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ETH Zurich’s bidirectional pixel could turn screens into cameras

A pixel has always done one job. On a screen it emits light to build a picture. In a camera it absorbs light to record one. A team in Switzerland has now made one that does both. Researchers at ETH Zurich have built the first bidirectional…

'Water is our red line': Info minister says IWT cannot be unilaterally revoked or amended, remains in force

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar asserted on Monday that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan could not be unilaterally revoked or altered, stressing that the people of Pakistan had a right to Indus waterways under…

SpaceX wants its own gas pipeline to fuel Starship

Most rocket companies buy their fuel. SpaceX wants to pipe it in. Filings in Texas show the company plans to build its own natural gas pipeline, an unusual move for a space firm, and a telling one. SpaceX calls the line Starpipe. It would…

'Water is our red line': Info minister says IWT cannot be unilaterally revoked or amended, remains implemented

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar asserted on Monday that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) between India and Pakistan could not be unilaterally revoked or altered, stressing that the people of Pakistan had a right to Indus waterways under…

The One Thing a Water Quality Scientist Wants You to Know About Drinking Tap

When it comes to drinking water, your senses aren't reliable guides. Here's what experts say is most commonly lurking in the tap.

IWT cannot be unilaterally revoked or amended, info minister says

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar and Climate Change Minister Musadik Malik are currently addressing a press conference. At the outset of the press briefing, Tarar said the world had endorsed that water security was important for…

Ex-Anthropic researchers raise $200M for self-improving AI

Mirendil, founded by two researchers who left Anthropic after barely a year, has raised $200m at a $1bn valuation. The pitch: sell the self-improving AI that the big labs build for themselves and guard from everyone else. The biggest AI…

Stormy weather could be behind mass death of eagle rays at Porirua beach

The discovery of at least 20 dead eagle rays and two Rig sharks was made during a beach clean-up on Sunday.

Monkeys, a rhino horn and dead pangolins: Illegal wildlife trafficking rampant across social media platforms

The ghostly white creature curled up on a weighing scale is almost unrecognisable in the Facebook post offering it for sale. Only closer inspection reveals it to be a dead pangolin. The animal, one of the world’s most endangered and…

'We're running out of specialist blood cancer scientists in NZ'

New Zealand has no clear plan for recruiting and keeping scientists, says a leading blood cancer specialist who is leaving for Australia.

Salman Khan to leave Galaxy after 52 years, gets approval for new 6-storey home: report

Nasa's ageing telescope in space is falling towards Earth. Now a robot is being sent to rescue it

NASA is partnering with startup Katalyst Space Technologies to launch a groundbreaking mission to save its aging Swift Gamma-ray burst explorer. This innovative rescue operation, set to begin soon, aims to boost Swift's orbit and extend…