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ST Engineering iDirect and Capgemini collaborate to Advance 5G Non-Terrestrial Network Solutions

A Unified Vision, Advanced Technology, and Global Expertise to Drive Customer Adoption

HERNDON, Va. and PARIS, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, announced today that it is collaborating with Capgemini, an AI-powered global business and technology transformation company, to develop a 5G Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) satellite base station. Based on cloud-native fundamentals, the solution will enable seamless integration between satellite and terrestrial networks, accelerating the adoption of standards-based, software-defined 5G NTN technology.

A Unified Vision, Advanced Technology, and Global Expertise to Drive Customer Adoption
A Unified Vision, Advanced Technology, and Global Expertise to Drive Customer Adoption

The core of this collaboration is the development of a satellite-optimized Radio Access Technology (RAT) within ST Engineering iDirect’s cloud-native Intuition ground system. Built using Capgemini’s gNodeB software stack, which serves as the foundation for managing and controlling communication links between 5G-enabled endpoints and the 5G core network, and leveraging ST Engineering iDirect’s deep expertise in satellite communications, the NTN satellite base station has been uniquely optimized to address the nuances of satellite connectivity. Together, these innovations ensure native 3GPP access to the 5G core network over satellite, enabling interoperability with terrestrial 5G networks and supporting advanced 5G enabled applications.

“By combining our advanced satcoms technology with Capgemini’s expertise in 5G technology, we are delivering a solution that meets the evolving needs of operators and enterprises.” said Sridhar Kuppanna, Chief Technology Officer at ST Engineering iDirect. “This aligns with our hybrid 5G strategy, which focuses on enabling seamless integration across non-3GPP and 3GPP networks, ensuring operators can transition smoothly while maximizing the value of their existing infrastructure and paving the way for a fully standardized 5G–6G future.”

Capgemini brings critical 5G technical capabilities to this collaboration, including its gNodeB stack supporting transparent and regenerative satellite functionality, as well as FR1 and FR2 (millimeter wave) bands. These features are essential for enabling higher-capacity satellite links, improving spectral efficiency, and ensuring alignment with 3GPP standards. When integrated with ST Engineering iDirect’s Intuition ground system, the result is a solution that delivers global scalability, seamless roaming, and expanded coverage for operators worldwide.

“This collaboration underscores Capgemini’s commitment to advancing innovation across terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks,” said Nicolas Rousseau, Chief Digital Engineering and Manufacturing Officer at Capgemini. “By uniting ST Engineering iDirect’s satellite expertise with our 5G software leadership and global engineering reach, we are helping to accelerate the adoption of standards-based NTN solutions. Together, we are building the foundation for truly ubiquitous connectivity that empowers operators and enterprises across the world.”

The collaboration reflects a shared vision and a strong alignment with key customers and programs, ensuring the successful adoption of this transformative technology. By uniting terrestrial and satellite technologies under a standards-based framework, ST Engineering iDirect and Capgemini are driving the future of integrated networks, empowering industries and enterprises to achieve seamless global connectivity.

ST Engineering iDirect, a subsidiary of ST Engineering, is a global leader in satellite communications (satcom) providing technology and solutions that enable its customers to expand their business, differentiate their services and optimize their satcom networks. With over 40 years of delivering innovation focused on solving satellite’s most critical economic and technology challenges we are committed to shaping the future of how the world connects. The product portfolio, branded iDirect, represents the highest standards in performance, efficiency and reliability, making it possible for its customers to deliver the best satcom connectivity experience anywhere in the world. ST Engineering iDirect is a leader in key industries including mobility, broadcast and military/government. In 2007, iDirect Government was formed to better serve the U.S. government and defense communities. For more information visit www.idirect.net.

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion. Make it real | www.capgemini.com

 

SamSan SLC Launches ‘OXCUS,’ a PFAS-Free Industrial Solid Lubricant Coating Brand

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — SamSan SLC, a solid lubricant coating manufacturer in Korea with a long-standing history in eco-friendly material science, announced the official launch of its new PFAS-free dry film lubricant brand, the OXCUS Series.

Developed in response to increasingly strict global environmental regulations, OXCUS PFAS-free coating technology is engineered to maintain stable performance under extreme temperatures and heavy loads. The series is gaining attention as a high-performance, sustainable alternative to conventional WS₂ & MoS₂ coating alternatives across aerospace, defense, automotive, and industrial machinery sectors.

About OXCUS PFAS-Free Coating

The newly introduced OXCUS Series consists of three product lines designed around specific performance requirements and application needs.

  • OXCUS 100 Series – Hybrid Type

A hybrid-type engineered for Automotive & Defense Dry Film Lubrication and aerospace systems requiring exceptional reliability under ultra-high load, high-temperature, and low-temperature environments. The series provides enhanced thermal resistance and wear durability, enabled by advanced OXCUS technology and optimized OXCUS raw materials.

  • OXCUS 200 Series – Epoxy Type

A versatile epoxy-based solution applicable to automotive brackets, industrial machinery components, and various general-purpose applications. It offers a balanced combination of environmental compliance, cost-efficiency, coat ability, and corrosion resistance, positioning it as one of the most adaptable PFAS-free industrial coating options on the market.

  • OXCUS 300 Series – PAI Type

A high-load, long-life coating designed for bearings, electric motor shafts, sliding components, and friction-intensive systems. Its durability and operational stability make it a strong alternative to traditional WS₂ and MoS₂ coatings, supported by advanced SamSan SLC Series coating materials.

All three lines were developed using a fully PFAS-Free formulation, allowing manufacturers to stay aligned with strengthening fluorine-free regulations in Europe and North America.

Highlights of OXCUS Technology

During development, industrial coating production SamSan SLC applied its proprietary Precision Coating Process to control film-thickness deviation within ±3%, ensuring uniform lubrication layers and minimizing performance variation between components.

Key improvements include a 40% reduction in friction coefficient and 2× increase in wear-life durability. SamSan SLC further optimized the coating process to support multiple substrates including metals, polymers, and composite materials, broadening the industrial applicability of its SamSan SLC PFAS-free lubricant coating solutions.

About SamSan SLC

As a leading solid lubricant coating manufacturer Korea, SamSan SLC has built its identity around the philosophy “Reduce friction with chemistry. Protect the environment with technology.”

The company has consistently focused on PFAS-free, eco-friendly lubrication materials, advancing its core values of innovation, quality reliability, sustainable manufacturing, and global expansion. Through the OXCUS Series, SamSan SLC aims to provide next-generation solutions that satisfy both high performance and environmental responsibility.

SamSan SLC Industrial Coating Insights & Growth Strategy

According to SamSan SLC industrial coating insights, the global solid lubricant coating market is valued at approximately USD 1.42 billion. As the EV, aerospace, and defense sectors continue to expand—and as PFAS regulations tighten worldwide—the demand for advanced coating materials is expected to rise significantly.

SamSan SLC aims to leverage this momentum by securing 10% global market share and doubling revenue within the next three years.

Key initiatives include strengthening OEM quality certifications, expanding compliance with REACH, RoHS, and other global environmental standards, integrating AI and data-driven process management, and enhancing its global distribution network.

The company also plans to amplify the environmental and technological value of OXCUS through messaging such as “The future of lubrication begins with OXCUS” and “PFAS-Free—toward a cleaner industrial ecosystem.”

A company spokesperson added, “The OXCUS Series represents the next generation of solid lubricant coatings, combining high performance with environmental responsibility. Built on our identity as a company committed to changing the environment through technology, we will continue advancing high-function, eco-friendly lubrication solutions to strengthen our global competitiveness.”

For more information, please visit the official website: www.lubts.co.kr

CONTACT: +82 31-491-5580, samsan@lubecoat.co.kr

Helsinki’s Restaurant Culture 2026: A City Defining Its Own Direction

HELSINKI, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Helsinki enters 2026 with confidence. Long positioned as the younger sibling of its Nordic neighbours, the city has moved past comparison. A new restaurant culture is taking shape – one grounded in an intrinsic relationship with nature, a rising community of diverse voices, and a collaborative spirit made possible by Helsinki’s small scale. Across conversations with four leading professionals, a coherent picture emerges: Helsinki is less focused on global trends, and more interested in shaping the future of dining on its own terms.

Strength in numbers – the power of a compact city

If there is one theme that repeats across interviews, it is Helsinki’s extraordinary density. In a capital of just under 700,000 residents, nearly a hundred genuinely exciting restaurants, cafés, bakeries, natural-wine bars and cocktail bars sit in the city’s compact centre within a four-kilometre radius. The scale is small enough that people, ideas and influences meet constantly – and this proximity creates a dynamic few cities can replicate.

Instead of fragmenting competition, Helsinki’s scale produces collective strength. Community is not branding here – it’s infrastructure. In practice, this means cross promoted events, shared staff, pop-ups, neighbourhood dinners and a citywide sense that every new opening lifts the whole ecosystem. The result is a distinctive restaurant culture shaped not by isolation, but by constant exchange and collaboration.

Johan Kurkela – a hybrid heritage rooted in nature, and freedom from culinary dogma

For decades, Finland was framed through the lens of Nordic cuisine. Today, that framing feels too narrow. Helsinki’s food identity is shaped as much by the Baltics and the East as by its Scandinavian neighbours, giving the city a lighter historical inheritance – and more room to invent.

Chef Johan Kurkela, Finland’s representative in the 2026–2027 Bocuse d’Or competition, sees this as a competitive advantage. “Our culinary heritage isn’t carved in stone,” he notes. “That gives us freedom. We’re still writing the story.”

That freedom allows Helsinki to move fluidly between techniques, influences and traditions without the weight of centuries-old rules. In countries where culinary heritage runs deep, chefs naturally turn to those traditions as a foundation. In Helsinki, the canvas is more open – global influences are absorbed quickly and filtered through a local logic shaped by nature, forest, coastline and season.

This intrinsic relationship with nature also shapes how Helsinki approaches sustainability. Around the world, kitchens are re-evaluating how to communicate their ecological commitments without slipping into rhetoric. In Helsinki, many of the environmental foundations – using local produce, foraging, respecting seasonality – are so culturally ingrained that they are rarely framed as statements. They are simply how cooking is done.

Because these practices sit at the baseline rather than the spotlight, Kurkela notes, more space opens for other dimensions of sustainability to come forward: inclusivity, wellbeing, the realities of kitchen work. And in a small, tightly connected restaurant community, these conversations move quickly. What might take years to become mainstream elsewhere becomes shared language in Helsinki within a season – not through campaigns, but through everyday exchange.

Katrina Laitinen – hospitality shaped by trust and proximity

As restaurateur at Baskeri & Basso and Finland’s Waiter of the Year 2025, Katrina Laitinen sees Helsinki’s service culture as a direct product of its size and social fabric.

Finnish diners, she notes, are simultaneously relaxed and exacting: informal in tone, but deeply attentive to quality, origin and knowledge. This creates a service model that is warm, detail-driven and democratic – without the stiffness often associated with fine dining.

Laitinen also points to accessibility as a defining strength. In a single evening, visitors can effortlessly move between multiple neighbourhoods, culinary styles and atmospheres – a natural rhythm in Helsinki, but a rarity in many global capitals.

Community is equally central: restaurateurs support one another, share recommendations and collectively encourage locals and visitors to explore the city’s excellent restaurant offering. This spirit of mutual reinforcement keeps standards high while maintaining the unpretentiousness that defines Helsinki hospitality.

Florence Macêdo – global voices and a new pastry confidence

At Café Clé in Kruununhaka, Brazilian-born creative and entrepreneur Florence Macêdo is shaping Helsinki’s café culture at a moment when Finland’s status as the world’s most coffee-loving nation meets a new wave of neighbourhood cafés. With a background in fashion and branding, she treats the café as a curated living room rather than just a counter – a place where design, food and community meet. Here, Brazilian roots sit naturally alongside Finnish coffee rituals, creating a quiet dialogue between two coffee cultures that rarely intersect so closely.

From that vantage point, Macêdo also sees a distinctly Helsinki trend gathering momentum in 2026: the elevation of Finnish classics as consciously crafted “must-try” pastries and seasonal treats. “I’ve always wondered why we haven’t made a bigger deal out of traditional Finnish food,” Macêdo says. “A Karelian pie can be just as special as anything else, when someone puts real effort into it.”

Karelian pies, seasonal porridges and Finland’s national pastry, the Runeberg tart, are shifting from seasonal home staples into the hands of bakers and chefs who treat them as signature products. These familiar flavours connect global dining themes – craft, nostalgia, regional identity – with Finnish specificity, turning long-standing cultural staples into internationally interesting items.

Rather than simple nostalgia, it feels like a form of cultural authorship: Helsinki finding its own pastry language, and showing that local traditions can stand on the same stage as global trends without pretending to be anything other than what they are.

Toni Feri – global connectivity through natural wine

In the natural wine scene, restaurateur and importer Toni Feri from Let Me Wine has watched Helsinki evolve from an underdog to a recognised northern node in a global network. Part of that rise, he notes, comes from something fundamental in Helsinki’s social fabric: the city’s unusual flatness.

Here, chefs, designers, importers, artists, baristas and even the teams behind major brands like Marimekko move through the same cultural spaces. Introductions happen quickly; collaborations form naturally. Hierarchies that slow creative exchange in larger cities simply don’t hold.

This accessibility – social as much as geographic – shapes how Helsinki connects to the world. “The natural wine scene is a bit like the wine world’s Helsinki: everyone knows each other,” Feri says.

The natural-wine community is, in other words, a mirror image of the city itself: tight-knit, open and built on relationships rather than gatekeeping.

With its first natural wine festival in Helsinki in 2025, Let Me Wine showed how this dynamic can operate at scale. Producers from across Europe came to the city and found themselves in direct conversation with chefs, importers and everyday enthusiasts – not behind closed doors, but across communal tables. What arrives as a global movement becomes local through contact: filtered through Finnish ingredients, values and the calm directness of the city’s hospitality.

Feri also notes a shift in how Helsinki defines luxury. Thirty euros is the new two hundred,” he laughs. “People still want quality, but they want it in pasta-and-wine bars and neighbourhood bistros you can visit on a Tuesday, not just in once-a-year tasting menus.”

Affordable, clearly focused “mono-concept” places – pasta, pizza, natural wine and snacks – are making high-quality experiences easier to reach, without diluting ambition.

Helsinki 2026: a city defining its own direction

What emerges from these perspectives is not a list of passing trends, but a portrait of a city using its size, heritage and community to shape a different kind of food culture – one built on trust, responsibility, openness and a deep connection to nature and localness.

In Helsinki, the direction of travel is clear rather than loud. As these ideas gain momentum globally, the city’s quiet confidence is becoming impossible to overlook.

Trends to watch in 2026
While broad cultural movements define the year, several concrete trends are emerging:

  •  Finnish pastry revival – cafés and bakeries are reinterpreting classics like Runberg torte and Karelian pies as signature products rather than side notes.
  • Mono-concepts and the new affordable luxury – sharply focused restaurants built around one concept done well – pasta, pizza, natural wine and snacks. High quality, relaxed setting, and price points that fit a Tuesday night.
  • Miniature martinis and the return of the dry martini – a subtle but clear shift in cocktail culture, in step with global interest in refined, minimalist drinks.
  •  Immigrant-led and globally rooted kitchens – chefs with international backgrounds open restaurants that are both deeply personal and unmistakably Helsinki, folding global cuisines into the city’s neighbourhood dining culture.

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Sara Jäntti 
Senior Manager, PR & Communications, Helsinki Partners 
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Seagull Watch Unveils New Rattrapante Chronograph and Announces Global Official Website Launch

The legacy of the iconic Seagull 1963 evolves with the brand’s first split-seconds complication, offering haute horology at an accessible price point as Seagull Watch accelerates its global strategy.

TIANJIN, China, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Seagull Watch, a historic manufacturer with over seven decades of mechanical expertise, today announced the global debut of its highly anticipated the Seagull Rattrapante Chronograph Blue Dial Limited Edition, a timepiece that marries historical lineage with cutting-edge mechanical innovation. The launch coincides with a significant milestone for the brand: the inauguration of its global official website at en.seagullwatch.com, which went alive in August, 2025, underscoring Seagull’s deepened commitment to its international clientele.

This new Seagull Rattrapante Limited Edition, or split-seconds chronograph, first showcased at 2025 Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair  answers a growing call from global watch enthusiasts for sophisticated complications without the prohibitive cost. It establishes a new value benchmark in its category, solidifying Seagull’s reputation for “accessible haute horology”.

The First Impression: Seagull Rattrapante

Seagull Rattrapante Limited Edition - Blue Dial, ref. 418.33.1077
Seagull Rattrapante Limited Edition – Blue Dial, ref. 418.33.1077

The Seagull Rattrapante presents an eye-catching interpretation of the brand’s first split-seconds chronograph. Its Grade 5 titanium case is complemented by a multi-layered layout featuring recessed subdials and a tachymeter scale, creating strong visual depth and clarity. The aerospace-grade titanium case provides outstanding corrosion resistance, lightweight comfort, and hypoallergenic properties.

An independent pusher at 10 o’clock controls the rattrapante hand, enabling intermediate lap timing and multi-event measurement—complications traditionally reserved for far higher-priced luxury timepieces. Despite its engineering complexity, the watch maintains a sleek and contemporary presence, weighing just 70 grams with a 42.5 mm case diameter and a 16 mm thickness.

Inside, the Rattrapante is powered by Seagull’s new in-house ST1961-2 calibre, a manual-wound movement that highlights the brand’s capabilities in high-end chronograph manufacture. The ST1961-2 is the direct evolution of the legendary ST19 series that powered the original Seagull 1963, the first aviation chronograph of modern China.

“The original ST19 movement laid the foundation for our chronograph legacy,” said Li Jiaqi, the head of Seagull Innovation Team. “With the ST1961, we integrated a fully realized split-seconds mechanism—one of the most respected complications in watchmaking—making it as China’s first developed rattrapante chronograph.”

The Seagull Rattrapante Chronograph Blue Dial Limited Edition is now available in 500 pieces, priced at US$4,299, exclusively through the global online flagship site: en.seagullwatch.com.

A Brand with a Legacy, A Vision for the Future

Since 1955, Seagull Watch has been a leader in Asian mechanical watchmaking, manufacturing its own movements and developing complex mechanisms like tourbillons and perpetual calendars, also pioneering the “tri-complication” (tourbillon, minute repeater and perpetual calendar) in China watchmaking. The brand has become a symbol of the nation’s progress in modern horology.

Seagull’s leadership in innovation is reflected in its extensive intellectual property portfolio, which includes more than 1,170 authorized patents—among them 25 international patents.

It is also one of the few watchmakers worldwide with a fully vertically integrated manufacturing system, producing 11 movement series and over 200 movement variants that supply a significant share of the global mechanical watch industry. Among them, the ST19 series is especially well regarded by collectors around the world.

Recent appearances at events such as the 2025 Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair and the 78th Cannes International Film Festival underscore the brand’s growing global presence.

According to Xu Chuangyue (徐創越/George Xu), CEO of Tianjin Seagull Watch Group, Seagull has seen overseas revenue growth of 100% to 200% over the past three quarters, with finished watches (excluding movement sales) now accounting for approximately 10% of international business — demonstrating robust growth potential.

The launch of Seagull global official website marks an important step in enhancing customer access to authenticated Seagull watch products, warranty services, and after-sales support. As the brand expands, Seagull plans to further develop its local network of boutiques and service centers, bringing Eastern watchmaking craftsmanship to a broader worldwide audience.

About Seagull Watch:

Founded in 1955 as the Tianjin Watch Factory, Seagull Watch is one of Asia’s most established mechanical watch manufacturers. The brand is known for its vertically integrated production capabilities, spanning movement engineering, component manufacturing, and full watch assembly. Celebrated for the iconic Seagull 1963 aviation chronograph and its expertise in high-complication horology, Seagull has become a leading representative of “Eastern craftsmanship meets mechanical mastery”, earning a respected place among global mechanical watch enthusiasts and collectors.

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Seagull Rattrapante Limited Edition is first released at en.seagullwatch.com.
Seagull Rattrapante Limited Edition is first released at en.seagullwatch.com.

Breakthrough Progress: METiS TechBio Publishes Consecutive Research Findings in Nature Communications and the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

BEIJING, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — METiS TechBio (“METiS”) today announced that two of its oncology pipeline candidates, MTS-105 and MTS-107, have been published in leading international peer-reviewed journals, Nature Communications and the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer (JITC), representing two major breakthroughs in mRNA-based cancer therapeutics.

Both studies leverage METiS’s proprietary AI-powered NanoForge platform, which introduces a precision-guided rocket-and-payload delivery analogy. By combining liver- and spleen-targeted lipid nanoparticle (LNP) delivery systems with programmable mRNA engineering, METiS has developed a new generation of immunotherapy strategies capable of efficiently activating antitumor immunity in specific organs in vivo.

MTS-105 is a first-in-class mRNA-encoded T cell engager (TCE) therapy candidate for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), delivered via METiS’s proprietary liver-targeted LNP system. Study results demonstrate that, once delivered to and taken up within the liver, the mRNA is translated in situ and secreted locally as high level of bispecific antibodies, which rapidly penetrate HCC tissues. Employing this “Trojan Horse” strategy, MTS-105 efficiently activates T cells within the tumor to induce tumor cell killing, achieving complete tumor clearance and long-term T cell immune memory in mouse models.

MTS-105 provides a breakthrough solution to the long-standing limitations of protein-based TCEs in solid tumors, positioned as the world’s first mRNA-encoded TCE therapy for solid tumors. The program has now entered clinical development.

MTS-107 is an innovative mRNA therapeutic vaccine targeting HPV16/18-positive cervical and head and neck cancers, with potential to achieve breakthrough treatment for HPV-associated cancers. Using spleen-targeted LNPs, METiS’s team designed a construct combining dual E6/E7 antigens with a novel immune-activating adjuvant. In mouse models, MTS-107 demonstrated synergistic antitumor activity with PD-1 checkpoint inhibitors, resulting in robust expansion of HPV-specific CD8⁺T cells. MTS-107 will continue into original clinical exploration.

Chris LAI, Co-founder and CEO, said:

“This is an important milestone demonstrating the power of METiS’s AI-driven NanoForge platform in therapeutic development. In conventional cancer therapy, most ‘soldiers’ remain outside the tumor, unable to infiltrate solid tumors for precise, effective killing. Our ‘rocket-and-satellite’ precision delivery paradigm has been strongly validated in these studies. We look forward to advancing global clinical development with our partners, bringing targeted therapies to patients and offering hope for survival or even cure.”

Dr. Wei XU, Chief Scientific Officer and corresponding author of two studies, added:

“mRNA therapeutics have long been constrained by delivery challenges, and innovation in LNP technology is essential for unlocking their full potential. MTS-105 is the first to show that an Fc-free bispecific T cell engager can activate T cells without driving exhaustion, while MTS-107 introduces a new antigen design and built-in adjuvant that markedly enhance antitumor immunity.

A recent Nature study reported that patients treated with PD-1 inhibitors nearly doubled their three-year survival if they had also received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine—a finding that strongly aligns with our observations for MTS-107. These results highlight how mRNA platforms can synergize with PD-1 blockade and signal a new chapter for immuno-oncology”

Dr. Andong LIU, Vice President and Head of Platform Technologies, and co-corresponding author of the Nature Communications study, stated:

“Our NanoForge engine significantly accelerates LNP and mRNA design cycles, boosting delivery efficiency and safety for liver- and spleen-targeted therapeutics. LNP nanodelivery is critical for precise tissue targeting and effective  antitumor therapy. These studies open broad new avenues for innovative mRNA therapeutics.”

MTS-105: Preclinical Breakthrough in Nature Communications

On December 15, Nature Communications (IF 15.7, 2024) published METiS’s preclinical study titled:
“Organ-Specific Delivery of an mRNA-Encoded Bispecific T Cell Engager Targeting Glypican-3 in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.”


Key highlights:

  • Organ-Specific Delivery: MTS-105 achieves highly efficient liver-targeted delivery with minimal systemic exposure. Studies in mice, rats, and cynomolgus monkeys show superior hepatic enrichment compared to antibody-based TCEs.
  • Controlled Release and Safety: Reduced C max and systemic exposure lower toxicity risks. In cynomolgus monkeys, linear pharmacokinetics were observed with excellent tolerability, supporting potential weekly dosing.
  • Potent Antitumor Efficacy: Data from mouse models showed a marked increase in intratumoral exposure, enabling 100% complete responses—with full tumor clearance—at doses as low as 0.15 μg. In contrast, the protein-based TCE control achieved only ~50% tumor growth inhibition even at 1 mg/kg (approximately 20 μg). 
  • Durable T Cell Memory: Cured mice remained tumor-free upon rechallenge, indicating long-term immune memory and prevention of recurrence.


MTS-105 sets a new paradigm for translating TCE therapy into solid tumors, paving the way for first-in-class mRNA-encoded TCE therapy.

MTS-107: Breakthrough HPV Vaccine Published in JITC

On September 17, JITC published: “mRNA-encoded mutant HPV16/18 vaccines promote specific T-cell responses and synergize with anti-PD-1 checkpoint blockade in mediating therapeutic tumor regression in mice.”


Key findings:

  • Complete Tumor Regression: In advanced HPV18⁺MC38 tumor models, MTS-107 combined with PD-1 blockade achieved 100% complete response (CR).
  • Spleen-Targeted LNP Delivery: Enhances antigen presentation and T cell activation.
  • Dual-Subtype Antigen Design: Encodes mutated HPV16/18 E6/E7 antigens; optimized mRNA sequences improve translation and stability.
  • Built-in Adjuvant: Co-expresses GM-CSF to promote dendritic cell maturation and HPV-specific CD8⁺T cell activation.
  • Synergy with PD-1 Blockade: While monotherapy expands tumor-infiltrating HPV-specific T cells; combination with PD-1 blockade relieves immune suppression for complete tumor regression.

This work demonstrates the transformative potential of AI-powered mRNA vaccines in HPV-associated cancers and establishes METiS’s innovation at the intersection of AI-driven nanodelivery and tumor immunotherapy, providing a strong foundation for clinical translation.

*Reference: Grippin, et al. Nature 2025, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09655-y

Bybit Launches mETH Boosted Yield Campaign With Fixed 3% Bonus APR on On-Chain Earn

DUBAI, UAE, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Bybit, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced the launch of a new mETH Boosted Yield Campaign on Bybit On-Chain Earn in partnership with Mantle and mETH Protocol, offering a fixed 3 percent Bonus APR on eligible newly minted mETH during the event period in conjunction with the rollout of the mETH Buffer Pool Upgrade.

The limited-time campaign runs from Dec. 16, 2025, at 00:00 UTC through Feb. 15, 2026, at 23:59 UTC and marks a significant development in liquid staking offerings on the Bybit platform. Through the upgraded Buffer Pool architecture, mETH now targets redemption times of approximately 24 hours, positioning the asset as a faster, more flexible Ethereum-native yield instrument.

The initiative reflects Bybit’s continued expansion of its On-Chain Earn suite and its strategic collaboration with mETH Protocol. Users can stake ETH to mint mETH directly through the Bybit platform without the need for external wallets, cross-chain transfers, or manual delegation processes.

During the event period, participants receive a fixed 3 percent Bonus APR on all new mETH minted via Bybit On Chain Earn (on top of the standard Staking APR). The campaign also introduces faster liquidity through the Buffer Pool mechanism, which is designed to significantly reduce redemption timelines compared with traditional Ethereum unstaking periods that can range from several days to weeks.

mETH is the receipt token issued for ETH staked via mETH Protocol, part of the Mantle Liquid Staking Program. It is a value-accruing asset designed to deliver one of the higher sustainable staking yields in the market. The newly upgraded Buffer Pool integrates a dynamic liquidity model supported by Aave, enabling near-immediate withdrawals under normal liquidity conditions.

Bybit users benefit from enhanced liquidity access, an exclusive yield subsidy during the campaign period, and full collateral utility. mETH is supported as a collateral asset within Bybit Unified Trading Accounts, allowing eligible users to maintain trading activity while earning staking rewards.

Eligibility calculations are based on hourly balance snapshots, with each user’s daily eligible mETH amount determined by the lowest recorded balance within a 24-hour period. Participation includes Main Accounts and Subaccounts such as Funding, Trading Bot, and Unified Trading Accounts, while certain uses of mETH, including assets borrowed or pledged within Crypto Loans or held in Copy Trading Pro Subaccounts, are excluded. Bonus rewards are distributed daily to users’ Funding Accounts.

The mETH Boosted Yield Campaign underscores Bybit’s focus on improving capital efficiency and liquidity for Ethereum staking participants while expanding access to institutional-grade on-chain yield solutions through a centralized platform.

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Bybit Launches mETH Boosted Yield Campaign With Fixed 3% Bonus APR on On-Chain Earn
Bybit Launches mETH Boosted Yield Campaign With Fixed 3% Bonus APR on On-Chain Earn

About Bybit

Bybit is the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, serving a global community of over 70 million users. Founded in 2018, Bybit is redefining openness in the decentralized world by creating a simpler, open and equal ecosystem for everyone. With a strong focus on Web3, Bybit partners strategically with leading blockchain protocols to provide robust infrastructure and drive on-chain innovation. Renowned for its secure custody, diverse marketplaces, intuitive user experience, and advanced blockchain tools, Bybit bridges the gap between TradFi and DeFi, empowering builders, creators, and enthusiasts to unlock the full potential of Web3. Discover the future of decentralized finance at Bybit.com.

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Top Scholars Convene at Cyberway to Explore New Pathways for AI Integration and Industry Enablement

GUANGZHOU, China, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Recently, Cyberway hosted a high-level academic and technological exchange.

Academician Ching Y. Suen, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and IEEE Life Fellow; Professor Tang Yuanyan, IEEE Life Fellow and Vice Chairman of the Macao Society of Artificial Intelligence; and Professor Tan Jun from the School of Mathematics at Sun Yat-sen University, together with their delegation, visited Cyberway for an on-site visit and technical exchange.

At the outset of the exchange, Mr. Chen Guoping, CEO of Cyberway, together with the executive management team, shared the latest achievements of the company’s collaboration with the Artificial Intelligence Industry–Academia–Research Base of the School of Mathematics at Sun Yat-sen University, and engaged in in-depth discussions with the two internationally renowned scholars.

Both visiting scholars are globally recognized authorities in the fields of artificial intelligence and pattern recognition. Their visit not only represents strong recognition of Cyberway’s ongoing exploration, research, and practical applications in AI, but also brings valuable international academic perspectives and industrialization insights to the company.

Ching Y. Suen

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC)
  • IEEE Life Fellow, Fellow of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR), and Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAIA)
  • Served as Editor-in-Chief of the internationally renowned Pattern Recognition Journal for ten years
  • Recipient of the ITAC/NSERC National Award in 1992
  • Awarded the King-Sun Fu Prize in 2020, the highest honor in the field of pattern recognition
  • Founder of three major international conferences:
    • International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR)
    • International Workshop / Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition (IWFHR / ICFHR)
    • International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (ICPRIA)
  • Author and editor of 16 academic monographs and 8 conference proceedings, with more than 620 published academic papers

Yuan Yan Tang

  • IEEE Life Fellow
  • Founder and Chairman of the Macau Chapter of the International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR)
  • Vice Chairman of the Macao Society of Artificial Intelligence
  • Director of the Smart City R&D Center, Zhuhai UM Science & Technology Research Institute
  • Chair Professor Emeritus, University of Macau
  • Chair Professor Emeritus, Hong Kong Baptist University
  • Editor of 8 conference proceedings and author of 16 academic monographs, with over 630 published academic papers

Dialogue Between Academia and Industry
Co-Creating a New Ecosystem for Practical AI Adoption

Cyberway team first presented key achievements from its co-creation partnership with Professor Tan Jun’s team at the Artificial Intelligence Industry–Academia–Research Base of the School of Mathematics, Sun Yat-sen University, highlighting breakthroughs across three major areas:

In sales forecasting, deep learning–based models have significantly improved demand prediction accuracy, providing intelligent decision support for enterprises;

In marketing attribution optimization, an advanced algorithmic framework has been developed to precisely quantify end-to-end marketing effectiveness, enabling more scientific and data-driven budget allocation;

In computer vision applications, Cyberway’s self-developed high-performance image recognition algorithms have been successfully deployed in visual inventory counting scenarios, enabling automated identification and real-time tracking of retail products—substantially enhancing operational efficiency and the level of digitalized management.

Academician Ching Y. Suen spoke highly of Cyberway’s achievements in the engineering and commercial deployment of AI, noting that:
“Ultimately, the value of artificial intelligence lies in its ability to enhance industrial efficiency and drive paradigm shifts. Cyberway’s deep engagement across multiple vertical domains represents a critical pathway for AI to evolve from technology into true business enablement.

Professor Yuan Yan Tang commented from the perspective of industry–academia–research integration:
“The technological capabilities of AI enterprises must continuously engage with academic frontiers. Cyberway’s extensive experience across the end-to-end marketing value chain provides rich, real-world scenarios and problem cases for academic research. We look forward to deeper collaboration in talent development and joint research initiatives in the future.”

During the discussion, Mr. Chen Guoping, CEO of Cyberway, remarked:
“The guidance from the two distinguished scholars has provided us with elevated theoretical perspectives and forward-looking academic insights. Cyberway remains firmly committed to addressing real-world industry challenges and advancing the deep integration of AI technologies into business scenarios. This exchange will further propel our progress in product innovation and critical technological breakthroughs.”

Focusing on Four Key Scenarios
AI Empowering Industrial Digital Transformation

During the exchange, both sides engaged in in-depth discussions on Cyberway’s AI implementation practices across multiple vertical domains:

Marketing Content Review

To address efficiency and compliance challenges in reviewing massive volumes of marketing content, Cyberway presented its AI-powered review system based on computer vision and natural language processing. The system enables automated compliance checks and creative quality assessment for images, text, and video materials.

Engineering Settlement and Drawing Recognition

Cyberway demonstrated innovative applications of image segmentation and object detection technologies. By automatically identifying drawing elements and extracting key parameters—combined with large-model reasoning capabilities—the solution enables intelligent cost calculation and settlement.

Marketing Attribution Optimization

Cyberway showcased how multi-touch attribution models and machine learning algorithms can help enterprises accurately quantify the contribution of each marketing channel, enabling intelligent budget allocation and continuous ROI improvement.

Logistics and Transportation Monitoring

Both parties discussed AI- and IoT-enabled transportation monitoring solutions, leveraging smart electronic locks and AI conversational systems to achieve comprehensive, intelligent supervision throughout the logistics process.

These concrete AI application scenarios not only demonstrated Cyberway’s strong technical foundation, but also received professional guidance and high recognition from Academician Ching Y. Suen and Professor Yuan Yan Tang.

Continuously Advancing AI Capabilities
Empowering Industry-Wide Digital Transformation

This exchange not only strengthened Cyberway’s connection with leading academic institutions, but also injected new momentum into the company’s advancement of AI technologies and expansion of industrial applications. Cyberway will continue to pursue a development strategy driven by technology and grounded in real-world scenarios, sustaining innovation in intelligent digital marketing and delivering deeply integrated, reliable, and cutting-edge AI solutions to help more enterprises achieve digital transformation and AI evolution.

Looking ahead, Cyberway will further open its ecosystem for collaboration, bringing together academic insight and industrial expertise to jointly advance the practical adoption and development of artificial intelligence, and to build a new ecosystem where technology empowers industry.

Huawei Digital Power’s C&I GFM ESS Passes Extreme Ignition Test

SHENZHEN, China, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Huawei Digital Power’s Commercial and Industrial Hybrid Cooling Grid Forming Energy Storage System (C&I GFM ESS) has successfully passed a stringent extreme ignition test witnessed by TÜV Rheinland. Conducted at a national key fire safety lab, the test is the industry’s first fire assessment of an ESS in compliance with the latest UL 9540A:2025 standard.

Huawei Digital Power's C&I GFM ESS Passes Extreme Ignition Test
Huawei Digital Power’s C&I GFM ESS Passes Extreme Ignition Test

Extreme Challenge: Rigorous Test Environment

The test was designed to create the industry’s most demanding verification environment, evaluating the safety performance of ESSs under extreme ignition scenarios. A pack-level overcharge method was used to trigger simultaneous thermal runaway in 60 battery cells. Compared with tests involving only single or a few cells, the severity of this assessment increases exponentially.

Further rigor was ensured through the following conditions:

  1. The open-door ignition test method specified in UL 9540A:2025 is employed to maximize oxygen availability.
  2. All packs are fully charged to 100% SOC.
  3. All proactive and passive fire suppression systems are disabled during testing, requiring the ESSs to rely solely on their intrinsic design to withstand combustion at full energy capacity.

Proven Strength: Five-Level Protection System

Under these extreme conditions, Huawei’s C&I GFM ESS demonstrated outstanding safety performance, supported by its innovative five-level protection design.

  1. Inter-cell thermal isolation: It effectively slows down the thermal runaway propagation between cells, providing the first defense for system safety.
  2. All-metal pack enclosure: The enclosure can withstand temperatures higher than 1500°C, maintaining structural integrity even under intense fire to minimize damage.
  3. Positive-pressure oxygen blocking and directional smoke exhaust: This innovative design redirects combustibles, significantly reducing fire impact.
  4. Fireproof labyrinth design: All ESS sealing surfaces feature a labyrinth structure to effectively prevent flame spread.
  5. Enhanced container fire resistance: The container is armored to provide comprehensive fire protection.

Data Evidence: Key Indicators Demonstrating Excellent Performance

Test data robustly validates the safety and reliability of Huawei’s C&I GFM ESS. When the fire temperature reached 961°C, the highest cell temperature of an adjacent ESS was only 45.3°C, well below the threshold for opening the cell explosion-proof valve. The system fully complied with UL 9540A:2025 requirements, with no fire propagation between units.

The recorded peak heat release rate (HRR) was 3 MW. Total combustion lasted less than three hours before self-extinguishing. Under open-door burning conditions, the system rapidly managed heat release, demonstrating superior thermal management capability.