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Biotech companies slash hundreds of East Bay jobs in jolt to industry

HAYWARD — Biotech companies have chopped hundreds of jobs in the East Bay, raising the specter of economic struggles for an industry that had been seen as a bright spot and possible source of expansion in the region. Lonza Biologics and Personalis are among the most recent biotech companies to slash employment in the Bay Area, according to official WARN notices posted by the state Employment Development Department. The two companies have revealed plans to eliminate a combined 280 jobs, all in Alameda County, the EDD WARN notices state. Here are the details of the job cuts by the two biotech firms, as revealed on the EDD’s public…

Healthy food is hard to come by in Cape Town's poorer areas: How community…

January 16, 2024 This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: fact-checked trusted source written by researcher(s) proofread by Tinashe P. Kanosvamhira, The Conversation In 1950, as part of the Group Areas Act, South Africa's apartheid government banished people of color to outlying areas, away from central business districts. The Cape Flats are one such area, sprawling to the east of central Cape Town. Today the legacy of apartheid spatial planning endures. The area is home to several densely…

Athenians fear this huge new development will turn city into a ‘mini Dubai’

This Greek city is getting an enormous new neighborhood — and locals are scared it will alter ancient Athens for good. A 1,500-acre construction project — possibly the largest in Europe, and one that will cost $8.6 billion — is proving controversial as it sets out to transform a long-shuttered Athens airport into a seaside oasis for the rich. The development, named Ellinikon after the flight hub, which closed back in 2001, is set to include some 8,000 luxury homes, a marina equipped to moor mega-yachts, multiple shopping malls, restaurants, hotels and a casino on a plot of land over double the size of Central Park and three times…

Microsoft boss Satya Nadella insists tech giant has ‘no issue’ with OpenAI…

Microsoft boss Satya Nadella insisted Tuesday that he has “no issue” with the governance structure at OpenAI – despite a high-profile internal beef that briefly forced out its CEO Sam Altman last year. OpenAI, a nonprofit governed by a board whose mission is to ensure the firm prioritizes safety over profit, received major scrutiny after it fired Altman last November – with directors claiming they had “lost confidence” because he was “not consistently candid.” “What we just want is good stability,” Nadella said during an event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, according to Bloomberg . “We invested, we partnered…

‘We still need more doctors’: Medical university in Summerlin expanding campus

Roseman University is looking to expand and bring a medical degree program to Summerlin. The university on Tuesday unveiled a $500-$550 million three-phase plan to expand its campus in Summerlin from a few office buildings to a full-fledged medical school campus. The expansion will take place on the 32 acres of undeveloped land that Roseman University already owns. It could be completed by 2032, the university said. This growth plan should allow Roseman University — a nonprofit private university that only focuses on medical education such as nursing, pharmaceutical studies and dental work — to expand its enrollment and programs,…