Events

Cleveland – September 12, 2026 -- A research team from Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN and IBM has been named a finalist for the 2026 ACM Gordon Bell Prize after simulating a 12,635-atom protein complex, the largest biologically meaningful molecule ever modeled using quantum computers. The winner will be announced at SC26 in Chicago, running Nov. 15-20, 2026.

Quantum-classical hybrid method scales computation 40-fold in under a year

The team's approach, called quantum-centric supercomputing, combines IBM Quantum Heron processors with classical supercomputers Fugaku and Miyabi-G, operated respectively by RIKEN and a University of Tokyo-University of Tsukuba consortium. The quantum systems executed up to 94 qubits and nearly 6,000 quantum operations on portions of the calculation critical to accuracy, while the classical machines reassembled full molecular representations.

Zhengzhou – September 12, 2026 -- Yutong has introduced the T14, a diesel-powered premium coach engineered for the European long-distance travel market, expanding its T-Series product line with a vehicle built around a DAF MX-13 engine, ZF air suspension and Bosch steering systems.

Climate system delivers 36,000 kcal cooling and 38,000 kcal heating capacity

The T14 features an intelligent dual-zone climate control system with independently adjustable temperatures for driver and passenger areas, designed to maintain comfort in both extreme cold and heat. Interior materials meet low-odor standards of no more than 2.5 at 40°C and 3.0 at 80°C, paired with a fresh-air ventilation system.

Fresno, Calif. – September 12, 2026 -- Bar None Auction will sell surplus fleet vehicles and heavy construction equipment from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and Granite Construction on Saturday, September 12, through a competitive online public auction based in Sacramento.

Caltrans surplus package includes work trucks and construction equipment

The Caltrans consignment covers work trucks, fleet vehicles and construction equipment, drawn from the agency's Sacramento and Fresno facilities. The offering arrives one week after the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) consigned a significant vehicle and equipment package to Bar None Auction's Fontana facility.

NEW YORK – September 12, 2026 -- Vishal Garg, founder and former CEO of Better Home & Finance Holding Company, has pushed back the deadline for stockholders to submit written consents to remove five board members to September 18, 2026, citing the need to give recently notified shareholders more time to review solicitation materials.

Garg Group targets five directors for removal

The Garg Group, which includes Vishal Garg and other participants in his solicitation, has filed a definitive consent solicitation statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeking to oust Daniel Lewis, Arnaud Massenet, Bhaskar Menon, Prabhu Narasimhan and Harit Talwar from Better's board. The group states the removals are intended to reverse what it calls value-destructive actions, restore the company's cost transformation strategy, and initiate a search for a long-term CEO.

Bamako – September 12, 2026 -- DoGo Power has officially entered the Malian market, deploying grid-forming energy storage systems (ESS) for commercial and industrial (C&I) users and utility-scale power plants as the country's national electrification rate remains below 50%, dropping under 30% in rural areas.

Diesel supplies more than 80% of Mali's electricity, driving up costs and outages

More than 80% of Mali's power generation currently relies on diesel, a costly fuel source, while frequent blackouts tied to weak grid stability have become a major constraint on local economic development. Mali averages over 3,000 hours of sunshine annually, providing a strong resource base for solar-plus-storage deployment.

Hanover – September 12, 2026 -- CDTL will present its EA5000NP distributed electric axle and an electromagnetic braking system for commercial vehicles at IAA Transportation 2026 in Hanover, running from September 15 to 20, with a press day on September 14.

CDTL frames actuation as the missing link for autonomous trucks and buses

Under the theme "Electric Drive + Electromechanical Braking — Defining Actuation Systems for Autonomous Commercial Vehicles," Hangzhou Contemporary e-Drive Technology Co., Ltd. (CDTL) will argue that as commercial vehicles become more electrified, software-controlled and automated, the industry's core challenge has shifted from perception and decision-making to reliably converting digital commands into physical vehicle motion.

Bangkok – September 12, 2026 -- Webull Securities (Thailand) Co., Ltd. has completed its acquisition of approximately 99.36% of Pi Securities Public Company Limited for an aggregate consideration of roughly $100 million, following regulatory approval from Thailand's Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2026.

Webull structures the deal through two separate share purchases

Webull Holdings (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., together with parent Webull Corporation (NASDAQ: BULL), acquired approximately 90.98% of Pi Securities from Country Group Holdings Public Company Limited, the broker's controlling shareholder, for roughly $90 million. A separate agreement with another shareholder added approximately 8.38% for $10 million, bringing Webull's total stake to 99.36%.

The Woodlands, Texas – September 12, 2026 -- Target Hospitality Corp. (Nasdaq: TH) has priced an upsized secondary offering of 14,000,000 common shares at $18.50 apiece, generating approximately $259 million in gross proceeds for the selling stockholders. The Company itself will not receive any proceeds from the transaction.

TDR Capital-linked entities offload stake through Arrow Holdings and MFA Global

The shares being sold belong to Arrow Holdings S.à r.l. and MFA Global S.à r.l., entities controlled by TDR Capital LLP acting as investment fund manager. Underwriters have also been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,100,000 shares, which could push total proceeds higher. The offering is expected to close on September 10, 2026, subject to customary conditions.

Tokyo -- Kaneka Corporation will appeal a September 2, 2026 ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York that invalidated its U.S. Patent No. 7,829,080 covering reduced coenzyme Q10, known as ubiquinol.

New York court dismisses infringement case on enablement grounds

The court dismissed Kaneka's litigation against Cocrystal Technology (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. and Cocrystal Health Industry (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd., ruling the '080 Patent invalid for lack of enablement. The case, filed October 5, 2023 under case number 1:23-cv-7483-SJB-SDE, had alleged that CoCrystal's ubiquinol supplements infringed claims 5 and 15 of the patent.

McLean, Virginia – September 12, 2026 -- Amy Griggs of Tysons Trial Law, PLLC has secured dual recognition from two of the legal industry's leading rating platforms, marking her 13th consecutive year on the Virginia Super Lawyers list and a new listing in the 2027 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.

Griggs receives 2027 Best Lawyers honors in two plaintiff practice areas

The 2027 Best Lawyers in America® recognition covers Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, two categories central to Tysons Trial Law's practice. Griggs was also ranked Top 5 among 2026 Personal Injury Plaintiff Virginia Super Lawyers®, having appeared on that list annually since 2014.

New York – September 12, 2026 -- Zaiger Linden Roberti & Pepe LLC (ZLRP) has hired retired U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert E. Gerber as Of Counsel, adding a jurist whose docket carried a combined case value exceeding $1 trillion during his tenure on the Southern District of New York bench.

Gerber presided over ten Chapter 11 cases exceeding $1 billion in debt

Appointed to the bankruptcy bench in 2000 and reappointed in 2014, Gerber served on recall status from 2015 until his move to private practice. He issued roughly 200 published opinions on complex bankruptcy and corporate governance matters, presiding over landmark cases including Global Crossing, Adelphia, Ames Department Stores, Lyondell Chemical and General Motors.

New York – September 12, 2026 -- Jencap Group LLC has acquired Concorde General Agency, a North Dakota-based wholesaler specializing in personal lines, commercial lines, and farm and ranch insurance, expanding Jencap's footprint in the upper Midwest.

Concorde retains its brand under Jencap's insurance services division

Concorde will continue operating under its established name as part of the Jencap Insurance Services Inc (JCIS) division. The deal pairs Concorde's regional expertise and carrier relationships with Jencap's national resources and broader product access.

Deal strengthens Jencap's specialty offerings for agency partners

Mark Maher, President of Jencap, said the acquisition strengthens the company's geographic presence in the upper Midwest and expands the specialty products it can deliver through its network. Jencap serves more than 20,000 independent agency partners nationwide as one of the largest wholesalers in the U.S.

Tampa, Fla. – September 12, 2026 -- Kevin M. Conneran, an insurance coverage attorney and partner at Kuhn Raslavich, P.A., has been named to the 2025–2026 Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars list, a peer-reviewed designation limited to the top 2.5% of attorneys in the state who are 40 or younger or have practiced law for 10 years or less.

Peer Review Process Screens 12 Indicators of Legal Performance

Selection required evaluation across 12 indicators of professional achievement, including verdicts, settlements, and litigation experience. The firm says the honor validates its specialized property insurance dispute practice, which has recovered more than $275 million for clients to date.

Cambridge, Mass. – September 12, 2026 -- MIT Technology Review has released its 2026 list of 35 Innovators Under 35, selecting the honorees from 550 nominations reviewed by a panel of 44 expert judges over several months.

Selection process spans AI, climate, biotech and computing fields

The annual list, now in its third decade, identifies young scientists, entrepreneurs, and engineers building technology across artificial intelligence, climate change, biotechnology, computing, and robotics. This year's cohort includes a researcher developing methods to help prevent age-related vision loss, a founder building more efficient chips for data center energy recycling, and an entrepreneur training AI agents to better understand real-world context for decision-making.

Osnabrück – – September 12, 2026 -- German passenger association Pro Bahn is calling for mandatory surveillance cameras in the door and vestibule areas of long-distance trains following a dangerous incident in Bavaria where a train door was opened at 200 km/h, forcing an emergency stop.

Pro Bahn chairman says door zones are where dangerous interventions occur

"Exactly this area, the entrance with doors and vestibule, is the spot where such interventions happen, and there a camera creates clarity without filming passengers in the carriage," Pro Bahn federal chairman Lukas Iffländer told the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung. He noted that after the Bavaria incident, investigators could not identify who opened the door.

Kansas City, Mo. – September 12, 2026 -- Google DeepMind has released AlphaGenome Atlas, a one-petabyte AI resource containing molecular-effect predictions for more than 9 billion possible single-letter DNA changes across the human genome, giving researchers browser-based access to the largest catalogue of its kind without writing code.

Atlas condenses billions of genetic variants into a single searchable score

The human genome's approximately 3 billion DNA letters create over 9 billion possible single-letter substitutions, a scale impossible to test experimentally in a lab. AlphaGenome Atlas assigns each variant thousands of molecular-effect predictions across hundreds of human cell types and tissues, feeding into a new AlphaGenome Variant Impact (AVI) score that combines AlphaGenome, AlphaMissense and evolutionary conservation data to rank variants across both protein-coding and non-coding regions.

Frederick, Md. – September 12, 2026 -- PeerTrust has launched a public researcher due-diligence service, PeerTrust.Report, that flags anomalies in citation records used by universities, research funders, insurers and science investors to make hiring, funding and partnership decisions.

Know Your Scientist tool screens for three citation anomaly types

The new Know Your Scientist (KYS) module examines coauthor network concentration, reciprocal citation relationships, and abrupt publication velocity changes. PeerTrust weighs these signals into an evidence-based report intended for human review rather than automated verdicts. An unusual pattern does not constitute a finding of misconduct, as legitimate factors such as consortium publishing or rapid team growth can also generate anomalies.

Littleton, Colo. – September 12, 2026 -- Dr. Angie Paccione, Chief Impact Officer of Verus Global, has been named a Pinnacle Professional of The Year by The Inner Circle for her work in transformational leadership, education advocacy and global impact.

Paccione leads leadership programs for Fortune 300 clients through Verus Global

In her role at Verus Global, Paccione designs and delivers large-scale executive coaching and culture-transformation initiatives for Fortune 300 companies and global organizations across multiple continents. Her programs focus on leadership alignment, executive facilitation and activating workforce potential to drive measurable performance results.

St. Louis – September 12, 2026 -- Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE) priced a public offering of $900 million in junior subordinated notes due 2057 at 100.000% of principal, with the transaction expected to close September 18, 2026.

Notes carry a fixed 6.450% rate through 2032 before shifting to a floating structure

The junior subordinated notes will bear interest at an annual rate of 6.450% from issuance through March 15, 2032. After that date, the rate resets during each interest reset period to the Five-Year Treasury Rate plus 1.868%, with a contractual floor ensuring the rate never falls below the initial 6.450% level.

Proceeds target short-term debt repayment and general corporate needs

Ameren said net proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate purposes, including repayment of outstanding short-term debt.

Uniondale, N.Y. – – September 12, 2026 -- Greenberg Traurig, LLP has added Jennifer Polovetsky as a shareholder in its New York City and Long Island offices, deepening the firm's real estate practice with more than two decades of eminent domain and complex transactional experience.

Polovetsky joins from Duane Morris with a track record in high-value New York property deals

She represented the seller in New York City's approximately $122 million acquisition of 14 Bronx properties designated for conversion into permanent affordable and supportive housing. She also advised the seller on a roughly $74 million property sale to New York City for supportive housing purposes.