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September 07, 2025
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Venezuela's Maduro urges dialogue after Trump threat



Washington (AFP) Sept 6, 2025
Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro on Friday called for dialogue with Washington, hours after President Donald Trump threatened to shoot down Venezuelan military jets if they pose a danger to US forces. Tensions between the two countries soared in recent days after the Pentagon accused Venezuela of buzzing its ships in the Caribbean following a deadly US strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat. "None of the differences we have and have had can lead to a military conflict," Maduro said in a messa ... read more

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Europe bets on supercomputer to catch up in AI race
Julich, Germany (AFP) Sept 5, 2025
Europe's fastest supercomputer Jupiter was inaugurated Friday in Germany with Chancellor Friedrich Merz saying it could help the continent catch up in the global artificial intelligence race. ... more
ROBO SPACE
AI giant Anthropic to pay $1.5 bn over pirated books
San Francisco, United States (AFP) Sept 6, 2025
Anthropic will pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a US class action lawsuit over allegedly using pirated books to train its artificial intelligence models, according to court documents filed Friday. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Chinese firms pay price of jihadist strikes against Mali junta
Abidjan (AFP) Sept 5, 2025
Jihadists allied to Al-Qaeda have launched a blitz of raids on Malian industrial sites run by foreign firms, especially Chinese, as a tactic to undermine the ruling junta. ... more
ENERGY NEWS
'Build, baby, build': Canada PM's plan to counter Trump
Montreal (AFP) Sept 7, 2025
On the night he won Canada's election, Prime Minister Mark Carney summarized his plan to jumpstart the country's economy in response to President Donald Trump's threats. ... more
AEROSPACE
Norway experiments with electric plane in real-life test
Oslo (AFP) Sept 4, 2025
An electric plane took to the skies between the Norwegian airports Stavanger and Bergen on Thursday, simulating a cargo flight for the first time in real-life conditions, Norwegian airlines operator Avinor announced. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
EU massive fine against Google draws Trump threat
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 5, 2025
The EU on Friday slapped Google with a massive 2.95 billion euros ($3.47 billion) antitrust fine for favoring its own advertising services, drawing a furious rebuke from President Donald Trump and a threat of fresh tariffs against Europe. ... more
TRADE WARS
Former head of China securities watchdog under corruption probe
Beijing (AFP) Sept 6, 2025
The former chief of China's top regulatory body for securities markets has been placed under investigation, anti-corruption authorities said Saturday, marking the latest development in Beijing's years-long crackdown on official graft. ... more
CAR TECH
Porsche unveils hybrid variant of flagship 911 Turbo S
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 7, 2025
German carmaker Porsche unveiled a hybrid variant of its flagship 911 Turbo S, making it the most powerful production model in the sports car's six-decade history. ... more

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Most EU carmakers on track to meet emission targets: study
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 7, 2025
Almost all European carmakers are on track to meet EU emission targets after winning a reprieve this year as electric vehicles (EV) sales pick up, a study released Monday showed. ... more
BIO FUEL
Pretreatment methods bring second-gen biofuels from oilcane closer to commercialization
Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
In collaboration with other Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs), researchers at the Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation (CABBI) are developing industrially feasible techniques for ... more
CHIP TECH
Graphene reveals light tuned quantum states pointing to new electronics
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
Researchers have pushed graphene's promise further by directly observing Floquet effects in the one-atom-thick carbon lattice, confirming that Floquet engineering can precisely tune metallic and sem ... more
OIL AND GAS
States receive $86 million to enhance pipeline safety
Washington DC (UPI) Sep 4, 2025
The Transportation Department Thursday announced $86 million in federal grants to enhance safety programs along the nation's 3.3-million mile pipeline network, or 85% of all pipelines in the United States. ... more
CARBON WORLDS
Limited safe carbon storage could lower warming by less than 1 degree
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
A new study led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) has mapped safe underground storage areas for carbon dioxide and found that their practical use would only reduce ... more
TIME AND SPACE
New fabrication method expands material options for quantum devices
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
Researchers led by the NYU Tandon School of Engineering have developed a fabrication technique that allows a wider range of superconducting materials to be used in quantum hardware. The advance coul ... more
TECHNOLOGY NEWS


BIO FUEL
Bacteria rewire digestive systems to turn plant waste into power
Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 05, 2025
For years, scientists have marveled at bacteria's ability to digest the seemingly indigestible, including carbon from lignin, the tough, woody material that gives plants their rigidity. Now, a ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Geometry of electrons uncovered inside quantum materials
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 05, 2025
A team of researchers from the University of Geneva, together with colleagues from the University of Salerno and Italy's CNR-SPIN Institute, has directly observed a hidden geometry within quantum ma ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Manipulating light to advance quantum entanglement research
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
Two physicists from the University of Namur, Professor Michael Lobet and PhD student Adrien Debacq, are exploring the phenomenon of superradiance in near-zero refractive index materials, work that c ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Enhancing quasi-2D perovskite solar cells with dicyandiamide interface engineering
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
A research group led by Professors Pengwei Li, Yanlin Song, and Yiqiang Zhang has introduced a dicyandiamide (DCD)-based molecular bridge strategy that significantly advances quasi-2D alternating-ca ... more
BIO FUEL
Rice researchers turn wasted data center heat into clean power
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
When you stream a movie, back up a photo or ask ChatGPT a question, somewhere a data center is working hard - and getting hot. Cooling those facilities already consumes a huge share of their electri ... more
BIO FUEL
Ash improves methane yield and fertilizer value in biogas systems
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
Researchers from the University of Jyvaskyla and the Natural Resources Institute Finland have demonstrated that adding ash to anaerobic digestion enhances methane production and strengthens the fert ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Transparent solar concentrator turns windows into clean energy sources
Tokyo, Japan (SPXballoon) Sep 07, 2025
A team from Nanjing University has developed a transparent, colorless solar concentrator that can be applied directly to ordinary glass windows, enabling buildings to generate electricity without al ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Passivation breakthrough drives efficiency gains in perovskite silicon tandem solar cells
London, UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
An international team of researchers has achieved a major advance in perovskite silicon tandem solar cell technology by demonstrating effective passivation on textured silicon bottom cells, the indu ... more
BIO FUEL
Bio-oil from agricultural and forest waste could help seal abandoned oil wells and store carbon
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
Filling abandoned oil and gas wells with bio-oil derived from corn stover, switchgrass, wood debris, and other organic byproducts may offer a cost-effective way to trap carbon dioxide underground. R ... more
OIL AND GAS
Global trade drives one third of rising methane emissions
London, UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
A new study shows that global methane emissions are still climbing, with international trade responsible for nearly one third of the total. Researchers at the Universities of Birmingham and Groninge ... more
OIL AND GAS
Transparent WO3 film breakthrough boosts hydrogen production efficiency
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
A research team at Niigata University has developed a transparent crystalline mesoporous tungsten trioxide (WO3) film that significantly enhances efficiency and durability in photoelectrochemical (P ... more
TIME AND SPACE
New particle detector passes the 'standard candle' test
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 07, 2025
A new and powerful particle detector just passed a critical test in its goal to decipher the ingredients of the early universe. The sPHENIX detector is the newest experiment at Brookhaven Nati ... more
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Beijing shows off drones, missiles and lasers in military parade
Beijing (AFP) Sept 3, 2025
Underwater drones, massive missiles and laser weapons dazzled crowds on Wednesday at a major military parade in Beijing, a show of strength for China as frictions with Washington simmer. ... more
WATER WORLD
New wave: sea power turned into energy at Los Angeles port
San Pedro, United States (AFP) Sept 4, 2025
Floating blue paddles dance on the waves that lap a dock in the Port of Los Angeles, silently converting the power of the sea into usable electricity. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
'Mockery of science': US experts blast Trump climate report
Washington (AFP) Sept 2, 2025
US experts on Tuesday denounced a Trump administration climate report for reviving the tobacco-industry's tactics to sow doubt around scientific consensus. ... more
SINO DAILY
China 'unstoppable', says Xi with Kim, Putin at his side
Beijing (AFP) Sept 3, 2025
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's Vladimir Putin flanked Xi Jinping at a massive parade of military might in Beijing on Wednesday, capping a week of diplomatic grandstanding by the Chinese president and his allies against the West. ... more
ENERGY NEWS
UN pushes nations to submit overdue climate plans
Paris (AFP) Sept 3, 2025
The United Nations on Wednesday urged nations late in turning in their climate plans to do so quickly, with major polluters among dozens of countries still to unveil new commitments. ... more
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