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December 12, 2025
TIME AND SPACE
Thorium plated steel points to smaller nuclear clocks



Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
Last year a UCLA-led team achieved a long-sought goal in nuclear spectroscopy by making radioactive thorium-229 nuclei absorb and emit photons in a controlled way, a capability scientists had pursued for about 50 years. That work, first proposed by the group in 2008, opened the door to nuclear clocks with very high precision that could influence navigation and tests of fundamental physics. The approach relies on the rare isotope thorium-229, which must be extracted from weapons-grade uranium, leav ... read more

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STELLAR CHEMISTRY
Solar ghost particles seen flipping carbon atoms in underground detector
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
Scientists have recorded solar neutrinos changing carbon-13 into nitrogen-13 inside the SNO+ detector in Canada, marking the first observation of this specific interaction between neutrinos and carb ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Overview Energy debuts airborne power beaming milestone for space based solar power
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
Overview Energy has revealed an airborne power-beaming demonstration that transmitted energy from a moving aircraft to a ground receiver 5 kilometers below, marking its second major step toward deli ... more
CYBER WARS
Britain sanctions Russian, Chinese entities over disinfo, cyber threats
London (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
Britain on Tuesday sanctioned entities it accused of distorting information in favour of Russia as well as two Chinese companies for alleged cyber activities against the United Kingdom and its allies. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Plasma turbulence plays dual roles in fusion reactors
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
Researchers in Japan have directly observed that turbulence in magnetically confined fusion plasmas serves two distinct functions, both transporting heat and linking distant regions so that temperat ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Carbon nanotube films boost flexible perovskite solar module performance
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
Perovskite solar cells can be made more robust, efficient, scalable and cheaper to manufacture by replacing indium tin oxide with single-walled carbon nanotubes in the device architecture, according ... more
CHIP TECH
New materials could boost the energy efficiency of microelectronics
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 11, 2025
MIT researchers have developed a new fabrication method that could enable the production of more energy efficient electronics by stacking multiple functional components on top of one existing circui ... more
ROBO SPACE
AI advances robot navigation on the International Space Station
Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
Imagine a robot about the size of a toaster floating through the tight corridors of the International Space Station, quietly moving supplies or checking for leaks - all without an astronaut at the c ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Wireless skull mounted device uses patterned light to send signals into the brain
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
Northwestern University researchers have developed a fully implantable wireless device that sends information directly to the brain using light, bypassing the body's usual sensory pathways. The thin ... more

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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
FARM NEWS
Robotic model boosts success rate for tomato picking
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 09, 2025
In many farming regions, a shortage of agricultural labor is driving interest in robots that can harvest fruit crops such as tomatoes. Tomatoes are difficult for machines to handle because the plant ... 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
ROBO SPACE
Bio-hybrid robots turn food waste into functional machines
Lausanne Switzerland (SPX) Dec 08, 2025
EPFL scientists have integrated discarded crustacean shells into robotic devices, leveraging the strength and flexibility of natural materials for robotic applications. Although many roboticis ... more
CHIP TECH
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
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
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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
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
TRADE WARS
Stocks in retreat as traders eye Fed decision, tech earnings
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 10, 2025
Most markets fell Wednesday following a tepid day on Wall Street as investors bided their time ahead of a highly anticipated Federal Reserve policy announcement later in the day. ... more
TRADE WARS
China's consumer prices picked up pace in November
Beijing (AFP) Dec 10, 2025
China's consumer prices rose last month at their fastest pace since February 2024, official data showed Wednesday, following an extended period of deflationary pressure in the world's second-largest economy. ... more
OIL AND GAS
ExxonMobil slows low-carbon investment push through 2030
New York (AFP) Dec 10, 2025
ExxonMobil is slowing medium-term investments in low-carbon ventures by some $10 billion compared with its outlook a year ago, the oil giant announced Tuesday. ... more
TECH SPACE
Microsoft announces $17.5 bn investment in India, its 'largest ever' in Asia
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
Global technology giant Microsoft announced on Tuesday plans to invest $17.5 billion to help build India's artificial intelligence infrastructure, with CEO Satya Nadella calling it "our largest investment ever in Asia". ... more
TRADE WARS
EU says to boost import controls as Mercosur deadline looms
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
The European Union said Tuesday it will step up checks on agricultural imports, in a move seemingly aimed at appeasing concerns over a trade deal with Latin American countries of Mercosur. ... more
TRADE WARS
Bleak year for German engineering firms amid US, China turmoil
Frankfurt, Germany (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
Production in Germany's key engineering sector plunged for a third straight year in 2025 as firms were squeezed by US tariffs and fierce Chinese competition, an industry group said Tuesday. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
What's my age again? The tech behind Australia's social media ban
Sydney (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
Tech giants will apply multiple layers of security to weed out young users under Australia's world-first ban on social media for under-16s. ... more
ENERGY NEWS
EU agrees to weaken and delay green business rules
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
European governments and lawmakers agreed to weaken and delay new environmental and human rights rules Tuesday, clearing a key hurdle in a push to unpick EU regulations seen as too burdensome for businesses. ... more
SINO DAILY
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
CHIP TECH
The US-China chip war in dates
Beijing (AFP) Dec 9, 2025
As President Donald Trump says the United States has agreed that chip giant Nvidia can sell AI semiconductors to China, AFP runs down the tussle over the key tech: ... more
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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
CLIMATE SCIENCE
To counter climate denial, UN scientists must be 'clear' about human role: IPCC chief
Saint-Denis, France (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
With US President Donald Trump and other sceptics calling climate change a hoax, the UN's climate science body must tell the world in a "very clear way" that humans are heating the planet, its chairman told AFP. ... more
AFRICA NEWS
Unchecked mining waste taints DR Congo communities
Lubumbashi, Dr Congo (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
Carrying her sore-pocked daughter across her decaying field, Helene Mvubu says she is one of thousands to have fallen victim to the toxic waste defiling the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining capital. ... more
TECH SPACE
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? ... more
CHIP TECH
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
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