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Researchers at Columbia have created a chip that turns a single laser into a “frequency comb,” producing dozens of powerful light channels at once. Using a special locking mechanism to clean messy laser light, the team achieved lab-grade precision on a small silicon device. This could drastically improve data center efficiency and fuel innovations in sensing, quantum tech, and LiDAR.

Frontier unveils plans to create 1.7 GW solar battery hybrid project in W.A. to help fill gap from coal and gas plants due to retire by end of decade.

Australian solar researchers hail breakthrough that takes new generation PV cells closer to commercial deployment on rooftops.

A bear wandered into a supermarket in Gunma Prefecture on Tuesday evening and pounced on two customers, leaving them with minor injuries, police said. One of the shoppers who was attacked inside the store in Numata was taken to hospital, while the bear, whose species was not immediately identified, fled…

A Spanish male tourist was attacked by a bear cub Sunday morning during his visit to the scenic mountain village of Shirakawa in central Japan, according to the local government. The 40-year-old sustained a minor injury to his right arm. He was walking with another Spanish man when they came…

London, UK (SPX) Oct 07, 2025 - Solar energy has become the world's most affordable power source, with costs in the sunniest regions now as low as Pounds 0.02 per kilowatt-hour - cheaper than electricity from coal, gas or wind, a

The biggest solar-battery hybrid project in NSW gets planning approval from IPC after being the target of a number of long-distance objectors.

Renewables overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity this year, a think tank analysis shows.

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 06, 2025 - A new spinel-type sulfide semiconductor capable of emitting light from violet to orange at room temperature could pave the way for advanced LEDs and solar cells, according to researchers from the In