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- 1Climate Anxiety Support Groups Grapple With Eco-Grief●Climate Change Anxiety Support Group Cafe:Let’sTalk-“This is not a natural calamity: it is being done to us knowingly”-Guardian UK
Support group meetings branded as 'Climate Change Anxiety Cafe: Let's Talk' are drawing attention, with participants quoting a Guardian UK framing that today's climate disasters are 'not a natural calamity: it is being done to us knowingly.' The gatherings offer a space for people to process distress over global warming, while the deliberately-caused framing is fueling debate about blame, accountability and how to cope with climate-related despair.
- 2Machine Learning Boosts Production of Licorice-Derived Drug Molecule●Machine Learning and Molecular Scaffolds Supercharge Production of a Licorice-Derived Drug Molecule
Researchers report that combining machine learning with molecular scaffold engineering has significantly increased production of a drug molecule originally derived from licorice. The approach uses computational models to optimize biosynthesis, potentially making plant-derived pharmaceuticals cheaper and more sustainable to manufacture. The work highlights how AI tools are being applied to speed up drug compound production in biotechnology.
- 3Federal Circuit Upholds Ruling for Google in Patent Dispute●CAFC Affirms Section 101 Dismissal for Google Over Internet Advertising Patents
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a lower court's dismissal of patents covering internet advertising technology owned by a party challenging Google. The court found the claims ineligible under Section 101 of the Patent Act, which governs whether inventions are patentable subject matter. The decision is being closely watched by intellectual property practitioners, as it adds to the line of Federal Circuit rulings limiting software and business-method patents in the digital advertising space.