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Net solar generation in Germany’s public grid reached 90.2 TWh by September 27, 2026, passing the 90.0 TWh recorded for all of 2025. This is Fraunhofer Energy-Charts public-grid...
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ITU and WMO launched a new edition of their handbook on radio spectrum for weather, climate and water observations on September 28. It is technical guidance for regulators...
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Two water-soluble organic radicals produced deep-red fluorescence and MRI contrast in laboratory tests. This is proof of concept in cells and MRI phantoms, not a contrast agent shown...
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Mechanical waves in an irregular cavity made from a hyperbolic metamaterial converged on stable closed paths rather than scattering chaotically. This is not a property of every room...
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Researchers identified nickel-sulfur metal-organic nanoribbons inside fibres that let cable bacteria move electrons over centimetres in aquatic sediment. It is the first reported biologically produced metal-organic framework, not...
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In Arabidopsis experiments, a pressure drop crossed the root network at about 75 mm/s, and MCA1 channels in neighboring roots converted it into electrical and calcium signals. This...
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An experimental filter that restores surface charge with light retained 99% of its maximum filtration efficiency after one month and 95% after the next two. This does not...
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About 1,000 mass spectra of salt-rich grains measured by Cassini fit a model in which ocean droplets freeze slowly and fragment into compositionally different grains. This is not...
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Male Ping Ping and female Fu Shuang traveled from Chengdu and reached Zoo Atlanta on September 27, 2026. They are not yet on view and will spend about...
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Consumer rules based on EU Directive 2024/825 began applying on September 27, 2026. They do not ban every environmental claim, but restrict unsupported generic language and product-level climate-neutral...
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GJ 3090 b, about 22 parsecs away, has an orbital axis tilted roughly 136° from its star’s spin and is therefore retrograde. It is not the first retrograde...
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JWST found oxygen-, carbon- and silicon-bearing gas in several ionization states around three luminous galaxies at redshifts 7.2–9.3. A sample of three does not mean the whole early...
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Satellite records from 1982–2020 show that about 82% of global drylands greened on average while year-to-year vegetation swings widened. This does not mean 82% has desertified or will...
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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data confirmed the 222 m McGetchin crater formed in spring 2024. The roughly once-in-132-years figure is a modelled average, not evidence that Earth’s impact risk...
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An 11 cm, 98.2 g robot used the snap-through of helical elastic rods to hop across six surfaces and swim. It remains a research prototype and does not...
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Japan’s 17-year-old Shin Ohashi won the Asian Games men’s 200m breaststroke in 2:04.83, lowering the world record by 0.65 seconds. It is the first swim below 2:05, but...
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The AlphaFold Database released high-confidence protein-complex predictions from 2,812 proteomes in 23 virus families relevant to human health and opened a pandemic-preparedness portal. These are AI predictions, not...
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Single-cell whole-genome analysis captured low-frequency chromosome breaks and revealed fragile-site classes with different replication timing and causes. The experiment used drug-treated mammalian cells in culture, so it is...
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ATLAS searched 13.6 TeV proton collisions for quantum black holes decaying immediately into one lepton and one jet, finding no significant excess. This says nothing about the existence...
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A bow shock apparently sustained for at least 1,000 years has been confirmed around the white-dwarf binary RXJ0528+2838, about 730 light-years away. Its strong magnetic field explains part...
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A new amoeba from a California hot spring ate and divided at 63°C, raising the known growth limit for eukaryotic life. It briefly survived 70°C in a dormant...
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Hurricane Polo off Mexico’s Pacific coast gained about 90 kt in maximum winds over 24 hours and reached Category 5 on 22 September. It fell to Category 4...
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Google plans to launch the first Project Suncatcher test satellite, carrying four TPUs, on SpaceX Transporter-18 on 1 October. This is a precursor test of radiation, vibration and...
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Arctic sea-ice extent provisionally bottomed at 4.60 million km² on 12 September, tied tenth lowest in the 48-year satellite record. It was not the record low, and wind-driven...