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Black gold, green promises: Brazil's climate paradoxRio De Janeiro, Brazil (AFP) Oct 14, 2025 Can oil, the climate villain, be used to pay for its own demise? ... more  
Light pulses enable next-generation stable data storageHamburg, Germany (SPX) Oct 11, 2025 Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) have discovered a new way to store information using light rather than electricity or magnetism. Their approac ... more 
Light triggers formation of high-mobility electron gas in oxide interfacesParis, France (SPX) Oct 11, 2025 A CNRS-led international team has uncovered a way to generate an electron gas - typically found in LED screens - simply by shining light on a layered oxide material. When the illumination ceases, th ... more  
Lighting the way for electric vehicles by using streetlamps as chargersUniversity Park PA (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 Electric vehicles (EVs) can have lower fuel costs and reduce emissions relative to cars that use gasoline, but they are only a practical option if drivers have convenient ways to charge them. For pe ... more |
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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 
New theory transforms understanding of nanoscale heat transportLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 07, 2025 Heat, once thought to flow smoothly and predictably through materials, behaves far more intricately when observed at the nanoscale. A team from Auburn University and the U.S. Department of Energy's ... more  
Cracked coatings unlock new pathway for solar-powered clean water systemsNanchang, China (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 More than 3.6 billion people worldwide face water scarcity, and conventional desalination still depends on energy-intensive methods. Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) offers a greener alte ... more 
Palladium filters could enable cheaper, more efficient generation of hydrogen fuelBoston MA (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 Palladium is one of the keys to jump-starting a hydrogen-based energy economy. The silvery metal is a natural gatekeeper against every gas except hydrogen, which it readily lets through. For its exc ... more |
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Crocodile skin inspires resilient solar desalination breakthroughNanchang China (SPX) Oct 01, 2025 More than 3.6 billion people face water scarcity, and conventional desalination consumes large amounts of energy. Solar-driven interfacial evaporation (SDIE) offers a sustainable option, but perform ... more |
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Rice scientists use electrons to pattern light sources and wiring directly onto crystalsHouston TX (SPX) Oct 13, 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  
China says will 'fight to the end' in US trade warBeijing (AFP) Oct 14, 2025 China said on Tuesday it was ready to "fight to the end" in a trade war with the United States after President Donald Trump said he would impose an additional 100 percent tariff on the world's second-largest economy. ... more 
Solar hydrogen reimagined as a profitable clean chemical platformTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 A new review led by Professor Fatwa F. Abdi of the School of Energy and Environment at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) proposes a transformative approach to solar-driven water electrolysis, p ... more  
Solar leaf converts CO2 and water into formate for cleaner chemical manufacturingLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 11, 2025 Researchers at the University of Cambridge report a solar-powered biohybrid device that turns sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into formate, delivering a clean feedstock for further synthesis. The ... more |
US wastewater plants emit double the greenhouse gases in official estimatesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 09, 2025 Wastewater treatment facilities across the United States are releasing roughly twice the greenhouse gases previously tallied by national inventories, according to a Princeton-led measurement campaig ... more  |
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US threatens to sanction nations that back shipping carbon taxWashington (AFP) Oct 11, 2025 The United States on Friday threatened to impose sanctions and take other punitive action against any country that votes in favor of a carbon tax on maritime transportation to be implemented through a UN agency. ... more 
Trump announces new 100 percent China tariff, threatens to scrap Xi talksWashington (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 US President Donald Trump announced an additional 100 percent tariff on China Friday and threatened to cancel a summit with Xi Jinping, reigniting his trade war with Beijing in a row over export curbs on rare earth minerals. ... more  
Washington mulls barring US-bound Chinese airlines from flying over RussiaWashington (AFP) Oct 10, 2025 The United States has proposed prohibiting Chinese airlines from using Russian airspace while flying to or from American airports, a US document has shown, as the rival superpowers try to thrash out a trade deal. ... more  
A model for Afghan curbs? How China controls its internetTokyo (AFP) Oct 9, 2025 The Taliban plunged Afghanistan into a 48-hour internet blackout last week, and now access is restricted to several social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. ... more |
 
Danish wind giant Orsted to cut workforce by a quarterCopenhagen (AFP) Oct 9, 2025 Danish offshore wind energy giant Orsted announced Thursday plans to cut 2,000 jobs, or a quarter of its workforce, by 2027 as its business struggles in the United States. ... more  
Advancing European satellite security through quantum communicationsParis, France (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a euro 50 million contract with Thales Alenia Space to initiate the preliminary design phase of the Security And cryptoGrAphic (SAGA) mission. This milest ... more  
Not nothing, not enough: is the Paris Agreement working?Paris (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 Climate cooperation is facing a reckoning. Ten years after the landmark Paris Agreement, major polluters are wavering on action while the world fast approaches the deal's safer warming limit. ... 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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Sunlike quantum dot LEDs promise ultra-thin light sources for next-gen displaysWashington DC (SPX) Oct 11, 2025 Researchers have developed a paper-thin quantum dot LED that emits a warm, sunlike glow, potentially revolutionizing the way displays and indoor lighting are made. Reported in ACS Applied Materials ... more 
Mass-produced AI podcasts disrupt a fragile industryNew York (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 Artificial intelligence now makes it possible to mass-produce podcasts with completely virtual hosts, a development that is disrupting an industry still finding its footing and operating on a fragile business model. ... more 
Asian equity markets drop after Trump reignites tariff rowHong Kong (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 Asian markets sank Monday after US President Donald Trump reignited his trade war with China by threatening last week to impose 100 percent tariffs on goods from the country. ... more 
IMF meetings to begin under fresh cloud of US-China trade tensionsWashington (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 The IMF and World Bank's semi-annual gathering of finance ministers and central bank governors gets underway in Washington on Monday, against the backdrop of new trade threats from the world's two largest economies. ... more |
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Massive UK dieselgate lawsuit reaches courtLondon (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 A trial involving five major carmakers opens at London's High Court Monday, marking the latest chapter of the dieselgate emissions scandal that has rocked the auto industry for a decade. ... more |
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China accuses US of 'double standards' over new tariffs threatBeijing (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 China's trade grew faster than expected last month, official data showed Monday, though fresh fears are rising of a major escalation in the tariff war between Beijing and Washington. ... more
In bid to save shipyards, US set to charge fees on Chinese shipsNew York (AFP) Oct 13, 2025 An escalating trade war between China and the United States faces another flashpoint Tuesday when Chinese ships will be required to start paying a special fee to dock at US ports. ... more 
Iraq criticises US sanctions on firm, militias over ties to IranBaghdad (AFP) Oct 11, 2025 Iraq on Saturday criticised US sanctions on a company, individuals and armed groups Washington has said have ties with Iran-backed militias, calling the move "deeply regrettable". ... more  
We need a solar sail probe to detect space tornadoes earlier, more accuratelyAnn Arbor, MI (SPX) Oct 07, 2025 Spirals of solar wind can spin off larger solar eruptions and disrupt Earth's magnetic field, yet they are too difficult to detect with our current single-location warning system, according to a new ... more |
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