Washington, United States (AFP) April 29, 2026 - Britain's King Charles and Donald Trump hailed their countries' longstanding ties at a White House state dinner Tuesday - despite the US president claiming the monarch agreed with him on Iran's nuclear weapons.
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 - Researchers at LMU Munich have developed a targeted surface treatment for perovskite solar cell electrodes that improves molecular contact, boosting device efficiency, reproducibility, and long-term
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 - A research team from Nanjing University has developed a high-precision, 1 km resolution soil moisture dataset for China covering the period 2000 to 2025, using machine learning techniques to overcom
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 - Scorpions carry some of the most formidable natural weapons found in the animal kingdom, from crushing pincers to venom-loaded stingers. Scientists have long recognized that trace metals reinforce t
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 - New research from UCLA shows that airborne desert dust traps roughly twice as much heat in the atmosphere as most climate models have estimated, a finding that could sharpen both short-term weather
London, UK (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 - Reliable electricity supply is critical in desert environments, where cooling systems must function continuously during heatwaves to protect human health. Researchers at King Abdullah University of
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 - Researchers at Adelaide University are advancing a technology that uses sunlight to convert discarded plastics into hydrogen, syngas and other valuable industrial chemicals, offering a dual solution
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 - A new study describes a perovskite diode that achieves 26.7% power-conversion efficiency when operated as a solar cell and 31% external quantum efficiency when operated as a light-emitting diode, pe
Paris, France (AFP) April 29, 2026 - The pace of tropical forest destruction slowed in 2025 after record losses the year before but remained at worrying levels equivalent to 11 football fields per minute, researchers said Wednesday.
Antakya, Turkey (AFP) April 29, 2026 - Selahattin Yogurtcuoglu pulls out his chair to chat with neighbours outside his home in Turkey's Antakya, just as he used to - but nothing is the same since the 2023 earthquake that devastated the ancient city.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 - Fake engagement still tempts a lot of Instagram accounts because it offers a fast looking shortcut. A page can buy activity, inflate numbers, and feel like growth is happening, at least for a while.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 - Platelets are the blood components that enable clotting and can be decisive in saving patients who are bleeding to death from traumatic injuries. Until now, donated platelets have been confined to h
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 - A team of researchers from Fuzhou University, East China Normal University, Anhui Normal University, and Yunnan Normal University has developed a deep-learning framework to reconstruct a global, hig
Beijing (AFP) April 29, 2026 - At a dusty lot an hour outside Beijing, a steady stream of vehicles come and go for a quick battery charge - just one node in China's rapidly expanding network of electric trucks.
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 - A prototype lithium-fed magnetoplasmadynamic thruster was fired for the first time in years at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, reaching power levels higher than any previous
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2026 - A new 10-year project agreement will advance research on the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator, an experimental fusion energy system, paving the way for continued collaboration between the U.S. Dep
