Channel NewsAsia (CNA) +3EN AbundanceBattery-storage firm RelyEZ completes HK$562.7 million Hong Kong IPO — Show the summaryRelyEZ completed a HK$562.7 million Hong Kong IPO. Its planned spending on research, overseas expansion and a new factory could expand the supply of battery-storage systems for electricity networks and industry.
Euronews +2RTVEUE PlanetEstimated EU deaths linked to excess particle pollution fell 57% from 2005 to 2023 — Show the summaryThe EEA estimates 182,000 EU deaths were attributable to fine-particle exposure above WHO guidelines in 2023, down 57% from 2005. RTVE’s reporting puts the long-term health gains from cleaner air in context.
The Korea Herald +3KHYNAABD AbundanceNvidia signs pact to connect Rebellions AI chips to its computing systems — Show the summaryNvidia, SK Telecom and Rebellions signed a memorandum to develop AI systems using Rebellions chips. The collaboration aims to give the smaller chipmaker access to established infrastructure, with deployment readiness expected in 2028.
Bloomberg +5ACSN AbundanceMitsui Chemicals agrees to buy chipmaking materials supplier JSR — Show the summaryMitsui Chemicals has signed a ¥1.84 trillion deal, including debt and other items, to buy JSR, subject to approvals. Combining their complementary chipmaking materials businesses could support integrated research and supply.
Research MIT News +2MG AdvancesA shared AI design simulates cloth, liquids and grains — Show the summaryA preprint presents an AI architecture trained separately on six types of particle dynamics. It improves predictions against other neural simulators, offering a common design for modelling different materials.
Research ScienceAlert +3 AdvancesPhysicists create a room-temperature supersolid from light and matter — Show the summaryA laser-driven mixture of light and matter showed supersolid behaviour at room temperature, with spontaneous stripes and quantum vortices. The voltage-tunable cavity offers a new way to explore these unusual quantum states.
Research TechCrunch +2KIFJ EnergyBackup-battery checks help explain minute-by-minute power-grid disturbances — Show the summaryMeasurements at 80 locations linked synchronised backup-battery checks to recurring grid-frequency disturbances. Staggering the checks could reduce the fluctuations.
Research Ars Technica +2UU AdvancesElectrical noise links a superconductor’s puzzling energy gap to electron pairs — Show the summaryLow-temperature noise measurements link a puzzling energy gap in a copper-oxide superconductor to electron pairing. The result strengthens a pairing-based explanation of a longstanding puzzle in superconductivity.
Al Jazeera +2GRMWO EnergyMoldova inaugurates power line to bypass Transnistrian supply hub — Show the summaryMoldova has inaugurated a 158 km domestic power line designed to carry Romanian electricity towards Chișinău. The route could diversify supplies by bypassing the Transnistrian power hub.
Corriere della Sera +2PAVSI AbundanceVarda raises $251 million to develop drug crystals in orbit — Show the summaryVarda has closed a $251 million round to expand orbital pharmaceutical processing and spacecraft operations. Crystals developed in microgravity could seed drug production on Earth, extending the work beyond space-made batches.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) +2SWFLI AbundanceFive older women secure Brisbane homes with A$120,000 and 50-year leases — Show the summaryFive older women are moving into private studios in Brisbane after paying A$120,000 each for 50-year leases. The completed project combines resident capital and philanthropy to offer long-term housing.
Research Mass General Brigham +2AHAAHA LongevityIron infusion improves exercise capacity in patients with iron deficiency and heart failure — Show the summaryIn 65 people with iron deficiency and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, one iron infusion improved exercise capacity versus placebo at 12 weeks. Peak oxygen uptake was 1.1 mL/kg/min higher, suggesting a way to improve physical function.
Research Space.com +3 AdvancesCosmic radiation limits giant primordial black holes’ role in dark matter — Show the summaryA calculation finds randomly scattered primordial black holes of at least 100 billion solar masses cannot make up much of dark matter. Limits from ancient cosmic radiation narrow the possible explanations for this unseen matter.
Research Sciences et Avenir +5SABIGE AdvancesDNA recorder traces the ancestry of 1.28 million cells in a mouse embryo — Show the summaryResearchers reconstructed the ancestry of 1.28 million sampled cells in one mouse embryo using inherited DNA marks. Linking that history to cell identities reveals how early cells gave rise to different tissues.
Research MedPage Today +2HCAMA LongevityExperimental obesity drug reduces knee arthritis pain in a trial — Show the summaryIn a 445-person trial, investigational retatrutide reduced knee osteoarthritis pain more than placebo over 68 weeks. The findings point to a potential treatment for people with knee arthritis and overweight or obesity.
New York Times +3WOJDA CultureMusée d’Orsay displays wartime-recovered art to help trace rightful owners — Show the summaryA permanent Musée d’Orsay gallery opened in May with 13 works recovered after the Second World War. It brings ownership histories and efforts to trace rightful owners into public view.
la Repubblica +2AAO CultureArt historian attributes painting of a young man with roses to Caravaggio — Show the summaryMaria Cristina Terzaghi has publicly attributed Young Man with a Carafe of Roses to Caravaggio. Her attribution has prompted scholarly debate over a possible lost original.
WUSF +4WUWRUSD WorldUS homelessness count falls 6.3% in year to January 2026 — Show the summaryHUD counted 698,425 people experiencing homelessness in January 2026, down 6.3% from January 2025. Separate analyses also estimate a national decline, while one records a 1% rise in chronic homelessness.
Central News Agency (CNA) +2CNAES AbundanceChina extends pause on 24% US goods tariff and port fees for two months — Show the summaryChina has formally extended suspensions of a 24% additional tariff on US goods and port fees on US-linked vessels for two months. The decisions avert renewed trade barriers while retaining a 10% additional tariff.
CNN +4GO EnergyElectric cars outsell petrol-only vehicles in Australia in October — Show the summaryAustralia recorded 24,845 battery-electric vehicle deliveries in October 2026, against 23,605 petrol-only vehicles. Growing electric-car uptake offers a route to lower reliance on oil.
Euronews +1 WorldEgypt reopens historic Tripoli embassy building as it engages Libya’s western government — Show the summaryEgypt reopened its historic embassy building in Tripoli and held talks with Libya’s western government. Engagement by a longstanding backer of the eastern faction opens a channel for negotiation; its mission returned in 2021.
Phys.org +2EU AdvancesSatellite captures Europe’s weather every 2.5 minutes in imaging test — Show the summaryMTG-I2 has delivered a 45-hour sequence showing Europe and northern Africa every 2.5 minutes. The demonstration offers a closer view of rapidly developing weather as calibration continues towards operational service expected in mid-2027.
Research Scientific American +4 AdvancesEarth’s shifting interior may explain gaps of up to a billion years in its rocks — Show the summarySix simulations support an explanation for gaps of up to a billion years in Earth’s rock record. Mantle-driven uplift, glacial erosion and later sinking could explain both the missing layers and the preservation of the gap.
The Guardian +3NAMC WorldUK appeal court rules ransom kidnap victims can qualify for trafficking protection — Show the summaryThe Court of Appeal has ruled that coercion to obtain ransom can count as exploitation under UK trafficking rules. The ruling preserves a route to assessment and potential protection for survivors.
