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The Relay is a new media project dedicated to covering slightly futuristic domains such as artificial intelligence, space exploration, longevity science, crypto and blockchain, advanced biology, and defense technologies. Our mission is to capture the signals of tomorrow and relay them forward with clarity, depth, and context.

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Senolytics 2.0: Liver‑tropic PROTACs curb MASLD and cancer

Senolytics 2.0: Liver‑tropic PROTACs curb MASLD and cancer

New 2025 preclinical data on 753b, a liver-targeted PROTAC that degrades BCL-xL/BCL-2, selectively clears senescent cells, slows MASLD, dampens fibrosis signals, and lowers liver cancer risk in mice. Here is what platelet-sparing, organ-focused senolytics mean for first-in-human trials.

Agent Bricks Makes the Lakehouse the Agent Runtime

Agent Bricks Makes the Lakehouse the Agent Runtime

Databricks and OpenAI are collapsing the agent stack into the lakehouse. Here is how lakehouse‑native governance, evals, and action gating turn demos into production systems while reducing risk and lock‑in.

UK moves to allow tokenised funds as onchain Treasuries surge

UK moves to allow tokenised funds as onchain Treasuries surge

On October 14, 2025 the UK FCA opened a consultation to let authorised funds issue on public blockchains. Paired with October’s jump in onchain Treasuries led by BUIDL and BENJI, here is why 2026 could be when funds, collateral, and repo finally move onchain.

Virtual Power Plants in 2025: Markets, Money, and Readiness

Virtual Power Plants in 2025: Markets, Money, and Readiness

VPPs are shifting from pilots to products. This 2025 guide shows where ERCOT and NYISO pay today, how PJM’s timeline sets up capacity revenue, and the telemetry, operations, and financing required to scale.

Moon’s First Cell Network: Nokia IM-2 and the Lunar Internet

Moon’s First Cell Network: Nokia IM-2 and the Lunar Internet

Nokia’s IM-2 payload briefly brought 4G LTE to the lunar surface, validating a shoebox base station that powered on and sent telemetry before the lander lost sunlight. Here is what worked, what failed, and a practical 2026 to 2029 roadmap for building a usable lunar internet.

SPHEREx Is Live: Inside NASA’s 102-color Map of the Sky

SPHEREx Is Live: Inside NASA’s 102-color Map of the Sky

Launched March 12, 2025 UTC and now scanning in 102 infrared colors, SPHEREx has moved from first light into weekly public data drops. See what to watch next and how to tap the data for inflation tests, a Milky Way ice census, and target lists for Webb and Roman.

MCP Goes Enterprise: The Interop Layer For Real AI Agents

MCP Goes Enterprise: The Interop Layer For Real AI Agents

Enterprise-grade MCP servers, OAuth-bound access, structured outputs, and elicitation just turned agent demos into deployable systems. Here is the practical playbook, risks, metrics, and reference architectures to ship governed action across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Amazon Q.

Thymus Reset: Inside the 2025 Race to Reboot Immunity

Thymus Reset: Inside the 2025 Race to Reboot Immunity

A surge of 2025 data and company plans has turned thymus repair into a concrete path to reverse immune aging. Here is how drugs, artificial thymus organoids, and cell therapies could reach clinics within three to five years, plus the scorecard that will prove it.

Any Sensor, Best Weapon: IBCS’ 2025 Breakout Moment

Any Sensor, Best Weapon: IBCS’ 2025 Breakout Moment

October 2025 marked a turning point for the Integrated Battle Command System. Soldier-run tests, Poland’s live-fire, and Guam’s architecture show air and missile defense becoming software-defined, plug-and-fight, and coalition-ready.

Charybdis Changes the Math for U.S. Offshore Wind Buildout

Charybdis Changes the Math for U.S. Offshore Wind Buildout

America’s first Jones Act wind turbine installation vessel is now working in Virginia. Charybdis reduces idle days, cuts costs, and de-risks schedules. Here is what it unlocks through 2028, what still blocks progress, and the moves that compound the win.

NASA’s Mars Sample Return Gets a 2025 Dual-Path Reboot

NASA’s Mars Sample Return Gets a 2025 Dual-Path Reboot

NASA began 2025 by advancing two rival landing architectures and a radioisotope‑powered, simplified lander for Mars Sample Return. Here is what changed, why a dual path can cut risk and cost, and the milestones leading to a 2026 downselect.

The Rewards vs. Interest Fight Over U.S. Stablecoins

The Rewards vs. Interest Fight Over U.S. Stablecoins

Banks are challenging stablecoin reward programs just months after the GENIUS Act became law. Here is how issuers, exchanges, and regulators will draw the line between interest and incentives, and why onchain dollars will keep gaining speed.

Tianwen‑2’s Kamoʻoalewa Gambit: A Quasi‑Moon Sample Return

Tianwen‑2’s Kamoʻoalewa Gambit: A Quasi‑Moon Sample Return

China’s Tianwen-2 launched in May 2025 to sample Kamoʻoalewa, a tiny quasi-moon that may be lunar ejecta. The probe aims to rendezvous in 2026, return samples in 2027, and then slingshot onward to study active asteroid 311P. Here is why that changes the game.

Telegram goes all in on TON for mini apps and payments

Telegram goes all in on TON for mini apps and payments

Telegram is standardizing on TON for all Mini Apps, bringing checkout into chat and unifying wallet auth with TON Connect. Here is how USDT, Stars, and Toncoin turn Telegram into a complete commerce stack and how builders can capture the opportunity.

Gemini in Chrome Turns the Web Into an Action Surface

Gemini in Chrome Turns the Web Into an Action Surface

Google is weaving Gemini into Chrome so your browser can plan, stage, and execute tasks with your permission. Here is what agentic browsing changes for users, developers, and marketers—and how to prepare now.

Mitochondria’s Moment: 2025 Turns Cellular Energy Into Care

Mitochondria’s Moment: 2025 Turns Cellular Energy Into Care

Four milestones in 2025 moved mitochondria from metaphor to medicine: the first FDA approval for a mitochondria‑targeted drug, eight healthy births after mitochondrial donation, in vivo base editing in animals, and a fast‑tracked cell therapy for an aging disease.

Marines Make Counter-Drone Standard Issue in 2025 Rollout

Marines Make Counter-Drone Standard Issue in 2025 Rollout

In 2025 the Marine Corps made counter-drone defense standard issue, pairing an AI base-defense program of record with fielded NMESIS and MADIS at Balikatan. See how dismounted tools and smart missile software build a layered, affordable playbook.

Gulf LNG Whiplash: October approvals and a court shock

Gulf LNG Whiplash: October approvals and a court shock

October reset the U.S. LNG narrative with a big greenlight in Texas and a courtroom stop in Louisiana. Here’s what the new approvals, legal headwinds, EPC bottlenecks, and grid constraints mean for who actually ships by 2030.