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Business & Markets · October 19, 2026

Merck KGaA agrees to buy Silence Therapeutics in $1.3 billion deal

The proposed cash acquisition values Silence Therapeutics’ equity at about $1.3 billion. Its lead RNAi medicine remains in clinical development, and closing is not assured.

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The visitor entrance and Green Tower at Merck KGaA’s headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany, in a file photograph. Contextual file photo; it does not depict the reported event.
The visitor entrance and Green Tower at Merck KGaA’s headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany, in a file photograph. Contextual file photo; it does not depict the reported event.File photo: Kuebi = Armin Kübelbeck (resized for web) · CC BY-SA 3.0; resized without generative editing

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Business & Markets · October 12, 2026

Hall and Woodford win economics Nobel for work on stabilisation

The Royal Swedish Academy recognized research behind modern stabilization models, while emphasizing that better tools do not remove the uncertainty or trade-offs facing policymakers.

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Technology & Science · October 7, 2026

Chemistry Nobel goes to Kagan and Soai for molecular handedness work

Their work on nonlinear effects and autocatalysis gives chemists ways to favor one mirror-image form of a molecule. The research has practical value in drug synthesis, while the origin of life's molecular handedness remains unresolved.

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Technology & Science · October 7, 2026

Biohub's $1.8B biology AI plan bundles funds, data and computing

The effort aims to build datasets for AI models that predict cell behavior. Its $1.8 billion headline includes different forms of support, not just new cash, and commercial partners are reported to receive a one-year head start on some data.

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Technology & Science · October 1, 2026

Crew-13 launches toward a planned ISS docking record

Jessica Watkins leads a four-agency crew on a roughly eight-hour route. NASA says the schedule would be the fastest U.S. launch-to-docking at the station.

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