‘Earthquake on a chip’ uses ‘phonon’ lasers to make mobile devices more efficient
A new technology that generates tiny, earthquake-like effects could shake up the wireless device industry with smaller, less power-hungry devices. scientists say.
Month: January 2026
Doctors’ union agrees to resume talks with Streeting
But the health secretary says he will not negotiate on pay, adding that the union has lost goodwill with their five-day walkout.
Assisted dying bill: What is in proposed law?
The proposed law would allow some terminally ill adults to end their own lives. But there are requirements.
NHS hours from PPE running out in Covid – Hancock
Former health secretary tells inquiry some healthcare settings did run out – “and it was awful”.
2 dead after U.S. strike on alleged drug boat in Eastern Pacific
The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
US braces for ‘extremely dangerous’ winter storm
The National Weather Service warns the winter blast “will pose a life-threatening risk of hypothermia”.
Spanish track was fractured before high-speed train disaster, report finds
The preliminary report into the crash that left 45 people dead finds evidence of a fracture more than two hours earlier.
‘I didn’t hear from my son for seven months’: Inside Yemen’s UAE-run secret prisons
The BBC sees sites on former United Arab Emirates bases in Yemen where detainees say they were abused.
Luxury watchmaker designs $1.5m model with Indian billionaire’s statue
With statues of a lion and white tiger, the watch is modelled off the private zoo owned by Anant Ambani.
‘Thank God I came to America’: Why Oscar nominee Delroy Lindo doesn’t see himself as British
He is the Lewisham-born actor who, at the age of 73, finds himself in the running for an Oscar.
One survivor reported, two killed in US boat strike in the Eastern Pacific
The latest bombing brings the death toll from US boat strikes to 125 since September, raising human rights concerns.
Will the Board of Peace live up to its name?
Newly created body is expected to address conflicts worldwide.
What does the US withdrawal from the WHO mean for global health?
The US completed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization, ending its membership for the first time since 1948.
