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India plans mega-dam to counter China water fearsRiew, India (AFP) Sept 30, 2025 On a football field ringed by misty mountains, the air rang with fiery speeches as tribesmen protested a planned mega-dam - India's latest move in its contest with China over Himalayan water. ... more  
Breakthrough in UAV swarm intelligence as SRI redefines topology mappingTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 Unmanned swarm systems are revolutionizing fields from disaster relief to military reconnaissance, yet two obstacles have long hindered their reliability: precise trajectory prediction and transpare ... more  
NRL robotic servicing payload passes thermal vacuum testing and moves closer to launchLos 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  
Space: Framatome and ENEA sign MoU to explore advanced technological solutions for designing lunar nuclear fission reactorsParis, France (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Framatome and ENEA, Italy's Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Development, have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly explore advanced technologies for lunar surface nucl ... more |
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An Aussie tycoon bets billions on cleaning up iron ore giantNew York (AFP) Sept 26, 2025 Moored off a Manhattan pier for New York's annual Climate Week is one of the world's first ammonia-powered vessels - a green flagship for an Australian tycoon's drive to decarbonize his mining empire. ... more  
Solar fuel breakthrough may unlock cheaper green energyBerlin, 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  
OpenAI launches Sora 2 with TikTok-style appSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Sept 30, 2025 OpenAI on Tuesday released Sora 2, its most advanced video generation model yet, alongside a TikTok-style social app that will let users insert themselves into AI-created scenes through a feature called "cameos." ... more  
Electronic Arts to be bought by Saudi-led consortium for $55 bnWashington (AFP) Sept 29, 2025 Video game giant Electronic Arts, known for The Sims and FIFA games, announced Monday it would be acquired for $55 billion by a consortium led by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund. ... more |
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Rice scientists use electrons to pattern light sources and wiring directly onto crystalsHouston 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 |
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Two newly launched NASA missions will help scientists understand the influence of the SunBoulder CO (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Even at a distance of 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) away, activity on the Sun can have adverse effects on technological systems on Earth. Solar flares - intense bursts of energy in the S ... more
NASA's Astrobee Robots Advance Through Strategic PartnershipWashington DC (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 NASA is continuing the Astrobee mission through a collaboration with Arkisys, Inc., of Los Alamitos, California, who was awarded a reimbursable Space Act Agreement to sustain and maintain the roboti ... more
Self regulated molecular anchoring drives stable high efficiency perovskite solar cellsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 As perovskite solar cells (PSCs) move closer to commercialization, researchers are addressing hidden performance losses at the buried electron-transport interface. A team led by Prof. Guozhen Liu, P ... more  
Artificial plant device cleans radioactive soil using only sunlightTokyo, 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 |
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Ultrafast stabilization of positive charges revealed in solar fuel catalyst Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 Researchers have used advanced quantum-chemical molecular dynamics simulations to capture the ultrafast formation of charge-stabilizing polarons in NaTaO3, a benchmark photocatalyst for solar water ... more  |
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Perovskite triple-junction solar cells move closer to ultra-high efficiency Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 A team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University has published a wide-ranging review of perovskite/perovskite/silicon triple-junction solar cells (PSTJSCs), highlighting their rapid progress and outlining ... more
New insights into halide perovskites could transform solar cell technologyBerlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2025 Global electricity consumption is rising rapidly, and researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden have made progress toward developing next-generation solar cell materials. Their work ... more
Breaking Shockley-Queisser barrier with cryogenic silicon solar cellsTokyo, 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  
Solar driven process extracts hydrogen fuel directly from air moistureTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 30, 2025 A research team led by Prof. Yin Huajie at the Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has unveiled a solar-driven device that generates green hydrogen directly from atmosp ... more |
 
SATNUS completes third NGWS flight campaign with autonomous systems integrationMadrid, Spain (SPX) Sep 29, 2025 SATNUS has carried out its third flight test campaign for the Next Generation Weapon System (NGWS), marking significant progress toward the program's Phase 1B demonstrations. The trials centered on ... more  
US government aims to open more public lands to coal miningWashington (AFP) Sept 29, 2025 The US government said Monday it intends to open huge swaths of public land to coal mining, coupled with a $625 million investment to "expand and reinvigorate" the industry that is a major contributor to climate change. ... more  
Lightning Strikes 12 Times a Minute Inside Zap Energy Fusion PlatformSeattle WA (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 Zap Energy has advanced its Century test platform to sustain more than 100 plasma shots at a frequency of 0.2 Hz, equivalent to one discharge every five seconds. Each pulse generated currents up to ... more 
Glimmering sea of solar as China expands desert installationOrdos, China (AFP) Oct 1, 2025 An ocean of blue solar panels ripples across the ochre dunes of Inner Mongolia's Kubuqi desert, a glittering example of China's almost inconceivably mammoth energy transition. ... more |
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Tehran, Moscow sign $25 bn deal to build nuclear plants in IranTehran (AFP) Sept 26, 2025 Iran and Russia signed a $25 billion deal to build nuclear power plants in the Islamic republic, Iranian state media reported Friday, just hours ahead of the likely return of sweeping UN sanctions on Iran. ... more
US Joint Venture Formed to Scale TRISO Fuel for Advanced ReactorsRichland WA (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 Framatome and Standard Nuclear Inc. have launched a new joint venture to produce Tri-structural Isotropic (TRISO) nuclear fuel at commercial scale, reinforcing U.S. and Western supply chains for adv ... more 
Zelensky warns situation 'critical' as nuclear plant off grid for a weekKyiv, Ukraine (AFP) Sept 30, 2025 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been off the grid for seven straight days, warning of the potential threat of a "critical" situation. ... more  
India ready to rev up chipmaking, industry pioneer saysNew Delhi (AFP) Oct 1, 2025 When Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared India's "late entry" into the global semiconductor race, he pinned hopes on pioneers such as Vellayan Subbiah to create a chip innovation hub. ... more |
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Iraq resumes Kurdish oil exports after two-year haltArbil, Iraq (AFP) Sept 27, 2025 Iraq resumed crude exports from the autonomous Kurdistan region on Saturday after a more than two-year halt over legal and technical disputes. ... more |
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More questions than answers surround Trump's TikTok dealWashington (AFP) Sept 26, 2025 President Donald Trump insists he has found a solution to keep TikTok alive in the United States through a group of investors who will buy the short-video app from its Chinese owners in accordance with US law. ... more
NGOs urge no green label for fossil fuel investmentsBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Sept 30, 2025 Fossil fuel developers should be excluded from financial investments labelled sustainable, NGOs and associations urged on Tuesday, as part of any reform of the European Union's green finance transparency rules. ... more 
Spanish court to start hearing media case against MetaMadrid (AFP) Oct 1, 2025 A Spanish court will open a trial on Wednesday over a 550-million-euro lawsuit brought by more than 80 Spanish media organisations against Facebook owner Meta for allegedly breaching European Union data protection rules. ... more 
Venezuela's Maduro ready to declare state of emergency over feared US 'aggression': vice-presidentCaracas (AFP) Sept 29, 2025 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is ready to declare a state of emergency over the threat of US "aggression" following a spate of deadly US strikes on suspected Venezuelan drug boats, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on Monday. ... more |
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