A thin layer of carbon on the surface of oxide grains changes how they exchange static charge. Read more: Static electricity is a mystery but invisible carbon may be key – Nature
EDIP tackles pressing challenges in European defence and security by boosting industrial production capacities, reinforcing cooperation with Ukraine, … Read more: Commission adopts €1.5 billion work programme to boost European and Ukrainian defence industry
Donald Trump has claimed he is making “great progress” in negotiations with a “new regime” in Iran, but again threatened to blow up Iranian power … Read more: Iran war latest: Trump makes new threat against Tehran – as Israeli soldiers ski into Lebanon
There are many in our museum records that have dropped off the map; we don’t know if they are extinct, or no one is looking for them. Bee on … Read more: I discovered the elusive chestnut mining bee in New York after a gap of 119 years
More than 50 years ago, America’s Apollo missions made history when the first people set foot on the lunar surface. With six landings in total, it … Read more: Artemis II: Why is Nasa sending people back to the Moon? – BBC
US president adds that he’s in discussions with a ‘new and more reasonable regime’ in a social media post. Read more: Middle East crisis live: Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s energy infrastructure if ceasefire …
First Indian Wells. Now Miami. For Aryna Sabalenka, the rare Sunshine Double is complete, and there is no sense she is slowing down anytime soon. Read more: ‘I have no words’: Sunshine Double winner Sabalenka and the making of a new standard
The Peshmerga on the Iraq-Iran border are eager to join the American campaign. They’re also deeply uneasy about where it might lead. Read more: The Kurdish Ground Force Preparing to Fight in Iran – The Atlantic
If he cannot get a deal with Iran, he can either try to declare a victory that will fool no-one, or escalate the war. The oldest of the old truths … Read more: Jeremy Bowen: Trump is waging war based on instinct and it isn’t working – BBC