Leading Lab-Grown Meat Company Upside Foods Just Paused a Major Expansion Upside Foods is putting plans for its Illinois-based cultivated meat factory on hold and laying off staff to focus on its existing plant. Tech News
The Feds Just Bet Even Bigger on American-Made Heat Pumps The US Department of Energy is announcing another $63 million to supercharge domestic manufacturing of the devices—in the name of national, energy, and climate security. Tech News
A Virus Found in Wastewater Beat Back a Woman’s ‘Zombie’ Bacteria Viruses called phages are a promising treatment option for bacterial infections when antibiotics stop working, but they have limitations. Tech News
Smoking Alters Your Immune System for Years After You Quit By switching genes on and off, cigarettes have a long-lasting effect on immunity, and appear to shape your immune system just as much as aging. Tech News
Farming Prioritizes Cows and Cars—Not People Farmers and scientists are getting better at growing more crops on less land, but they’re not focusing on plants that people eat. Tech News