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It started with a cat: How 100 years of quantum weirdness powers today's techCollege Station, TX (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A hundred years ago, quantum mechanics was a radical theory that baffled even the brightest minds. Today, it's the backbone of technologies that shape our lives, from lasers and microchips to quantu ... more 
Primordial magnetism offers fresh angle on the Hubble constant puzzleLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A Simon Fraser University cosmologist reports that new theoretical work on primordial magnetic fields could move researchers closer to resolving the longstanding Hubble tension, the mismatch in meas ... more  
China Sky Eye tracks binary-triggered fast radio burst activityTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 An international team of astronomers has obtained the first decisive evidence that at least some fast radio bursts originate in binary stellar systems rather than from isolated objects. The work cen ... more  
Plastics everywhere, and the myth that made it possibleWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 If there's one material that defines modern life more than any other, it's plastic: present from the moment we're born in newborn stool, in product packaging, in the soil beneath our feet and the air we breathe. ... more |
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Pope warns against risks of AI algorithms; Musk makes Davos debut with promise of robots for allVatican City (AFP) Jan 24, 2026 Pope Leo XIV on Saturday stressed the risks of generative artificial intelligence, how it could usurp human identities and relationships, influence public opinion and deepen social polarisation ... more 
China starts large scale production of T1000 carbon fiberTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 In North China's Shanxi province, a region long known for coal production, researchers and engineers are now converting the once primarily fuel-oriented resource into high performance carbon fiber f ... more  
Keck backed team advances first graviton detector conceptLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 Modern physics faces a deep inconsistency between quantum theory, which explains nature using discrete particles and interactions, and general relativity, which describes gravity as a smooth curvatu ... more  
Sentinel 2A trials reveal unexpected night sensing capabilityParis, France (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 After more than 10 years in orbit, the first Copernicus Sentinel 2 satellite, Sentinel 2A, is still finding new ways to contribute to Earth observation as engineers push the mission beyond its origi ... more |
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To flexibly organize thought, the brain makes use of spaceCambridge MA (SPX) Jan 20, 2026 Our thoughts are specified by our knowledge and plans, yet our cognition can also be fast and flexible in handling new information. How does the well-controlled and yet highly nimble nature of cogni ... more |
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OceanXplorer: a 'one-stop shop' for marine researchAboard Oceanxplorer, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 26, 2026 This month, AFP reported from OceanXplorer, a high-tech marine research vessel owned by billionaire-backed non-profit OceanX, as it studied seamounts off Indonesia. ... more  
Simulations link ice surface water film to changing snow crystal shapesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 The ice cubes in a kitchen freezer differ greatly from the single ice crystals forming in snow clouds or on frozen lakes, where temperature changes drive a striking progression of crystal shapes fro ... more  
TikTok in the US goes American, but questions remainWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 23, 2026 After a long legal saga, TikTok has established a majority American-owned joint venture to operate its US business, deflecting the threat of a ban over its Chinese ownership. ... more  
Light driven charging turns gold nanorods into nanocapacitorsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 Gold nanorods can act as tiny light powered devices that accumulate electrical charge and drive chemical reactions, according to new work by researchers at the University of Potsdam. The study shows ... more |
Micron builds $24 bn Singapore chip fab as AI demand soarsSingapore (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 US chip firm Micron said Tuesday it was building a $24 billion plant in Singapore to help meet soaring AI-driven demand that has caused a global shortage of memory components. ... more
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Microsoft ordered to stop tracking school children: privacy campaignersVienna (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 Austria's data protection authority has ordered Microsoft to stop the use of tracking cookies in education software, a privacy campaign group said Tuesday, marking its latest victory against the US tech giant. ... more  
Not allies, not enemies: Britain's ties with China; China's Anta Sports to become top Puma shareholderBeijing (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 Britain's Keir Starmer is in China this week, marking the first visit by a UK prime minister in eight years and hailed by Beijing as a potential "new chapter" in relations. ... more 
Europe and India seek closer ties with 'mother of all deals'Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 24, 2026 India and Europe hope to strike the "mother of all deals" when EU chiefs meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi next week, as the two economic behemoths seek to forge closer ties. ... more  
French navy boards tanker 'from Russia' in MediterraneanParis, France (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 France's navy, with the help of allies, on Thursday boarded a tanker alleged to be from Russia's sanction-busting "shadow fleet" in the Mediterranean, President Emmanuel Macron said. ... more |
Heavy impurities reveal new link in quantum matter theoryBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A new theoretical framework from physicists at Heidelberg University connects two long standing views of how a single exotic particle behaves inside a quantum many body system of fermions. The work ... more 
Electron ordering mapped in quantum material with cryogenic 4D-STEMTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 20, 2026 Electronic order in quantum materials often arises through intricate, non-uniform patterns that shift across space. A well-known example is the charge density wave (CDW), an ordered electronic state ... more 
Cleaner ship fuel is reducing lightning in key shipping lanes, research findsLawrence, KS (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 Cuts in sulfur emissions from oceangoing vessels have been tied to a reduction in lightning stroke density along heavily trafficked shipping routes in the Bay of Bengal and the South China Sea, acco ... more  
Tire companies face US trial on additive said to kill salmonSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 A federal court in San Francisco began hearing a case Monday brought by fishermen against tire companies over a chemical additive which plaintiffs allege can be deadly to endangered salmon. ... more |
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Elon Musk hints at buying Ryanair amid Starlink spatDublin (AFP) Jan 20, 2026 US tech boss Elon Musk has polled followers on his social network X about buying Ryanair, stoking a clash with the airline's boss Michael O'Leary over using the Starlink system onboard to use the internet. ... more 
US to slap full tariffs on Canada if it seals China trade deal: Treasury secretaryWashington, United States (AFP) Jan 25, 2026 The United States will impose 100-percent tariffs on Canadian imports should Ottawa finalize a new trade deal with China, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, amplifying a similar threat from President Donald Trump a day earlier. ... more 
Human taught tactile control lets robots grasp diverse objectsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 When humans pick up everyday items such as fragile eggs or slippery metal cups, they instinctively adjust their grip using tactile feedback to avoid breaking or dropping them. In contrast, enabling ... more  
India's solar-panel boom: full throttle today, uncertain tomorrowMundra, India (AFP) Jan 25, 2026 The race for green energy is on. India, driven by soaring electricity demand and a push to reduce reliance on China, is rapidly producing solar panels, fuelling a booming yet uncertain market. ... more |
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Denmark mulls small nuclear reactors, lifting of 1985 nuke banCopenhagen (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 Denmark is considering building small modular nuclear reactors to meet its energy needs, the climate and energy ministry said Thursday, which would bring an end to its 1985 ban on nuclear power. ... more |
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Saudi's Humain secures $1.2 bn to expand AI, digital infrastructureRiyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 Saudi Arabia's Humain artificial intelligence company has secured up to $1.2 billion in financing to expand digital infrastructure, a statement said, as the kingdom bolsters its investment in AI. ... more 
Japan suspends restart of world's biggest nuclear plantTokyo (AFP) Jan 22, 2026 The restart of the world's largest nuclear power plant was suspended in Japan on Thursday, with the operator saying it does not know when the problem would be solved. ... more 
Autonomous AI network boosts materials discovery efficiencyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A joint research team from the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and the University of Tsukuba has developed an autonomous AI network technology that allows multiple autonomous AI syst ... more  
Disordered rocksalt roadmap aims to boost lithium ion battery energy and cut critical metalsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A new scientific review describes how a little understood class of lithium ion battery cathode materials could support safer, higher energy storage while easing dependence on critical metals such as ... more |
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