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Pantene Holds 2nd Hair Science Summit

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Revealing microscopic haircare for the first time and also announcing experts of Pantene Hair Science Institute

SHANGHAI, Aug. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — On August 19, 2024, Pantene held its 2nd hair science summit at the historical Aurora Museum in Shanghai, following its inauguration in 2023. This year’s summit was another milestone for Pantene in exploring the science of haircare and seeking breakthroughs. At this year’s summit, Pantene shared the latest research results of how to repair the damaged hairs and also demonstrated a high-definition microscopic bio-imaging technology, which was a breakthrough in the industry and able to get high-definition images of a hair’s internal structure. For the first time, this has confirmed that the Pro-vitamin B5 (Pro-V B5) and lipidol ingredients in Pantene products can enter the very core of damaged hair to repair them. Pantene also announced the experts of Pantene Hair Science Institute at the event. The institute is committed to bringing together researchers around the world for a new era of haircare.

A new era of science-based haircare

Pantene is the world’s most popular haircare brand and the first brand to have discovered the role of Pro-V B5 in protecting and repairing hairs. It’s also the only haircare brand certified by the Swiss Vitamin Institute (SVI). Pantene has been working on haircare for 82 years. With a DNA in research, Pantene has been striving to apply the latest research results in its products. The brand is discovering issues from the perspectives of consumers and using scientific tools to solve them. This is how it is responding to the trust of consumers. Luan Lan, General Manager of the Pantene Brand in China, said: “We believe that every scientific breakthrough of us represents the fulfilment of our commitment to healthy and beautiful hairs for consumers. At Pantene, we will be always with consumers, leveraging the power of science to help make their hairs beautiful.”

Last year, Dr. Jennifer Marsh, Global Chief Research Scientist at Pantene, shared her studies of the mechanism and effect of small molecules in protecting and repairing hair core at the 2023 meeting of the International Federation of Societies of Cosmetic Chemists (IFSCC). This year, her research team further uncovered the mechanism of synergistic hair damage at the core. Dr. Lai Wei, a dermatologist and hair expert from the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, also provided an in-depth interpretation of this discovery at the summit. He emphasized: “Hair damage is visible to the naked eye, but the root cause is the damage at the core, which is difficult to see, but very important. The in-depth study of hair damage at the core by Pantene scientists can help us design better haircare solutions that combine both external and internal haircare. We should choose small-molecule ingredients that can really enter the very core of hairs to repair them.”

Hair repair at the core enabled by science

Probing deeper into the core of hair damage and how to repair damaged hair core has been a new research area for P&G Haircare in recent years. At the summit, Wang Yu, a senior analytical scientist at Pantene, shared the application of bio-imaging in haircare and Pantene’s latest research results of using the technology to detect ingredients. Using this technology, her team, for the first time, discovered that Pro-V B5 could enter the core of hairs and rebuild its structure to repair the damaged hairs. The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore has collaborated with P&G Haircare for ten years. As a microscopy expert, Dr. Ma Xiaoxiao, Senior Scientist and Manager at A*STAR Microscopy Platform, shared the joint research results of the two parties. She said: “The high-resolution bio-imaging technology allows us to detect and screen the ingredients for hair core repair more efficiently and more intuitively. By collaborating with the research team at Pantene, we found that the haircare formulations of Pantene could replenish the lipids lost from the hair core. With this technology, we are able to see the effect of those haircare ingredients at the core. In the future, we will explore the possibility of discovering more haircare ingredients together, aiming to provide consumers with more targeted and diverse haircare solutions.”

Pro-V B5 and lipidol are two main ingredients for Pantene’s haircare products. Using  Pantene Intensive Shot Hair Mask as an example, Pantene Chief Scientist Zhang Chao shared how the brand’s research team has been working on a number of fronts including formulation, experiment, and detection to develop effective haircare products. Over the past five years since its launch, the Pantene Intensive Shot Hair Mask has undergone three iterations. The effectiveness of this product for haircare has been confirmed on multiple dimensions through continuous consumer research and practical testing. The latest generation contains Pro-V B5 and lipidol beads, which are able to penetrate into the core of hairs quickly and help reestablish the broken links, so as to repair the damaged hairs at the very core, and to keep them bouncy, resilient, and shiny.

The experts of Pantene Hair Science Institute announced

Topping the agenda of this year’s summit, the experts of Pantene Hair Science Institute were announced. These experts come from many different fields including basic medicine, haircare, bio-imaging, and vitamin research. Pantene hopes to work with leading scientists while listening to industry experts, to continue to study haircare using cutting-edge technologies. This helps to integrate research resources and push the boundaries in haircare. Representatives of the institute’s experts made an appearance at the summit. With their rigorous attitude toward research and strong insights into haircare, they will start a new chapter for haircare research together with Pantene.

This year’s summit demonstrated the determination of Pantene to drive haircare through scientific research. The remarkable research results shared at the summit came from the brand’s unremitting pursuit of healthy and beautiful hairs. They also attested to the brand’s commitment to consumers. Going forward, they will help to light up the road ahead for each and every consumer in pursuing haircare, to keep their hairs beautiful, and to make them more confident.

 

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BOE continues to launch new products and solutions in the field of high-end displays

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LOS ANGELES, May 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — 

1、Redefine Visual Experience with Scientific Standards! BOE Releases Core Research Findings on OLED Display Clarity-Legibility Index, Paving the Way for the Industry’s First Transparent Pro Standard to Deliver Supreme Visual Experience

With the rapid popularization of OLED display technology, basic screen indicators including resolution, color gamut and brightness keep improving. Meanwhile, display transparency — a core experience metric that determines visual comfort , image authenticity and premium visual quality — has drawn growing attention across the industry.

Recently, BOE has empowered the launch of the industry’s first flagship high-transparency OLED display panel, setting an industry-leading benchmark in four key dimensions: color, depth , clarity and dynamic range. It ushers high-end display into a new era, shifting from purely numerical technical specifications to ultimate user-centric visual experience.

In addition, BOE officially unveiled its in-depth research achievements on OLED display transparency. It has identified the core underlying factors affecting visual transparency through scientific research, pioneered the industry’s first display transparency index formula, and facilitated the release of the first authoritative evaluation standard for OLED display transparency. This marks an industry’s transformation from specs-oriented to experience-driven development. This marks a full-process breakthrough covering underlying technical analysis, scientifically guided image quality development and mass production application.

At present, the group standard 《Standard of Associations Organic light emitting diode display —Evaluation method for display clarity》, led and formulated by BOE based on relevant research outcomes, has been officially issued. As the world’s first dedicated evaluation standard focusing on OLED display transparency, it fills the long-standing industry gap in correlating subjective visual perception with objective image quality parameters.

Leveraging this standard and transparency research results, BOE has assisted partners in developing the industry’s first flagship high-transparency OLED screen. The company has built a comprehensive technical system for OLED visual transparency. Supported by cutting-edge technologies such as tandem, LTPO and high-precision Demura crosstalk optimization algorithms, BOE and its partners have carried out full-link optimization from display panels to end devices.

Going forward, BOE will continue to deepen research on display human factors engineering and visual experience. Through technological innovation and standard leadership, it will bring more ultimate, high-transparency premium display experiences to users worldwide.

2、BOE Beneficial “Natural” Light Technology (BNL): Solving Visual Health Pain Points and Leading the Display Industry Trend

In an era of ubiquitous displays, users are spending increasingly longer hours on screens. Nevertheless, the luminous properties of conventional displays poorly align with the human visual system, sparking widespread consumer concerns over visual health. To address such challenges, BOE draws inspiration from natural light. By deeply analyzing natural light and extracting beneficial features highly consistent with health and comfort, BOE established the Beneficial “Natural” Light Technology (BNL) architecture. Evolving from single technical upgrades to a systematic solution, BNL replicates the merits of natural light across four core dimensions: Depolarization Adjustment, Spectrum Optimization, Light Profile Optimization and Time-varying Adaptation, advancing display technology toward healthy viewing.

BNL & Visual Health

Depolarization Adjustment: The linearly polarized light of traditional displays causes targeted stimulation to retinal lutein, resulting in dry eyes, eyelid redness and other discomforts. Based on the mainstream Circular Polarization (QWP) solution, BOE BNL has developed a series of technologies like BSF/RDF Random Depolarization technology and un-Polarization,which convert linearly polarized light into randomly polarized light, enabling balanced lutein utilization across the entire visual field, and deliver natural-light-level eye protection.

Spectrum Optimization: Conventional narrow-band RGB spectra feature poor continuity and imbalanced energy distribution, with excessive high-energy blue light that induces eye strain and increases risks of macular damage. Beyond Low Blue Light solutions, BOE BNL has developed Natural-like Spectrum, Beneficial Red Light, Infrared Light and Circadian Rhythm technologies. Multiple clinical studies have verified that Beneficial Red Light and Infrared Light can effectively inhibit axial elongation and accelerate eye microcirculation.  BOE takes the lead in integrating such optics into displays,achieving a spectral distribution matching degree of over 60%, an energy ratio of Beneficial Red Light (650–670 nm) exceeding 50%, and independent on/off switching and energy adjustment of Infrared Light. Meanwhile, Circadian Rhythm technology regulates melatonin secretion to safeguard sleep quality. Shifting from passive harm reduction to active eye benefits, BOE BNL delivers all-round visual health protection.

Light Profile Optimization: Conventional screens are prone to surface reflection and glare, which interfere with visual recognition and cause cumulative eye fatigue. Powered by industry-leading Anti-Glare, Low Reflection and Wide Viewing Angle technologies, BOE BNL accurately simulates the diffuse reflection of natural light to deliver consistent visual comfort across diverse viewing angles. For instance, BOE UB Cell technology achieves a DGR value below 5 with negligible glare and reflection, ensuring sustained visual comfort.

Time-varying Adaptation: Conventional displays tend to produce low-frequency flicker and fixed brightness and color temperature that fail to adapt to ambient changes, forcing frequent eye muscle adjustments and leading to discomfort. By adopting Flicker Free and Light Self-adaptive technologies, BOE BNL delivers stable, ultra-smooth visuals that replicate the comfort of natural light.

SID 2026: BOE Launches New BNL Display Products

At SID Display Week 2026, BOE launched new BNL health display products. The highlight product is the industry’s first 13.8-inch BNL health display tablet. It integrates all four core dimensions,supported by 7 core BNL technologies, to deliver a healthy and comfortable visual experience.

As a global leader in the display industry, BOE has led the development and officially issued the world’s first “Natural Light” display standard via the Zhongguancun Standardization Association,and has jointly issued the White Paper on Natural Light Display Technologies (Engineering Considerations, Application Value and Challenges) with TÜV Rheinland to drive standardized and high-quality industrial development. In the future, BOE will continue to iterate on technologies, diversify product forms and application scenarios, advance the grading standards for Beneficial “Natural” Light displays, and protect users’ visual health.

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BitradeX BXC First Two Subscription Rounds Sell Out, Total Subscriptions Exceed 14M USDT

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LONDON, May 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — BitradeX Capital’s ecosystem equity token, BXC, has completed its first and second subscription rounds, selling a total of 50 million BXC with subscriptions exceeding 14 million USDT. The first round sold out in 90 seconds, while the second closed within 48 hours.

While the fundraising size is not unusually large by crypto standards, the structure of the sale has attracted market attention. The first two rounds were not open to the public, but limited to high-tier BitradeX users. The first round was available only to V5 users and above, while the second round expanded access to V3 users and above.

According to BitradeX’s tier system, V3+ users typically have higher recurring investment activity through AiBot, longer platform usage history, and stronger ecosystem participation. This means the early BXC allocation was absorbed mainly by the platform’s internal high-value user base, rather than short-term speculative participants.

This approach differs from many token fundraising campaigns that prioritize broad public participation and market hype. BitradeX instead adopted a more selective, staged model, gradually lowering the participation threshold while keeping the sale within its active ecosystem community.

BXC is positioned as more than a standard platform token. Its value framework is linked to BitradeX Capital’s broader ecosystem, including its exchange business, AiBot quantitative strategies, BTX Card payments, and Labs incubation platform. Public information indicates that BXC holders may receive staking rewards, benefit from ecosystem buybacks and burns, and gain priority access to Launchpad projects and governance participation.

The third subscription round is launched on April 30 at $0.35 USDT per BXC, with a total supply of 100 million BXC. It is now open to users participating in AiBot recurring investment. The fourth round price is expected to rise to $0.45 USDT.

The long-term value of BXC will ultimately depend on the growth of BitradeX’s underlying businesses, including exchange profitability, AiBot user expansion, and BTX Card adoption. However, the rapid sellout of the first two rounds suggests that BitradeX’s core user base has already shown strong confidence in the ecosystem’s future.

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South and East Asia identified as hotspots of global warming related impacts on male fertility

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BEIJING, May 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A major new study has shown that South and East Asia dominate patterns of global warming related decline in male fertility with the strongest and most consistent evidence coming from India, Pakistan and the southern parts of China.

The effects of increased environmental temperatures on male reproductive health include declining sperm concentration and motility and increased sperm DNA fragmentation, or genetic damage that can hinder fertilisation and embryo development.

Male related factors account for around 50 per cent of infertility cases around the world and the impact of rising ambient heat on semen parameters raises serious implications across wide areas of Asia where total fertility rates are in serious decline.

Outcomes of the study undertaken by the Taiwan IVF Group and Ton Yen General Hospital, Taiwan (China) in collaboration with Stanford University (USA) are being presented at the 2026 Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE) in Beijing.

Research principal and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University, Dr Jack Yu Jen Huang, MD, PhD, FACOG said: “Given the temperature sensitivity of spermatogenesis, even modest increases in ambient temperature could have cumulative, population-level effects over time.

“As global warming accelerates, male reproductive health may represent an emerging climate sensitive public health concern.”

The testes function optimally at temperatures lower than the internal body heat level, and previous studies have shown elevated scrotal or ambient temperatures can impair sperm production.

The latest research explored global patterns to reveal comparative data across regions. It is based on a systematic review of international studies on temperature exposure and semen parameter trends between 2000 and 2024. Artificial intelligence algorithms and machine learning tools were applied to extract key variables including geographic regions and semen outcomes.

Dr Huang said studies examining occupational heat exposure alone were excluded from the analysis as they reflected localised, job-specific conditions rather than broader climatic trends.

“Our findings therefore represent population level climate associated temperature effects including consistent seasonal variations showing poor semen quality parameters in warmer periods.”

The global patterns on temperature associated lower sperm concentration and motility show South and East Asia as major hot spots of concern followed by the Middle East, Europe and North America.

“South and East Asia are likely more affected due to a combination of factors including higher baseline ambient temperatures and rapid urbanisation that contribute to greater cumulative heat stress on spermatogenesis,” Dr Huang explained.

“With ongoing global warming, chronic heat exposure may increasingly impact male reproductive health.”

Dr Huang said potential approaches to address the issue include:

increasing public awareness of heat exposure and reproductive health;encouraging protective behaviours;expanding research integrating climate and reproductive health data; andexploring clinical and lifestyle interventions to mitigate heat-related effects.

The research team was assisted by research intern Jeffrey Zi Kang Huang from Taipei American School, particularly in the application of artificial intelligence in biomedical research including AI-assisted data analysis and pattern recognition across global datasets.

“Further longitudinal and mechanistic studies will be important to better define causality and guide interventions,” he added.

The ASPIRE Congress is being held at the China National Convention Centre in Beijing. More than 3,000 scientists, clinicians, nurses and counsellors in assisted reproduction from around the world are attending the Congress.

For further information, go to https://www.aspire2026.com

 

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