US Solar Panel Makers Try to Catch China With a Big Leap in Technology
Manufacturers say they are close to perfecting a new, more efficient solar panel that could help the United States reclaim ground it lost.
Urn with jaguars and skulls: A 1,400-year-old burial container depicting a deceased ruler’s arrival to the Maya underworld
This burial urn depicts a person, accompanied by skulls, as they are received into the Maya underworld. (Image credit: The Walters Art Museum; (CC0 1.0
New quantum chip taps into weird quasiparticles to get qubits to communicate over long distances
Researchers have developed a new type of interconnected architecture for quantum computing chips, and it could pave the way for machines capable of large-scale processing
Schneider Electric to buy US software maker PTC for $22.6bn in cash
Schneider Electric has agreed to buy PTC, a US maker of industrial design and engineering software, for about $22.6bn (€20.1bn) in cash. The French group
Sam Altman tells Politico the world “should accept some harm from AI”
OpenAI chief Sam Altman says the gains from AI are worth some harm. He also says the tech should stay open to the public. Altman
Formula One to probe software bug behind Bahrain GP chaos in Sepang
Drivers faced glitches at the race in Malaysia, where Lewis Hamilton had to stop and restart his car on the track.
‘If I didn’t write what moved me, it’d be like putting myself in prison’
Award-winning author Arundhati Roy discusses why she’s not afraid to address politically charged topics.
Spain’s PM Pedro Sanchez calls snap election amid housing crisis
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has called a snap election for November 29.
How Spain’s housing crisis has resulted in an early general election
his series of measures to tackle the housing crisis was defeated in parliament on Friday
‘Not again’: Arrest of US marine for murder reignites protests in Japan’s Okinawa
For many locals on this island, the arrest has brought decades of frustration back to the fore.
France closes up to 500 schools Monday over student protests
Lessons will be “totally or partly suspended” in some high schools after clashes between riot police and student protesters, France’s education minister says.
All six passengers presumed dead after plane went missing off US coast
The aircraft lost communication with flight controllers after significantly dropping in altitude, according to flight data.
Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague as 200 enter medical observation
Almost 200 people are under medical observation in Russia’s Siberia region after the death of a 28-year-old lab worker who may have been exposed to
Cornell student who gave police leads in alleged rape says she feels ‘betrayed’ over its handling
The student said she spoke with campus police in 2024 with what she believed was useful information about what was alleged at the Chi Phi