Geopolitics
We need more mega-science projects, says CERN Director-General
The Hindu – World · India
Future Circular Collider will push the boundaries of innovation, technology and imagination, says Mark Thomson
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Engineering
The First Battery Was Inspired By a Dead Frog
IEEE Spectrum · Global
In a display case on the lower level of the Faraday Museum at the Royal Institution in London, there’s an unassuming stack of gray metal discs and blotting pap…
Tech & Startups
Scientists Create the Littlest Big Bang to Study the Universe's Origins
Wired · Global
The discovery redefines how large atoms need to be to produce the extreme state of matter found in the early universe.
Engineering
Noodling on Nuclear Engines
IEEE Spectrum · Global
One day in 1982, Joseph “Rod” Canion and two colleagues from Texas Instruments sat down at the House of Pies in Houston and used a napkin to sketch out what wo…
Engineering
A New NASA Design Turbocharges Nuclear Spacecraft
IEEE Spectrum · Global
Summary NASA and industry engineers propose a synchronal bimodal nuclear rocket (S‑BNR) to dramatically cut transit times to destinations around the solar sy…
Tech & Startups
Inside the Experimental Traps Scientists Set for Ghostly Neutrinos
Wired · Global
Observatories have been built in mines, deep under the Antarctic ice sheet, and elsewhere in an effort to detect the fleeting particles.
Geopolitics
Chinese magnetic sensor breakthrough may help smartwatch detect submarine 500 metres deep
South China Morning Post – World · China
Picture a fisherman hauling in his nets on a calm morning at sea, when his smartwatch suddenly vibrates with an alert: “Magnetic anomaly detected – possible su…
Geopolitics
Miles ahead: China team boosts atom entanglement distance record fourfold
South China Morning Post – World · China
Chinese scientists have achieved the quantum entanglement of cold atoms across a record-breaking 420km (260 miles), a breakthrough they say lays the groundwork…
Tech & Startups
Kyoto Fusioneering starts work on key fusion power plant device
TechCrunch · US
Fusion power startups are turning to Kyoto Fusioneering to supply components for future power plants. The Japan-based startup just received a grant to build a …
Geopolitics
China says US tried to buy its super magnet that has ‘40% higher’ performance
South China Morning Post – World · China
A US laboratory that once dominated the field of superconducting magnets is now hoping to buy Chinese technology used in a leading particle accelerator, offici…
Geopolitics
China experts explain why hugging winter melons for cooling in summer can cause explosions
South China Morning Post – World · China
While many people have embraced the trend of hugging a giant winter melon to sleep as a means of cooling down during summer, some have shared their “painful” e…
Geopolitics
Matter of pure force: US, Israeli physicists hail China’s glueball discovery as ‘triumph’
South China Morning Post – World · China
The international physics community has hailed a Chinese-led discovery as a “triumph” after researchers presented the strongest evidence yet for the existence …
Geopolitics
What is a glueball? Chinese-led team finds rare particle made entirely of force
South China Morning Post – World · China
In a historic breakthrough, a Chinese-led international team of scientists has confirmed the existence of the glueball – a rare form of matter made entirely of…
Geopolitics
Chinese breakthrough paves way for production of graphene-based quantum chips
South China Morning Post – World · China
Graphite has long been a workhorse of industry – used in pencils since the 1500s, in steelmaking during the 1800s, and today in battery electrodes. Research fr…
Geopolitics
China hopes to banish blackouts as quantum tech puts power grid in superposition
South China Morning Post – World · China
China plans to expand the application of quantum technologies – including precision sensors and computer simulations – across its power grid to help prevent bl…
Engineering
Why NIST Researchers Spent 10 Years Measuring Gravity
IEEE Spectrum · Global
Physicists have been trying to measure the fundamental gravitational constant for well over two centuries. The current accepted value of big G, as it’s known, …
Geopolitics
World-class Jodrell Bank is under threat and UK risks a physics brain drain
The Guardian – World · Europe
Funding crisis could lead to an exodus that would be a blow for British science and national growthOn a chilly day in December 1945, Bernard Lovell, a physicis…
AI / Deep Tech
How lasers could help provide fuel for nuclear reactors
MIT Technology Review · Global
Outside the small town of Paducah, Kentucky, a wealth of uranium is locked away in thousands of storage cylinders filled with waste material from a now-closed …
AI / Deep Tech
The Download: lasers for nuclear fuel, and organ preservation advances
MIT Technology Review · Global
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How laser…
Tech & Startups
What Is Entropy, Really?
Wired · Global
Never mind the “heat death of the universe.” Entropy is just a bridge between two levels of reality.
Geopolitics
China fires up powerful particle accelerator to unlock secrets of atoms
South China Morning Post – World · China
China has brought online a record-breaking particle accelerator that can produce the world’s most intense beams of charged atoms. It gives scientists a new too…
Geopolitics
China plans to hit an asteroid with a Mach 26 projectile in planet defence test
South China Morning Post – World · China
China’s first planetary defence mission appears to be far more ambitious than Nasa’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (Dart), according to a new paper outlinin…
AI / Deep Tech
The Download: a useful quantum machine and a record-breaking subsea tunnel
MIT Technology Review · Global
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. PsiQuantu…
AI / Deep Tech
PsiQuantum has a plan to make a massive quantum computer out of light
MIT Technology Review · Global
The machine that could change the world will be housed in a room that looks like a data center crossed with an ice cream factory. Inside will be some 100 stain…
Geopolitics
Pan Jianwei becomes first Chinese scientist to win the top UN basic science prize
South China Morning Post – World · China
Chinese quantum scientist Pan Jianwei has won the United Nations’ top fundamental science prize for his work in quantum computation and communications, Unesco …
Geopolitics
Could China’s lunar laser tower bring Nikola Tesla’s free energy dream to life?
South China Morning Post – World · China
Legendary inventor Nikola Tesla’s dream of transmitting electricity wirelessly never became a reality on Earth. But more than a century later, Chinese scientis…
Geopolitics
Venezuela earthquakes: Death toll rises to nearly 3,000
The Hindu – World · India
Rescue operations to search for survivors are still underway
Tech & Startups
Drive Slower, Save Money on Gas. Thanks, Physics!
Wired · Global
Planning a Fourth of July getaway? Use less gas—and cut your emissions—by easing up on the pedal.
Geopolitics
Global firms and German startups compete in realizing nuclear fusion
Deutsche Welle (DW) – World · Europe
Companies around the world are competing to see who can build the first commercially viable nuclear fusion reactor. German startups are also in the race, suppo…
Tech & Startups
Realta Fusion generates electricity directly from a fusion reaction, an apparent first
TechCrunch · US
“We can take power from a plasma,” Kieran Furlong, co-founder and CEO of Realta Fusion, told TechCrunch. The milestone shows “what’s possible,” he added.
Geopolitics
China fires up world’s biggest superconducting magnet for nuclear fusion project
South China Morning Post – World · China
The world’s biggest superconducting magnet for a nuclear fusion reactor has passed final tests as part of China’s CRAFT “artificial sun” project, eclipsing int…
Geopolitics
6.1 magnitude earthquake off northeastern coastline rattles Japan; no tsunami warning issued
The Hindu – World · India
No tsunami warning was issued, and there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. But the recent spate of quakes coming during typhoon season has set…
Tech & Startups
Every Time Norway Scores at the World Cup the City of Bergen Trembles
Wired · Global
This curious phenomenon was documented by the seismometer at the University of Bergen, which recorded slight vibrations whenever the national team scored a goa…
Geopolitics
Iran nuclear inspections 'going to happen,' says IAEA head
Deutsche Welle (DW) – World · Europe
After contradicting US and Iranian statements, the UN nuclear agency said inspections of Iran's nuclear sites would take place. Iran's top negotiator called th…
Geopolitics
5.5 magnitude earthquake rattles Tokyo region; no danger of tsunami
The Hindu – World · India
There have been no reports of damage or injuries from the temblor so far, the Fire and Disaster Management Agency said
Geopolitics
Eight people killed in US Air Force B-52 bomber crash: What we know
Al Jazeera – News · Middle East
The aircraft, one of the US Air Force's longest-used bombers, goes down during a routine test mission.
Startups
PhysicsWallah FY26 revenue rises 35% to Rs 3,900 Cr as AI, offline profitability stay in focus
Your Story · India
PhysicsWallah improved profitability and operating cash flow in FY26, driven by rising paid users, offline expansion and AI-led efficiencies.
Geopolitics
NEET physics paper leak: NTA-appointed expert arrested by CBI in Pune
Times of India – World · India
Here are the four clear bullet points summarizing the news article: • The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has questioned a third Latur doctor in connect…
Tech & Startups
The First Atomic Bomb Test in 1945 Created an Entirely New Material
Wired · Global
The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in nature or in the lab.
Geopolitics
Did Chinese scientists simulate what could be the ‘end of the universe’?
South China Morning Post – World · China
If a certain tiny bubble suddenly appeared somewhere in the cosmos, physicists say, it could expand and erase everything in its path. Known as “false vacuum de…
Geopolitics
Putin hails Russia’s test launch of ‘most powerful missile in the world’
Al Jazeera – News · Middle East
Russian leader says the nuclear-capable Sarmat missile will enter combat service at the end of the year.
Geopolitics
A New Idea to Save the AMOC? Dam the Bering Strait.
The New York Times – World · US
Blocking the narrow waterway between Russia and Alaska could help stabilize a vulnerable system of ocean currents, scientists found in a study.
Tech & Startups
Amazon-backed X-energy files to raise up to $800M in IPO
TechCrunch · US
Nuclear startup X-energy hit the road today to sell prospective investors on its initial public offering.
Geopolitics
North Korea rapidly expanding nuclear weapons capability, UN watchdog warns
The Guardian – World · Europe
Pyongyang making ‘very serious’ progress on producing weapons, with rapid rise in activity at main nuclear complexNorth Korea has made “very serious” progress …
Tech & Startups
Inertia moves to commercialize one of the world’s most elaborate science experiments
TechCrunch · US
Inertia has signed three agreements with the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, paving the way for the company to bring its pioneering fusion reactor to market.
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