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  Beijing (AFP) May 15, 2025 China's emissions fell in the first quarter of 2025 despite rapidly growing power demand thanks to soaring renewable and nuclear energy, a key milestone for world's top emitter, analysis showed Thursday. The country emits more than twice as much planet-warming greenhouse gases - mainly carbon dioxide - as any other. It plans to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. Beijing has invested heavily in its renewable energy sector, building almost twice as much wind and ... read more |
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Belgium parliament votes to ditch nuclear power phase-outBrussels, Belgium (AFP) May 15, 2025 Belgium on Thursday officially abandoned plans to phase out nuclear power, with parliament voting to scrap a two-decades-old pledge and to allow for the construction of new reactors. ... more  
Dutch students launch hydrogen boat to 'inspire shipping industry'The Hague (AFP) May 14, 2025 Dutch scientists on Wednesday unveiled a boat powered by liquid hydrogen that they hope will offer lessons to the shipping industry as it eyes new fuel sources to reduce its significant greenhouse gas emissions. ... more  
Chinese EV giant BYD to open European centre in HungaryBudapest (AFP) May 15, 2025 Chinese electric-vehicle giant BYD will open a European centre in Hungary, creating 2,000 new jobs, the government said on Thursday, as Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been wooing China. ... more  
No Universal Solution for Noise Reduction in Quantum EntanglementLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2025 Quantum entanglement, a core principle that underpins emerging quantum technologies like secure communications, cloud quantum computing, and distributed sensing, is notoriously fragile. Environmenta ... more |
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SMART Launches WISDOM Research Group for Next-Generation 3D-Sensing TechnologiesBoston MA (SPX) May 12, 2025 The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, has launched a new interdisciplinary research group (IRG) aimed at advancing next-generation 3 ... more |
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Spongy Device Draws Water from Air Using Sunlight for Efficient HarvestingSydney, Australia (SPX) May 12, 2025 Researchers from Australia and China have developed a sponge-like device capable of extracting water from thin air, leveraging solar energy to release the collected moisture. This breakthrough addre ... more  
Trump caps Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi with dizzying investment pledgesAbu Dhabi (AFP) May 16, 2025 US President Donald Trump on Friday capped off a Gulf tour in Abu Dhabi that has seen the securing of multi-billion-dollar deals, a $1.4 trillion investment pledge from the UAE, as well as historic overtures to Syria and renewed optimism over an Iran nuclear deal. ... more  
Turning light into usable energyRiverside CA (SPX) May 12, 2025 Every time a screen flickers to life, or sunlight powers a home, energy is being transferred from light into something useful. Yet for all of its ubiquity, scientists do not fully understand the pro ... more 
Oil prices fall on hopes for Iran nuclear dealNew York (AFP) May 15, 2025 Oil prices fell Thursday while global equities were mixed after President Donald Trump said the United States was close to making a deal on Iran's nuclear program. ... more |
 
Crypto industry praises Trump, calls for market clarityToronto, Canada (AFP) May 14, 2025 The start of President Donald Trump's term earned rave reviews at the world's leading crypto conference Wednesday, but top industry lawyers said digital platforms wanted regulatory clarity while the Republicans control Congress. ... more  Available on Amazon Books |
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China urges a 'more fair' business environment in FranceParis (AFP) May 15, 2025 Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng called Thursday for "a more fair, just and predictable business environment" in France during talks with Finance Minister Eric Lombard in Paris. ... more 
China's Alibaba posts annual revenue increase despite spending slumpBeijing (AFP) May 15, 2025 Internet giant Alibaba posted on Thursday a six percent increase in annual revenue, the latest positive sign for China's tech sector despite persisting economic uncertainties that include sluggish spending and threatened trade. ... more 
Trump says urged Apple to manufacture in US not IndiaDoha (AFP) May 15, 2025 US President Donald Trump said Thursday he urged Apple to manufacture its products in the United States instead of India, where the US tech giant has said it would be shifting production after US tariffs on China. ... more 
US rests case in landmark Meta antitrust trialWashington (AFP) May 15, 2025 The US government rested its case against Facebook-owner Meta on Thursday, as it tries to persuade a US judge that the tech giant bought Instagram and WhatsApp to neutralize them as rivals. ... more |
 
Ping pong bot returns shots with high-speed precisionBoston MA (SPX) May 12, 2025 MIT engineers are getting in on the robotic ping pong game with a powerful, lightweight design that returns shots with high-speed precision. The new table tennis bot comprises a multijointed r ... more  
Coinbase expects data breach to cost it up to $400 mnSan Francisco (AFP) May 15, 2025 Coinbase on Thursday said criminals bribed and duped their way to stealing cryptocurrency from its users, then tried to blackmail the exchange to keep the crime quiet. ... more  
Study reveals new source of the heavy elementsColumbus OH (SPX) May 12, 2025 Magnetar flares, colossal cosmic explosions, may be directly responsible for the creation and distribution of heavy elements across the universe, suggests a new study. For decades, astronomers ... more  
What NASA Is Learning from the Biggest Geomagnetic Storm in 20 YearsGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 12, 2025 One year ago today, representatives from NASA and about 30 other U.S. government agencies gathered for a special meeting to simulate and address a threat looming in space. The threat was not an aste ... more |
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Dark Matter Origin Linked to High-Energy Particle Collisions in Early UniverseLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2025 A new theory from Dartmouth College researchers suggests that dark matter, the elusive substance making up most of the universe's mass, may have originated from the rapid transformation of fast-movi ... more 
The Squid Galaxy's neutrino game just leveled upLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 12, 2025 Buried deep in the ice in the Antarctic are "eyes" that can see elementary particles called neutrinos, and what they've observed is puzzling scientists: a remarkably strong neutrino signal accompani ... more
Robotic Dog Achieves Amphibious Mobility with Mammal-Inspired DesignSydney, Australia (SPX) May 12, 2025 A team of researchers has developed an innovative amphibious robotic dog that can seamlessly navigate both land and water, drawing inspiration from the versatile movement capabilities of mammals. Th ... more 
Glasgow Lab to Test Space-Bound 3D-Printed Materials for SafetyLondon, UK (SPX) May 14, 2025 A cutting-edge facility in Glasgow aims to address the risks associated with in-space 3D printing, a technology poised to transform how objects are manufactured in orbit. Researchers at the Universi ... more |
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System lets robots identify an object's properties through handlingBoston MA (SPX) May 12, 2025 A human clearing junk out of an attic can often guess the contents of a box simply by picking it up and giving it a shake, without the need to see what's inside. Researchers from MIT, Amazon Robotic ... more |
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Atomic-Level Precision and Strong Oxidation Unite in GOALL-Epitaxy for Advanced Material Growth Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 15, 2025 Transition metal oxides are known for their diverse and strongly correlated electronic phases, such as high-temperature superconductivity, ferromagnetism, antiferromagnetism, and charge density wave ... more 
TAU Systems Secures Exclusive Beam Time on World's Most Powerful Laser for Advanced Particle ResearchLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 12, 2025 TAU Systems, a pioneer in laser-driven particle acceleration, in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), has been granted an exclusive five-week beam time slot at the Extre ... more 
Accelerating Mathematical Discovery with AI for Tomorrow's BreakthroughsLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 12, 2025 Math has long been the engine behind countless technological advancements, but the path to groundbreaking mathematical insights has traditionally been slow and labor-intensive, often taking years or ... more  
NASA Studies Uncover New Insights into Interiors of Moon and VestaLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2025 NASA researchers have made significant strides in understanding the internal structures of the Moon and the asteroid Vesta through advanced gravity mapping, offering new insights into the formation ... more |
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