Congrats to Verdira Biotech on winning first place at the #TUMIDEAward 2025! 🎉 They developed a #filtrationtechnology for volatile #organiccompounds. FIRsense and ARPOSO Biotech won second and third place, respectively: http://go.tum.de/879610 👏

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TUM IDEAward for biotechnology and nanotechnology start-up teams

Three research teams have been honored with the TUM IDEAward for their pioneering start-up ideas.

Mom Who Wrote Children’s Book on Grief After Husband’s Death Charged With His Murder

Investigators say she poisoned him with a lethal dose of fentanyl.

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Supreme Court Blocks Abortion Pill Restrictions—Likely a Temporary, Strategic Move

Mifepristone access in blue states is safe for now; but this is likely part of a larger strategy to help Republicans politically ahead of a much worse decision.

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3 Appeals Court Judges Want to Rewind Us Back to Y2K-Era Abortions

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Trump-Appointed Judge Bans the Abortion Pill Nationwide, Starting in 7 Days

Mifepristone has been FDA-approved for over 20 years—until anti-abortion activists handpicked right-wing Texas judge Matthew Kacsmaryk to take this case.

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Republican Congressman Proudly Admits He Doesn't Know the Difference Between Abortion & Plan B

"There is a lot of risk that’s involved with Plan B abortifacients," Montana Rep. Matt Rosendale said.

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Transcript of Abortion Pill Hearing Reveals Texas Judge Used Anti-Abortion Terms During Questioning

A group of Republicans and right-wingers want Kacsmaryk to put an injunction on the use of mifepristone, the primary abortion pill.

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Identifying organic compounds with visible light

Researchers from the Universidad de Santiago de Chile and the University of Notre Dame, working with machine learning, have devised a method to identify organic compounds based on the refractive index at a single optical wavelength. The technique could have research and industrial applications for automated chemical analysis that is cheaper, safer and requires less expertise to operate.

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Mike Pence Says 'We Need to' Ban Abortion Pills Nationwide in New Leaked Audio

The former Vice President and likely 2024 presidential contender has been on a crusade against abortion his entire career and has more big plans for it.

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A huge diversity of organic compounds found in the Tissint meteorite

A study has confirmed the presence of a "huge diversity" of organic compounds in the Tissint Martian meteorite that crashed on Earth's surface 12 years back.

The meteorite was named after the city of Tissint in Morocco, around which the fr...

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A huge diversity of organic compounds found in the Tissint meteorite

Analysis of the meteorite’s organic inventory, revealed a link between the type and diversity of organic molecules and specific mineralogy

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