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Yahoo
29-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Richtech (RR) Expands Business with New China Agreement
Richtech Robotics Inc. (NASDAQ:RR) is one of the 11 Best New Penny Stocks to Buy Right Now. On June 30, Richtech Robotics Inc. (NASDAQ:RR) announced that it has entered into a new sales deal with Beijing Tongchuang Technology Development Co., Ltd. through its Chinese joint venture, Boyu Artificial Intelligence Technology Co., Ltd. The sales agreement, which has been valued at more than $4 million, includes the sale, service, and software licensing of three of Richtech Robotics Inc.'s (NASDAQ:RR) main products. These are ADAM, Scorpion, and Titan. Robotic arms performing diagnostic tests in a healthcare technology lab. This deal helps Richtech Robotics Inc. (NASDAQ:RR) expand its footprint in China. The deal is also expected to potentially bring additional opportunities for the company across the Asian market. Richtech Robotics Inc. (NASDAQ:RR) expects this agreement to increase its fourth quarter revenue and also drive recurring revenue in the future. This partnership supports the company's plan to expand worldwide. Richtech Robotics Inc. (NASDAQ:RR) is an automated solutions company that provides collaborative robotic solutions specializing in the service industry, such as the hospitality and healthcare sectors. While we acknowledge the potential of RR as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the best short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 10 Best American Semiconductor Stocks to Buy Now and 11 Best Fintech Stocks to Buy Right Now. Disclosure: None. This article is originally published at Insider Monkey. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Man of Many
29-07-2025
- Health
- Man of Many
Male Birth Control Pill Passes Safety Trial in US
By Ben McKimm - News Published: 29 Jul 2025 Share Copy Link 0 Readtime: 3 min Every product is carefully selected by our editors and experts. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more. For more information on how we test products, click here. YCT‑529 male pill passes U.S. safety trial, no major side effects reported Non‑hormonal drug blocks vitamin‑A receptor, stopping sperm production initiation Study doses up to 180 mg showed unchanged hormones, mood, heart rate Requires three months of daily use to start or restore fertility Other male contraceptives coming: NES/T gel, ADAM reversible vas‑block implant Lads, the time has come. There's a male birth control pill on its way, and if we ask the ladies in the room, it's about damn time. It's been a great run for the rubber industry, and the vasectomy boys need a shoutout, too, but the ladies in our lives have been holding it down for too long with hormonal birth control pills and painful IUDs. It's our turn to carry some of the birth control burden, and with the new pill passing a safety trial in the US, it's just around the corner. Created by YourChoice Therapeutics, a single ascending dose study showed that up to 180mg of YCT-529 had no effects on heart rate, hormone (follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, and testosterone), sex hormone-binding globulin or inflammatory biomarker levels, sexual desire or mood, which is a substantial requirement in contraceptive development. We don't know how effective the pill will be at reducing sperm yet, but when you consider nearly half of all pregnancies worldwide are unintended, that information couldn't come sooner. Image: Unsplash The first non-hormonal oral contraceptive for men, YCT-529, blocks a vitamin A metabolite from binding to its receptor in the testes, preventing the chain of gene-expression changes required to start the sperm-making process. Sounds complicated, but Stephanie Page, an endocrinologist at the University of Washington School of Medicine, who wasn't involved in the study and spoke to says, 'We really need more reversible contraceptive methods for men.' However, Page doesn't go quite so far as to say that the large claim of no side-effects on a small 16-person human trial should be taken so literally. 'I think it would be overstating the data to say they know much about side effects yet,' she told the website. 'Every medication on the market has side effects.' It takes three months for the body to produce mature sperm cells. That means the pills would take three months to become effective, and three months to resume normal sperm production. YCT-529 is not the only reversible male birth control method being developed. There's a gel called NES/T in the clinical trial pipeline in the US, which is applied daily to the shoulders and upper arms before being absorbed into the bloodstream through the skin. There's also a hydrogel implant called ADAM, which acts as a reversible vasectomy by blocking the vas deferens.
NDTV
23-07-2025
- Health
- NDTV
Breakthrough In Male Birth Control As Hormone-Free Pill Passes Human Safety Test
Researchers have been working on experimental hormone-free male birth control pills, with its first safety test in humans just passed in a breakthrough. The latest results from the early phase 1 clinical trial were published on Tuesday in Communications Medicine. The daily pill, called YCT-529, works by blocking a vitamin A metabolite from binding to its receptor in the testes. It prevents sperm production without affecting hormone levels, the study revealed. The phase 1 clinical trial was conducted on 16 healthy men who had undergone vasectomies. The results showed that the drug was well-tolerated with no serious adverse events reported. The optimal dosage is expected to be around 180 mg, based on the trial results. However, further studies will determine the exact dosage. The trial did not assess the pill's efficacy in reducing sperm and preventing pregnancy, with the medicine developer, YourChoice Therapeutics, running trials to collect that data. However, Dr Stephanie Page, an endocrinologist at the University of Washington School of Medicine, who wasn't involved in the study, said that the safety finding is a crucial milestone. "We really need more reversible contraceptive methods for men," Page said as quoted by Scientific American. Animal studies have shown that fertility returns within 4-6 weeks after stopping the drug in mice and 10-15 weeks in non-human primates. The pill would provide a safe, reversible and non-hormonal alternative to current male birth control methods, such as condoms and vasectomies. "A safe and effective male pill will provide more options to couples for birth control," Gunda Georg, who is a professor in the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, said in a statement. The drug molecule was developed there. "It will allow a more equitable sharing of responsibility for family planning and provide reproductive autonomy for men." The pill is currently in phase 2 clinical trials. It may take several years to become available on the market, if it gets approval. Other options in development include NES/T, a hormonal gel, and ADAM, a hydrogel implant that acts as a reversible vasectomy. "The positive results from this first clinical trial laid the groundwork for a second trial, where men receive YCT-529 for 28 days and 90 days, to study safety and changes in sperm parameters," the study authors wrote in their paper.
Cision Canada
22-07-2025
- Science
- Cision Canada
Trajectory Service from Asteroid Institute Empowers Mission Planners and Public Researchers
SAN FRANCISCO, July 22, 2025 /CNW/ -- The Asteroid Institute, a program of B612 Foundation, today announced the launch of ADAM:: Trajectory. This new service, running on Google Cloud, allows users to calculate trajectories and propulsion requirements between any two objects in the solar system, including planets, asteroids and artificial satellites. This public-facing service is the first of planned future cloud services that aim to provide navigational capabilities for space, essentially a first step to a suite of services that will enable "turn by turn directions" to locations in our solar system. Mission planners, students, and others can utilize ADAM::Trajectory to explore launch options through interactive "porkchop" plots and 4D previews. ADAM::Trajectory is available here. The release follows the Institute's recent introduction of ADAM::Impact Probability, a service for assessing asteroid impact risk. "We're excited to continue our partnership with the Asteroid Institute, expanding the scale, capabilities, and availability of space mapping platforms like ADAM. By combining our products—including Firebase, Google Kubernetes Engine, and Google Cloud Storage—with open data and code, complex solutions such as trajectory analysis are now truly accessible to all. This empowers scientists and engineers everywhere with the tools to easily characterize the complex and dynamic trajectory of any solar system object, profoundly impacting our ability to protect our planet and safely explore our corner of the galaxy," said Will Grannis, CTO, Google Cloud. Key Capabilities of ADAM::Trajectory The ADAM::Trajectory online trajectory service offers several important features made possible by the compute infrastructure of Google Cloud: Standardized Calculations: ADAM::Trajectory provides a consistent method for astrodynamic computations. By using open-source integrators, transparent code, and industry-standard coordinate systems and constants, it helps ensure that all users get reliable and verifiable results. This approach helps reduce discrepancies that can arise from using various proprietary tools and assumptions. Simple Data Integration: The service automates the process of incorporating celestial body data, including sources such as JPL Horizons, Small Bodies Database, SPICE kernels, and NEOCC. Additionally, the ephemeris for the departure, arrival bodies and the solution trajectories are made available in OEM format as well as machine precise parquet files. Built with Open-Source: Software developers have access to all the underlying technology to generate the results, available on Github, PyPI and conda-forge. Interested users can build their own custom solutions or verify the accuracy of the results. Collaborative: Results can be easily shared as links for discussion and review, whether they are mission planners sharing launch windows with clients or teachers sharing solutions with their students. Benefits for Space Professionals The new ADAM::Trajectory service provides advantages for a wide range of space professionals: Time and Cost Savings: Mission planners can save many hours and resources previously spent on setting up software, manually integrating data, and resolving computational differences. This allows teams to focus more on core mission analysis. Improved Collaboration: Teams can work together more effectively, using the same tool for trajectory data generation and verification. This promotes better collaboration both internally and with international partners. Broader Participation: The service enables countries with emerging space programs, universities, and independent researchers to engage in space mission planning, including planetary defense, without needing extensive infrastructure. Increased Efficiency: By streamlining trajectory analysis, organizations can more quickly assess mission options, evaluate propulsion systems, and make informed decisions, which can help accelerate space exploration. Wide Applicability: Professionals involved in planning or supporting interplanetary missions, whether to asteroids or Mars, will find ADAM::Trajectory useful for understanding mission windows and delta-V requirements. "This service is a very useful utility for mission planners at all levels in the space community. For years, this kind of trajectory analysis has been a bottleneck, with different groups often using their own custom solutions," says Mike Loucks, CEO of Space Exploration Engineering. "ADAM::Trajectory changes that. It standardizes our capabilities, reduces setup and debugging time, and makes high-precision trajectory planning accessible. Our customers can now explore mission opportunities themselves, and our team is less reliant on a few individuals for this critical work. This will save us significant time and money and improve our approach to mission design." Other ADAM Services This launch follows the Asteroid Institute's recent release of ADAM::Impact Probability, a new service for projecting and visualizing impact risk of individual Near-Earth asteroids. The demo allows users to independently calculate impact probabilities for objects on risk lists published by JPL and ESA. It also supports follow-up on newly detected but unconfirmed risk objects flagged by JPL's Scout system. The Institute plans to support user-submitted orbits for custom analysis in the future. Additionally, the Asteroid Institute offers the ADAM::Precovery, a hosted version of its open-source precovery service backed by multiple catalogs. This service enables users to search for previously undetected observations of celestial bodies in archival data, significantly refining their orbital paths. ADAM::Precovery, ADAM::Trajectory and ADAM::Impact Probability are available for public and scientific use. "With ADAM::Trajectory and ADAM::Impact Probability running on Google Cloud we can provide services that can run at scale which will contribute to how space missions are planned and how asteroid risks are understood," said Dr. Ed Lu, Executive Director of the Asteroid Institute, a program of B612 Foundation.
Winnipeg Free Press
16-07-2025
- Health
- Winnipeg Free Press
Six week anxiety and worry program available, for free
Winnipeg Living with anxiety can feel scary and isolating, yet anxiety disorders are one of the most common mental health issues. One in four people will experience an anxiety disorder in their lifetime. Fortunately, Manitobans struggling with anxiety have valuable resources at their disposal, and they're free. For almost 40 years, Anxiety Disorders Association of Manitoba (ADAM) has offered peer support and self-help programming throughout the province. Amber Schaefer is ADAM's intake coordinator. In her role, she takes calls and emails from a diverse range of people, of all ages and backgrounds, interested in programs and looking for information on how to manage anxiety. Supplied photo Bernadette Smith, Minister of Housing, Addictions and Homelessness, and Scott McFadyen, executive director of Anxiety Disorders Association of Manitoba, at the Action Anxiety Day Rally 2024. 'I really appreciate that we are a peer-led organization here,' said Schaefer about the registered charity. 'All of us from ADAM have lived experience with anxiety. There is something special with people asking for support. There's a mutual understanding of what it's like to live with anxiety.' These days, more and more people are referring to 'mental health,' and though it may have become a normalized part of everyday conversations, Schaefer said the stigma is still present. 'People are getting more comfortable in engaging in conversations. This is a common experience. We relate to others' experience. But I think that there's still a lot of hesitancy in reaching out. People have trouble asking for help. We want to share the message that reaching out for support when you need it is a sign of strength, not weakness.' ADAM's anxiety and worry support program is a practical, evidence-based program for managing anxiety, worry, and low mood. Sessions cover anxiety, worry, uncertainty, thinking, arousal reduction and activity, and motivation. The six-week program is entirely free and is provided online via Zoom, or by telephone for people without computer access. The program is facilitated by experienced and trained peer support workers who have lived experience with anxiety. Participants work through readings and homework — including self-help exercises — which involves a time commitment of about one-and-a-half hours per week. 'It's been very valuable,' said Schaefer about the program, which uses cognitive behaviour therapy techniques. 'We've received a lot of positive feedback from people saying that it was life-changing to have the tools to manage anxiety and connect with other people who may have similar experiences.' Programs run in September, January and in April, with additional programs sometimes offered in July and August. For those who have completed the six-week program there is an ongoing online support group. Schaefer says ADAM sees an increase in anxiety during holidays, weather changes, and during world events that bring about a lot of uncertainty. Supplied photo Public education event for Pink Shirt Day 2025. Mondays A weekly look at news and events that matter in your communities. 'People can definitely be really impacted. It's important to be informed about what's going on in the world around you, but it's also important to make time for self-care,' she said, adding that fulfillment can be found in community involvement for those able to do so. 'We have some exciting programs coming out in the fall that will expand who we are reaching. We have coaching for confidence programs; for caregivers who work with children with anxiety; programs that are geared towards adolescents 13 to 18; and programs helping young mothers, postpartum,' she said, adding that peer support and self-help is provided through group and public information sessions that encourage understanding, solutions and empathy. 'We want to remind people that they're not alone. Help is available. Our focus is public education — making that information accessible to anyone. We are able to make helpful suggestions, help you navigate. We reach all Manitobans, and we have peer support workers in all corners of the province.' Last year, ADAM provided individual support to 97 individuals and to 639 through group support programs to Winnipeggers. Outside of Winnipeg, 834 individuals received support and 418 received assistance through group support programs. Over 200 individuals were provided with suggestions for support in their communities, and 2,685 people were reached through public education initiatives. Visit or find ADAM on social media. Janine LeGalWolseley community correspondent Janine LeGal is a community correspondent for Wolseley. Know any interesting people, places and things in Wolseley? Contact her at: janinelegal@ Read full biography Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
