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Sunday, October 4, 2026
OilGasDaily Oct 04, 2026 (AFP)

Tanker damaged after attack in Hormuz: maritime agency

An attack on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz damaged its engine room, a British maritime agency said Sunday, without specifying when the incident occurred.

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OilGasDaily Oct 03, 2026 (AFP)
Oil tankers attacked in Hormuz strait: UK maritime agency

Two oil tankers have been struck by "unidentified projectiles" in the Strait of Hormuz region, a British maritime agency said Frid...

OilGasDaily Oct 02, 2026 (AFP)
Petrobras discovers more oil off Brazil's Amazon coast

Brazilian state oil company Petrobras on Friday announced a new discovery of crude near the mouth of the Amazon river, where it ha...

OilGasDaily Oct 01, 2026 (SPX)
Webb survey of extreme debris discs sorts planetary collisions by impact energy

Early in the history of the Solar System, a Mars-sized object called Theia struck the infant Earth, vapourising large amounts of r...

SolarCell Oct 04, 2026 (SPX)
Solar-activated catalyst in bin lid breaks down odors from rotting food waste

Garbage left outdoors begins to smell quickly, particularly in warm, humid climates that speed up food decay. Writing in the Ameri...

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OilGasDaily ENVIRONMENT Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)
Kenyan island paradise fears damage from mega-refinery

Tourism or industry? Environment or oil? The picturesque Kenyan island of Lamu, a favourite of celebrities, faces a tough trade-off after becoming the construction site for Africa'...

OilGasDaily SPACENEWS Oct 01, 2026 (AFP)
Trump unveils $200 bn in US energy investments by South Korea

US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday $200 billion in South Korean energy investments, including $54 billion for a long-mooted Alaska LNG project that Seoul said had yet to...

OilGasDaily EARLY EARTH Sep 30, 2026 (SPX)
Volatile element fingerprints suggest Earth and Mars were built by different processes

Four and a half billion years ago, Earth and Mars were born in the rotating cloud of gas and dust that would become the Solar System. Exactly how the planets formed remains one of ...

OilGasDaily MILITARY Sep 30, 2026 (AFP)
Three tankers hit Tuesday in Hormuz: maritime agency

A British maritime agency said on Wednesday that unknown projectiles struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz the previous day.

BeyondLEO MICROSAT BLITZ Oct 04, 2026 (SPX)
Singapore university satellite CRIMSON-1 reaches orbit to trial perovskite solar cells and onboard AI

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has launched a satellite carrying locally developed perovskite solar cells for testing in space, along with artificial i...

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...

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PolicyDaily Oct 04, 2026 (AFP)
China says 'divergent opinions' contributed to lack of G20 consensus

China said on Sunday that "divergent opinions" fuelled by US tariffs contributed to the lack of agreement on o...

DarwinDaily Oct 04, 2026 (AFP)
'Act before it's too late': Tokyo residents fight for more trees

One sweltering day in Tokyo, Kaoru Morimoto told friends she wasn't sure she could endure another summer in he...

DarwinDaily Oct 04, 2026 (AFP)
Pre-COP host Tuvalu at frontline of climate change

When leaders visit the coral atolls that form the Pacific nation of Tuvalu on Tuesday, they will find a once-v...

RoboDaily Oct 04, 2026 (AFP)
Finnish town braces for change from Google data centres

In the northern Finnish town of Muhos, 36-year-old farmer Joni Pitkanen is preparing for life with a new neigh...