- Magnetoelectric nanomaterials for wireless, battery-free neural stimulation at therapeutic frequencies are reported in a new biorxiv preprint, promising minimally-invasive brain interfaces.  
- A preprint titled “Neural population control via deep image synthesis” demonstrates that optimized images generated by deep ANNs can drive targeted V4 neuron populations in primates beyond natural firing ranges, hinting at future non-invasive brain-state control.  
- ScCas9, a newly characterized CRISPR nuclease with relaxed PAM requirements, is highlighted as a broader-target genome-editing tool developed at MIT.  
- George Church’s lab website (arep.med.harvard.edu) is noted for a technology roadmap that lists goals such as ubiquitous DNA-based surveillance and large-scale human memory genetics via the Wyss “Memory Challenge” project.  
- The Harvard Consortium for Space Genetics (spacegenetics.hms.harvard.edu) is introduced as an initiative to apply genomic technologies to long-duration spaceflight challenges.  
- Discussion critiques the semantic dilution of “blockchain,” contrasting its technical meaning (hash-linked data plus proof-of-work) with corporate marketing uses, exemplified by an IBM patent on blockchain-verified AR location trust.  
- Concerns about long-term knowledge preservation surface in a debate over whether anyone possesses a complete copy of the Sci-Hub corpus, with IP 80.82.77.83 offered as a mirror.