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Monday, October 5, 2026
SinoDaily Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)

Smile cleared for science operations as stray light work continues on X-ray imager

The European-Chinese Smile mission was declared ready on 23 September to begin science operations, the European Space Agency (ESA) said, while teams continue work to reduce stray light reaching the spacecraft's X-ray ima...

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SinoDaily Oct 05, 2026 (AFP)
France, Germany want new EU trade tools against China

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have urged the European Union to develop a new legal arsenal...

SinoDaily Oct 05, 2026 (AFP)
China says Philippine plane 'intruded' airspace over disputed waters

Beijing warned Manila on Monday against "provocative acts" in the disputed South China Sea, accusing a Philippine aircraft of an a...

SinoDaily Oct 05, 2026 (AFP)
German intel service warns of risks from Chinese tech

German intelligence services warned Monday that Chinese high-tech goods could pose security risks due to the potential for data to...

NanoDaily Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
Waste polyamide turned into carbon quantum dots with emission tuned from ultraviolet to yellow green

Researchers at Saitama University have made carbon quantum dots from waste polyamide and shifted their light emission step by step...

Network Briefing - Cross-Domain Headlines
BeyondLEO Unseenlabs adds Gen 1 and Gen 2 radio frequency satellites to reach 25 in orbit Two more GHGSat emissions monitoring microsatellites reach orbit on SFL Missions platform Transporter 18 carried 130 payloads spanning imaging, radio monitoring, power beaming and reentry capsules
DarwinDaily Studies tie stone tool teaching to early language from Homo erectus to Cro-Magnon US Supreme Court considers bid to shut the door on climate suits Leaders to visit Pacific atoll at frontline of climate change
RoboDaily Single layer of living muscle cells drives gel swimming robot steered by light Second US Navy carrier equipped with MD-5C ground control station for MQ-25A Stingray Finland receives first two home based F-35A fighters as deliveries reach 10 of 64
SolarCell Redwire to build roll out solar array wings for second Axiom Station module Cowboy Space orbits Reason-1 to test beaming solar power to the ground by laser Magenta semi-transparent solar panels let broccoli reach full size in Swedish field trial
PolicyDaily Raytheon wins AMRAAM production contract worth up to 20.7 billion dollars over seven years Raytheon secures SM-6 interceptor contract worth up to $24.4 billion for US Navy supply Avio USA starts building Virginia solid rocket motor plant to supply US missile programs
WindDaily Pressurized wind tunnel tests show misaligned turbines gain power from tip speed changes World's tallest wind turbine in Germany reaches full height Windmills of change: Dutch raise mill in rare operation
SkyNightly Planet orbits Tanager-2 hyperspectral satellite with Google compute testbed and 18 SuperDoves Lunar dust control moves from lab to Moon as crewed landings near Four new findings frame water, dust, shelter and bone risks for long stays on the Moon
NanoDaily Physicists capture exciton forming and shrinking inside an organic semiconductor Lead free tin perovskite solar cells hold 85 percent of output after 100 days with new additive Citizen science project opens AI screened TESS data to volunteers hunting hidden black holes
OilGasDaily MEGATRON simulations link Webb views of early galaxies to chemistry of ancient Milky Way stars Four decades of development stand behind Iran drone industry CHIME detects hydrogen signal from five billion year old universe using its own data alone
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SinoDaily CHINA Oct 05, 2026 (AFP)
US arrests woman accused of spying for China on Taiwan leader's family

A woman accused of spying for China on Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's son and his family in the United States was arrested Sunday, US and Taiwanese officials said.

SinoDaily CHINA Oct 05, 2026 (AFP)
Japan PM calls China 'important neighbour', pledges stable relationship

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi called China an "important neighbour" and pledged to build a stable relationship between the rival nations in a policy address on Monday.

SinoDaily ENERGY TECH 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 radiati...

SinoDaily SOLAR Oct 04, 2026 (SPX)
Prussian blue framework steadies perovskite solar cells from lab cells to 30 cm submodules

Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are a promising next-generation photovoltaic technology capable of high power conversion efficiencies, but their performance and long-term stability a...

SolarCell SOLAR SCIENCE Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
Victorian train delay blamed on solar storm redated to 1848 by archive study

A train delay at Exeter long cited as possibly the earliest recorded case of space weather disrupting technology most likely happened in 1848, not 1841, an international team led b...

RoboDaily AEROSPACE Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
US Army and Sikorsky agree flexible Black Hawk production deal starting with 16 aircraft

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), and the U.S. Army have reached a production agreement for Black Hawk helicopters that lets the Army add aircraft as requirements em...

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Space & Science
EarthCARE lidar profiles Anak Krakatau ash plume and helps forecasters confirm its altitude
SkyNightly
3D printed cement supercapacitor stores energy while matching concrete strength
NanoDaily
Strength of colliding planets decides whether Moon formed intact or from debris disk
BeyondLEO
Century of data rules out Jupiter mass planets close to both stars of 70 Ophiuchi
SkyNightly
Geomagnetic field explains east-west bias in muon telescope thunderstorm detections
NanoDaily
Earth & Energy
Intense heat puts births in jeopardy, UN tells Fiji talks
DarwinDaily
East-West oil pipeline pumping halted after new attack: Saudi energy sector source to AFP
OilGasDaily
Biomass aerogel modeled on fish gills keeps solar evaporators free of salt
SolarCell
Brazil's Indigenous back Lula as El Nino fuels forest fires
ForestDaily
AI needs safety layers like nuclear plants: ex-OpenAI engineer
BatteryDaily
Tech & Industry
Female presenting AI agents rewarded 10 percent less than male versions in virtual office study
RoboDaily
Fading cellular recycling lets senescent cells escape immune clearance in old mice
BioTechDaily
Military plane crash kills 32 in Nigeria
PolicyDaily
Bolsonaro rides right-wing surge into Brazil's election runoff
DisasterDay
Turkey, Pakistan to deploy forces to Saudi amid Houthi attacks: joint statement
IndoDaily
Wire Feed
BeyondLEO Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
Slow rotation would have doomed any moon of Venus simulations show

Any moon that Venus once possessed would have spiraled inward and crashed into the planet, according to comput...

BeyondLEO Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
Single molecule electrical sensor tells left handed from right handed amino acids in meteorite samples

Researchers at the University of Osaka have developed an electrical method for telling apart the two mirror-im...

BeyondLEO Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
Science Tokyo flies foldable phased array that corrects membrane warping in orbit

Researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo have operated a deployable phased-array transmitter in orbit that el...

BeyondLEO Oct 05, 2026 (SPX)
MIT class report lays out five predictions for founders and investors in the space economy

A class of 16 students at MIT has produced a 100-page industry report on aerospace entrepreneurship that sets ...