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Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal powerSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Archaeologists have linked a humble but potent resource, seabird guano, to the rise of the Chincha Kingdom as a major coastal power in pre-Inca Peru. A new study led by University of Sydney digital ... more  
UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences departmentHuntsville AL (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 A researcher in the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville has helped secure a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract that marks a first for the universitys Depart ... more  
AI prosthetic arm speed shapes sense of body ownership in VRTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 23, 2026 When prosthetic limbs move on their own, they promise powerful assistance but can also feel alien to the person using them. Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology have now shown that the ... more  
BlackSky books major export deal for rapid deployment of Gen-3 imaging satelliteLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2026 BlackSky Technology Inc. has signed a new eight-figure international contract to deliver a Gen-3 sovereign space-based intelligence capability built around a very-high resolution imaging satellite a ... more |
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Indonesia capital faces 'filthy' trash crisisJakarta (AFP) Feb 17, 2026 Garbage-choked streets, overloaded landfills and the fear of trash avalanches haunt greater Jakarta, as the world's most populous metropolis grapples with a waste crisis. ... more  
MTN to deliver secure SpaceX government satcom for defense customersLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2026 MTN has signed a landmark agreement with SpaceX to become an authorized provider of government satellite connectivity services for defense and government customers. The deal positions MTN to deliver ... more  
Aitech and Teledyne expand partnership on space grade SP1 computing platformLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2026 Aitech and Teledyne e2v Semiconductors are underscoring their ongoing collaboration to advance space grade computing by integrating Teledyne e2v high reliability semiconductors into Aitech's SP1, a ... more 
NRO expands commercial multi-phenomenology surveillance awardsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 23, 2026 The National Reconnaissance Office has issued the first three awards under its Strategic Commercial Enhancements Commercial Solutions Opening, advancing the agency's shift toward multi-phenomenology ... more |
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Tech is thriving in New York. So are the rentsNew York (AFP) Feb 16, 2026 It accounts for more than 200,000 jobs and has colonized entire neighborhoods. In New York, the tech industry is driving local economic growth like never before - but it is also widening the gulf between the haves and have-nots. ... more  
UK's crumbling canals threatened with collapseWhitchurch, United Kingdom (AFP) Feb 11, 2026 On a misty winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation. ... more 
Amazonian fish skin biofilm tested as greener food packaging optionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2026 Using the skin of an Amazonian fish known as tambatinga as the raw material, researchers in Brazil have developed a gelatin based biofilm that can serve as a more sustainable option for food packagi ... more  
China space firm tests two seat flying car concept in ChongqingTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 17, 2026 An electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft developed by the ninth academy of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has completed its first flight in southwest China. The maiden s ... more |
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Experiments settle debate over how Molybdenum 93 isomer releases stored energyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 17, 2026 A team at the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and collaborators has identified the dominant mechanism that releases energy stored in the nuclear isomer Molybdenum 93m. ... more  
Golden bridge tunnel junction design boosts all perovskite tandem solar cell efficiencyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 17, 2026 A research team from the Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics and the School of Optical and Electronic Information at Huazhong University of Science and Technology has reported a new advanc ... more 
JUNO VR system brings detector events into immersive 3D spaceTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 17, 2026 Researchers working on the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) experiment have developed a Unity-based virtual reality system that immersively visualizes detector geometry and event inf ... more  
Lockheed Martin debuts Lamprey undersea mission vehicleLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2026 Lockheed Martin has introduced the Lamprey Multi Mission Autonomous Undersea Vehicle, a new submersible designed to give US and allied naval forces a flexible and persistent presence in contested wa ... more |
Muon study clarifies superconducting behavior in strontium ruthenateTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 17, 2026 Quantum materials and superconductors are inherently complex, and unconventional superconductors pose an even greater challenge because they fall outside standard theoretical descriptions. One promi ... more  
Asian stocks up, oil market cautiousTokyo (AFP) Feb 18, 2026 Asian stocks mostly rose Wednesday, while the oil market was cautious after prices dropped in the wake of Tehran's upbeat response during talks with US officials on Iran's nuclear programme. ... more  
Brazil eyes fossil fuel roadmap 'that unites'Paris, France (AFP) Feb 17, 2026 The hosts of the last UN climate talks want to present a 'roadmap' on reducing dependence on oil, gas and coal that unites nations, they said Tuesday, after a battle over fossil fuels marred the summit in Brazil. ... more 
China has slashed air pollution, but the 'war' isn't overBeijing (AFP) Feb 17, 2026 Fifteen years ago, Beijing's Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are dotted with families and exercising pensioners most mornings. ... more |
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'Make America Healthy' movement takes on Big Ag, in break with RepublicansWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 16, 2026 From Wyoming to Florida and the capital Washington, 'Make America Healthy Again' activists have notched wins across the United States against agricultural and chemical giants long protected by the conservative politicians they generally support. ... more 
Extreme heat flips strength rules for pure metalsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 For centuries, metalworkers have heated metals to soften them before hammering, bending or reshaping them, but new research shows that this basic rule breaks down when pure metals face extreme strai ... more 
Hydrogen bond design advances solar water oxidation efficiencyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Hydrogen bonds, best known for holding water and biomolecules together, now show a powerful role in solar energy conversion as part of a new supramolecular photocatalyst for water oxidation. Researc ... more 
Illinois team outlines emit-then-add route to photonic graph statesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Physicists at the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have devised a new way to build large photonic graph states using currently available hardware. The s ... more |
Next generation solar manufacturing pathway could avoid massive CO2 outputLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Manufacturing the next generation of solar panels could cut global carbon emissions by as much as 8.2 billion tonnes by 2035, according to a new international study led by researchers at the Univers ... more  
Soil microbe turns carbon dioxide into acetate using electricitySydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 A newly identified soil bacterium could help connect renewable electricity with carbon recycling by turning carbon dioxide into useful chemicals. Researchers report that the sulfate reducing bacteri ... more 
Study maps path to cleaner terawatt scale solar manufacturingLondon, UK (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 Pioneering research led by Northumbria University shows how the global solar industry can expand manufacturing of photovoltaic technology while further shrinking its environmental footprint. A ... more 
Molecular stiffness mapped in flexible semiconductor filmsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 25, 2026 Flexible electronics promise bendable screens, lightweight solar cells and wearable devices that can flex without breaking, but researchers still grapple with what that flexibility means at the mole ... more |
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Vantor adds Google Earth AI models to Tensorglobe for secure mission supportLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 25, 2026 Vantor has signed an agreement with Google to integrate Google Earth AI imagery models into the Vantor Tensorglobe spatial intelligence platform, expanding geospatial analysis options for government ... more  
ORNL and Kairos Power expand molten salt reactor partnershipLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 25, 2026 The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Kairos Power have launched a 27 million dollar strategic partnership to speed development of a new generation of advanced nuclear reactor ... more 
New electrolyte design aims to make giant flow batteries saferLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 25, 2026 Among the central obstacles to storing electricity from wind and solar farms, or providing backup power for grids and data centers, is the need for batteries that can safely hold very large amounts ... more 
Hybrid offshore platforms boost ocean power output and stabilityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 25, 2026 Combining wind turbines with wave, solar and tidal devices on shared offshore platforms can cut construction costs, enhance platform stability and deliver more reliable power, according to researche ... more |
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