August in review: US–Canada tariff war, South Korea landmark law, Essity buys Kenvue feminine care
This month, tensions flared between the US and Canada, both moving to impact each other’s cosmetics industries with 50% tariffs.
Spatial Transcriptomics Tools May Link Tumor Organization to Treatment Response
Spatial transcriptomics has given cancer researchers a powerful way to see not only which genes are active in a tumor, but where that activity is taking place. Yet the resulting maps can be difficult to compare across tumors because each tumor microenvironment is compositionally and functionally heterogeneous.
FAO Headquarters New Gate Pavilion Achieves LEED Gold Certification
August 2026, Rome: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has achieved LEED Gold certificatio…
Ulta Beauty boosts financial outlook after strong Q2 results
Ulta Beauty has announced its Q2 2026 results, showing a net sales figure of US$3.04 billion, an 8.9% growth year-over-year. The company attributes the increase to growth in comparable sales, its acquisition of Space NK, and revenue from new stores.
Givaudan pitches fragrance as loneliness antidote
Givaudan has unveiled Message in a Bottle, an olfactive perspective exploring how social belonging motivates consumers’ fragrance choices. The company says this mindset is “shaping a new generation of emotionally resonant scents.”
🎥 TRIC Robotics scales to 1,500 strawberry acres with 15-robot fleet
Ag robotics startup TRIC Robotics has moved from half-acre trials in 2021 to treating more than 1,500 acres of commercia…
Fysh Foods: Beyond Sushi Owner Scoops Up Shark Tank’s Influencer-Led Vegan Seafood Brand
New York City’s City Roots Hospitality, which owns vegan eateries like Beyond Sushi, Colette and Anixi, has acquired plant-based seafood brand Fysh Foods.
科迪华、先正达为何同时投资它？蛔甙——从土壤信号到全球农业新赛道
世界农化网中文网报道： 当全球农业巨头科迪华与先正达近两年相继与一家初创公司达成重磅合作——前者致力于将一项新技术引入种子处理蓝海，后者则锁定其在亚洲水稻市场的独家使用权——人们不禁要问：究竟是什么″神秘分子″，能让这些行业领袖同时押注？答案，来自土壤中的微生物世界。一种名为″蛔甙″（acaroside）的天然小分子，正从实验室走向大田，以其独特的作用机制和商业潜力引发行业关注。它不是杀菌剂，却能让植物″记住″病原体的威胁；它不直接杀虫，却能帮助作物在逆境中稳产高产。这，正是农业巨头们争相布局的新赛道。
ESC 2026: Five stories that mattered in Munich
The news was so big that one section wasn’t enough. During one of Friday’s Hot Line sessions and a Saturday’s Late Breaking Clinical Trial session, Cytokinetics shared detailed data from its phase 3 trial for Myqorzo (aficamten), a cardiac myosin inhibitor, in non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (nHCM). The results were also published simultaneously in The New England Journal of Medicine.
BioNTech cancer vaccine trial halted after survival imbalance
Why it matters: The contrasting results sharpen an emerging lesson for personalized cancer vaccines: stimulating tumor-specific T cells may not be enough on its own, particularly against tumors that are poorly responsive to immunotherapy.