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Sunday, October 4, 2026
SinoDaily Oct 04, 2026 (SPX)

Silicone rubber composite seals in tritium and blocks radiation for fusion plants

A flexible silicone rubber composite developed at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences can contain tritium and shield against nuclear radiation at the same time, giving designers a ...

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SinoDaily Oct 04, 2026 (SPX)
Heat treatment alone refines grain structure in tungsten and titanium alloys

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have identified a way for metals to refine their own internal structure during heat tr...

SinoDaily Oct 04, 2026 (AFP)
Philippines accuses China of harassing patrols in disputed waters

The Philippines accused China's military and coast guard on Sunday of harassing Filipino government aircraft and boats in two area...

SinoDaily Oct 04, 2026 (AFP)
China says 'divergent opinions' contributed to lack of G20 consensus

China said on Sunday that "divergent opinions" fuelled by US tariffs contributed to the lack of agreement on overcapacity and forc...

SkyNightly Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
Lunar dust control moves from lab to Moon as crewed landings near

Engineers preparing for long stays on the Moon now have flight data showing that electric fields can clear lunar dust from hardwar...

Network Briefing - Cross-Domain Headlines
DisasterDay Solar-activated catalyst in bin lid breaks down odors from rotting food waste Chiba typhoon losses reach 2.6 billion yen as next disaster threatens to outpace recovery CORRECTED: Five quakes rattle south Turkey, no injuries
SolarCell Singapore university satellite CRIMSON-1 reaches orbit to trial perovskite solar cells and onboard AI Biomass aerogel modeled on fish gills keeps solar evaporators free of salt Balloon-borne Sunrise-III finds thread-like magnetic structures above the quiet Sun
DarwinDaily Sea-level records point to rapid polar wander episodes in the Jurassic and Cretaceous Mongolian microfossils push possible origin of animals back by 200 million years Flavio Bolsonaro leads Lula in partial Brazil poll results
SkyNightly Roman telescope ground stations on three continents pass full-rate downlink tests Ramses spacecraft powered up for first time ahead of 2029 Apophis encounter Nearby habitable-zone planets probably host microbes, not advanced life, study estimates
BeyondLEO Orbiter tracking data expose hot region in mantle beneath southern Mars EarthTraq satellite cluster pinpoints ground radio source to within tens of meters DAVINCI probe model survives six furnace runs at Venus surface temperature
FiscalDaily Momentus tracks NASA CubeSat with low-cost LiDAR and camera suite in orbital proximity test Spy chief Clayton, the Trump loyalist tech bosses trust on AI Asian stocks hit as oil spike fans rate hike bets, eyes on US jobs
SeedDaily Magenta semi-transparent solar panels let broccoli reach full size in Swedish field trial Finnish town braces for change from Google data centres Sea levels to rise in California as coastal wave surges up west coast
PolicyDaily L3Harris wins seven-year order worth over $6 billion to expand THAAD propulsion output Israeli army says it killed assailant in southern Syria US withdraws all bomber planes from UK airbase: Pentagon
BatteryDaily Four thorium-229 sites mapped in calcium fluoride crystals for nuclear clock design Russian drone hits Kyiv nuclear institute grounds, reactor undamaged Drone hit Russian nuclear plant cooling tower, no fire: IAEA
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SinoDaily CYBER WARS Oct 04, 2026 (AFP)
Philippines arrests 244 'mostly Chinese' workers in online scam crackdown

Philippines authorities arrested more than 200 "mostly Chinese" foreign workers in the country's largest crackdown on illegal online gaming operators this year, the immigration bur...

SinoDaily CHINA Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
China slams US 'lie' over Starbucks stores in Xinjiang

China's foreign ministry accused a US congressional committee on Saturday of "fabricating claims" after its chairman called on Starbucks to shutter two newly opened cafes in Xinjia...

SinoDaily CHINA Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
China launches anti-dumping probe into EU chemical imports ahead of trade talks

China's commerce ministry launched an anti-dumping investigation into imports of a widely used production chemical from the European Union on Saturday, less than a week before the ...

SinoDaily CHINA Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
China a better influence in Latin America than US: poll

China's influence in Latin America is now viewed more positively than that of the United States, a major poll conducted in 17 Latin American countries showed Friday.

RoboDaily UAV NEWS Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
Four decades of development stand behind Iran drone industry

The drones Iran has launched in the thousands at Gulf states and US bases since the Middle East war began on February 28, 2026 come from an industry that has been under constructio...

SkyNightly EXTRA SOLAR Oct 04, 2026 (SPX)
Webb data indicate an atmosphere on HD 3167 b, the coolest lava world yet found with one

In the search for life beyond Earth, rocky planets with atmospheres are the natural first targets, since a planet without an atmosphere cannot hold surface water. Yet of the more t...

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Space & Science
HotSat-3 reaches orbit to give SatVu daily thermal imaging coverage
SkyNightly
Geomagnetic field explains east-west bias in muon telescope thunderstorm detections
NanoDaily
Sateliot adds five Alen Space CubeSats to 5G IoT constellation on Transporter-18
BeyondLEO
CHARA Array survey finds stars dim toward their edges more than models predict
SkyNightly
Quantum Decoherence Can Lock Cosmological Fields Into False Vacuums
NanoDaily
Earth & Energy
Pacific nations take centre stage at 'pre-COP' climate summit
DarwinDaily
Tanker damaged after attack in Hormuz: maritime agency
OilGasDaily
Drone strikes on dormitory, shelter kill 10 in Sudan's El-Obeid
AfricaDaily
Surrey researchers want satellite data written into energy and data centre planning rules
SeedDaily
World's tallest wind turbine in Germany reaches full height
WindDaily
Tech & Industry
Army chief says Israel must draw lessons from Oct 7 'failures'
PolicyDaily
Storms, flooding cause chaos on Greek holiday island of Crete
DisasterDay
Moldova summons Russia envoy over drone, missile incursions
RussoDaily
Novartis in $575 mn deal with China's Abogen for RNA drugs
SinoDaily
Lula, Bolsonaro trade scandal fire in final scramble for votes
FiscalDaily
Wire Feed
PolicyDaily Oct 04, 2026 (AFP)
Iran tells US there is no military solution to Middle East war

Iran's top diplomat insisted on Sunday that there would be no military solution to the United States' war agai...

PolicyDaily Oct 04, 2026 (AFP)
Iranian oil minister quits, replaced by oil executive: presidency

Iran's oil minister Mohsen Paknejad has resigned and been replaced by the country's top oil executive, the pre...

PolicyDaily Oct 04, 2026 (AFP)
Yemen presidency announces military drive to retake all Houthi territory

Yemen's leader announced on Sunday the start of a new military operation to retake all territory held by the H...

PolicyDaily Oct 04, 2026 (AFP)
Iran airlines resume flights to Iraqi holy city after US exemption

Iranian airlines resumed flights to Iraq's Najaf on Sunday after the United States granted Baghdad an exemptio...