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The world is entering a period where location data has become one of the most valuable digital resources. By 2026, GPS technology is no longer limited to navigation or route planning.
Mar 4, 2026
Osaka, Japan (SPX) Feb 26, 2026 - Ocean waves offer a vast and predictable source of renewable energy, but many existing technologies only perform efficiently under limited sea conditions. In response, a researcher at The University
Feb 26, 2026
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 24, 2026 - A new study from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen reports that extreme volcanic eruptions during the last ice age were capable of disrupting the Atlantic Meridional Overturni
Feb 24, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2026 - Cornell University researchers report that enhanced rock weathering, an emerging carbon removal strategy that also benefits farmers, must be widely adopted in coming decades to have a meaningful imp
Feb 24, 2026
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 24, 2026 - In soil and water systems, minerals containing iron can act like microscopic sponges that capture pollutants and help control the movement of carbon. A new study in the journal Carbon Research exami
Feb 24, 2026
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 24, 2026 - Mangrove forests are widely recognized as powerful natural carbon sinks, and new research indicates that a less familiar form of carbon stored in their soils could significantly shape how coastal ec
Feb 24, 2026
Singapore (SDX) Feb 21, 2026 - Astronomers have wondered for years why many icy objects in the distant Kuiper Belt resemble stacked snowmen, and new work from Michigan State University points to gravitational collapse as a straig
Feb 21, 2026
Afsin, Turkey (AFP) Feb 19, 2026 - Kaddafi Polat rarely mentions his own health after decades of breathing the polluted air blanketing his village beneath the towering chimneys of a coal?fired power plant in southern Turkey. What troubles him most is his children.
Feb 19, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 19, 2026 - US President Donald Trump on Thursday gathers allies to inaugurate the 'Board of Peace,' his new institution focused on progress on Gaza but whose ambitions reach much further.
Feb 19, 2026
Bangkok (AFP) Feb 19, 2026 - Permits revoked, lawsuits filed, the threat of state takeovers. Deadly flooding in Indonesia has prompted unprecedented government action against companies accused of environmental destruction that worsened the disaster.
Feb 19, 2026
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 19, 2026 - Osaka has received an unusual donation - 21 kilograms of gold - to pay for the maintenance of its ageing water system, the Japanese commercial hub announced Thursday.
Feb 19, 2026
Washington, United States (AFP) Feb 19, 2026 - US President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday aimed at supporting US glyphosate production, arguing that the herbicide, which the WHO says is a probable carcenogenic, is essential to the country's food security.
Feb 19, 2026
Khartoum (AFP) Feb 19, 2026 - Vast stretches of a once-verdant acacia forest south of Sudan's capital Khartoum have been reduced to little more than fields of stumps as nearly three years of conflict have fuelled deforestation.
Feb 19, 2026
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 - Scientists have assembled the first global map and analysis of small mare ridges on the Moon, revealing that these subtle features are both geologically young and far more widespread than previously
Feb 18, 2026
Cirebon, Indonesia (AFP) Feb 18, 2026 - Indonesian villager Supriyanto is visibly frustrated as he discusses the sprawling coal power plant emitting white plumes of smoke over his small fishing community.
Feb 18, 2026
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 - A researcher in the College of Science at The University of Alabama in Huntsville has helped secure a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency contract that marks a first for the universitys Depart
Feb 18, 2026
