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'Easiest scam in the world': Musicians sound alarm over AI impersonatorsLondon (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 Does the latest track by your favourite singer sound slightly off? You may be right. Fraudulent AI-generated tracks are increasingly appearing in artists' own profiles on streaming platforms, presented as their original work. ... more  
Light driven process prints biocompatible plastic electrodesLinkoping, Sweden (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 Researchers at Linkoping University and Lund University have demonstrated that visible light can drive the formation of conductive polymer electrodes from water based solutions without hazardous che ... more 
Microscopic light powered robots integrate brain sensor and motor on a speck sized chipLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world's smallest fully programmable, autonomous robots: microscopic swimming machines that can independently ... more 
New quantum chemistry method to unlock secrets of advanced materialsChicago IL (SPX) Dec 15, 2025 A new computational approach developed at the University of Chicago promises to shed light on some of the world's most puzzling materials - from high-temperature superconductors to solar cell semico ... more |
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Will OpenAI be the next tech giant or next Netscape?New York (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 Three years after ChatGPT made OpenAI the leader in artificial intelligence and a household name, rivals have closed the gap and some investors are wondering if the sensation has the wherewithal to stay dominant. ... more 
Working to eliminate barriers to adopting nuclear energyCambridge MA (MIT) Dec 15, 2025 Nuclear waste continues to be a bottleneck in the widespread use of nuclear energy, so doctoral student Dauren Sarsenbayev is developing models to address the problem. Sarsenbayev focuses on o ... more  
Aechelon links Vantor 3D terrain with Orbion SkyBeam to boost ICEYE SAR AILos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 Aechelon Technology has completed a proof-of-concept integration of Vantor's 3D Operational Terrain into its Project Orbion SkyBeam AI exploitation system, using ICEYE's space-based synthetic apertu ... more  
Field work on South Africa's "living rocks" reveals rapid carbon capture in extreme conditionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 South Africa preserves some of the oldest traces of life on Earth in rocky, layered formations known as microbialites, which resemble coral reefs but are built by microbes that turn dissolved minera ... more |
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'Waiting to die': the dirty business of recycling in VietnamHanoi, Vietnam (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 Crouched between mountains of discarded plastic, Lanh strips the labels off bottles of Coke, Evian and local Vietnamese tea drinks so they can be melted into tiny pellets for reuse. ... more |
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Acid treated carbon nanotubes raise efficiency and durability of flexible perovskite solar modulesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 Flexible perovskite solar modules are emerging as a candidate for lightweight, bendable photovoltaics, but maintaining high efficiency while preserving long term stability and low cost remains diffi ... more 
Asymmetric side chain design boosts thick film organic solar cell efficiencyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Researchers from Beijing Normal University and Qingdao University have developed a nonfused ring electron acceptor (NFREA) called TT-Ph-C6 that improves the performance of thick-film organic solar c ... more 
FEOC and the Black Ships: How America Is Replaying Gunboat Diplomacy Against ItselfTorrance CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 In 1853, Commodore Matthew Perry sailed four coal-powered warships into Edo Bay and pointed their cannons at Japan. The ships belched black smoke, rattled the shoreline, and terrified a nation that ... more 
Molecular contacts push tandem solar cells to 31.4 percent efficiencyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Researchers in Munich and international partners have raised the efficiency of perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells to 31.4 percent by tailoring the molecular contacts at the interface between the ... more |
Solar panels over crops ease heat stress for farmworkersLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 Mounting solar panels above crop fields can improve working conditions for farmworkers as well as produce food and electricity on the same land, according to research to be presented at the AGU 2025 ... more  |
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After cars, EU truck-makers urge reprieve from CO2 finesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 15, 2025 European truck-makers urged the EU to delay or suspend stiff emission reduction fines on Monday, as car producers look set to win a much-clamoured-for reprieve from Brussels. ... more  
Asian markets retreat ahead of US jobs as tech worries weighHong Kong (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 Asian markets extended losses with Wall Street on Tuesday as investors prepared for key US jobs and inflation data, while sentiment remains subdued by worries over a possible tech bubble. ... more 
EU set to scrap 2035 combustion-engine ban in car industry boostBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 The EU looks set to scrap a landmark 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars on Tuesday, as part of a package of reforms aimed at supporting Europe's embattled auto industry. ... more 
Ford scales back EV ambitions, forecasts $19.5 bn write-downNew York (AFP) Dec 15, 2025 Ford on Monday announced a major retreat from large electric vehicles, planning a write-off of about $19.5 billion over several years as it pivots toward hybrids, gas-powered trucks and a new battery storage business. ... more |
Spain fines Airbnb 64 mn euros for posting banned propertiesMadrid (AFP) Dec 15, 2025 Spain's leftist government said Monday it had fined Airbnb more than 64 million euros ($75 million), notably for advertising banned rental properties, at a time the country faces a housing crisis. ... more  
South Africa's informal miners fight for their future in coal's twilightErmelo, South Africa (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 Growing up, Cyprial dreamed of being a lawyer. Instead, he now spends his days underground, swinging a pickaxe against rock in a pitch-black illegal mine that snakes for kilometres beneath South Africa's coal heartland. ... more 
China's smaller manufacturers look to catch the automation waveYancheng, China (AFP) Dec 14, 2025 In a light-filled workshop in eastern China, a robotic arm moved a partially assembled autonomous vehicle as workers calibrated its cameras, typical of the incremental automation being adopted even across smaller factories in the world's manufacturing powerhouse. ... more 
EU agrees recycled plastic targets for carsBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 Car manufacturers in Europe will have to include more recycled plastics in new vehicles under new EU rules agreed on by the bloc's countries and lawmakers on Friday. ... more |
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Oil-rich UAE turns to AI to grease economyAbu Dhabi (AFP) Dec 10, 2025 Deep in the Abu Dhabi desert, a vast AI campus a quarter the size of Paris is starting to emerge, the oil-rich UAE's boldest bet yet on technology it hopes will help transform its economy. ... more  
France updates net-zero plan, with fossil fuel phaseout; Fight over fossil fuels nixes key text of UN environment reportParis, France (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 France released on Friday a revamped roadmap to become carbon neutral by 2050, with an ambitious plan to phase out oil and gas. ... more  
France's 'Battery Valley' makes use of Asian expertsLambres-Lez-Douai, France (AFP) Dec 10, 2025 France is developing domestic production of electric vehicle batteries with an eye on industrial independence but Asian experts are proving key in launching operations. ... more  
New analysis links lead cooled reactor corrosion to steel microstructureBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Safer operation, higher fuel efficiency and reduced radioactive waste position lead-cooled nuclear reactors as a marked departure from the water-cooled plants that have dominated nuclear power since ... more |
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Amazon says will invest $35bn in India by 2030Mumbai, India (AFP) Dec 10, 2025 E-commerce giant Amazon said Wednesday it would nearly double its investment in India, seeking to expand exports, create jobs and invest in artificial intelligence in the world's most populous nation. ... more |
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OpenAI beefs up GPT models in AI race with Google San Francisco, United States (AFP) Dec 11, 2025 OpenAI released its latest artificial intelligence models on Thursday, shrugging off worries about how it will cash in on massive spending in its technology race with Google. ... more 
US launches pact for AI supply chains to face ChinaWashington, United States (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 The United States on Thursday announced a pact with allies to secure supply chains for minerals needed for artificial intelligence, hoping to secure a key resource as China quickly takes a lead. ... more  
Taiwan to keep production of 'most advanced' chips at home: deputy FMTaipei (AFP) Dec 11, 2025 Taiwan plans to keep making the "most advanced" chips on home soil and remain "indispensable" to the global semiconductor industry, the deputy foreign minister told AFP, despite intense Chinese military pressure. ... more
Spain urges EU to keep combustion-engine ban as rethink on the cardsBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 Spain urged the EU to keep a 2035 ban on new petrol cars, a letter showed Friday, as Brussels looked set to replace it with a less ambitious 90-percent emission-reduction target. ... more |
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