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Rising Crude Oil Imports Reduce China’s Need to Draw from Stocks
China’s rising crude oil imports in October are reducing its need to draw from massive strategic reserves built up since the Iran war drove prices above $100 per barrel earlier this year.
Optivolt Raises $32M to Build the Brain for Solar Panels of the Future
Optivolt raised $32M in Series A funding to commercialize embedded power electronics that make solar panels adaptive and intelligent, managing energy in real time to recover losses from shade and degradation.
Ilhan Omar’s attorneys say federal search of her home was ‘neither justified nor lawful’
Attorneys for Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar requested the Department of Justice return property seized during a federal search of her home, characterizing the seizure as unjustified and unlawful.
Can Ken Paxton outrun a trail of scandal to win US Senate seat in ruby-red Texas?
Ken Paxton, Texas’s Republican attorney general and US Senate candidate, faces a surprisingly competitive race against Democrat James Talarico despite the state’s strong Republican lean, amid ongoing controversies.
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Scientists may have finally caught “empty” space changing light
Scientists may have detected vacuum birefringence, a quantum effect predicted nearly 90 years ago, by observing a magnetar’s extreme magnetic field using radio and X-ray telescopes.
324-million-year-old fossil reveals how insects conquered land
A 324-million-year-old fossil reveals that early insects were semi-aquatic before fully colonizing land, retaining features from their aquatic ancestors during their transition.
Scientists switch on a strange new form of magnetism in an ultrathin material
Scientists have detected evidence of altermagnetism in ultrathin ruthenium dioxide films, a discovery that could advance development of smaller, faster computer memory and storage technologies.
A mysterious cosmic hum may come from 13-billion-year-old dark stars
Researchers propose that gravitational waves detected through pulsar networks may originate from supermassive black holes seeded by dark stars over 13 billion years ago, offering new insights into the early Universe’s formation.
Your dislike of eating bugs may be 9,000 years old
Researchers analyzing ancient DNA found that reluctance to eating insects in Western societies may trace back roughly 9,000 years, linked to genetic and ecological factors rather than recent cultural preferences alone.
“I jumped from my chair” – Astronomers spot Betelgeuse’s hidden companion
Astronomers have captured the clearest image yet of a stellar companion orbiting Betelgeuse, a famous red supergiant star visible to the naked eye, resolving a century-long scientific quest.
NI health: Consultants and specialist doctors take strike action
Consultants and specialist doctors in Northern Ireland conducted their first-ever strike over pay, resulting in some cancelled services though the Department of Health reported 90% of routine and elective appointments proceeded as scheduled.
Salmonella outbreak: What we know so far
UK health authorities are investigating a salmonella outbreak linked to imported eggs served at restaurants and catering establishments, with cases spreading across multiple regions.
Decoding DEA action on kratom-related substances
The DEA extended the public comment period for a proposed ban on the kratom-derived compound 7-OH until September 10, while finalizing restrictions on three related substances that took effect this week.
RFK Jr. said a Samoa trip had nothing to do with vaccines. New documents refute that
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. denied under questioning that his 2019 Samoa trip involved vaccines, but newly released documents show he wrote to the Samoan prime minister requesting to study the nation’s measles vaccines.
AI can detect heart disease in women using mammograms, study suggests
Researchers using artificial intelligence on routine mammograms successfully identified women with heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke history, potentially enabling breast cancer screening to serve dual diagnostic purposes.
What’s in Merck and Moderna’s cancer vaccine algorithm?
Moderna and Merck’s personalized cancer vaccine could be the first approved medicine whose genetic instructions are written by an algorithm, selecting 34 neoantigens for each patient’s bespoke mRNA vaccine.