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October 10, 2025
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Washington mulls barring US-bound Chinese airlines from flying over Russia



Washington (AFP) Oct 10, 2025
The United States has proposed prohibiting Chinese airlines from using Russian airspace while flying to or from American airports, a US document has shown, as the rival superpowers try to thrash out a trade deal. The US Department of Transportation noted in a tentative order on Thursday a "desire... to prevent competitive imbalances arising between US and Chinese air carriers as a result of unequal access to third-country airspace." Crossing Russia is "the most effective route" between some dest ... read more

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ENERGY NEWS
Russian attack batters Ukraine energy grid, kills 7-year-old
Kyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Oct 10, 2025
Russian drones and missiles pummelled Ukraine's struggling energy infrastructure early Friday, cutting power to thousands across the country and killing a seven-year-old boy, authorities said. ... more
CYBER WARS
EU grills Apple, Snapchat, YouTube over risks to children
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Oct 10, 2025
The EU Friday demanded digital giants including Snapchat and YouTube explain how they are protecting children from online harm, as all but two member states signalled openness to restricting social media access for minors. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Trump administration cancels massive Nevada solar power project
Washington DC (UPI) Oct 10, 2025
The Trump administration has canceled the proposed Esmeralda 7 Solar Project in Nevada that would have been among the world's largest solar power facilities. ... more
TRADE WARS
Stocks shudder after Trump threatens new tariff war with China
New York (AFP) Oct 10, 2025
Stock markets fell Friday after US President Donald Trump threatened China with "massive" new tariffs, while oil prices retreated as Middle East tensions eased following the Gaza ceasefire. ... more
TRADE WARS
Trump announces new 100 percent China tariff, threatens to scrap Xi talks
Washington (AFP) Oct 10, 2025
US President Donald Trump announced an additional 100 percent tariff on China Friday and threatened to cancel a summit with Xi Jinping, reigniting his trade war with Beijing in a row over export curbs on rare earth minerals. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Compact fusion boom propels PLD REBCO tape production while spotlighting cost and stability hurdles
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 10, 2025
The rapid rise of compact fusion has ignited demand for high temperature superconducting tapes, creating a major opening for the HTS industry. Manufacturers are scaling pulsed laser deposition REBCO ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Poisson model solved opening path to stronger materials better groundwater management and safer nuclear waste storage
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2025
Stanford researchers report an exact solution to a long-standing statistical model for heterogeneous materials, enabling precise predictions about where components appear within complex mixtures suc ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Solar powered leaf shows path to defossilised chemical industry
London, UK (SPX) Oct 10, 2025
Researchers at the University of Cambridge have built a solar driven biohybrid that converts sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into formate, a fuel and versatile building block for downstream synth ... more

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Thick film organic solar cells mapped for efficiency and manufacturing gains
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 10, 2025
As laboratory single-junction organic photovoltaics (OPVs) now clear 20 percent power conversion efficiency, their performance still hinges on thin photoactive layers near 100 nm. A new review led b ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
'She power' on the rise across China's sci-tech landscape
Beijing, China (SPX) Oct 10, 2025
The life of Wang Haoze, who is the third Chinese woman to embark on a manned space mission, has been marked by grueling training: desert survival drills with extreme temperature swings, claustrophob ... more
TECH SPACE
Printable aluminum alloy sets strength records, may enable lighter aircraft parts
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 10, 2025
MIT engineers have developed a printable aluminum alloy that can withstand high temperatures and is five times stronger than traditionally manufactured aluminum. The new printable metal is mad ... more
TECH SPACE
Uncovering new physics in metals manufacturing
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 10, 2025
For decades, it's been known that subtle chemical patterns exist in metal alloys, but researchers thought they were too minor to matter - or that they got erased during manufacturing. However, recen ... more
TRADE WARS
Asian markets limp into weekend as AI bubble fears grow
Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 10, 2025
Asian equities staggered into the weekend on Friday following a mixed week that saw an agreement on a Middle East ceasefire and huge new AI investments play off against the US shutdown and concerns about a tech bubble. ... more
WATER WORLD
Deep-sea mining poses new threat to sharks, rays and ghost sharks
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 06, 2025
New research from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa reveals that thirty species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras - also called ghost sharks - could be directly affected by proposed deep-sea mining op ... more
TECHNOLOGY NEWS


OIL AND GAS
Venezuela ask for UN Security Council meet over US 'threats'
Caracas (AFP) Oct 10, 2025
Venezuela on Thursday asked the UN Security Council to hold emergency talks over what it said were "mounting threats" from the United States, which has sent warships to the Caribbean to fight drug trafficking. ... more
TECH SPACE
Composite metal foam endures repeated heavy loads at 400C and 600C
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
New research led at NC State shows composite metal foam, or CMF, retains exceptional performance under high temperature cyclic loading. The team reports the lightweight material withstood repeated h ... more
TECH SPACE
Light-driven control of topological structures unlocks new path for ultrafast memory
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
In a breakthrough uniting photonics and condensed matter physics, researchers have developed a new optical technique to precisely control topological solitons - including skyrmions and antiskyrmions ... more
FARM NEWS
Biodegradable microplastics disrupt soil carbon balance and microbial life
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
A groundbreaking two-year field study has revealed that biodegradable microplastics, once promoted as eco-friendly alternatives to traditional plastics, can profoundly alter how carbon is stored and ... more
CHIP TECH
Chip-based phonon router advances hybrid quantum networks
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
Researchers have demonstrated a silicon-based device capable of splitting and routing single phonons - quantized packets of mechanical vibration - marking a major step toward hybrid quantum networks ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Inorganic perovskite solar cells near market readiness with record efficiency and stability
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
Scientists at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), working with international partners, report one of the highest efficiencies yet for fully inorganic perovskite solar cells and, crucially, show t ... more
ENERGY TECH
Physics informed AI forecasts safer tokamak rampdowns for future fusion plants
Cambridge MA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
MIT researchers have unveiled a prediction method that blends a physics-based plasma model with machine learning to manage tokamak rampdowns more safely and reliably. The approach targets disruption ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Real-time tracking of quantum uncertainty achieved using attosecond squeezed light
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
Researchers have, for the first time, directly measured quantum uncertainty as it evolves in real time - an achievement that reshapes our understanding of one of the fundamental principles of quantu ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Space Ocean and Space Nukes Forge Alliance to Develop Deep Space Power Systems
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
Space Ocean Corp, a leader in orbital logistics and in-space resource delivery, has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Space Nuclear Power Corporation (Space Nukes) to explore the integration of a ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Framatome and Nuclearelectrica advance production of cancer-fighting medical isotopes
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
Framatome and SN Nuclearelectrica SA (SNN) have signed a new agreement to advance the Medical Radioisotopes Project, a key initiative launched in 2024 under Nuclearelectrica's long-term strategy to ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
GE Vernova Hitachi and Samsung CT forge alliance to scale BWRX-300 small modular reactors globally
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) and Samsung C&T have announced a strategic alliance to accelerate the international deployment of the BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) across markets outs ... more
SOLAR DAILY
How ageing solar panels can power a second life
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
Australia's world-leading rooftop solar adoption is generating a mounting waste challenge as many photovoltaic systems are retired early and routed to landfill. A University of South Australia team ... more
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UAV NEWS
Lockheed Martin Sikorsky unveils scalable Nomad drone family for autonomous long-range missions
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
Less than a year after validating its rotor blown wing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) uncrewed aircraft in flight tests, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), has introduced the Nom ... more
TECH SPACE
Virtual Jesus? People of faith divided as AI enters religion
New York (AFP) Oct 8, 2025
Artificial intelligence, the technology upending nearly every corner of society, is creeping into religion, serving up virtual Jesus and automated sermons - a change drawing mixed reviews from the faithful. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Solar farms poised to shelter Britains bumblebees if managed for biodiversity
London, UK (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
Solar farms in Britain could serve as important refuges for bumblebees, according to new research led by Lancaster University with the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and the University of Readi ... more
ENERGY TECH
Soil microbe mineral battery stores sunlight to degrade antibiotics after dark
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025
Researchers have uncovered how soil communities can bank sunlight as usable energy long after nightfall. A team from Kunming University of Science and Technology and the University of Massachusetts ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Next generation GNF4 fuel unveiled for enhanced reactor performance
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 07, 2025
Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF), the GE Vernova-led alliance with Hitachi, Ltd., has announced GNF4, a next generation fuel product designed to improve safety, efficiency, and reliability for boiling wate ... more
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