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QCi Q1 2026 Revenue Surges to $3.7M on Luminar Semiconductor Acquisition
Quantum Computing Inc. (Nasdaq: QUBT) posted first quarter 2026 revenue of $3.7 million, up from $39 thousand in the same period a year ago. The percentage increase is striking enough to stop a reader. The cause is straightforward: QCi closed its $110 million acquisition of Luminar Semiconductor Inc. in February and picked up NuCrypt LLC…
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Green Energy & Markets Weekly: The Grid Is Being Tested From Both Ends
Brent crude hit $104.84 per barrel at the start of the week, up 59% from a year ago on the back of the Middle East supply shock. Then came the Iran peace talk headlines. Oil fell nearly 7% over the week as traders priced in a possible reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. WTI stood…
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Japanese Battery Maker PowerX Uses Montenegro as Its European Beachhead
Montenegro generates electricity for roughly 600,000 people. It is not, by any measure, a large energy market. But it has something most larger markets lack: a direct submarine power cable to Italy, EU candidate status, and a national energy plan that needs battery storage to work. For PowerX, a Japanese BESS manufacturer that listed on…
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Mabwell Receives FDA IND Clearance for Novel IBD Antibody 9MW5211
The Shanghai-based biopharmaceutical company announced this week that 9MW5211 received FDA IND clearance to begin clinical studies in inflammatory bowel disease. Simultaneously, China’s National Medical Products Administration accepted clinical trial applications for multiple indications including IBD and multiple sclerosis for review. The compound is described as the world’s first clinical-stage drug candidate for its specific…
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VR Resources Drills Nevada Porphyry for Molybdenum, Tungsten, Copper, Silver
Beijing moved quietly in February 2025, adding molybdenum to its list of controlled critical mineral exports. Tungsten restrictions had already tightened. The US Department of Defense, which bans Chinese-sourced tungsten from defense procurement starting January 2027, is watching both developments closely. Finding domestic supply of either metal has become a genuine national security priority. VR…
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Mastercard Partners With Yellow Card to Build African Stablecoin Payment Rails
Sending $200 to Sub-Saharan Africa costs an average of 8.78% of the transfer value, according to World Bank data from Q1 2025. The global average is 6.49%. When banks handle it, the average jumps to 14.55%, the highest of any provider category worldwide. Those numbers explain, better than any press release can, why stablecoins are…
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Biotech & Health Weekly: The Week a New Drug Class Got Approved
Thirteen years of research. One FDA approval. Arvinas crossed the finish line on May 1 with the first PROTAC therapy ever cleared by a regulator. The same day, Eli Lilly reported the most dominant quarter in GLP-1 history. A week later, Novo Nordisk answered with its own numbers. The biotech M&A machine kept running in…
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SMP Grows Fuel Injection Coverage as Aging US Fleet Drives Repair Demand
The average American vehicle turned 12.8 years old in 2025, a record according to S&P Global. Economic pressure is keeping older cars on the road longer. EV adoption, meanwhile, has slowed considerably from earlier projections. The result is a massive, aging internal combustion fleet generating steady demand for complex, high-wear components like fuel injectors and…
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SEG Solar Announces 4 GW Houston Factory, Reaches 6 GW US Capacity
A second US facility brings the company to 6 GW of domestic capacity. SEG Solar announced Thursday it will build a second solar module manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas — a 4-gigawatt plant representing more than $200 million in investment and up to 800 new jobs. Commercial operations are expected in Q3 2026. Combined with…
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US-Japan Deal Tackles Tungsten Supply Chain Before 2027 DoD Deadline
China controls 80% of the world’s tungsten supply. A new partnership in Beaver County wants to change the math — starting with what’s already been dug up. The United States hasn’t commercially mined tungsten in roughly a decade. In the meantime, China built a stranglehold over global tungsten supply chains, accounting for about 80% of…
