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A team of researchers at the University of Cambridge is testing a new material with potential to revolutionize air conditioning systems: a solid, white, waxy paste with barocaloric properties that could completely replace the greenhouse gas...

Every year, on June 24, Romanians celebrate Sânzienele - a holiday deeply rooted in popular tradition, marked by customs, rituals and symbols that harmoniously combine Orthodox faith with archaic mythology. Under the sign of the sun, flowers and...

Bitcoin, the world's most popular cryptocurrency, has seen rapid growth in the last two months, reaching a new all-time high of around $111,950 in May, amid a combination of factors such as the suspension of trade tariffs announced by the...

Space and defense technology company Voyager Technologies Inc. made its debut on the U.S. market last week, with its shares surging more than 82% on its first day of trading, according to Space News.

Defense companies play a key role in shaping global security, supplying everything from fighter jets and missiles to advanced cyber systems, and in 2025, the valuations of major defense contractors rose to record highs amid ongoing armed...

The National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest announced during the European SpaceFEST Summit the launch of a national campaign to collect signatures for the start of an integrated space program. The objective: to train...

Australian researchers have identified a compound that can block the process of cell death, opening new prospects for treatments against Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease. A group of researchers from the Walter & Eliza Hall Medical...

The Romanian Commodity Exchange (BRM) harshly criticized the management of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), accusing it of a lack of efficiency and transparency in managing the Central Counterparty project - an essential entity for the...

Construction materials producer TeraPlast Bistriţa has completed the acquisition of the majority stake, 51%, of Aquatica Experience Group (AEG), according to a company report published yesterday on the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB) website....

This spring, from May 5 to 17, the capital will once again become the center of the international chess universe. According to the tournament organizers, the Romanian leg of the prestigious Grand Chess Tour will bring to the public, 10 of the...

At a time when a new technological revolution is taking place at a global level, profoundly rewriting the rules of the economic game, and when supply chains are being reconfigured amid aggressive protectionist trade measures introduced by the US,...

The recent decision of the Trump Administration to indefinitely suspend the Visa Waiver program for Romania and a series of articles published by American media close to the Republican camp have raised fears among some leaders of political...

Eleven candidates will be on the ballots on May 4, in the first round of the presidential elections, after the Constitutional Court ruled on all the appeals received and after Anamaria Gavrilă, the president of the Young People's Party,...

The isolationism promoted by the Trump Administration - America, first and foremost -, the idea that democracies lead to too slow development and that society should be run like a company with a single shareholder give way to voluntarism and...

The European Union can no longer take peace for granted, but must build a solid foundation on cooperation and strategic investment, declared Antonio Costa, President of the European Council, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European...

Top universities in China have announced plans to expand their artificial intelligence (AI) training programs as part of a national strategy to develop the critical field. The announcements come amid the success of Chinese startup DeepSeek, which...

Prototypes of the world's fastest high-speed train, the CR450, with a test speed of up to 450 km/h and an operational speed of 400 km/h, are currently undergoing testing on the Beijing Ring Road for future commercial service. The new trains...

After debates lasting almost six hours, European leaders agreed yesterday at European Council that EU member states urgently need rearmament to increase their defence and security capacities and capabilities in the face of the current challenges...

China is taking major steps in cosmic exploration, developing a space telescope that could rival the performance of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The new instrument, called CSST (China Space Station Telescope) or Xuntian ("looking at...

GREEN ENERGY EXPO, ROMENVIROTEC şi noul concept URBAN SMART EXPO creează împreună platforma cu cea mai mare complexitate dedicată tehnologiilor şi soluţiilor smart din domeniul sustenabilităţii, potrivit unui comunicat emis redacţiei. Având o...

PPC Renewables Romania, the company that deals with the production of energy from renewable sources within the PPC Group, inaugurated yesterday a control room through which it monitors and manages all the company's local renewable energy...

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Landscape Was Shaken This Week When a Chinese Start-up, DeepSeek, Unveiled a New Model in the Field That Seems to Rival the Capabilities of US Giants OpenAI and Google, But Doesn't Have as Powerful Hardware....

The last financial quarter of last year was a time of intense complexity for the Romanian economy, in which political and economic forces faced significant challenges generated by the general elections, the tense geopolitical context and an...

The European economy suffers from capital market fragmentation and bureaucracy, which hinders adequate financing for innovation and start-ups, said Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, yesterday in her speech at the World...

Wind power provided 20% of Europe's electricity last year, but the capacity built during the year was less than half of what would have been needed to meet the EU's 2030 energy and environmental targets, according to data published on...

NATO member states that do not increase their defense spending to 5% of Gross Domestic Product will no longer have US protection in the event of a conflict, US President-elect Donald Trump said at a press conference in Palm Beach, USA, according...

The end of the calendar autumn was marked by the presidential and parliamentary elections that took place on November 24 and December 1. For this reason, in order to increase its chances before the election and to maximize the chances of its own...

European entrepreneurs in agriculture, forestry and fisheries will benefit from a total of euro3 billion in financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB), according to a press release published yesterday on the financial and banking...

The S&P 500 is up about 27% this year, slightly above its 24% gain in 2023, and if the year were to end at this point, it would be the best performance of the main U.S. stock market basket since 2019, an evolution that was not anticipated by...

Major global pharmaceutical companies such as Eli Lilly and Novartis have increased their research and development spending, according to the Global Innovation Index 2024, a report by the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO).

The fight against tobacco consumption has reached a new level. The law aimed at gradually transforming the United Kingdom into a smoke-free country passed a first stage in parliament this week, where it was adopted by MPs with an overwhelming...

The Government adopted the new Energy Strategy of Romania 2025-2035, with the perspective of 2050, a programmatic document that establishes six essential strategic objectives for the sustainable development of the national energy sector: energy...

The world is warming and almost everyone is feeling it. 2024 will almost certainly be the warmest year on record, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. The data was released ahead of the UN climate...

Crude oil futures have risen in recent weeks on international exchanges amid heightened geopolitical tensions and high market volatility, according to analysts at JPMorgan Commodities Research, who believe Brent oil prices could reach an average...

Universities will have to be much more strongly connected to the socio-economic environment, there is a need for dialogue with socio-economic partners to identify the needs of a real labor market that can generate the further development of...

Sweden will count 1,000,000 illiterates in the year 2030, according to an estimate made on the basis of data collected by Statistic Sweden, published by the website www.friatider.se and picked up by www.zerohedge.com and rmx.news.

Australian scientists have taken a huge step forward in understanding the Universe by publishing an impressive set of data on the chemical composition of nearly a million stars. According to the Xinhua news agency, this data set, derived from an...

Bucharest will become the capital of cyber security specialists for a few days. More than 2,000 international experts are meeting in Bucharest, on November 28 and 29, at the DefCamp regional conference, to analyze the new challenges and solutions...

As every year, in the city of Konya, in the region of the same name, the month of September concluded with the International Mystic Music Festival, organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. This year, the event expanded to 16 cities,...

Bucharest National Opera announces the opening of the season in the traditional open-air show Opera Promenade - "Puccini per semper", which will take place on Friday, on the esplanade of the performance institution. The 14th edition of...