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January 13, 2026
SOLAR DAILY
SwRI tests rooftop solar fire behavior and mitigation options



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
Southwest Research Institute has carried out a series of large scale fire tests to examine how flames spread beneath photovoltaic panel installations on flat commercial and industrial rooftops. The program is intended to give fire safety organizations the data they need to refine standards and improve mitigation strategies for rooftop solar systems. Engineers built full scale test decks designed to replicate typical low slope roofing assemblies used on large buildings, then mounted photovoltaic so ... read more

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TECH SPACE
Fast FPGA pulse shaping clears neutron gamma pile ups in nuclear detectors
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
In high flux nuclear experiments, radiation detectors often face a signal "traffic jam" when multiple events arrive almost at the same time and their pulses overlap. This pile up distorts the energy ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Bayesian neural net sharpens thorium 232 fission yield data
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
A research team led by Chun-Wang Ma has developed a Bayesian neural network framework to predict independent and cumulative fission product yields for thorium 232 under neutron irradiation across a ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Quantum light switch built from atomically thin mirror
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 09, 2026
Controlling light across scales, from microscopes and telescopes down to nanometers, is a central challenge in modern optics. Researchers at the University of Amsterdam have now demonstrated a nanos ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Quantum key method enables redundant storage of qubit data
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo have demonstrated a method to back up quantum information by encrypting qubits during copying, providing redundancy while remaining consistent wit ... more
ENERGY TECH
Perovskite betavoltaic cell sets record efficiency using carbon 14 source
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
A research team at DGIST has developed a perovskite based self powered betavoltaic battery that achieves what they report as the worlds highest conversion efficiency for this class of device while m ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Theory links photon condensation and heat engine physics
London, UK (SPX) Jan 13, 2026
Physicists at Trinity College Dublin have developed a new theoretical framework that connects photon condensation in optical microstructures with the fundamental limits of heat engines, potentially ... more
WATER WORLD
Japan to test deep sea rare earth mining to cut China reliance
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 9, 2026
Japan embarks Sunday on what it says is the world's first bid to tap deep sea rare earths at a depth of 6,000 metres - greater than the height of Mount Fuji - to curb dependence on China. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Meta partners with US nuclear companies to power AI data centers
San Francisco, United States (AFP) Jan 9, 2026
Tech giant Meta announced Thursday major agreements with three US nuclear energy companies that it says will add up to 6.6 gigawatts of clean power by 2035. ... more

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CHIP TECH
AI gobbling up memory chips essential to gadget makers
Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 9, 2026
As devices from toys to cars get smarter at the Consumer Electronics Show, gadget makers are grappling with a shortage of memory needed for them to work. ... more
CHIP TECH
Aegis Aerospace and United Semiconductors plan in orbit semiconductor materials plant
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
Aegis Aerospace Inc. has entered into a partnership with United Semiconductors LLC to develop semiconductor manufacturing capabilities in low Earth orbit as part of a new advanced materials producti ... more
OIL AND GAS
Japan protests China gas drilling in East China Sea
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 8, 2026
Japan said Thursday it had lodged a protest with China over the operation of a mobile drilling vessel in an area of the East China Sea rich in gas deposits. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Alen Space begins SATMAR satellite validation over Bay of Algeciras
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 01, 2026
Alen Space has completed the first demonstrator pilot campaign of VDES technology using its SATMAR satellite over the Bay of Algeciras in southern Spain. Over the past week, the company worked with ... more
TRADE WARS
Asian equities edge up, dollar slides as US Fed Reserve subpoenaed
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 12, 2026
Asian equities posted gains Monday while the dollar dipped as investors digested news that the US Justice Department subpoenaed the Federal Reserve, raising fears over US central bank independence. ... more
GPS NEWS
China tracks surge in geospatial information industry
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 05, 2026
China's geospatial information industry is approaching a total value of 1 trillion yuan (about $143 billion), according to the Ministry of Natural Resources. The ministry reported that by the end of ... more
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UAV NEWS
Drones take thermal readings to track dolphin health
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
Australia's dolphin populations are experiencing increasing pressure from environmental change and human activity, creating demand for non-invasive methods to assess their health and guide conservat ... more
TECH SPACE
Ferritic alloy offers superalloy-level strength and oxidation resistance for reactor systems
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
Materials engineers in the Republic of Korea have designed alumina-forming ferritic alloys that maintain strength and resist high-temperature oxidation in harsh, steam-containing environments releva ... more
AEROSPACE
Fewer layovers, better-connected airports, more firm growth
Cambridge MA (MIT) Jan 07, 2026
Waiting in an airport for a connecting flight is often tedious. A new study by MIT researchers shows it's bad for business, too. Looking at air travel and multinational firm formation over a 3 ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Hybrid detector array sharpens measurements of neutron rich nuclei lifetimes
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
Researchers from the Institute of Modern Physics and collaborating institutions have developed a hybrid detection system called HALIMA to measure the lifetimes of excited states in neutron rich nucl ... more
CHIP TECH
Light driven neuron chip unifies sensing computing and memory
London, UK (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
Modern computers consume substantial energy for tasks such as handwritten digit recognition because memory and processing are physically separated, unlike biological neurons that combine sensing, co ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Smart biochar sorbents target persistent pollutants in complex water streams
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 07, 2026
Scientists are combining molecular imprinting technology with biochar to build sorbent materials that can recognize and bind specific pollutant molecules with high selectivity. Biochar, produced by ... more
TRADE WARS
Canada's Carney plans to talk trade, relations during China visit
Montreal (AFP) Jan 11, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday will begin a state visit to China, the first in eight years for a Canadian leader, with aims to talk trade and rebuild ties after years of diplomatic tensions. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Musk's Grok under fire over sexualized images despite new limits
Washington, United States (AFP) Jan 9, 2026
European officials and tech campaigners on Friday slammed Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok after its controversial image creation feature was restricted to paying subscribers, saying the change failed to address concerns about sexualized deepfakes. ... more
OIL AND GAS
China: the indispensable partner of Maduro's Venezuela
Beijing Jan 9, 2026
China was the dominant buyer of Venezuelan oil under deposed president Nicolas Maduro, the fulcrum of a symbiotic partnership that propped up the South American economy and gave Beijing regional influence. ... more
TRADE WARS
China consumer prices rise at fastest pace since 2023
Beijing (AFP) Jan 9, 2026
Chinese consumer prices rose last month at their fastest pace in nearly three years, official data showed Friday, extending a period of growth following months of deflationary pressure in the world's second-largest economy. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Startups go public in litmus test for Chinese AI
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 8, 2026
Leading Chinese artificial intelligence startup Zhipu AI soared as it went public in Hong Kong on Thursday, a day before rival MiniMax also makes its market debut in a litmus test for the country's rapidly developing sector. ... more
CYBER WARS
Lithuania assessing damage to undersea telecom cable to Latvia
Vilnius (AFP) Jan 5, 2026
Lithuanian experts are studying the damage to an undersea fibre-optic cable in the Baltic Sea linking the country to Latvia, the country's NKVC crisis management centre said Monday. ... more
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STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Dark matter neutrino link may ease cosmic tension
London, UK (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
Scientists report signs that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, a possibility that would extend the standard cosmological model and change how structure growth in the universe is understood. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Brew, smell, and serve: AI steals the show at CES 2026
Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 9, 2026
AI took over CES 2026, powering coffee machines to brew the perfect espresso, a device to create your perfect scent, and ball-hitting tennis robots that make you forget it's human against machine. ... more
TECH SPACE
New tool narrows the search for ideal material structures
Princeton NJ (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
Princeton researchers have developed a new tool to speed the discovery of advanced materials known as metal organic frameworks, or MOFs. MOFs are an emerging class of materials that form micro ... more
TECH SPACE
Shape shifting metal honeycomb promises smarter aircraft wings
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 09, 2026
Researchers at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA) have developed an active metallic metamaterial that could enable aircraft wings to change shape smoothly during flight withou ... more
TECH SPACE
For U.S. nuclear energy future, fuel supply cannot be overlooked
Stanford CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2026
The vision of a U.S. nuclear power renaissance has a blind spot - uranium fuel - in the near term and long, according to a Stanford University-led industry meeting. AI data centers, reshoring of man ... more
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