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Designing compact drones to safely navigate air ducts



Paris, France (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
Air ducts in modern infrastructure pose a serious challenge for safety inspections due to their confined dimensions and inaccessibility. Human entry is not feasible, and the layout often includes tight bends and vertical drops. Now, researchers at the Centre Inria de l'Universite de Lorraine are pioneering technologies that could enable compact drones to navigate these constrained environments for inspection purposes. The team focused on quadrotor drones, which are small enough to traverse narrow ... read more

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AFRICA NEWS
Map Africa project to deliver continentwide geospatial data for 54 nations
San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
Esri has partnered with Microsoft and Space42 to launch the Map Africa Initiative, a five-year project aimed at building the most detailed and scalable geospatial basemap of Africa to date. The effo ... more
ENERGY TECH
The complex relationship between fusion fuel and lithium walls
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
Lithium is considered a key ingredient in the future commercial fusion power plants known as tokamaks, and there are several ways to use this metal to enhance the process. But a key question remaine ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Idaho Lab teams with Amazon to fast track AI driven nuclear energy systems
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has entered into a collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to harness cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for advancing nuclear energy solu ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Russia wants to mine Niger's uranium, energy minister says
Niamey, Niger (AFP) July 29, 2025
Russia wishes to mine uranium in Niger, a top source of the radioactive metal ruled by a military junta friendly to the Kremlin, Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev has said. ... more
TRADE WARS
US says Trump has 'final call' on China trade truce
Stockholm (AFP) July 29, 2025
China and the United States agreed Tuesday to hold further talks on extending their tariff truce, but a top US trade official stressed that President Donald Trump would make any "final call." ... more
TECH SPACE
Stablecoins inspire hope, and hype, in Hong Kong
Hong Kong (AFP) July 30, 2025
Stablecoin excitement has gripped Hong Kong as the city prepares to launch a licensing system for the less volatile type of cryptocurrency, but authorities warn against overplaying its future role in financial systems. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
China unveils decades spanning Landsat dataset to advance environmental research
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
China has released a comprehensive Landsat composite dataset covering nearly four decades of Earth observations. Spanning from 1985 to 2023, the new 30-meter resolution dataset introduces the first ... more
SOLAR DAILY
AI speeds up material discovery for advanced perovskite solar technology
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
A collaborative team from Peking University and its Shenzhen Graduate School has developed machine learning models that can swiftly and precisely predict critical electronic properties of halide perovskites - key materials in next-generation solar cells. ... more

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ROBO SPACE
Google joins EU code for powerful AI models rebuffed by Meta
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) July 30, 2025
Google on Wednesday said it would join the likes of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and sign the EU's set of recommendations for the most powerful artificial intelligence models that has been rebuffed by Meta. ... more
BIO FUEL
Electron beam recycling turns heat resistant plastics into valuable gases
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 30, 2025
A team at Japan's National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) has developed a method to recycle the durable plastic polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) using electron beam (EB) irradiati ... more
DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Fukushima nuclear plant clean-up faces another delay
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 29, 2025
Citing "unprecedented technological challenges," Tokyo Electric Power Company announced on Tuesday it has put off the removal of hundreds of tons of radioactive waste from the tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear power plant until 2037. ... more
TECH SPACE
'Marathon at F1 speed': China bids to lap US in AI leadership
Shanghai (AFP) July 30, 2025
Beyond dancing robots and eager-to-help digital avatars, Shanghai's World AI Conference saw China stake its claim to global artificial intelligence leadership and frame itself as a clear alternative to the United States. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Spain competition watchdog expands probe into Apple
Madrid (AFP) July 29, 2025
Spain's competition watchdog said Tuesday that it had broadened a probe opened last year into the conditions Apple imposes on developers of mobile applications sold on its App Store. ... more
TRADE WARS
Markets mixed as China-US talks end, eyes on tech earnings
Hong Kong (AFP) July 30, 2025
Asian markets were mixed Wednesday as investors kept tabs on China-US developments after they agreed to further talks to extend their trade truce, while eyes were also on tech earnings and a key Federal Reserve meeting. ... more
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Markets mixed as China-US talks end, eyes on tech earnings
Hong Kong (AFP) July 30, 2025
Asian markets were mixed Wednesday as investors kept tabs on China-US developments after they agreed to further talks to extend their trade truce, while eyes were also on tech earnings and a key Federal Reserve meeting. ... more
TRADE WARS
HSBC says pre-tax profit drops in first half of 2025
Hong Kong (AFP) July 30, 2025
Banking giant HSBC said Wednesday that pre-tax profit in the first six months of 2025 fell more than 26 percent to US$15.8 billion, but said it was "well positioned" to deal with the effects of US tariffs. ... more
CAR TECH
Mercedes-Benz profit plunges on tariff, China woes
Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) July 30, 2025
Premium German carmaker Mercedes-Benz said Wednesday its second-quarter profit plunged nearly 70 percent due to US tariffs and weak sales in China, prompting it to lower its full-year revenue outlook. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Norwegian cousins battle over oil, climate policy
Oslo (AFP) July 30, 2025
As teenagers in Norway, Andreas Bjelland Eriksen and his younger cousin Vebjorn Bjelland Berg survived a mass shooting together - a trauma that united them. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Fossil-fuel pledge in EU-Trump deal sparks climate fears
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) July 29, 2025
The EU is promising colossal new US fossil fuel purchases under its trade deal with President Donald Trump, raising concerns for the bloc's climate fight - should the mammoth pledges come true. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Viasat unveils IoT Nano service for global low-power connectivity
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2025
Viasat has introduced IoT Nano, a new satellite-powered connectivity service aimed at providing cost-effective, low-power Internet of Things (IoT) messaging in remote and hard-to-reach areas worldwi ... more
WATER WORLD
More than 80% of Tuvalu seeks Australian climate visa
Sydney (AFP) July 23, 2025
More than 80 percent of Pacific nation Tuvalu's population is seeking a landmark climate visa to live in Australia as rising seas lap at its shores, official figures showed Wednesday. ... more
TECH SPACE
Palantir, the AI giant that preaches US dominance
Palo Alto, United States (AFP) July 29, 2025
Palantir, an American data analysis and artificial intelligence company, has emerged as Silicon Valley's latest tech darling - one that makes no secret of its macho, America-first ethos now ascendant in Trump-era tech culture. ... more
TRADE WARS
China and US wrap first day of trade talks
Stockholm (AFP) July 28, 2025
Chinese and US officials wrapped the first day in a fresh round of talks in Stockholm on Monday, with the world's top two economies looking to extend a fragile trade truce in the face of President Donald Trump's global tariff war. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Bio inspired design approach aims to enhance durability and scalability of perovskite solar cells
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
A research team from the School of Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed a pioneering multiscale bio-inspired strategy to improve the long-term stab ... more
CARBON WORLDS
Chemistry breakthroughs open new frontiers in industrial carbon capture
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
Recent breakthroughs in chemistry are paving the way for more efficient industrial carbon capture technologies, according to a new study published in Nature Reviews Chemistry. Led by Professor Merce ... more
BIO FUEL
Electron beam method converts Teflon waste into reusable gases
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
Researchers at the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) have developed a method to convert polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), better known as Teflon, into gas using electron bea ... more
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Joint KIT and EU Effort Aims to Advance Nuclear Safety and Scientific Expertise
Karlsruhe, Germany (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) have signed a cooperation agreement to enhance collaborative efforts in nuclear safety, security ... more
WATER WORLD
New global study shows freshwater is disappearing at alarming rates
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
New findings from studying over two decades of satellite observations reveal that the Earth's continents have experienced unprecedented freshwater loss since 2002, driven by climate change, unsustai ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Perovskite solar cell performance shows seasonal variation in long-term field test
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 25, 2025
In a multi-year outdoor study, researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) have uncovered significant seasonal performance fluctuations in perovskite solar cells. Conducted on the rooftop of the A ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Telegram's Durov questioned in France over alleged illegal content on app
Paris (AFP) July 28, 2025
Telegram founder Pavel Durov faced questioning by investigating magistrates in Paris on Monday about the platform's alleged complicity in criminal activity, sources close to the case said. ... more
TRADE WARS
EU accuses online giant Temu over sale of 'illegal' products
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) July 28, 2025
The European Union accused Chinese-founded online shopping giant Temu on Monday of breaking the bloc's digital rules by not "properly" assessing the risks of illegal products. ... more
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