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Black Hole Jet Formation Follows One Rule Across All Masses
Black hole jet formation appears to obey a single critical threshold regardless of whether the black hole in question weighs ten times the mass of our Sun or millions of times more, according to a study published in Nature Astronomy on 17 September 2026. The research, led by Andrew Mummery at the Institute for Advanced Study and Adelle Goodwin at…
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Károlyházy gravity decoherence model ruled out in Gran Sasso experiment
A 62-day underground experiment has produced no evidence for the Foundational Questions Institute-supported Károlyházy gravity decoherence model, one of the oldest proposals for why quantum superpositions dissolve in the everyday world. The result, published in the New Journal of Physics in June 2026, does not close the book on gravity’s possible role in quantum decoherence, but it eliminates a prominent…
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Food preservatives heart risk flagged in study of 112,000 French adults
A large observational study has raised questions about food preservatives and heart risk, identifying eight widely consumed additives associated with higher rates of hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The research, published in the European Heart Journal, cannot establish that the preservatives caused the observed outcomes, but its authors say the findings are sufficient to warrant a formal re-evaluation by food safety…
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Four clues to tilted tropical cyclone alignment found in 28 years of Hurricane Hunter data
A study drawing on nearly three decades of airborne radar observations has identified four measurable features that appear to determine whether a tilted tropical cyclone alignment is likely to occur, a transition that must happen before a disorganised storm can begin to intensify substantially. The research, led by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and…
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DARE cells cancer resistance: Weizmann study cracks 50-year tissue mystery
A population of cells that initiates its own programmed death and then reverses course, surviving to rebuild damaged tissue, sits at the heart of a new study from the Weizmann Institute of Science, and the same mechanism, researchers say, may help explain why some tumours return after radiation therapy in a harder-to-treat form. The paper focuses on what its authors…
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FCA Open Finance SME lending named a priority use case in access-to-finance review
The Financial Conduct Authority‘s FCA Open Finance SME lending commitment has moved a step closer to a formal framework, with the regulator naming SME lending as one of two prioritised use cases for open finance and confirming it will publish a discussion paper in early 2027 to outline options for delivering the first open finance scheme. The announcement came alongside…
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Kimchi bacterium nanoplastic removal claim tested in mice, what the data show
A bacterium isolated from kimchi may assist in kimchi bacterium nanoplastic removal from the gut, according to research from the World Institute of Kimchi (WiKim), a government-funded research institute under South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT. The claim rests on laboratory adsorption tests and a germ-free mouse study: real data, but a long way from a human clinical trial.…
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Novello OPDA membership signals push to put condition data upfront
Novello Chartered Surveyors has joined the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), a move the company says reflects its ambition to help define open data standards for the surveying industry, not merely comply with them once someone else has written the rules. The Novello OPDA membership is the latest development for a firm that, according to FF News, began with two…
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Experian Fast Track credit pre-approval tool targets last-minute rejections
Experian announced its Fast Track credit pre-approval product on 16 September 2026, positioning it as a fix for one of the more persistent irritants in consumer lending: the pre-approved offer that unravels during final checks. The company says Fast Track draws on Open Banking data and what it describes as advanced affordability information to carry out more verification work before…
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Personetics Open Finance AI push: context over campaigns, guardrails over guesswork
Personetics is making a pointed claim about where Personetics Open Finance AI sits in the banking stack: not as plumbing, but as the layer that turns connected data into something a bank can actually use to deepen a customer relationship. The company’s chief marketing officer, Alison Lindland, laid out that position ahead of Open Banking Expo UK & Europe 2026,…
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