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December 09, 2025
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Data centers: a view from the inside



Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
The expansion of data centers to power the AI boom has more people wondering: what exactly is in a data center? AFP got a chance to take a look at what is inside. - Concrete warehouse - Data centers are the physical infrastructure that make our digital lives possible, yet most people have never seen one up close or understand how they operate. Roughly 12,000 data centers are in operation in the world, with about half in the US, according to Cloudscene, a data center directory. At its ... read more

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Nanoscience breakthrough puts low-cost, printable electronics on the horizon
London, UK (SPX) Dec 08, 2025
Imagine wearable health sensors, smart packaging, flexible displays, or disposable IoT controllers all manufactured like printed newspapers. The same technology could underpin communication circuits ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Ghana e waste workers trapped in toxic survival trade off
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
A University of Michigan team has analyzed how people living and working around the Agbogbloshie e waste site in Accra, Ghana, depend on informal recycling to earn a living while facing severe toxic ... more
CAR TECH
EU pushes back 2035 combustion-engine ban review to Dec. 16
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
A highly-anticipated review of the EU's 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel car sales has been pushed back to next week, the European Commission said Monday. ... more
BIO FUEL
Carbon monoxide enables rapid atomic scale control for fuel cell catalysts
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
Researchers at the Korea Institute of Energy Research report a carbon monoxide driven process that forms metal thin films about 0.3 nanometers thick, enabling faster fabrication of core-shell fuel c ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Antares lines up $96 million to advance microreactor rollout
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025
Antares has raised $96 million in Series B financing to support development and deployment of its compact nuclear microreactors for defense and space customers. The round, led by Shine Capital with ... more
WATER WORLD
Sea-floor animals decrease nearly 40% in deep-sea mining zone: study
London (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
The number of sea-floor animals fell by 37 percent in a deep-sea mining exploration zone, according to a study published Friday probing the emerging industry's impact on biodiversity. ... more
TIME AND SPACE
CERN upbeat as China halts particle accelerator mega-project
Meyrin, Switzerland (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
The chief of the CERN physics laboratory says China's decision to pause its major particle accelerator project presents an "opportunity" to ensure Europe's rival plan goes ahead. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
EU dismisses 'completely crazy statements' after Musk attack
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
The European Union on Monday dismissed online attacks by tech tycoon Elon Musk after his social media platform X was fined 120 million euros ($140 million) by Brussels. ... more

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Chalcogenide semiconductors push solar fuel systems toward low cost CO2 conversion
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
Researchers at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and partners have mapped how emerging chalcogenide semiconductor absorbers behave in photoelectrochemical systems that convert sunlight and CO2 into che ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Framatome to modernize digital controls at Columbia Generating Station
Richland WA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Framatome has secured a contract to replace several digital control systems at Energy Northwests Columbia Generating Station in Washington state. The project covers system design, engineering, manuf ... more
WATER WORLD
Hydrogen plasma method cuts most CO2 from deep sea metal extraction
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials report that deep sea manganese nodules could supply large volumes of copper, nickel and cobalt for the energy transition if mining a ... more
UAV NEWS
Lockheed Martin trial shows AI system rerouting UAV mission during fuel contingency
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has run a live trial of an artificial intelligence driven mission contingency management system on a Stalker XE Block 25 unmanned aerial vehicle and a modified Alta X 2.0 ... more
UAV NEWS
Northrop Grumman debuts Project Talon autonomous combat wingman
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
MOJAVE, Calif. - Dec. 4, 2025 - Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) unveiled Project Talon, an autonomous aircraft built to fly alongside crewed fighters as a collaborative teammate for combat missions. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Tin perovskite study points to more stable lead free solar cells
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
Perovskite solar cells are under development as candidates for next generation photovoltaic modules, but commercial use remains limited by long term instability driven in part by migrating ions in t ... more
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Most markets track Wall St losses as jitters set in ahead of Fed
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
Most stocks fell in Asia on Tuesday as investors grow nervous about the Federal Reserve's plans for interest rates next year following an expected cut this week. ... more
CHIP TECH
Trump says US will allow sale of Nvidia AI chips to China
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
President Donald Trump said Monday he had reached an agreement with President Xi Jinping to allow US chip giant Nvidia to export advanced artificial intelligence chips to China. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Lula orders road map to cut fossil-fuel use in Brazil
Brasilia (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ordered his cabinet on Monday to craft a road map to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, a promise the country made as host of United Nations climate talks last month. ... more
TECH SPACE
IBM says buying data management firm Confluent for $11 bn
New York (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
IBM announced Monday that it will purchase US data management company Confluent for $11 billion, seeking to expand its footprint into the increasingly important field of real-time data for AI. ... more
AEROSPACE
Beijing court orders compensation for MH370 flight families
Beijing (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
A Beijing court said Monday it had ordered Malaysia Airlines to pay compensation to the families of eight passengers from flight MH370, more than a decade after the plane disappeared. ... more
TIME AND SPACE
Two dimensional crystal reveals hexatic phase in real time
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
When three dimensional materials melt, the transition from an ordered solid to a disordered liquid usually occurs abruptly once the melting temperature is reached. In atomically thin systems, theory ... more
STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Shaping quantum light expands options for future technologies
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Researchers from the School of Physics at the University of the Witwatersrand, working with collaborators at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, report that controlling the structure of photons i ... more
ROBO SPACE
Robots that spare warehouse workers the heavy lifting
Cambridge MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
There are some jobs human bodies just weren't meant to do. Unloading trucks and shipping containers is a repetitive, grueling task - and a big reason warehouse injury rates are more than twice the n ... more
AEROSPACE
UAlbany Atmospheric Scientist Proposes Innovative Method to Reduce Aviation's Climate Impact
Albany NY (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
If you look up at the sky on a clear day, chances are you'll notice thin, white clouds following behind airplanes - also known as contrails. The formation of these wispy ice clouds is a comple ... more
WATER WORLD
Ozone catalysts mapped for safer water disinfection
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
University of Pittsburgh researchers and collaborators have identified how to design catalysts that generate ozone on demand as a potential alternative to chlorine-based disinfection in hospitals an ... more
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China executes former senior banker for taking $156 mn bribes
Beijing (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
China executed a former executive of a top state-controlled asset management firm for corruption on Tuesday, state media reported. ... more
ENERGY NEWS
Policies to expand US grid weigh cost reliability and emissions
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Growing energy demand means the U.S. will almost certainly have to expand its electricity grid in coming years. What's the best way to do this? A new study by MIT researchers examines legislation in ... more
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Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program
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Japan startup's space rocket fails for third time
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CIVIL NUCLEAR
Reactor method streamlines production of medical copper isotope Cu 64
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
The copper isotope Cu-64 is an important tool in nuclear medicine for imaging applications and is also being explored for cancer treatment, but it does not occur naturally and must be produced in de ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Vacuum annealing boosts efficiency and durability in organic solar cells
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
A research team at Wuhan University of Technology led by Professor Tao Wang has developed a vacuum-assisted thermal annealing (VTA) process that tackles the linked challenges of efficiency and stabi ... more
INTERNET SPACE
UK's Starmer launches Tiktok account despite ban
London (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer launched a TikTok account on Monday despite the app being banned from government devices, as he attempts to connect to younger voters. ... more
CHIP TECH
Quantum hardware roadmap highlights scaling hurdles on path to everyday applications
Chicago IL (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
Quantum technology is accelerating out of the lab and into the real world, and a new article in Science argues that the field now stands at a turning point - one that is similar to the early computi ... more
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AAC Clyde Space secures ESA funding to develop Sirius EDGE on board computer
London, UK (SPX) Dec 08, 2025
AAC Clyde Space has received SEK 4.7 million from the ESA Phi-Lab Sweden programme to develop the foundation for its next-generation Sirius EDGE on-board computer platform for small satellites and u ... more
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