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March 14, 2025
SOLAR DAILY
Groundbreaking Discovery Links Small Polaron Effect to Enhanced Spin Lifetime in 2D Lead Halide Perovskites



Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2025
Two-dimensional lead halide perovskites have emerged as highly promising materials for optoelectronic applications due to their superior carrier transport and defect tolerance. However, a comprehensive understanding of charge carrier dynamics in these materials has remained elusive, primarily due to their inherently soft polar lattice and pronounced electron-phonon interactions. While extensive studies have characterized charge behavior in bulk three-dimensional perovskites, the unique carrier dynamics ... read more

ROCKET SCIENCE
Airbus Selects Rocket Lab to Supply Solar Panels for Next-Gen OneWeb Satellites
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2025
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a leading provider of space systems and launch services, has been awarded a contract by Airbus Constellation Satellites to supply high-efficiency solar panels fo ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Identifying Key Organic-Inorganic Interaction Sites for Enhanced Emission in Hybrid Perovskites via Pressure Engineering
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Mar 14, 2025
A research team from Jilin University has developed a new approach using pressure engineering to pinpoint organic-inorganic interaction sites in non-hydrogen-bonded hybrid metal perovskites. This in ... more
AEROSPACE
Making airfield assessments automatic, remote, and safe
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 14, 2025
In 2022, Randall Pietersen, a civil engineer in the U.S. Air Force, set out on a training mission to assess damage at an airfield runway, practicing "base recovery" protocol after a simulated attack ... more
CHIP TECH
Spiral Motion of Electrons in Organic Semiconductors Paves the Way for Advanced Electronics
London, UK (SPX) Mar 14, 2025
Scientists from the University of Cambridge and Eindhoven University of Technology have overcome a longstanding challenge in organic semiconductor research, achieving a breakthrough that could enhan ... more
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OIL AND GAS
U.S. officials act to block illicit Iranian oil trade with China
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 13, 2025
Iran is operating a ghost fleet to sell oil to China in violation of existing sanctions, which U.S. officials seek to stop with the help of new sanctions. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Taiwan tech giant Foxconn's 2024 profit misses forecasts
Taipei (AFP) Mar 14, 2025
Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn reported on Friday a lower-than-expected net profit for 2024 as consumer electronic gadgets underperformed, although demand for its artificial intelligence servers remained robust. ... more
CAR TECH
BMW warns on tariffs, China as 2024 profits plunge
Berlin (AFP) Mar 14, 2025
German premium carmaker BMW warned Friday of continued challenges in 2025 from trade tensions and weak demand in China after reporting a plunge in profits last year. ... more
TRADE WARS
Most Asian markets rise on hopes for bill to avert US shutdown
Hong Kong (AFP) Mar 14, 2025
Asian investors fought Friday to grind out gains at the end of a painful week for markets as they welcomed signs that US lawmakers will avert a government shutdown, but remained fearful over Donald Trump's trade war. ... more

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INTERNET SPACE
EU parliament roiled by graft probe linked to China's Huawei
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Mar 14, 2025
A new graft scandal rocked the European Parliament after police carried out raids Thursday in Belgium and Portugal, detaining multiple suspects in a probe into suspicions of corruption under the guise of lobbying for the benefit of Chinese tech giant Huawei. ... more
TRADE WARS
Panama 'firm' on canal as US reportedly weighs options
Panama City (AFP) Mar 14, 2025
Panama's government said Thursday it would remain "firm" in defending its sovereignty and the Panama Canal, after a report suggesting that US President Donald Trump is considering options aimed at "reclaiming" the strategic waterway. ... more
OIL AND GAS
BP says gas leak stopped off coast of Senegal, Mauritania
Dakar (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
A natural gas leak that was ongoing for three weeks at a new field off the coasts of Senegal and Mauritania has been stopped, its operator BP said Thursday. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
UN atomic chief visits uranium-mining Niger
Niamey, Niger (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General (IAEA) Rafael Grossi on Thursday urged greater cooperation with Niger while on a visit to the junta-led Sahel nation, a leading source of uranium. ... more
OIL AND GAS
Iraq says seeking alternatives to Iran gas
Baghdad (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
Iraq is exploring alternatives to Iranian gas imports, including options in the Gulf, a government official said, as it seeks to reduce dependence on its sanctions-hit neighbour. ... more
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Doubts over climate funding as donors squeeze aid
Paris (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
There are growing doubts about a pledge by rich nations to provide more climate finance to poorer nations, as foreign aid budgets are slashed and the US guts environmental spending. ... more
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INTERNET SPACE
Meta tests 'Community Notes' to replace fact-checkers
San Francisco (AFP) Mar 14, 2025
Social media giant Meta on Thursday announced it would begin testing its new "Community Notes" feature across its platforms in the United States next week, as it shifts away from third-party fact-checking toward a crowd-sourced approach to content moderation. ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Cheap and environmentally friendly - the next generation LEDs may soon be here
Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Mar 13, 2025
Cost, technical performance and environmental impact - these are the three most important aspects for a new type of LED technology to have a broad commercial impact on society. This has been demonst ... more
OIL AND GAS
Iraq says seeking alternatives to Iran gas
Baghdad (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
Iraq is exploring alternatives to Iranian gas imports, including options in the Gulf, a government official said, as it seeks to reduce dependence on its neighbour after the United States ended an electricity sanctions waiver. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Highly radioactive nuclear waste - how to keep it from oblivion
Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Mar 13, 2025
Sweden's radioactive nuclear waste will be stored in a sealed bedrock repository for 100,000 years. It will be hazardous for a very long time. So how can we ensure that humanity does not forget that ... more
SOLAR DAILY
Making solar projects cheaper and faster with portable factories
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 13, 2025
As the price of solar panels has plummeted in recent decades, installation costs have taken up a greater share of the technology's overall price tag. The long installation process for solar farms is ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Google, Amazon, Meta join back tripling of global nuclear power by 2050
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 12, 2025
A coalition of the world's biggest corporate energy users signed a pledge Wednesday in Houston to support a tripling of nuclear energy capacity by 2050. ... more
CAR TECH
Chinese company to buy bankrupt German flying taxi firm
Berlin (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
Insolvent German flying taxi firm Volocopter is to be bought by a Chinese vehicle parts maker, just weeks after another German company in the field, Lilium, collapsed. ... more
TRADE WARS
Stocks hit as trade worries overshadow upbeat US inflation
Hong Kong (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
Most stock markets fell on Thursday as ongoing concerns about the global impact of President Donald Trump's trade war overshadowed positive US inflation data. ... more
TRADE WARS
China calls for 'dialogue' to resolve US trade tensions
Beijing (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
China on Thursday called for "dialogue" with Washington to resolve spiralling trade tensions that have seen the world's two largest economies impose a slew of tariffs on each other's imports. ... more
TECH SPACE
Games industry still a hostile environment for many women
Paris (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
Five years on from a first wave of harassment scandals that rocked the world of gaming, multiple women working in the industry tell AFP they have seen or experienced sexism in the workplace, fearing economic hardship in the sector will lead to backsliding. ... more
CHIP TECH
Struggling Intel names industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as CEO
San Francisco (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
Intel on Wednesday announced tech industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as its new chief executive, boosting shares of the US computer chipmaker struggling to catch up in the AI race. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Generative AI rivals racing to the future
Las Vegas (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
Since ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models have been vying for the lead - with the US and China hotbeds for the technology. ... more
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DeepSeek dims shine of AI stars
Las Vegas (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
China-based DeepSeek shook up the world of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) early this year with a low-cost but high-performance model that challenges the hegemony of OpenAI and other big-spending behemoths. ... more
FLOATING STEEL
Captain of cargo ship in North Sea crash is Russian
Grimsby, United Kingdom (AFP) Mar 13, 2025
The detained captain of a cargo ship which struck a tanker chartered by the US military is a Russian national, the owners of the container vessel said on Wednesday, as investigators sought to determine why the North Sea crash happened. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Bluesky wants 'a world without Caesars' for social media
Austin (AFP) Mar 12, 2025
"A world without Caesars." With this message emblazoned in Latin on her black T-shirt, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber greeted a standing-room-only audience at the South by Southwest festival. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Beijing to roll out AI lessons for school students; as China turns to AI for aged care
Beijing (AFP) Mar 12, 2025
All primary and secondary schools in Beijing will introduce artificial intelligence classes later this year, state media reported Wednesday, in China's latest efforts to accelerate AI development and foster talent in the sector. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Albania ban only latest setback for TikTok
Washington (AFP) Mar 12, 2025
TikTok may boast more than one billion users worldwide, but a ban set to be enforced in Albania this week is only the latest setback for the social network that has been in the sights of regulators from Washington to Bucharest. ... more
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