Science Pipeline

Science-to-tech pipeline: AI drug discovery, quantum computing, and emerging research.

Fusion Propulsion Just Achieved First Plasma. The Real Story Isn’t Mars — It’s the Orbital Transfer Economy.

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5 min readPulsar Fusion’s Sunbird achieved first plasma on 25 March 2026 — a world first for fusion rocket architecture. The mainstream coverage missed the point. The near-term commercial story is not Mars. It is the orbital transfer economy, where fusion propulsion could structurally reshape satellite deployment economics within a decade.

AI-Designed Drugs Are Entering Clinical Trials. The Pipeline Is Larger Than Most Engineers Realize.

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4 min readOver 150 AI-designed drug candidates are in clinical trials globally — a 7x increase since 2022. AlphaFold 3 has compressed pre-clinical discovery from 4–6 years to 12–24 months. The first FDA approvals of AI-primary drug candidates are 3–5 years away.