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Representative Image of a tropical data center utilizing liquid cooling technology amidst high humidity and heat (AI Generated Image) Singapore has introduced a national standard designed to help data centres adopt liquid cooling in the tropics, as rising computing demands make it harder to rely on conventional air-based systems alone. Singapore Standard SS 726:2026, Liquid…

Pennsylvania teacher Ronald Sakolsky’s $5,000 donation helps transform China’s desert into a forest of 50,000 trees. (Photo: Getty Images) Ronald Sakolsky, a 69-year-old retired teacher from Pennsylvania, recently returned to China for the first time in 26 years and was stunned to see what had become of the once-barren landscape he had helped support. A…

Representative Image of innovative tiles made from recycled gypsum plaster, illustrating the BioSintering process (AI Generated Image) A Manchester-based materials company is developing tiles that avoid the high-temperature kiln firing normally associated with ceramic manufacturing. DeKiln’s BioSintering technology uses waste gypsum plaster, a material commonly recovered from plasterboard, together with a bio-based binder to produce…

(Photo: Courtesy of Wahl) When Brian Schwartz lost his digital marketing job during the COVID-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020, he pulled out his lawnmower and began cutting grass for elderly neighbors in Wayne, New Jersey. Six years later, that simple act has grown into a nationwide volunteer movement operating in all 50 U.S….

Representative Image of a designer creating glass objects using quagga mussel shells and local materials from the River Thames (AI Generated Image) London designer Lulu Harrison has won the 2025 Ralph Saltzman Prize from the Design Museum for Thames Glass, a project that turns locally sourced and waste materials into glass. Harrison’s recipes use materials…

Republicans hold a 218-214 House majority, with one independent caucusing with them and two vacancies; Democrats need four seats to take control. US Republicans are pouring money into more than three dozen US House races previously considered safe for the party, with Republican groups reserving $888 million in advertising for the coming weeks, compared with…

Representative Image of a vibrant river with diverse wildlife flowing freely after the removal of an old dam in Kosovo (AI Generated Image) Kosovo is preparing to remove the obsolete Mirusha Dam, opening up 35 kilometres of river habitat and restoring free-flowing conditions along a river that ecological surveys have identified as a biodiversity hotspot….

American rock icon Jon Bon Jovi turned a $10 million land purchase into a major Palm Beach real estate upgrade, selling his custom-built home for nearly twice what he paid for the land before buying a much larger oceanfront estate nearby. Property records and reports from The Real Deal show the singer sold his custom-built…

Pak minister’s throat-cut gesture to Afghan journalist Pakistan defence minister Khawaja Asif has faced criticism on social media over a threat-like gesture he made towards an Afghan woman journalist who questioned him about Pakistan’s ties with the Taliban and its response to the treatment of Afghan women.The incident took place on the sidelines of the…

In 1988, Ohio lawyer Neil McKown signed a deal to buy 155 acres of overgrown, run-down land in Shelby. When he got home that evening, he asked his family to get into the car to see what he had just bought. His wife, Pamela, was not impressed by the property. She thought it was an…