about $70 billion Canadian (U.S. $50 billion) announced on Monday is notable for its contrast with the fossil-fuel-centered priorities of the Trump administration, but Carney and Canada have a mixed record on the transition to cleaner energy sources. Carney’s government also is taking steps to boost production in the oil sands of the western province of…

Claim: In August 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln to sign NDAs before they were allowed to leave the aircraft carrier. Rating: In mid-August 2026, social media users circulated a claim that U.S. President Donald Trump ordered sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln to sign nondisclosure agreements before they were allowed to leave the aircraft carrier. One Facebook post spreading the rumor was captioned, “Trump is making USS Lincoln sailors sign an NDA before they can get off the ship. #navy #ussabrahamlincoln #military #nda #fascism.”  (Facebook user Politics Girl Official) Variations of the claim…

For a second time, the US Supreme Court has declined President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a federal civil jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E Jean Carroll. In June, the top court had already denied a prior attempt by Trump to review the civil case.The president has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and argued that the judge who oversaw the civil trial improperly allowed evidence to be presented that affected the jury’s perceptions of him. In July, he paid Carroll more than $5m (£3.6m) in damages over her civil claim that Trump sexually assaulted…

Disabled people across England will be able to use their free bus passes at any time of day from next April, as Andy Burnham expands a policy he introduced as mayor of Greater Manchester.The prime minister has said the current weekday restrictions on when disabled people can use their bus passes will be removed from 1 April 2027. Their passes are valid only between 9.30am and 11pm on weekdays, although some councils pay to allow people free travel outside those hours.The change means disabled bus pass holders will be able to travel free on local bus services where the pass…

Weiquan Lin/ Moment via Getty ImagesFollow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.ZDNET’s key takeawaysThe number of active AI agents in organizations has tripled in the last year. AI agents have improved their capabilities by 350% and can now handle complex tasks. Employee use of AI agents has increased 3X as trust deepens. The average number of AI agents activated per organization increased nearly threefold since 2025, according to the 2026 Agentic Enterprise Index, new research from Salesforce that analyzes aggregate AI usage data from the company’s Agentforce platform.The index analyzes the activity of AI engagements in production for five consecutive…

Swati KhandelwalAug 17, 2026Vulnerability / DevOps GitLab has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability impacting its Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) software that, under certain conditions, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to remotely modify or delete public projects and user data. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-19478, has been rated Critical by GitLab and assigned a CVSS score of 9.4. Released on August 17, 2026, the critical patch release arrived outside the company’s usual schedule of twice-monthly updates on the second and fourth Wednesdays, five days after a routine patch release that carried no critical-rated issues. Only…

In brief Polymarket is pricing in a 74% chance of no change at the next Fed meeting, and just 25% on a quarter-point hike. Kalshi’s September Fed-decision contract prices a 73.5% hold, with roughly $10 million wagered on the outcome. Myriad’s “Fed Decision in September?” market lists “No Change” at about 75% odds, and resolves after the September 15–16 FOMC meeting. Prediction markets are converging on the same forecast for the Federal Reserve’s September meeting: don’t expect anything to change.Polymarket’s “Fed Decision in September?” market puts the odds of no change at 74%, with a quarter-point hike at 25% and…

NASA has selected four companies to provide payload processing facilities under the Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract on‑ramp provision. The provision enables qualified providers to offer commercial payload processing services for agency missions launching from multiple locations where capabilities were not available at the time of the initial contract award. Contract awardees are: All Points Logistics LLC Blue Origin LLC Firefly Aerospace L3Harris Technologies Inc. Through the contract, NASA procures facilities and services required to perform prelaunch processing of spacecraft and associated rocket hardware for delivery to the launch pad. The Spacecraft Processing Operations Contract is a multiple-award, commercial, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity…