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September 25, 2025
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How quantum computers can be validated when solving unsolvable problems



Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Quantum computers are designed to tackle challenges that would take even the fastest supercomputers thousands or millions of years to resolve. But this raises a central paradox: how can researchers verify the correctness of results that classical machines cannot reproduce? A team at Swinburne University of Technology has developed new methods to validate outcomes from a class of quantum computers called Gaussian Boson Samplers (GBS). These devices use photons to calculate probability distributions ... read more

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ENERGY TECH
Neutrinovoltaic master formula published as pathway to scalable clean energy
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
The Neutrino Energy Group has unveiled a unified equation describing how invisible cosmic and terrestrial radiation can be converted into usable electricity. This breakthrough marks the first indust ... more
MILPLEX
Boeing defense workers reject deal to end strike
New York (AFP) Sept 12, 2025
Boeing workers at its St. Louis area defense factories will stay on strike after union members voted Friday to reject a new contract offer from the US aviation giant. ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Ex-US climate envoy: Trump threatening 'consensus science' worldwide
Missoula, United States (AFP) Sept 17, 2025
President Donald Trump is leading the world "in the wrong direction" on climate and weaponizing clean energy as a culture-war issue, according to John Podesta, a longtime advisor to Democratic presidents. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
French nuclear waste project sparks protest
Mandres-En-Barrois, France (AFP) Sept 20, 2025
A project to build a facility to store highly radioactive nuclear waste in the French countryside drew a protest by hundreds of people on Saturday, with police firing tear gas to break up rowdy demonstrators. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Venezuela's Maduro says he wants dialogue with US
Caracas (AFP) Sept 21, 2025
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rejected US allegations of being a drug trafficker and asked President Donald Trump for dialogue, according to a letter released Sunday by Caracas, as tensions soar between the two countries. ... more
ROBO SPACE
China's Alibaba teams up with Nvidia on AI robot tech
Beijing (AFP) Sept 24, 2025
Alibaba announced on Wednesday a "milestone collaboration" in AI tech with US chip giant Nvidia that the Chinese company said will accelerate its development of humanoid robots. ... more
ROBO SPACE
In just one year, Google turns AI setbacks into dominance
New York (AFP) Sept 24, 2025
Caught off guard by ChatGPT and mocked for early blunders with its own generative artificial intelligence efforts, Google has pulled off a dramatic turnaround in just one year, becoming a major player in consumer-facing AI. ... more
ENERGY NEWS
China steps into spotlight at UN climate talks
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 24, 2025
China's emissions-cutting pledge is poised to take center stage at a United Nations climate meeting Wednesday, after US President Donald Trump unleashed a blistering - if predictable - broadside against the science surrounding planet-warming fossil fuels. ... more

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TRADE WARS
China not seeking new special and differential treatment in WTO pacts
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 23, 2025
China will not be seeking new special and differential treatment - a privilege granted to developing countries - in current and future World Trade Organization (WTO) talks, the country's official Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday. ... more
WIND DAILY
Wind giant Orsted to resume US project after court win
Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 23, 2025
Shares in Danish wind giant Orsted bounced Tuesday after a US court allowed it to resume work on a project that had been blocked by officials. ... more
FROTH AND BUBBLE
Singapore firm rejects paying $1bn Sri Lankan pollution damages
Singapore (AFP) Sept 23, 2025
A Singapore shipping company told AFP on Tuesday it will refuse to pay Sri Lankan court-ordered damages of US$1 billion for causing that country's worst case of environmental pollution. ... more
TRADE WARS
Markets mixed as traders take stock after Fed-fuelled rally
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 22, 2025
Stock markets fluctuated Monday as investors took a step back after last week's rally fuelled by the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut. ... more
CYBER WARS
China says combating 'malicious' content in two-month social media crackdown
Beijing (AFP) Sept 22, 2025
China's top internet regulator announced Monday a sweeping two-month crackdown on social media, vowing to combat content containing "malicious incitement of conflict" and "negative outlooks on life such as world-weariness". ... more
TRADE WARS
Five things to know about Indonesia-EU trade agreement
Jakarta (AFP) Sept 22, 2025
Indonesia and the European Union will sign a trade agreement on Tuesday after nearly a decade of negotiations as they seek to mitigate the effects of US President Donald Trump's tariff policy. ... more
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CAR TECH
Central Park horse-drawn carriages face ride into the sunset
New York (AFP) Sept 20, 2025
The rights and wrongs of the horse-drawn carriages that carry tourists around New York's Central Park have been loudly debated for years, but the mayor has signalled they may be at the end of the track. ... more
NANO TECH
Unique phase of water revealed in nanoscale confinement
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Despite being one of the most studied substances on Earth, water continues to surprise scientists with unexplored behaviors. Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have now uncovered new details ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Rice scientists use electrons to pattern light sources and wiring directly onto crystals
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Rice University researchers used a focused electron beam to pattern device functions with submicron precision directly into an ultrathin crystal. The approach produced traces narrower than the width ... more
WATER WORLD
International treaty protecting world's oceans to take effect
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 19, 2025
A multinational treaty to protect vast expanses of the world's oceans is finally set to become law in January 2026, with environmentalists hailing its enactment Friday as crucial to safeguarding the marine ecosystems. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Breaking Shockley-Queisser barrier with cryogenic silicon solar cells
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Researchers from Taizhou University and the University of Delaware have reported the first experimental solar cell to exceed the long-standing Shockley-Queisser efficiency ceiling for single-junctio ... more
CHIP TECH
Small chip, grand mission: searching for signs of extraterrestrial life
Delft, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Is life possible - or has it ever been possible - on other planets? The (Origin of) Life Marker Chip (LMCOOL) seeks the answer. This innovative chip is being developed by a Dutch consortium led by T ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Artificial plant device cleans radioactive soil using only sunlight
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
A research group at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), led by Professor Seongkyun Kim from the Department of Physics and Chemistry, has developed a solar-powered artifi ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Solar fuel breakthrough may unlock cheaper green energy
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2025
Researchers at Lund University have taken a major step toward solving one of the biggest obstacles in developing efficient solar fuels. Their work shows how inexpensive iron-based systems could be u ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Chinese firms pay price of jihadist strikes against Mali junta
Abidjan (AFP) Sept 19, 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
EU states agree broad UN emissions target avoiding 'embarrassment'
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 18, 2025
The EU agreed on a broad emissions-cutting target on Thursday to bring to a UN conference in Brazil, sparing the bloc potential diplomatic embarrassment but risking its reputation as a climate champion. ... more
TRADE WARS
Germany passes long-delayed budget with vast new borrowing
Berlin (AFP) Sept 18, 2025
German lawmakers passed a long-delayed 2025 budget on Thursday that will allow extra borrowing to fix infrastructure and beef up the armed forces, as tensions with Russia rise. ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
JUNO begins decade-long mission to probe neutrino mysteries
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
JUNO, the massive Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory in China, has officially started recording data, launching a ten-year program to investigate one of the most elusive particles in physics. ... more
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ROBO SPACE
NRL robotic servicing payload passes thermal vacuum testing and moves closer to launch
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2025
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), working with DARPA and Northrop Grumman's SpaceLogistics, has cleared a major space-readiness hurdle for satellite servicing. On Sept. 5, the team completed ... more
SPACEMART
SFL Missions to Deliver Spacecraft Buses for HawkEye 360 RF Signal Detection Expansion
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
SFL Missions Inc. has secured a contract to build spacecraft bus units for three new HawkEye 360 satellite clusters, adding nine spacecraft to the company's expanding constellation for RF signal det ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Starcloud partners with Mission Space to protect orbital datacenters with real time space weather intelligence
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2025
Mission Space, a space weather intelligence provider, has entered a strategic partnership with orbital datacenter company Starcloud to embed real-time space weather forecasting into orbital AI compu ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Planet captures first light from Pelican-3 satellite as constellation expands
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
Planet Labs PBC (NYSE: PL) has released the first light image from its Pelican-3 satellite, capturing Turin, Italy on September 5 from an altitude of 458 km. The spacecraft, launched on August 26 ab ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
ICEYE unveils Gen4 satellite with expanded coverage and sharper SAR imaging
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 17, 2025
ICEYE has announced the commercial launch of its fourth-generation Gen4 satellites, designed to deliver the highest-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery available to the global market. ... more
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