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Electric cars are more eco-friendly even in US, study findsParis (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 Electric vehicles are less harmful to the environment than their petrol-guzzling counterparts even in the United States, where electric generation is carbon intensive, a study said Monday. ... more  
Trump threatens tariffs on countries seen targeting US tech firmsWashington (AFP) Aug 26, 2025 President Donald Trump on Monday threatened further tariffs and export restrictions against countries that he says are targeting US tech firms. "Digital Taxes, Digital Services Legislation, ... more  
World's first commercial CO2 'graveyard' opens in NorwayOslo (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 The world's first commercial service offering carbon storage off Norway's coast has carried out its inaugural CO2 injection into the North Sea seabed, the Northern Lights consortium operating th ... more  
China coal power surges even as renewables hit record highBeijing (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 China saw a surge in new coal power in the first half of the year even as the country added record levels of clean energy capacity, according to a report published Monday. Coal has been a pi ... more |
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Bolivia candidate vows to scrap China, Russia lithium dealsLa Paz (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 Bolivian right-wing presidential hopeful Jorge Quiroga on Monday vowed to scrap billion-dollar lithium extraction deals struck by the outgoing government with Russia and China if elected leader. ... more 
Trump says likely to visit China this year or soon afterWashington (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 US President Donald Trump said Monday that he expects to visit China this year or shortly afterwards, noting that economic ties between the two countries have improved - even as he kept the doo ... more  
Transforming boating, with solar powerCambridge MA (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 The MIT Sailing Pavilion hosted an altogether different marine vessel recently: a prototype of a solar electric boat developed by James Worden '89, the founder of the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team ... more  
New spectroscopy method reveals hidden atomic transitions in samariumBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) have demonstrated a new spectroscopy approach that reveals previously unknown transitions in samarium ... more |
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Asian stocks down after Trump Fed firing, tariff threatsHong Kong (AFP) Aug 26, 2025 Asian stocks retreated Tuesday after a series of market-rattling announcements by US President Donald Trump, including the unusual firing of a central bank official and threats to impose export ... more |
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Healthy mouse offspring born from space preserved stem cellsKyoto, Japan (SPX) Aug 22, 2025 A Kyoto University team has demonstrated that cryopreserved mouse spermatogonial stem cells stored aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for six months can still produce healthy offspring aft ... more 
New spectroscopy method reveals hidden atomic transitions in samariumBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 25, 2025 Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Helmholtz Institute Mainz (HIM) have demonstrated a new spectroscopy approach that reveals previously unknown transitions in samarium ... more  
Perplexity AI to share search revenue with publishersSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 Perplexity AI on Monday said it will begin paying out millions of dollars to media outlets as part of a new model for sharing search revenue with publishers. The company's media partners wil ... more  
Spain's wildfires almost vanquished as political blame game eruptsMadrid (AFP) Aug 23, 2025 Spain has almost beaten back wildfires that have swept across the country this month, killing four people and ravaging huge swathes of land, the head of its civil protection and emergencies serv ... more |
 
Nigeria deports wanted Chinese gang leaderLagos (AFP) Aug 24, 2025 Nigeria's police service said Sunday it had extradited a Chinese gang leader wanted in his home country for organised violent crime, in an operation conducted with Interpol. A police statem ... more  |
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China Evergrande Group delisted from HK exchange; Asian markets rise on US rate cut hopesHong Kong (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 Shares in heavily indebted China Evergrande Group were taken off the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday, capping a grim reversal of fortune for the once-booming property developer. A committ ... more 
Dozens of Peru ports shut over deadly wavesLima (AFP) Aug 25, 2025 Dozens of Peruvian ports were closed to trade and fishing on Monday due to strong swells along the country's Pacific coast caused by a deadly anticyclone. Authorities decided to close 88 of ... more  
Tiny wave dynamics reveal new fluid control method for space systemsOxford MS (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 Liquids can provide some especially tricky challenges for space travelers, but new research from the University of Mississippi could help engineer smarter, more efficient fluid control in zero- and ... more  
Autonomous robot lab accelerates search for advanced quantum dotsRaleigh NC (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 Researchers at North Carolina State University have introduced Rainbow, a fully automated multi-robot laboratory that discovers high-performance quantum dots at unprecedented speed. The system merge ... more |
Denmark opens first advanced wafer facility for global chip productionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 Denmark has inaugurated its first facility capable of manufacturing wafers at the world-leading 300 mm standard, marking a significant step in reducing European dependence on imported microchips. Th ... more  
Breakthrough oxide enables solar heat hydrogen production at record speedTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 26, 2025 A joint research team from POSTECH and Seoul National University has identified a novel oxide that produces large amounts of hydrogen using only heat, eliminating carbon emissions. The discovery, ac ... more 
Molecule mimics plant energy storage for solar fuel developmentBasel, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 25, 2025 A research team at the University of Basel has created a novel molecule that replicates a key step in natural photosynthesis by storing two positive and two negative charges under light exposure. Th ... more 
Harnessing spin loss to power next generation low energy information devicesSeoul, South Korea (SPX) Aug 25, 2025 A team of researchers from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), and Yonsei University has demonstrated a breakthrough in ... more |
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AI reveals how magnesium thermoelectrics improve through natural self-optimizationTokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 22, 2025 Magnesium-based thermoelectric compounds are valued for their eco-friendly properties and wide availability, but finding high-performance candidates has been slow due to reliance on trial-and-error ... more 
Atomic beams diffracted through solids open new frontier in materials researchBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 25, 2025 Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have achieved a world-first by diffracting a beam of atoms through a solid material. Until now, this had only been accomplished using electrons or ne ... more  
Fire at nuclear plant after Russia downs Ukrainian droneMoscow (AFP) Aug 24, 2025 A fire broke out Sunday at a Russian nuclear power plant after the country's military downed a Ukrainian drone, the facility said after the blaze was put out. The "device detonated" upon imp ... more 
Taiwan vote on restarting nuclear plant failsTaipei (AFP) Aug 23, 2025 A Taiwanese referendum on whether to restart a nuclear power plant failed on Saturday after the number of votes in favour fell short of the legally required threshold. Ma'anshan Nuclear Powe ... more |
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Climate activists block financial institutions in OsloOslo (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 Climate and pro-Palestinian activists, including Greta Thunberg, on Friday temporarily blocked access to Norway's central bank and occupied the headquarters of the country's largest bank in prot ... more |
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Japan, S. Korea agree to enhance ties in 'challenging' environmentTokyo (AFP) Aug 23, 2025 Japanese and South Korean leaders agreed to boost cooperation bilateral cooperation in the face of a "challenging" environment, as they met in Tokyo on Saturday. Disputes over territory and ... more  
TikTok's UK content moderation jobs at risk in AI shiftLondon (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 Social media platform TikTok announced on Friday it will restructure its UK trust and safety operations, putting several hundred jobs at risk as it shifts to AI-assisted content moderation. ... more 
Sweden picks mini-reactors for first nuclear expansion in 50 yearsStockholm (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 Sweden said Thursday that it had selected so-called small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) for its first nuclear power expansion in a half-century. The government said three or five of the ne ... more
Meta makes huge cloud computing deal with GoogleSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Aug 22, 2025 Meta has made a cloud computing deal with Google worth more than $10 billion over the course of six years, a source close to the transaction told AFP Thursday. The source confirmed a report ... more |
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