Technology
Chipmakers discover that the bottleneck has moved
With fabrication capacity catching up, the scarce resource in advanced manufacturing is now packaging — and the people who understand it.
Climate
Coastal cities move flood defences from blueprint to concrete
After a decade of studies, three port authorities begin pouring the first sections of a barrier system designed for a one-metre rise.
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Border talks resume after a nine-month freeze
Negotiators returned to the table with a narrow agenda: crossings, water rights, and a mechanism for everything else.
Culture
The streaming bundle is quietly reinventing cable
Three services, one bill, one cancellation page. Audiences seem not to mind the irony.
Technology
A cheaper battery chemistry edges into the mainstream
Sodium-ion cells will not fly, drive far, or fit in a phone. They may still matter more than anything else on the grid.
Sports
Second-tier clubs win a bigger share of broadcast money
The redistribution deal ends a two-year standoff and ties payments to attendance rather than finishing position.
Science
Researchers map a current system that had been assumed stable
A decade of moored sensors shows seasonal variation far larger than models predicted, with consequences for regional forecasts.
Business
Rental markets cool in the cities that built the most
A natural experiment across a dozen metropolitan areas points to the least surprising conclusion in housing economics.
Culture
Schools pilot a phone-free day and publish the results
Attainment data is inconclusive after one term. The behaviour and attendance numbers are not.
Health
An old antibiotic finds a second use
A compound shelved in the 1980s for poor absorption is showing results against a resistant infection that has few options left.
World
The freight corridor that nobody wanted is suddenly busy
A rail route built for a trade pattern that never materialised is carrying record tonnage for entirely different reasons.
Technology
Open-source maintainers get a funding model that might hold
A consortium of large users will pay for maintenance of the libraries their products depend on, with no say over the roadmap.
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World
Border talks resume after a nine-month freeze
Negotiators returned to the table with a narrow agenda: crossings, water rights, and a mechanism for everything else.
World
The freight corridor that nobody wanted is suddenly busy
A rail route built for a trade pattern that never materialised is carrying record tonnage for entirely different reasons.
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Business
Central banks signal the end of the long tightening cycle
Policymakers held rates steady for a third consecutive meeting and, for the first time, discussed the sequencing of cuts in public.
Business
Rental markets cool in the cities that built the most
A natural experiment across a dozen metropolitan areas points to the least surprising conclusion in housing economics.
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Technology
Chipmakers discover that the bottleneck has moved
With fabrication capacity catching up, the scarce resource in advanced manufacturing is now packaging — and the people who understand it.
Technology
A cheaper battery chemistry edges into the mainstream
Sodium-ion cells will not fly, drive far, or fit in a phone. They may still matter more than anything else on the grid.
Technology
Open-source maintainers get a funding model that might hold
A consortium of large users will pay for maintenance of the libraries their products depend on, with no say over the roadmap.
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Science
The small reactor industry meets its first real deadline
Three modular designs are due for regulatory sign-off this year. Only one has filed a complete submission.
Science
Researchers map a current system that had been assumed stable
A decade of moored sensors shows seasonal variation far larger than models predicted, with consequences for regional forecasts.