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April 15, 2025
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China tells airlines to suspend Boeing jet deliveries: report



Beijing (AFP) April 15, 2025
China has told its airlines to stop taking deliveries of jets from American aviation giant Boeing, a report said Tuesday, as a trade war between Beijing and the United States deepens. Since President Donald Trump took office in January, the world's two biggest economies have been locked in a tit-for-tat tariff war, with the US now charging levies of up to 145 percent on imports from China. Beijing has reacted furiously to what it calls unlawful "bullying" by Washington and has imposed retaliator ... read more

TRADE WARS
Hong Kong official warns US 'hillbillies' over tariffs as China's trade soared in March
Hong Kong (AFP) April 15, 2025
Beijing's top official overseeing Hong Kong slammed US tariffs on China as "hegemonic" and attacked American "hillbillies" on Tuesday, as the world's two largest economies face off in a trade war that has battered global markets. ... more
TRADE WARS
Chinese exports soared in March ahead of Trump's 'Liberation Day'
Beijing (AFP) April 14, 2025
Chinese exports soared more than 12 percent last month, according to data Monday, beating expectations as businesses rushed to get ahead of swingeing tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on his so-called "Liberation Day". ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Xi calls on China, Vietnam to 'oppose unilateral bullying' on regional tour
Hanoi (AFP) April 14, 2025
Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday called on his country and Vietnam to "oppose unilateral bullying", Beijing's state media reported, during a regional tour as leaders confront US tariffs. ... more
TRADE WARS
China's economy likely grew 5.1% in Q1 on export surge: AFP poll
Beijing (AFP) April 15, 2025
China is expected to post first-quarter growth of around five percent on Wednesday, buoyed by exporters rushing to stave off higher US tariffs but still weighed by sluggish domestic consumption, analysts say. ... more
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World-first flight test reveals how hydrogen engines form contrails
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
In a groundbreaking campaign, researchers have captured the first-ever in-flight measurements of contrails produced by hydrogen-powered aircraft, marking a pivotal advancement in assessing the clima ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Aitech launches compact AI-powered satellite platform for next-gen Earth and space intelligence
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Built upon more than three decades of space-proven electronic systems and trillions of miles of cumulative flight heritage, Aitech has introduced the IQSat, an ultra-compact, AI-enabled picosatellit ... more
WATER WORLD
Deep-sea mining poses major threat to ecosystems and economies study warns
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
A comprehensive new study by researchers from the University of British Columbia and Dona Bertarelli Philanthropy warns that deep-sea mining (DSM) could have profound negative repercussions across e ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Do "completely dark" dark matter halos exist?
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
Every galaxy is thought to form at the center of a dark matter halo - a region of gravitationally bound matter that extends far beyond the visible boundaries of a galaxy. Stars are formed when gravi ... more

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Do neurons guide light within the brain
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
A provocative research effort at the University of Rochester is exploring whether neurons might serve not only as conduits for electrical impulses but also as channels for light transmission. This w ... more
FARM NEWS
Engineered bacteria emit signals that can be spotted from a distance
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
Using a new method that triggers cells to produce molecules that generate unique combinations of color, MIT engineers have shown that they can read out these bacterial signals from as far as 90 mete ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Government urged to address disparity in access to green tech
London, UK (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
A new report from the University of Sheffield, produced in collaboration with the universities of Nottingham and Macedonia, calls on the UK government to expand its approach to promoting low-carbon ... more
TECH SPACE
Momentus inks five-year manufacturing deal with Velo3D
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS), a U.S. space infrastructure company, has signed a five-year master services agreement with additive manufacturing leader Velo3D, Inc. (OTC: VLDX). This partnership mark ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Spring planting boosted by satellites, new agricultural tech
Beijing (XNA) Apr 15, 2025
From the prospect of space seeds improving yields to satellite-guided fertilization of soil, farmers across the country are turning to advanced technology to ensure smooth planting this spring. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Using AI to monitor inaccessible locations of nuclear energy systems
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
Artificial intelligence is opening new frontiers in nuclear safety, enabling real-time monitoring of areas traditionally too hazardous or inaccessible for conventional sensor systems. Researchers at ... more
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INTERNET SPACE
Japan orders Google to cease antitrust violations; Zuckerberg testifies at landmark US antitrust trial
Tokyo (AFP) April 15, 2025
Japanese authorities said Tuesday they had issued a cease-and-desist order to US tech titan Google over an alleged violation of national antitrust laws. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Chinese EV battery giant CATL posts 33% surge in Q1 profit
Beijing (AFP) April 15, 2025
The world's leading maker of electric vehicle batteries, Chinese firm CATL, posted a 32.9 percent jump in first quarter profit, even as demand for electric vehicles slows. ... more
TRADE WARS
US Treasury chief says big deal to be done at some point; Xi warns protectionism leads nowhere
Buenos Aires (AFP) April 14, 2025
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday said there was no reason that the US and Chinese economies had to cleave apart, saying a deal could be done even as the two economic powerhouses trade tariff threats. ... more
SOLAR SCIENCE
SwRI links solar jet to unprecedented helium-3 surge
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
The Solar Orbiter mission, a collaboration between NASA and ESA, has detected the most intense concentration of the rare helium-3 (3He) isotope ever recorded from the Sun, sparking new interest in t ... more
GPS NEWS
Rx Networks launches TruePoint FOCUS to deliver real-time centimeter precision
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Rx Networks Inc., a leader in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) data services, has announced the debut of TruePoint FOCUS, a cloud-powered correction platform that provides near-instantaneou ... more
ROBO SPACE
AI agents poised to take over travel industry
New York (AFP) April 14, 2025
Dreaming of going on vacation but not sure where to go? Increasingly the answer - and how to get there, what to eat and where to stay - will come from advanced AI, rather than your old-school travel agent. ... more
TECH SPACE
Meta to train AI models on European users' public data
Paris (AFP) April 14, 2025
Meta will train its artificial intelligence (AI) models with its European users' public content and conversations with the Meta AI chatbot, the firm said on Monday. ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Second debris removal trial starts at Fukushima plant
Tokyo (AFP) April 15, 2025
Japanese engineers began Tuesday a difficult operation to remove a second sample of radioactive debris from inside the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. ... more
ENERGY TECH
A new path to self-powered infrastructure with thermoelectric cement
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
A team led by Professor Zhou Yang at Southeast University has developed a groundbreaking cement-based material that could revolutionize energy systems in smart infrastructure. Inspired by the intern ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Lighter flexible tandem solar cells set new benchmark in efficiency
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
The Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has achieved a major milestone in solar technology by developing ultra-light and bendable tandem solar cells composed of perovskite and CIGS materials. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Solar park boom threatens Spain's centuries-old olive trees
Lopera, Spain (AFP) April 14, 2025
At his farm in southern Spain, Francisco Campos looked worriedly at a green sea of centuries-old olive trees that he fears will face the axe to make way for a proposed solar park. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Going green with fluoride-enhanced perovskite solar cells
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
A team of scientists from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has unveiled a sustainable method for fabricating perovskite solar cells (PSCs) by using a fluoride-based additive in a water-only ... more
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Launch of AI-powered solar diagnostics platform boosts PV asset performance
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Apr 15, 2025
The Solar Energy Research Institute of Singapore (SERIS) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has launched a commercial spin-off called the "PV Doctor," marking a significant leap forward i ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
GE Hitachi moves forward with UK SMR bid
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 14, 2025
GE Vernova's nuclear division, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has officially submitted its final proposal in Great British Nuclear's (GBN) competitive process for selecting small modular reactor ( ... more
ENERGY NEWS
Using liquid air for grid-scale energy storage
Paris, France (SPX) Apr 10, 2025
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 14, 2025 As the world moves to reduce carbon emissions, solar and wind power will play an increasing role on electricity grids. But those renewable sources only generate electri ... more
TRADE WARS
Xi warns protectionism 'leads nowhere' as starts SE Asia tour
Beijing (AFP) April 14, 2025
Chinese leader Xi Jinping warned Monday that protectionism "leads nowhere" and that a trade war would have "no winners", state media said, as he was due to kick off a tour of Southeast Asia with a visit to Vietnam. ... more
TRADE WARS
Trump warns no country 'off the hook' on tariffs
Washington (AFP) April 14, 2025
US President Donald Trump warned Sunday that no country would be "getting off the hook" on tariffs, as his administration suggested exemptions seen as favoring China would be short-lived. ... more
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