China has proposed stricter efficiency standards for solar cells and modules, with technology-specific thresholds for TOPCon, HJT and BC products. The draft rules also tighten polysilicon production requirements and strengthen oversight of manufacturers, as Beijing moves to improve quality and address excess capacity.
Four open requests were filed regarding Intel's XeSS potentially utilizing the XMX matrix units on an Intel Arc card when running games under Proton. This would allow XeSS to bypass the current slower fallback path. These requests were filed by Damian Tomczak.
Solar grazing provides developers with a cost-effective solution for land stewardship and vegetation management, in addition to other potential benefits.
A clinical trial suggests daily vitamin C could improve survival in people with precancerous blood disorders and early-stage blood cancers. Patients receiving the supplement had fewer adverse events and showed a promising survival advantage, though the finding remains at the trial stage.
Anthropic plans to commit 5% of its shares to a new Anthropic Public Benefit Fund, pending stockholder approval. The fund's allocation increases with the company's value, and the company also noted that an additional 2% could be added by the board if the company's value increases by 50% above a set baseline.
A top investor has predicted that SpaceX will acquire Tesla at a price of $420 per share within the coming weeks. This prediction relates to ongoing discussions regarding a potential merger between the two companies.
The COO of Oyster Renewables stated that India must move beyond VGF subsidy support to establish a commercially viable BESS market. The discussion also covered India's BESS growth, domestic manufacturing ambitions, and supply chain resilience.
In an Energy-Storage.news discussion, Hartek Power's CEO addressed India's battery energy storage system (BESS) expansion, transmission infrastructure, and strategies to reduce renewable energy curtailment, arguing that battery storage and transmission planning need to be aligned.
Technology developed by an Australian engineer to explore wombat burrows has been sent to eastern Türkiye to assist in the search for the biblical Noah's Ark.
An unofficial plugin allows the camera feed of Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 glasses to be streamed into a live OBS Studio scene on Windows. The project notes that using this plugin results in the PC becoming the owner of the glasses, rather than the phone.
ENGIE's Hazelwood battery energy storage system (BESS) expansion in Australia is nearing financial close following a state transmission declaration. The expansion is set to double the storage capacity at the former coal site.
Written by Atmospheric Scientist Alex Innanen at York University, the blog marks the start of a new Mars year at the vernal equinox. Seasons on Mars are tracked by counting degrees of solar longitude.
A report on Valve's SteamOS tracker indicates that while the Steam Machine's native HDMI 2.1 link allows a 4K television to run at 144Hz, variable refresh rate (VRR) stops working on that link. The HDMI connector provides a VRR range of 40 to 144 on the stock signal path.
Researchers report that recurring arthritis triggered by cancer immunotherapy may be driven by immune cells that remember previous attacks and return in a more aggressive state. The findings could pave the way for treatments that prevent painful flare-ups while preserving the immune system's ability to fight cancer.
Anthropic published figures showing that the share of junior technical hires has decreased from 27% in early 2025 to 9%. The company's research post also noted that the share of junior-level employees in technical departments slipped from 21% to 14% since early 2025.
Nature Medicine published an author correction concerning a phase 1 trial paper on the FcRH5×CD3 bispecific antibody cevostamab in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma. The item provides no details on what was corrected.
A Nature Energy article reports that directed assembly of cathode interlayers enables efficient binary organic solar cells. The feed provides no further details on the study's methods or results.
Nature Biotechnology reports that genetic code expansion enables plant-directed control of bacterial activity. The feed item provides no further details about the study's methods, stage or results.