Romanian jet fighter shoots down suspected Russian drone
The incident adds to concern that Moscow’s war on Ukraine risks spilling over to entangle neighbouring NATO states., The incident adds to concern that Moscow’s war on Ukraine risks spilling over to entangle neighbouring NATO states. A Romanian fighter jet has shot down a drone, suspected to be Russian, thatContinue Reading
US records 2,318 measles cases, already surpassing 2025 total
Scientists warn that falling vaccination rates leave vulnerable groups such as young children more exposed to disease., Scientists warn that falling vaccination rates leave vulnerable groups such as young children more exposed to disease. The United States has recorded 2,318 cases of measles since the beginning of 2026, surpassing theContinue Reading
“Farmers of the Sea”: PBS Film Profiles Puerto Rican Fishermen on the “Frontlines of Climate Change”
Filmmaker Juan Carlos Dávila’s new film for PBS, Farmers of the Sea, documents climate change’s threats to the fishing industry and food security in Vieques, Puerto Rico. For islands in the Caribbean, explains Dávila, “we are situated geographically in one of the frontlines of climate change. [We’re] not only facingContinue Reading
SABIC’s new PPS compounds insulate power modules for 800 V EV inverters
SABIC has introduced two grades of polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) compounds built to insulate high-voltage power modules, including the insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) switching devices used in electric drive systems. The new LNP THERMOCOMP OFM76XXP and OFM76EXP compounds have the potential to be used in power modules for 800 V andContinue Reading
Argonne National Lab finds magnesium oxide coating stabilizes sulfide solid-state electrolytes
The performance of a class of next-generation solid-state batteries may depend on a coating just a nanometer thick, roughly 100,000 times thinner than a human hair. Scientists at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory combined computation and experiment to identify protective coatings for sulfide-based solid electrolytes, and pointedContinue Reading
Firefox’s new tab page adds AI-powered daily crossword widget
More widgets are coming to Firefox’s New Tab page, including an interactive crossword puzzle powered by the AI news reader Particle . The mini crossword game is updated daily, with puzzles based around recent content Particle‘s AI has ingested and summarised that day, and links to articles you can readContinue Reading
How one small city built a second act as a bio hub inside empty cigarette factories
Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines once described the city’s downtown as a “war zone.” In the early 1990s, Winston-Salem faced an identity crisis. When R.J. Reynolds, the tobacco giant that had defined the city for more than a century, shifted its manufacturing elsewhere, it left behind vacant factories, aging buildings andContinue Reading
The Traitor revives tariffs after Supreme Court defeat with new legal strategy
President Traitor 47’s latest tariffs took effect just after midnight Friday, replacing the temporary import taxes that expired overnight and imposing new duties on dozens of major U.S. trading partners under a different trade law than the one the Supreme Court rejected earlier this year. The tariffs apply to importsContinue Reading
The REAL Food Stamp Scandal
Huge corporations like Amazon, Walmart, and Uber are among the top employers of SNAP and Medicaid recipients. Meanwhile, their CEOs are raking in multi-million dollar pay packages. How is this not a bigger scandal?Continue Reading
How vulnerable is Russia’s Kola Peninsula? | DW News
Russia’s nuclear bastion is built around the Kola Peninsula in the Arctic. It’s home to Moscow’s nuclear submarines and strategic bombers — but relies on a remarkably narrow logistics network. Could that become a weak spot? You can watch the long version of this video here: https://youtu.be/_CGvulz_LmY For more newsContinue Reading
ENHYPEN hits Comic-Con ahead of EP
ENHYPEN’s Jake says the group is doing well and feels confident about its upcoming EP, ‘THE SIN : BLISS,’ while addressing recent changes in the band during an interview with The Associated Press at San Diego Comic-Con. #ENHYPEN #kpop #comicconContinue Reading
NASA to Support Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Testing, Advance Artemis
An image shows the B-1 and B-2 test stands at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on July 7, 2026. The test stand features dual, vertical firing positions built in the 1960s to test Saturn V rocket stages that carried humans to the Moon during the ApolloContinue Reading
Crew Works on Biomedicine, Spacesuits Day Before Swapping Commanders
Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov hands over command of the International Space Station to NASA astronaut Jessica Meir. NASA The Expedition 74 crew is wrapping up its final weekend together with biomedical checks, spacesuit cleaning, and cargo packing inside the Soyuz MS-28 crew spacecraft. The orbital residents will swap commanders onContinue Reading