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Yorktown Heights, N.Y. – September 15, 2026 -- IBM and NASA released the open-source NASA-IBM Lunar Foundation Model, one of the first publicly available foundation models built for scientific exploration of the Moon, outperforming widely used detection methods by up to 23% in identifying craters, ice deposits and volcanic formations.

Model cuts ice-detection error by up to 22% versus baseline

The model reduced root-mean-square error in identifying areas with high potential for lunar ice by up to 22% compared with the SwinV2-B (ImageNet) benchmark, according to a technical paper authored by IBM and NASA researchers. Permanently shadowed lunar regions -- among the hardest environments to observe -- may hold subsurface ice, a resource NASA considers essential for a future Moon base and for producing rocket fuel for Mars missions.

Philadelphia – September 15, 2026 -- FirstService Residential has been reappointed to provide full-service property management for The Grandview Condominium Unit Owners Association, a 16-story Art Deco landmark in Philadelphia's Chinatown neighborhood originally completed in 1935.

Board ends self-management model after seeking expertise for complex construction oversight

The Grandview's board of directors moved away from a self-management structure, citing the need for a partner capable of overseeing large-scale, complex construction projects within the condominium community. Edmund Aristone, President of The Grandview Board of Directors, said the board is confident that under the leadership of FirstService Residential's Bob Bender, the community will be positioned to meet its long-term goals while enhancing residents' quality of life.

Riyadh – September 15, 2026 -- Dr Hanan H. Balkhy, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, has launched her candidacy for WHO Director-General after being nominated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, pledging to build "a WHO the world can count on."

Saudi Arabia backs a 30-year public health veteran for WHO's top post

Dr Balkhy, trained in Saudi Arabia and the United States, has spent more than three decades in clinical medicine, academic research and international public health leadership. She currently oversees WHO operations across 22 Member States and more than 750 million people as Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, and previously served as WHO's first Assistant Director-General for Antimicrobial Resistance and as a member of the Organization's Global Policy Group.

Princeton, N.J. – – September 15, 2026 -- CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO) will present at the H.C. Wainwright 28th Annual Global Investment Conference in New York City from September 14–16, 2026, as the blood-purification device maker seeks to update investors on its regulatory pipeline and path to profitability.

CEO and CFO to join fireside chat on September 14

Dr. Phillip Chan, Chief Executive Officer, and Peter Mariani, Chief Financial Officer, will join Sean Lee, Vice President of Equity Research at H.C. Wainwright, for a fireside chat at 11:30 a.m. EDT at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel. The two executives will also hold scheduled one-on-one meetings with investors during the three-day event. A webcast replay will remain archived for up to 90 days on the company's investor relations site.

Ashburn, Va. – September 15, 2026 -- QTS Data Centers has committed $1 billion to a global water stewardship initiative aimed at making the company water positive by 2035, restoring more water than it withdraws across its operations.

QTS commits $250 million to Texas water infrastructure over the next decade

The company's first major deployment under the pledge targets Texas, where it will fund water infrastructure and conservation projects, including replacement of the aging water tower in Turkey, Texas. QTS is also allocating $15 million over 10 years to the Bonneville Environmental Foundation for leak detection, habitat restoration and irrigation-efficiency projects across the state.

Pittsburgh – September 15, 2026 -- Lawyers score just 30% on resilience compared with 50% for the general public, a gap that has held steady since 1994, according to 30 years of data from Talogy's Caliper Profile assessment cited in a new American Bar Association book.

New ABA book credits 4.5 million Caliper assessments for resilience findings

Thin-Skinned: Why Lawyers Are So Low in Resilience and the New Science That Can Help, authored by legal psychology experts Dr. Larry Richard and Dr. D'Arcy Lyness, draws on a database of 4.5 million Caliper Profile assessments compiled by talent management firm Talogy. The book finds that nine out of 10 lawyers score in the bottom half of the resilience scale.

Irvine, Calif. – September 15, 2026 -- Roland DG has launched the TrueVis MG2 Series, a UV printer/cutter range delivering approximately twice the productivity of its predecessor while cutting ink costs through new 1,000 ml pouches.

New printhead technology doubles output speed for print service providers

The MG2 Series comprises the 64-inch MG2-640 and 30-inch MG2-300, both built around a newly developed printhead paired with advanced waveform control technology. Roland DG states this combination delivers roughly twice the productivity of the previous MG Series, allowing users to raise daily output and shorten turnaround times without sacrificing print quality.

Mountainside, N.J. – September 15, 2026 -- Yorkville America Equities, LLC launched the Next Generation Memory Index ETF (NRAM) on September 10, 2026, giving investors direct exposure to the memory and storage layer underpinning artificial intelligence infrastructure.

NRAM begins trading on NYSE Arca and NYSE Texas with a 0.60% expense ratio

The passively managed fund tracks the YA MarketVector Next Generation Memory Index (MVRAM), effective August 28, 2026, and pays distributions annually with quarterly index rebalancing.

Index caps concentration risk through tiered weighting rules

MVRAM targets 20 constituents selected for their role in designing, developing, manufacturing or supplying physical memory technologies. Dedicated memory companies are capped at 15% of index weight, while diversified memory companies are capped at 4.5%, using a modified float-adjusted market-capitalization methodology.

Los Angeles – September 15, 2026 -- iodyne will run its Pro Mini Smart Drive live across four partner booths at IBC2026 in Amsterdam, marking the first time European attendees see the device operating in real production workflows rather than a display case. The show runs September 11-16, and iodyne's storage will move encrypted, RAID-protected footage through capture, color, ingest and archive stages at booths run by Hedge, Adobe, RED Digital Cinema and Cintegral Technologies.

Cambridge, Mass. – September 15, 2026 -- Vincere Biosciences has been awarded a $2.7 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health, to fund IND-enabling development of its USP30 inhibitor for acute kidney injury (AKI).

NIH funding targets a disease affecting 13 million people annually

Acute kidney injury impacts more than 13 million people worldwide each year following ischemia, major surgery, or exposure to nephrotoxic drugs, yet treatment remains largely supportive. The two-year grant will fund genotoxicity and toxicology studies, 28-day GLP toxicology studies, and cardiovascular, respiratory, and CNS safety pharmacology required before Vincere can file an Investigational New Drug (IND) application.