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Giant Atoms Set 3 Records for Quantum Computers
University of Stuttgart physicists trapped supersized Rydberg atoms at room temperature, breaking three world records without costly cooling.
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Rice-Sized Chip Delivers 20x Clearer Signal for 6G
Northrop Grumman's new FORTITUDE chip crams the job of dozens of components onto one grain-of-rice-sized piece of gallium nitride, built to make satellites, GPS, and 6G more reliable.
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LONGi Solar Cell Hits Record 28.29% Efficiency
The Chinese manufacturer broke its own silicon solar cell record for the third time this year, verified independently by a German research institute.
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Kyoto Physicists Crack 25-Year Quantum Puzzle
Researchers in Japan have found a way to measure a second major type of quantum entanglement for the first time, closing a 25-year gap and opening a new path toward practical quantum teleportation.
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AI Cameras Cut Eagle Deaths 82% at Wyoming Wind Farm
Cameras and machine learning at a 110-turbine Wyoming wind farm spot approaching eagles and shut down blades in time, a peer-reviewed study found.
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140,000 Home Batteries Powered California's Grid
Tesla and Sunrun linked 140,000 home batteries to deliver a record 580 megawatts to California's grid during a September heat wave.
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Germany's 285-Meter Wind Turbine Sets World Record
A 7.2-megawatt turbine near Sengenthal now stands 285 meters tall — the tallest onshore wind turbine ever built, with a record 199-meter hub height.
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Norway Hits Record 98.7% Electric New Car Sales
Battery-electric vehicles made up 98.7% of Norway's new car registrations in August, leaving just 30 gasoline cars sold in the entire month.
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Caltech Chip Steers Light in Just 74 Femtoseconds
A new nanoengineered silicon surface lets one laser beam redirect another almost instantly, clearing a speed limit that has capped optical computing for decades.
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Southampton's 15-Minute Course Helps Spot AI Faces
AI-generated faces already fool people more often than a coin flip would. A 15-to-20-minute course from Southampton flipped the odds, and it lasted 20 days.
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Cornell Method Restores Dead EV Batteries to 95%
A new electrochemical bath developed at Cornell revives spent lithium-ion batteries without shredding them, cutting recycling costs by 56%.
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2.2 Billion People Get a Brine-Free Desalination Fix
University of Rochester scientists built laser-etched solar panels that turn seawater into drinking water without producing any liquid brine waste.
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America's Largest Wind Farm Powers On With 916 Turbines
New Mexico's SunZia project is fully online, with 916 turbines sending 3.5 GW of clean power 550 miles to Arizona and California.
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AI Cuts NHS Stroke Treatment Time by Over an Hour
Brainomix's AI tool now screens brain scans across England, tripling the share of stroke patients who recover with little or no disability.
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109 Solar Mini-Grids Will Power 230,000 Nigerian Homes
Two Nigerian entrepreneurs won contracts to build the mini-grids, nearly doubling IEEE Smart Village's reach to over 4 million people served.
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10x Weaker Pulses Could Slash Computer Memory Energy
University of Edinburgh researchers used pure math, not new materials, to design magnetic pulses that could cut memory-chip energy use by orders of magnitude.
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Vatican Plans 424-Hectare Solar Farm Near Rome
The Vatican is turning a 424-hectare radio-antenna field north of Rome into an agrivoltaic farm big enough to make the city-state energy self-sufficient.
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Scotland Recycles 99.9% of Its First Wind Farm
Hagshaw Hill's 26 retired turbines were 79.5% recycled and 20.4% reused, undercutting a common argument that wind power can't be recycled.
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Boy, 11, Gets Bionic Arm Days Before Starting School
Fin Lawlor, 11, lost all four limbs to meningitis as a toddler. His new myoelectric Hero PRO arm let him grip a pen and a backpack strap within an hour.
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Offshore Wind Turbines Are Now Reefs for 11,500 Fish
Divers counted 97 fish species thriving around wind turbine foundations off Taiwan, while 54 new foundations off New York are building a matching reef.
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India's EOS-05 Satellite Reaches Orbit 36,000 Km Up
ISRO's EOS-05 became India's first geosynchronous imaging satellite, succeeding on its first try after two earlier launches failed.
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IBM's 70-Qubit Computer Solved What Supercomputers Can't
IBM and University of Chicago researchers completed a quantum calculation that top classical computers can't practically match, using 70 error-corrected qubits.
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Australia's Iron Ore Is Naturally Making Hydrogen
Western Australia's vast magnetite deposits can generate green hydrogen underground, potentially making Australia a clean energy superpower.