IJR News — today's news from every sideYayoi Kusama Dies at 97, Global Icon — Aug 27, 2026Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese avant-garde artist famed for polka dots, pumpkins and immersive installations, has died at age 97; she passed away on August 14 in a Tokyo hospital, according to her studio. Her decades-long career, including time in New York, anti-war activism, and a lasting impact on contemporary art, kept her painting and creating until the end.
Micron Details Boise Lab, Albany EUV Center funding split — Aug 20, 2026Micron announced Micron Research Labs, a U.S.-based, long-horizon memory and compute research hub headquartered in Boise backed by a $10 billion investment over the next decade, with extensive university collaborations, global satellite labs, and broad ecosystem partnerships. In parallel, the company is funding North America’s first publicly owned High-NA EUV lithography center in Albany, New York as part of a public-private partnership, a $10 billion project with IBM, Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron to strengthen domestic memory technology and manufacturing capabilities.
